Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in Primeira Liga

The most valuable U21 defenders in Primeira Liga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

B. Meupiyou of Alverca is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Primeira Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.9, and Ibrahima Ba has been the form player this season, grading 44.2, and A. Núñez leads the scoring with 1 goal.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Iván Fresneda has improved his Season rating most, up +10.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Ibrahima Ba of Famalicao is the most valuable name in this group at 25.3.

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	Player	Team
1	Ibrahima Ba Centre-back	Famalicao	21	25.3	4414633.3%	6319.3%
2	Iván Fresneda Full-back	Sporting CP	21	21.9	3443.5%	640.9%
3	B. Meupiyou Full-back	Alverca	20	21.4	26	665.6%
4	A. Núñez Full-back	Nacional	21	21.3	20	62
5	Francisco Chissumba Full-back	Alverca	21	20.9	2034.6%	613.6%
6	Pedro Francisco Full-back	Famalicao	21	20.8	30716.2%	611.5%
7	T. Strata Full-back	Guimaraes	21	20.6	242.5%	604.6%
8	Martim Fernandes Full-back	FC Porto	20	20.2	3619.8%	627.4%
9	Espigares Centre-back	GIL Vicente	21	20.1	1515.2%	588.3%
10	Otávio Full-back	Estrela Calheta	20	19.1	17	59
11	Diogo Monteiro Full-back	Arouca	21	18.5	6	54
12	H. Silva Centre-back	Santa Clara	20	18.4	15	57
13	S. Baseya Centre-back	Alverca	21	18.4	3580%	5468.2%
14	Jonatás Noro Centre-back	SC Braga	21	17.9	0	52
15	Nuno Matos Centre-back	SC Braga	21	17.9	0	52
16	Kevyn Monteiro Centre-back	Moreirense	20	17.8	8	55
17	Leandro Henrique Sousa Santos Full-back	Moreirense	20	17.6	764.3%	544.9%
18	O. Israelov Centre-back	Estoril	21	17.3	0	50
19	Kauan Gomes Full-back	Alverca	21	17.2	0	50
20	I. James Centre-back	Alverca	21	17.2	0	50
21	M. Ndiaye Centre-back	Alverca	21	17.2	0	50
22	F. Pascoal Centre-back	SC Braga	20	17.1	0	53
23	Rafael Venâncio Centre-back	Famalicao	20	17	0	52
24	A. Tchaptchet Centre-back	GIL Vicente	20	16.9	0	52
25	I. Julian Centre-back	Alverca	20	16.6	0	51
26	L. Bimai Centre-back	Estoril	20	16.5	0	51
27	Diego Tavares Centre-back	Tondela	21	16.5	0	48
28	M. Mattara Centre-back	Famalicao	19	16.1	0	53
29	A. Oliveira Centre-back	Guimaraes	19	15.8	0	52
30	Jan Montes Centre-back	Estoril	19	15.7	0	51
31	A. Sousa Centre-back	SC Braga	18	15.4	0	54
32	Afonso Vieira Centre-back	Casa Pia	19	15.1	0	49
33	Z. Franco Centre-back	Santa Clara	18	14.6	0	51
34	A. Silva Centre-back	AVS	17	13.2	0	49
35	Matheus Mattara Centre-back	Famalicao	0	12.2	0	54