Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Eerste Divisie

The highest-potential central midfielders in Eerste Divisie, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

R. Balk of Cambuur is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Eerste Divisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 61.1, and S. Van Dessel has been the form player this season, grading 53.2, and Noah Makanza leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Van Dessel has improved his Season rating most, up +47.5 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Van Dessel of MVV is the most valuable name in this group at 26.2.

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	Player	Team
1	R. Balk Central midfielder	Cambuur	25	4718.3%	612.4%
2	S. Simons Central midfielder	FC Eindhoven	22	5372.2%	607%
3	Noah Makanza Central midfielder	Helmond Sport	21	48	58
4	O. Agougil Central midfielder	Jong Utrecht	20	35508.8%	5821.5%
5	A. Thomas Central midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	22123.7%	5712.6%
6	D. Huisman Central midfielder	FC Eindhoven	24	4610.7%	572.9%
7	S. Wegen Central midfielder	Jong Utrecht	21	34212.8%	577.3%
8	G. Besselink Central midfielder	Willem II	22	26832.1%	575.2%
9	Illaijh de Ruijter Central midfielder	ADO Den Haag	19	1977.1%	5710.1%
10	D. Vianello Central midfielder	FC OSS	23	38257.9%	5721.1%
11	S. Sidibe Central midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	24545.9%	575.2%
12	S. Van Dessel Central midfielder	MVV	25	53833.3%	5724.7%
13	T. Rölke Central midfielder	Cambuur	23	2914.1%	561.7%
14	Uriel van Aalst Central midfielder	Willem II	19	19	562.4%
15	N. Ait Mouhou Central midfielder	VVV Venlo	22	31	56
16	J. Müller Central midfielder	Roda	25	3540.8%	554.5%
17	J. Triep Central midfielder	VVV Venlo	21	22	55
18	N. Bukala Central midfielder	FC Volendam	20	37	5525.7%
19	K. Toppenberg Central midfielder	Jong AZ	23	28666.7%	5511%
20	Tim Geypens Central midfielder	Emmen	21	19642.3%	5314%
21	J. Kalisvaart Central midfielder	Almere City FC	22	1359.6%	538.8%
22	Yoon Do-Yong Central midfielder	Dordrecht	19	18272.3%	5313.1%
23	H. El Dahri Central midfielder	Almere City FC	21	174050%	538.8%
24	N. Fernandez Central midfielder	Jong PSV U21	21	21	53
25	M. Vetkal Central midfielder	Dordrecht	22	161540%	5377.4%
26	Robin van Asten Central midfielder	Dordrecht	17	16	52
27	Per van Loon Central midfielder	Willem II	21	165166.7%	523.9%
28	K. Felida Central midfielder	Den Bosch	26	461040%	521.7%
29	A. Dizdarević Central midfielder	Helmond Sport	22	172.9%	516%
30	R. Robbemond Central midfielder	Jong AZ	21	2454.5%	513.2%
31	A. Jensen Central midfielder	Emmen	20	19	51
32	E. Cornelisse Central midfielder	Almere City FC	24	1924.4%	505.8%
33	L. Sunderland Central midfielder	Dordrecht	24	22812.5%	5029.3%
34	N. Rossi Central midfielder	Dordrecht	24	20	50
35	J. Eijgenraam Central midfielder	VVV Venlo	24	1823.1%	500.6%
36	S. Bamba Central midfielder	Willem II	22	6	5017.5%
37	Mohamed Abdalla Central midfielder	Jong Ajax	16	14	50
38	D. Nunumete Central midfielder	Emmen	24	211%	505.5%
39	R. van Hedel Central midfielder	Waalwijk	21	11100%	494.3%
40	L. Edhart Central midfielder	Jong Utrecht	20	962.6%	497.2%
41	D. van Kaam Central midfielder	Waalwijk	26	2111.3%	4918.3%
42	A. Leipold Central midfielder	Helmond Sport	24	16	498.5%
43	H. Ingason Central midfielder	Helmond Sport	20	764.7%	4814.7%
44	S. Dekkers Central midfielder	Helmond Sport	22	175.5%	482%
45	N. El Basri Central midfielder	MVV	22	1660.7%	4816.6%
46	N. Chourak Central midfielder	Jong Ajax	22	1516.9%	487%
47	Sean Steur Central midfielder	Jong Ajax	18	1050.5%	4714.5%
48	N. Souren Central midfielder	Cambuur	26	2117.2%	4715.1%
49	J. Nisbet Central midfielder	Roda	27	4128.9%	476.6%
50	T. Verheijen Central midfielder	MVV	23	137.8%	479.5%