FIFA 19 Best Young Goalkeepers and Defenders

In this FIFA 19 Potential guide, we detail the best young FIFA 19 players you can buy in the FIFA 19 Career Mode.

Guide by Jake Green Contributor

Updated on March 26, 2021

It can be pretty easy to focus on attacking players in FIFA 19, but you won't get very far if your goalkeeper and defensive line is not up to scratch. And you'll need to be constantly bringing in new talent if you want to get ahead. To help you out, we've put together a list of the very best young defenders and goalkeepers. These are players with high potential in Career Mode, ones who are absolutely worth keeping an eye on.

FIFA 19 Best Young GK Goalkeepers
FIFA 19 Best Young Defenders - CB, LB, RB
CB - Best Young Center Backs in FIFA 19
LB - Best Young Left Backs in FIFA 19
RB - Best Young Right Backs in FIFA 19

FIFA 19 Best Young GK Goalkeepers

League	Club	Name	Age	Position	Approx Potential	OVR	Approx Growth
Germany 1. Bundesliga (1)	FC Bayern	Früchtl, Christian	18	GK	86	65	21
Italy Serie A (1)	Fiorentina	Dr?gowski, Bart?omiej	21	GK	86	71	15
Italy Serie A (1)	Napoli	Meret, Alex	21	GK	88	75	13
Italy Serie A (1)	Fiorentina	Lafont, Alban	19	GK	89	77	12
Italy Serie A (1)	Milan	Donnarumma, Gianluigi	19	GK	94	82	12

Donnarumma is the one to watch here, with incredible reflexes and movement. He's also only 19, which is incredible when you consider just how high his potential is. He won't be cheap, though, so you might be better off putting your money in other baskets and allowing you to strengthen other areas of the team.

FIFA 19 Best Young Defenders - CB, LB, RB

We’ve listed the best young defenders in FIFA 19 below. They’re split up by position, so that you can work out who the best young CB players, Best young LB Players, and young RB players are in FIFA 19.

CB - Best Young Center Backs in FIFA 19

League	Club	Name	Age	Position	Approx Potential	OVR	Approx Growth
France Ligue 1 (1)	OGC Nice	Sarr, Malang	19	CB	88	74	14
Germany 1. Bundesliga (1)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Retsos, Panagiotis	20	CB	85	75	10
England Premier League (1)	West Ham	Diop, Issa	21	CB	87	76	11
Germany 1. Bundesliga (1)	RB Leipzig	Upamecano, Dayot	19	CB	86	76	10
Spain Primera Division (1)	Sevilla	Gnagnon, Joris	21	CB	86	77	9
Spain Primera Division (1)	Real Madrid	Vallejo	20	CB	85	78	7
Holland Eredivisie (1)	Ajax	de Ligt, Matthijs	19	CB	89	80	9

For defenders, physicality and marking are key skills to stop any attacking play in its tracks. Matthijs de Ligt is the clear winner here, though Vallejo and Benjamin Henrichs are great picks as well. Spending big on CBs isn't especially exciting, but it does make sense as they are key to your team's success.

LB - Best Young Left Backs in FIFA 19

League	Club	Name	Age	Position	Approx Potential	OVR	Approx Growth
England EFL Championship (2)	Fulham	Sessegnon, Ryan	18	LB	85	66	19
Spain Segunda A (2)	FC Barcelona B	Cucurella	20	LB	85	69	16
Spain Primera Division (1)	Real Sociedad	Hernández, Theo	20	LB	85	76	9

RB - Best Young Right Backs in FIFA 19

League	Club	Name	Age	Position	Approx Potential	OVR	Approx Growth
England Premier League (1)	Crystal Palace	Fosu-Mensah, Timothy	20	RB	86	74	12
France Ligue 1 (1)	Toulouse FC	Amian Adou, Kelvin	20	RB	86	75	11
Germany 1. Bundesliga (1)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Henrichs, Benjamin	21	RB	86	76	10

LBs and RBs in FIFA 19 are more important than ever. Thanks to improved AI, your wingbacks make some impressive overlapping runs this year, so you want to make sure you can take advantage of this. Pace is a key skill for a wingback, as is crossing ability.

The Potential values listed above are approximations based on last year’s figures and in-game stats. Once more info on each player is released, we’ll update the potential ratings for each player.

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