28 Sep 2018 FIFA 19 Best Young Players: The fastest-growing stars you need to sign at every position in Career Mode
Working out which best young players to sign in FIFA 19’s Career Mode can be tedious. So we’ve simplified the task for you.
Two of the game’s highest-rated shot-stoppers both reside in Florence. When you start a new game save, between Lafont and Dragowski, the two keepers have a combined worth of just £13.4m. That figure will quickly sky-rocket if you don’t snap them up before they begin their ascent.
Slightly further forward, three Premier League defenders rank among the league’s cream of the crop. Trent Alexander-Arnold is unsurprisingly the second highest-growing young defender, closely followed by Fulham sensation Ryan Sessegnon in fourth. Man City loanee Pablo Maffeo clocks in at seventh.
For all the hype surrounding American midfielder Christian Pulisic, FIFA 19 only ranks him as the third best young player, trailing Leon Bailey and Ezequiel Barco, of Bayer Leverkusen and Atlanta United respectively.
Up top, to the surprise of absolutely nobody, Kylian Mbappe is the league’s highest-potential attacker, with Vincius Junior and Marcus Rashford rounding off the top-three.
Here are the 10 best young players on FIFA 19 by position.
FIFA 19 Best Young Players – Goalkeepers
Gianluigi Donnarumma
Gianluigi DonnarummaAge = 19
Club = AC Milan
Value = £25.5m
Current Rating = 82
Potential Rating = 93
Position(s) = GK
Alban Lafont
Age = 19
Club = Fiorentina
Value = 77
Current Rating = 89
Potential Rating = £10.5m
Position(s) = GK
Andriy Lunin
Age = 19
Club = Real Madrid
Value = £9.2m
Current Rating = 76
Potential Rating = 88
Position(s) = GK
Christian Fruchtl
Age = 18
Club = Bayern Munich
Value = £900k
Current Rating = 65
Potential Rating = 86
Position(s) = GK
Mile Svilar
Age = 18
Club = Benfica
Value = £1.1m
Current Rating = 67
Potential Rating = 85
Position(s) = GK
Alessandro Plizarri
Age = 18
Club = AC Milan
Value = £950k
Current Rating = 66
Potential Rating = 84
Position(s) = GK
Wuilker Farinez
Age = 20
Club = Millonarios
Value = £4.4m
Current Rating = 73
Potential Rating = 83
Position(s) = GK
Justin Bijlow
Age = 20
Club = Feyenoord
Value = £3.4m
Current Rating = 72
Potential Rating = 82
Position(s) = GK
Bartlomiej Dargowski
Age = 20
Club = Fiorentina
Value = £2.8m
Current Rating = 71
Potential Rating = 82
Position(s) = GK
Francis Uzoho
Age = 19
Club = Deportivo
Value = £1.4m
Current Rating = 68
Potential Rating = 82
Position(s) = GK
FIFA 19 Best Young Players – Defenders
Matthijs De Ligt
Matthijs De LigtAge = 18
Club = Ajax
Value = £18m
Current Rating = 80
Potential Rating = 91
Position(s) = CB
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Age = 19
Club = Liverpool
Value = £12.3m
Current Rating = 78
Potential Rating = 88
Position(s) = RB
Dayot Upamecano
Age = 19
Club = RB Leipzig
Value = £10.6m
Current Rating = 76
Potential Rating = 88
Position(s) = CB
Ryan Sessegnon
Age = 18
Club = Fulham
Value = £10.6m
Current Rating = 75
Potential Ratings = 88
Position(s) = LB, LW
Diogo Liete
Age = 19
Club = Porto
Value = £8.4m
