FIFA 20 Career Mode: Top 10 Wonderkid LBs

In this piece we look at the best wonderkid LB’s in FIFA 20 – these players are aged between 16-19 at the start of the Career mode season and have the highest potential upsides of all the young players.

Remember that players can outgrow their potentials if they put in excellent performances over an extended period, and if club morale stays at a high level.

Nuno Tavares (OVR 72 – POT 84)

Age: 19

Positions: LB, RB

Club: Benfica

Country: Portugal

Work rate: High/Medium

Best stats: 88 sprint speed, 85 acceleration, 79 shot power

Value: £4.4 million (Release clause: £9.7 million)

Wage: £4,000 a week

Your main target for a teenage left back will be Nuno Tavares, with the Benfica youngster already bagging one goal and two assists in three league games so far this term.

On FIFA 20 he offers 88 sprint speed, 85 acceleration and 79 shot power, make him a dangerous player going forward. Expect a bid of £9 million to do the trick for the Portugal U21 international.

Josha Vagnoman (OVR 65 – POT 84)

Age: 18

Positions: LB, LM

Club: Hamburg

Country: Germany

Work rate: High/ Medium

Best stats: 86 sprint Speed, 82 acceleration, 76 strength

Value: £926,000

Wage: £900 per week

Over the summer Everton, Arsenal and Chelsea were all linked with the impressive Hamburg teenager, Josha Vagnoman.

Vagnoman’s stats tell us that he is a pacey, strong,
resilient wing back that enjoys driving up the pitch and contributing to his
team’s offensive prowess.

Arthur Zagre (OVR 62 – POT 85)

Age: 17

Positions: LB, CM

Club: PSG

Country: France

Work rate: High/ Medium

Best stats: 90 balance, 83 acceleration, 85 agility

Value: £563,000 (Release clause: £1.6 million)

Wage: £900 per week

An academy graduate of Paris Saint-Germain, Arthur Zagre signed his first professional contract in September 2018, which tied him to the club until June 2021.

In early 2019, he won the ‘Titi d’Or’, an annual award which is presented to the most promising talent in Paris Saint-Germain Academy. On 29 August 2019, Zagre joined Monaco on a three-year deal.

Tyrell Malacia (OVR 71 – POT 82)

Age: 19

Positions: LB

Club: Feyenoord

Country: Netherlands

Work rate: High/High

Best stats: 85 acceleration, 85 balance, 84 agility

Value: £3.2 million (Release clause: £5.5 million)

Wage: £4,000 a week

A Dutch U21 internatonal, Tyrell Malacia may be second choice, but with dynamic potentials on FIFA 20 Career Mode – the 19-year-old can outgrow his 82 overall.

Stats of 85 acceleration, 85 balance and 84 agility sees him valued a just over £3 million, making his £5.5 million release clause an absolute bargain.

Domagoj Bradaric (OVR 69 – POT 82)

Age: 19

Positions: LB

Club: Lille

Country: Croatia

Work rate: High/Medium

Best stats: 78 acceleration, 77 sprint speed, 72 crossing

Value: £1.6 milliion (Release clause: £4.1 million)

Wage: £7,000 a week

Despite signing for Lille just this past summer, Domagoj Bradaric has gone straight into the starting lineup, even for the Champions League.

It’s too early to see whether he is worth the £5.85 million fee paid to Hajduk Split, but that does make him a steel at £4.1 million on Career Mode.

Miranda (OVR 67 – POT 82)

Age: 19

Positions: LB, CB

Club: Schalke (on loan from Barcelona)

Country: Spain

Work rate: Medium/Medium

Best stats: 70 crossing, 69 sprint speed, 68 standing tackle

Value: £1.4 million (Release clause: £3.6 million)

Wage: £16,000 a week

If you are in the Barcelona first team, you must have quality. Although Miranda has only played four times for the Catalans, expect bright things from the yougster, who has signed for Schalke on a two-year loan.

You will need to wait until that loan spell has ended, but with a potential of 82 he will be worth the wait – and can be snapped up for a release clause of just £3.6 million.

Rayan Ait Nouri (OVR 61 – POT 81)

Age: 18

Positions: LB, CB

Club: Angers

Country: France

Work rate: Medium/Medium

Best Stats: 77 balance, 73 agility, 69 sprint Speed

Value: £765,000 (Release clause: £2 million)

Wage: £1,000 per week

During this summer’s transfer window, French teen Rayan Ait Nouri had interest expressed by big footballing clubs Monaco and Wolves, with Atletico Madrid were also said to be keen to land the player.

The youngster has extremely impressive agility and balance stats, so he could really help his team transition smoothly from defence to attack.

