Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in Eerste Divisie 26/27

The most valuable U21 defenders in Eerste Divisie in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

S. Bultman of Heracles is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Eerste Divisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 57.9, and C. Østergaard has been the form player this season, grading 20.5, and M. Mariani leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Djairo Tehubyuluw has improved his Season rating most, up +6.7 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Østergaard of Emmen is the most valuable name in this group at 15.6.

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	Player	Team
1	C. Østergaard Centre-back	Emmen	21	15.6	21	54
2	S. Bultman Centre-back	Heracles	21	15.4	13±0%	585.9%
3	T. Vianello Full-back	Almere City FC	21	15.3	8	53
4	Djairo Tehubyuluw Full-back	MVV	21	15	11152.3%	482.8%
5	M. Mariani Full-back	FC OSS	21	14.8	11	517.8%
6	J. Esajas Centre-back	Jong AZ	21	14.5	9±0%	48±0%
7	M. Kuipers Full-back	MVV	20	14.1	5	48
8	E. Butera Centre-back	Jong Ajax	20	14	19±0%	51±0%
9	O. Achouitar Full-back	Vitesse	21	13.4	1	51
10	F. Al Mazyani Full-back	Waalwijk	21	13.1	4±0%	50±0%
11	R. El Meliani Centre-back	Roda	21	13	521.9%	471.3%
12	E. van de Blaak Centre-back	Almere City FC	21	13	23±0%	56±0%
13	J. van Gom Centre-back	Almere City FC	21	13	0±0%	46±0%
14	Mario Borac Centre-back	Heracles	20	13	5	52
15	X. van den Berg Full-back	Roda	21	12.9	7	48
16	Bjarn Zorgdrager Full-back	Waalwijk	21	12.8	2	49
17	J. van Riel Full-back	Jong Utrecht	21	12.6	551.9%	483%
18	Sven Bouland Centre-back	MVV	20	12.5	9	50
19	S. Francis Full-back	MVV	21	12.5	193.9%	4217%
20	M. Laros Full-back	Den Bosch	20	12.4	35±0%	59±0%
21	A. Bouwman Centre-back	Jong Ajax	19	12.3	470.2%	4728.2%
22	M. Monamay Centre-back	Jong PSV U21	20	12.3	20±0%	55±0%
23	P. Ugwu Full-back	FC Volendam	20	12.3	168.3%	5616.5%
24	E. Bassey Full-back	Jong PSV U21	19	12.3	28±0%	57±0%
25	M. Kleijn Full-back	FC Volendam	21	12.2	118.3%	5019.6%
26	Mathijs Menu Centre-back	Jong AZ	21	12.2	20±0%	53±0%
27	D. van Zutphen Centre-back	VVV Venlo	21	12.2	0100%	448.6%
28	R. Ichihara Centre-back	Jong AZ	21	12.1	526.1%	4822%
29	G. Verhulst Centre-back	Jong PSV U21	19	12.1	0±0%	47±0%
30	D. Janse Full-back	Jong Ajax	20	12	387.7%	5624.4%
31	N. Held Centre-back	Waalwijk	21	12	24±0%	610.8%
32	Luca Blondeau Centre-back	FC Volendam	20	12	1±0%	4516.4%
33	Xiamaro Thenu Centre-back	Vitesse	21	12	12±0%	48±0%
34	Dean Bisschops Centre-back	FC Volendam	21	11.9	112.5%	561.1%
35	Cherrion Valerius Full-back	NAC Breda	20	11.9	25±0%	66±0%
36	M. Bresser Full-back	Jong PSV U21	19	11.9	10±0%	53±0%
37	K. Symons Full-back	De Graafschap	21	11.8	19±0%	54±0%
38	R. Besselink Centre-back	De Graafschap	21	11.8	26±0%	58±0%
39	Gijs Bolk Centre-back	De Graafschap	21	11.8	16±0%	545.7%
40	J. Zwart Full-back	Jong AZ	19	11.7	25±0%	53±0%
41	Silvan Broker Centre-back	Den Bosch	21	11.7	0±0%	46120.6%
42	Tijn Joosten Centre-back	VVV Venlo	20	11.7	12±0%	51±0%
43	A. Henry Centre-back	FC OSS	21	11.6	181.6%	447.6%
44	Sergio Oerlemans Centre-back	Den Bosch	21	11.6	0	45
45	R. Atikallah Centre-back	Jong AZ	20	11.5	1±0%	44±0%
46	M. van der Lans Centre-back	Jong Ajax	19	11.5	19±0%	51±0%
47	P. Kloosterboer Centre-back	Jong Utrecht	21	11.5	23±0%	55±0%
48	A. Appiah Centre-back	Jong Ajax	20	11.4	28±0%	54±0%
49	F. Merién Centre-back	Jong PSV U21	17	11.3	31±0%	659.1%
50	S. van der Plas Centre-back	Waalwijk	20	11.2	28±0%	580.5%