Top-Scoring U18 defenders

The top-scoring U18 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

X. Mandza Tsiendi of Nice is the standout for raw talent across U18 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.5, and Allan De León has been the form player this season, grading 32.4, and Sergei Kozlovskiy leads the scoring with 3 goals.

By our market-value index, X. Espart of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 78.5.

Best talent

X. Mandza Tsiendi78.5RTG

Sergei Kozlovskiy3goals

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	Player	Team
1	Sergei Kozlovskiy Centre-back	Free Agents	18	3	0	77
2	T. Khumalo Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	3	1	1
3	L. Martes Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	17	2	18±0%	64±0%
4	D. Opoku Full-back	OH Leuven	18	2	13±0%	525.1%
5	A. Bolat Centre-forward	Adana Demirspor	17	2	10	36
6	Wei Xiangxin Full-back	Auxerre	18	1	3	29
7	N. Engwanda Full-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	1	16±0%	43±0%
8	J. Neto Centre-back	Benfica B	17	1	4	46
9	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	1	11	54
10	P. Cretì Centre-back	Grasshoppers	18	1	1	38
11	S. Mfuni Centre-back	Coventry	18	1	68.9%	611.5%
12	J. Stephenson Centre-back	Crewe	18	1	18	72
13	Ifeanyi Ndukwe Centre-back	Levante	18	1	10	7495.5%
14	A. Chirila Full-back	FC Cincinnati	17	1	6	41
15	Ada Ibik Centre-back	Manisa F.K.	17	1	766.5%	39±0%
16	B. Dembele Centre-back	Granada CF	18	1	5	54
17	D. Bernabeu Full-back	Albacete	18	1	252.2%	60±0%
18	J. Arango Centre-back	Girona	17	1	19	65
19	Aaron Mayol Full-back	Valencia	18	1	10	72
20	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	1	5±0%	76±0%
21	M. Zea Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	18	1	23	3921.7%
22	K. Penso Centre-back	Jong PSV U21	17	1	8	52
23	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	1	16±0%	71±0%
24	Vitão Centre-back	Atletico-MG	18	1	10	66
25	J. Arrayago Centre-back	Independiente	17	1	11	50
26	E. Veron Full-back	Rosario Central	18	1	8	48
27	Stephan Zagadou Centre-back	Le Havre	18	1	7	68
28	A. Mahroug Centre-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	1	8	43
29	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	1	16	22
30	A. Stoian Centre-forward	FCSB	18	1	13	36
31	Dusan Pavlovic Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	1	2	18
32	B. Madingwana Centre-back	Chippa United	0	1	3	1
33	Allan De León Centre-back	Novi Pazar	18	1	32	46
34	M. Verhaeghe Centre-back	RWDM	18	1	9	44
35	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	1	16	22
36	Kayden Coulas Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	1	6	18
37	G. Cadavi Centre-back	Águilas Doradas	0	1	0	11
38	Hamdy Marcelo Centre-back	Future FC	0	1	10	15
39	Peter Antoniou Full-back	Melbourne City	18	1	4	18
40	A. Milanovic Centre-back	IMT Novi Beograd	17	1	6	38