Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in Eredivisie 26/27

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

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At a glance

Tomas Galvez of GO Ahead Eagles is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 64.5, and N. Verschuren leads the scoring with 1 goal.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Tomas Galvez has improved his Season rating most, up +14.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, G. Read of Feyenoord is the most valuable name in this group at 27.5.

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	Player	Team
1	G. Read Full-back	Feyenoord	20	27.5	14±0%	69±0%
2	T. Blokzijl Full-back	Groningen	21	26.8	41±0%	76±0%
3	Tomas Galvez Full-back	GO Ahead Eagles	21	26.7	3282.2%	6517.1%
4	J. Plug Centre-back	Excelsior	21	26.7	18±0%	5915.3%
5	E. Dijkstra Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	20	26	23±0%	66±0%
6	N. Verschuren Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	21	25.6	29±0%	69±0%
7	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	25.4	16±0%	71±0%
8	M. Costarelli Centre-back	Cambuur	21	24.3	3	53
9	M. Jeng Centre-back	Groningen	21	24.2	195.8%	5848.6%
10	B. van Duijl Full-back	Cambuur	20	24	18±0%	6320.1%
11	I. Baouf Centre-back	Cambuur	20	23.7	39±0%	653.8%
12	R. van de Pavert Full-back	Ajax	20	23.5	7±0%	45±0%
13	Per van Loon Full-back	Willem II	21	23.3	16±0%	52±0%
14	M. Brandis Full-back	Groningen	21	23.2	10	32
15	W. Kuhn Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	20	23	1092.3%	6023.4%
16	Almugera Raouf Mohammed Kabar Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	20	22.9	0±0%	67±0%
17	G. Vianello Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	19	22.9	5	59
18	K. Kurowski Full-back	Twente	20	22.6	0100%	5885.8%
19	L. Jetten Centre-back	Cambuur	19	22.6	16±0%	51±0%
20	O. Raterink Centre-back	ADO Den Haag	20	22.5	16±0%	647.6%
21	Jaylan von Schooneveld Centre-back	Telstar	21	22.4	0	45
22	T. Kraaijeveld Centre-back	Feyenoord	19	22.3	8±0%	65±0%
23	E. Waayers Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	20	22.2	5±0%	6025.3%
24	Dylan Ruward Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	21	22.1	0	54
25	Jens Mathijsen Centre-back	Willem II	19	22.1	797.2%	5010.1%
26	M. Egbring Centre-back	Heerenveen	20	22	2±0%	621.1%
27	L. Martes Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	17	22	18±0%	64±0%
28	T. Wessels Centre-back	Feyenoord	19	21.7	0	26
29	R. Bouw Centre-back	Heerenveen	20	21.7	0	56
30	Jofre Torrents Centre-back	Ajax	19	21.6	0±0%	72±0%
31	Illaijh de Ruijter Full-back	ADO Den Haag	20	21.6	19±0%	570.9%
32	Abdelraffie Benzzine Centre-back	Telstar	20	21.4	0	46
33	Jelte Priem Centre-back	Cambuur	20	21.2	0	47
34	Toni Jonker Centre-back	Cambuur	20	21.2	0	44
35	J. Schuldes Centre-back	Utrecht	18	21.1	2	61
36	Y. Moslih Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	19	20.8	0	56
37	E. van der Laan Centre-back	Groningen	18	20.5	1±0%	31±0%
38	J. Mesbahi Full-back	Twente	20	20.4	8	5210.3%
39	M. Muzungu Centre-back	Ajax	18	20.4	23±0%	5913%
40	Yamano Olfers Centre-back	Telstar	19	20.3	0	55
41	S. Puljhun Centre-back	ADO Den Haag	19	20.2	1	48
42	Amar Bakkati Centre-back	Cambuur	19	20.1	0	48
43	Alhaji Bah Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	18	20	0	59
44	J. Esser Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	18	19.4	0	56
45	O. Turay Full-back	Excelsior	17	19	1	58
46	A. Natali Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	18	18.3	8±0%	538.2%
47	Amin Bouchouari Centre-back	Telstar	17	18	0	56
48	M. van de Wiel Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	19	17.9	5	49
49	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	17.5	11	54
50	Mees Rensen Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	16	17	0	57