Top-Scoring U19 defenders

The top-scoring U19 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U19 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and Neil Pierre leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Maximilian Hennig has improved his Season rating most, up +26.4 on last season, while Noahkai Kai Daniel Banks's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 88.1.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes95.3RTG

Barcelona

In form

Pau Cubarsí Paredes50.9SsN

Barcelona

Rising potential

Noahkai Kai Daniel Banks+10.6RTG

FC Augsburg · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Maximilian Hennig+26.4SsN

Bayern München · 24/25→25/26

Pau Cubarsí Paredes88.1val

Barcelona

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	Player	Team
1	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	18	3	0±0%	4113.5%
2	T. Khumalo Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	3	1	1
3	A. Bolat Centre-forward	Adana Demirspor	17	2	10	36
4	M. Walker Centre-back	FC Nordsjaelland	19	2	4±0%	38±0%
5	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	18	1	36211.1%	51184%
6	Wei Xiangxin Full-back	Auxerre	18	1	3	29
7	S. Hawkins Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	19	1	0±0%	381.6%
8	J. Neto Centre-back	Benfica B	17	1	4	46
9	A. Bouwman Centre-back	Jong Ajax	19	1	470.2%	4728.2%
10	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	1	5134.3%	953.3%
11	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	Bayern München	19	1	31538.8%	5026.9%
12	A. AvdiÄFull-back	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	1	28	43
13	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	1	11	54
14	E. Chukwu Full-back	Hoffenheim II	19	1	4	39
15	L. Reggiani Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	17	1	15	76
16	Ignacio Ovando Centre-back	Rosario Central	19	1	38905.3%	5824.1%
17	H. Ali Centre-back	FC Eindhoven	19	1	6±0%	48±0%
18	A. Chirila Centre-back	FC Cincinnati	17	1	4	41
19	H. Hilvenius Centre-back	BK Hacken	18	1	36215.8%	4228%
20	D. Bernabeu Centre-back	Albacete	18	1	5±0%	60±0%
21	M. Zea Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	18	1	0	32±0%
22	E. Veron Full-back	Rosario Central	18	1	7	48
23	E. Sarfo Centre-back	KRC Genk II	19	1	12	41
24	Stephan Zagadou Centre-back	Le Havre	17	1	7	68
25	S. Koumbassa Centre-back	Toulouse	19	1	5	71
26	O. Renfrum Centre-back	FC Eindhoven	0	1	10	33
27	A. Mahroug Centre-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	1	8	43
28	Jayden Onia Seke Full-back	RSC Anderlecht II	17	1	12236.1%	426.4%
29	Victor Vandenbroucke Centre-back	KAA Gent II	0	1	2	19
30	C. Souanga Centre-back	OH Leuven	19	1	1	50
31	Dusan Pavlovic Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	1	2	18
32	B. Madingwana Centre-back	Chippa United	0	1	3	1
33	Yigit Ali Buz Centre-back	Hatayspor	19	1	6	34
34	P. Cretì Centre-back	Grasshoppers	18	1	1	38
35	Finn Sundstrom Full-back	North Carolina	19	1	14	34
36	Allan De León Centre-back	Novi Pazar	18	1	32	46
37	N. Simić Centre-back	FK Partizan	19	1	35	45
38	Noahkai Kai Daniel Banks Centre-back	FC Augsburg	19	1	21198.6%	7815.8%
39	Abdoul Karim Coulibaly Centre-back	Werder Bremen	19	1	22	80
40	K. Potulski Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	18	1	12	72
41	M. Verhaeghe Centre-back	RWDM	18	1	9	44
42	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	1	16	22
43	Kayden Coulas Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	1	6	18
44	G. Cadavi Centre-back	Águilas Doradas	0	1	0	11
45	Hamdy Marcelo Centre-back	Future FC	0	1	10	15
46	Peter Antoniou Full-back	Melbourne City	18	1	4	18
47	A. Milanovic Centre-back	IMT Novi Beograd	17	1	6	38