Most creative U23 centre-backs

The most creative U23 centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U23 centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 92.5, and Jacobo Ramón Naveros has been the form player this season, grading 76.4, and I. Baouf leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 on last season, while L. Høgsberg's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Opsahl of Norway U21 is the most valuable name in this group at 181.2.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes92.5RTG

Barcelona

In form

Jacobo Ramón Naveros76.4SsN

Como

Rising potential

L. Høgsberg+33.8RTG

Strasbourg · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

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#	Player	Team	Age	assists	Season	Rating
1	N. Romero Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	22	5	2649.7%	4623.7%
2	A. Martynov Centre-back	Serik Spor	22	3	29	49
3	Avellar Centre-back	Vasco da Gama U20	20	3	5	69
4	M. Ilie Centre-back	CFR 1907 Cluj	23	3	27	35
5	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	3	491046.5%	4244.1%
6	I. Drapiński Centre-back	Piast Gliwice	22	3	2313%	391.3%
7	K. Barslund Centre-back	IF Brommapojkarna	22	3	937.2%	336.6%
8	F. Terry Centre-back	Colchester	22	2	7	30
9	C. Taylor Centre-back	Millwall	23	2	4250.5%	7050.9%
10	D. Coppola Centre-back	Paris FC	22	2	2548.7%	795%
11	Bruno Alves Centre-back	Cruzeiro U20	20	2	18	79
12	S. Britschgi Centre-back	Parma	19	2	31	80
13	Z. Athekame Centre-back	AC Milan	21	2	16	80
14	A. Hajdari Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	23	2	42	81
15	L. Eissat Centre-back	Maccabi Haifa	21	2	19	41
16	A. Pantazopoulos Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	2	24	20
17	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	2	50	37
18	P. Petrović Centre-back	Javor	21	2	35	45
19	D. Halinský Centre-back	Teplice	23	2	31	2
20	O. Çalışkan Centre-back	Keçiörengücü	23	2	29	52
21	G. Bonfanti Centre-back	Spezia	23	2	174.9%	596.1%
22	D. Meddah Centre-back	PAU	23	2	31342%	6111.2%
23	R. Halhal Centre-back	KV Mechelen	23	2	3114.9%	543.2%
24	I. Doukouré Centre-back	Strasbourg	22	2	3222.6%	813.4%
25	D. Janse Centre-back	Groningen	20	2	4294.9%	7543.5%
26	D. Lawlor Centre-back	Cardiff	20	2	292300%	507.6%
27	Alejandro Francés Centre-back	Girona	23	2	1525.6%	711.4%
28	C. Cresswell Centre-back	Toulouse	23	2	425%	82±0%
29	T. Muharemović Centre-back	Sassuolo	23	2	4213.9%	8323.4%
30	D. Huijsen Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	2	4621.8%	903.2%
31	R. Priso Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	23	2	23377.1%	4310.9%
32	E. Bayram Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	23	2	49123.2%	629.4%
33	Z. Debast Centre-back	Sporting CP	22	2	2446%	6113.2%
34	António Silva Centre-back	Benfica	22	2	418.5%	644.6%
35	Yarek Gasiorowski Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	21	2	2883.7%	761.2%
36	N. Fernandez-Veliz Centre-back	Nancy	21	2	29168.9%	6210.3%
37	N. Ngoy Centre-back	Lille	23	2	53111.6%	8358.7%
38	G. Guarino Centre-back	Empoli	22	2	26110.4%	646.8%
39	C. Barker Centre-back	Crawley Town	23	2	3535.3%	3430.8%
40	I. Baouf Centre-back	Cambuur	19	1	39150%	6442.7%
41	R. Edwards Centre-back	QPR	23	1	3397%	709.5%
42	S. Swinkels Centre-back	Chesterfield	22	1	38376.3%	3812.4%
43	F. Fall Centre-back	St. Louis City	22	1	1246.1%	397.4%
44	I. Vådebu Centre-back	Tromso	22	1	13371.4%	4043.9%
45	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	1	1977.1%	621%
46	C. Riedel Centre-back	Espanyol	22	1	1916.3%	7613.7%
47	J. Spileers Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	21	1	1384.1%	553.4%
48	R. Welch Centre-back	Everton U21	22	1	379.2%	74142.8%
49	Mohammed Essa Harbush Centre-back	Al Shabab	23	1	257.4%	6939.4%
50	M. Paskotši Centre-back	Gent	23	1	20	53