Current Rating = 74
Potential Rating = 87
Position(s) = CB
Boubacar Kamara
Age = 18
Club = Marseille
Value = £3.9m
Current Rating = 71
Potential Rating = 87
Position(s) = CB, CDM
Alessandro Bastoni
Age = 19
Club = Inter
Value = £1.3m
Current Rating = 67
Potential Rating = 87
Position(s) = CB
Pablo Maffeo
Age = 20
Club = Stuttgart
Value = £11.4m
Current Rating = 76
Potential Rating = 86
Position(s) = RWB, RM
Nordi Mukiele
Age = 20
Club = RB Leipzig
Value = £10.6m
Current Rating = 77
Potential Rating = 86
Position(s) = CB, RB, RWB
Eder Militao
Age = 20
Club = Porto
Value = £8.8m
Current Rating = 77
Potential Rating = 86
Position(s) = RB, CB
FIFA 19 Best Young Players – Midfielders
Leon Bailey
Leon BaileyAge = 20
Club = Bayer Leverkusen
Value = £27.7m
Current Rating = 82
Potential Rating = 89
Position(s) = LM, RM
Ezequiel Barco
Age = 19
Club = Atlanta United
Value = £10.6m
Current Rating = 74
Potential Rating = 89
Position(s) = LM, CAM, ST
Christian Pulisic
Age = 19
Club = Borussia Dortmund
Value = £16.7m
Current Rating = 79
Potential Rating = 88
Position(s) = RM, LM, RW, LW
Houssem Aouar
Age = 20
Club = Lyon
Value = £14.5m
Current Rating = 78
Potential Rating = 88
CM, LW, CAM
Kai Havertz
Age = 19
Club = Bayer Leverkusen
Value = £16.7m
Current Rating = 79
Potential Rating = 88
Position(s) = CAM, RM, CF
Phil Foden
Age = 18
Club = Man City
Value = £7m
Current Rating = 73
Potential Rating = 88
Position(s) = CAM, CM
Riqui Puig
Age = 18
Club = Barcelona
Value = £1.6m
Current Rating = 68
Potential Rating = 88
Position(s) = CM
Sandro Tonali
Age = 18
Club = Brescia
Value = £1.2m
Current Rating = 66
Potential Rating = 88
Amadou Diawara
Age = 20
Club = Napoli
Value = £12.3m
Current Rating = 77
Potential Rating = 87
Position(s) = CM, CDM
Ismalia Sarr
Age = 20
Club = Rennes
Value = £11.9m
Current Rating = 76
Potential Rating = 87
Position(s) = LM, RM, ST
FIFA 19 Best Young Players – Forwards
Kylian Mbappe
Kylian MbappeAge = 19
Club = PSG
Value = £63.4m
Current Rating = 87
Potential Rating = 95
Position(s) = RW, RM, ST
Vincius Junior
Age = 17
Club = Real Madrid
Value = £15.4m
Current Rating = 77
Potential Rating = 92
Position(s) = LW, RW
Marcus Rashford
Age = 20
Club = Man Utd
Value = £23.3m
Current Rating = 81
Potential Rating = 89
Position(s) = LW, LM, ST
Patrick Cutrone
Age = 20
Club = AC Milan
Value = £14.1m
Current Rating = 77
Potential Rating = 89
Position(s) = ST
Jann-Fiete Arp
Age = 18
Club = Hamburg
Value = £1.9m
Current Rating = 69
Potential Rating = 88
Position(s) = ST
Cengiz Under
Age = 20
Club = Roma
Value = £12.8m
Current Rating = 77
Potential Rating = 87
Position(s) = RW, LW
Moise Kean
Age = 18
Club = Juventus
Value = £5.7m
Current Rating = 72
Potential Rating = 87
Position(s) = ST
Joao Felix
Age = 18
Club = Benfica
Value = £3.2m
Current Rating = 70
Potential Rating = 87
Position(s) = LW, CAM
Callum Hudson-Odoi
Age = 17
Club = Chelsea
Value = £1.6m
Current Rating = 68
Potential Rating = 87
Position(s) = LW, CAM, RW
Pietro Pellegrini
Age = 17
Club = Monaco
Value = £1.3m
Current Rating = 67
Potential Rating = 87
Position(s) = ST