Juan Cabal (OVR 61 – POT 82)

Age: 18

Positions: LB

Club: Atletico Nacional

Country: Colombia

Work rate: Medium/High

Best Stats: 77 agility, 76 sprint speed, 75 acceleration

Value: £473,000 (Release clause: £1.1 million)

Wage: £900 per week

If you move for young Colombian Juan Cabal you will need to be patient – but he could be one for a lower league club to grow as you progress.

With a high defensive work rate, you can trust him to come in against more dangerous opposition, and is well worth his £1.1 million release clause.

Liberato Cacace (OVR 67 – POT 81)

Age: 18

Positions: LB, LWB

Club: Wellington Phoenix

Country: New Zealand

Work rate: High/Low

Best Stats: 82 stamina, 75 sprint speed, 75 acceleration

Value: £1.3 million (Release clause £2.5 million)

Wage: £900 per week

Kiwi of Italian descent, Liberato Cacace should only be signed for managers looking to play with wing-backs. The 18-year-old as a high attacking, but low defensive work rate – meaning you could be vulnerable if playing a back four.

For that reason, he is a risky signing, and may want to see him develop more before making a £2 million move on the New Zealand international.

Jaylin Lindsey (OVR 62 – POT 81)

Age: 19

Positions: LB, RB

Club: Sporting Kansas City

Country: USA

Work rate: High/Medium

Best Stats: 80 sprint speed, 75 acceleration, 73 balance

Value: £540,000 (Release clause: £1.1 million)

Wage: £900 per week

It’s great to see young talent in the MLS, and let’s hope Sporting KC man Jaylin Lindsey can get near, or overtake, his FIFA 20 potential in real life.

The versatile full back has in fact gone out loan to local club Swope Park Rangers, despite playing seven MLS games last season. This may mean he will soon disappear from the Kansas City roster.

Full list of wonderkid left backs above 78 POT

Player	Age	Club	OVR	POT	Club	Country	V	W
Nuno Tavares	19	LB RB	72	84	Benfica	Portugal	£4.4m	£4k
J. Vagnoman	18	LB LM RB	65	84	Hamburg	Germany	£926k	£900
A. Zagre	17	LB	62	83	PSG	France	£563k	£900
T. Malacia	19	LB	71	82	Feyenoord	Holland	£3.2m	£4k
D. Bradaric	19	LB	69	82	Lille	Croatia	£1.6m	£7k
Miranda	19	LB CB	67	82	Barcelona	Spain	£1.4m	£16k
R. Aït Nouri	18	LB	64	82	Angers	France	£765k	£1k
J. Cabal	18	LB	61	82	Nacional	Colombia	£473k	£900
L. Cacace	18	LB LWB	67	81	Wellington Phoenix	New Zealand	£1.3m	£900
J. Lindsey	19	LB RB	62	81	Sporting KC	USA	£540k	£900
A. Gallo	19	LB LM CM	61	81	Lecce	Italy	£450k	£1k
O. Wijndal	19	LB	68	80	AZ Alkmaar	Holland	£1.3m	£2k
L. Kharabadze	19	LB LM	63	80	FC Zürich	Georgia	£653k	£1k
A. Hickey	17	LB CM	60	80	Hearts	Scotland	£338k	£900
Luan Cândido	19	LB LM LW	63	79	RB Leipzig	Brazil	£653k	£4k
R. Hutchinson	19	LB	61	79	Burton	England	£450k	£900
A. Lewis	19	LB LM CM	60	79	Liverpool	England	£360k	£5k
Y. Larouci	18	LB	59	79	Liverpool	Algeria	£270k	£3k
G. Bello	17	LB LM	59	79	Atlanta United	USA	£252k	£900
A. Ngouyamsa	18	LB RB	58	79	Dijon	Cameroon	£243k	£900
F. Agu	19	LB RB LM	64	78	Osnabrück	Germany	£810k	£2k
Amilcar Silva	19	LB	63	78	Monaco	Portugal	£653k	£3k
L. Davis	19	LB CB	63	78	Leeds	England	£653k	£5k
I. Jakobs	19	LB LM	62	78	Köln	Germany	£540k	£2k
I. Domínguez	19	LB	61	78	UNAM	Mexico	£450k	£2k
A. Martina	18	LB	60	78	Trapani	Italy	£360k	£900
E. Erhahon	18	LB LWB	59	78	St. Mirren	Scotland	£270k	£900
Y. Oyanedel	18	LB	58	78	Universidad Católica	Chile	£216k	£900
G. Siadas	19	LB	58	78	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Germany	£225k	£2k
M. Römling	18	LB LM LWB	56	78	Bochum	Germany	£171k	£900