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Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Liga Profesional Argentina 2026

The highest-potential centre-backs in Liga Profesional Argentina in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Ignacio Ovando of Rosario Central is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Liga Profesional Argentina, with a Field Insider Rating of 57.6, and Lisandro López has been the form player this season, grading 74.9, and C. Ferreira leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lisandro López has improved his Season rating most, up +59.8 on last season, while L. Rivero's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Ferreira of Atletico Tucuman is the most valuable name in this group at 25.3.

Best talent
Ignacio Ovando57.6RTG
Rosario Central
In form
Lisandro López74.9SsN
Belgrano Cordoba
Rising potential
L. Rivero+8.5RTG
River Plate · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Lisandro López+59.8SsN
Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
C. Ferreira3goals
Atletico Tucuman
Most valuable
C. Ferreira25.3val
Atletico Tucuman
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1Ignacio OvandoCentre-backRosario Central1938905.3%5824.1%
2L. Di LolloCentre-backBoca Juniors225714.2%57±0%
3S. FernándezCentre-backTalleres Cordoba213553.3%5513.3%
4J. LudueñaCentre-backUnion Santa Fe2338160.5%5517.1%
5J. GarcíaCentre-backVelez Sarsfield25475541.9%
6S. StuderCentre-backIndepend. Rivadavia232749.8%543.6%
7A. MaidanaCentre-backTalleres Cordoba212254
8L. RiveroCentre-backRiver Plate225423%541.5%
9C. FerreiraCentre-backAtletico Tucuman2355206.1%5313.9%
10F. ÁlvarezCentre-backArgentinos JRS266921.5%523.8%
11A. SchottCentre-backTalleres Cordoba26419.8%529.3%
12J. MeliCentre-backInstituto Cordoba265375.8%521.8%
13M. Di CesareCentre-backRacing Club243419.3%520.6%
14Marco PellegrinoCentre-backHuracan2449±0%512.2%
15Luciano VallejoCentre-backAtletico Tucuman22275021.3%
16K. JappertCentre-backBarracas Central223413.8%5010.4%
17Máximo PalazzoCentre-backHuracan212450
18Daniel HerreraCentre-backSan Lorenzo2231311.8%5013.8%
19D. FernándezCentre-backDefensa Y Justicia25403.7%49±0%
20N. MerianoCentre-backBanfield253862.8%498.9%
21Agustín SeyralCentre-backSarmiento Junin212323200%4914.3%
22K. CoronelCentre-backArgentinos JRS2231785.7%4910.7%
23S. MoyaCentre-backAldosivi2311±0%485%
24E. LuceroCentre-backDefensa Y Justicia21178300%4815.6%
25R. De JesúsCentre-backLanus253137.3%474.4%
26J. FedorcoCentre-backIndependiente252678.4%4715.2%
27R. OrihuelaCentre-backSarmiento Junin252214.5%471.5%
28V. FascendiniCentre-backTalleres Cordoba2330±0%4611.1%
29R. GiampaoliCentre-backBoca Juniors264722.4%465.5%
30L. FerreiraCentre-backDefensa Y Justicia2642124.1%462.9%
31N. DemartiniCentre-backBarracas Central263513.9%455.4%
32E. RaggioCentre-backPlatense252145
33M. MendiaCentre-backPlatense221±0%451.4%
34Y. CasermeiroCentre-backCentral Cordoba de Santiago241932.9%443.3%
35A. CostaCentre-backBoca Juniors274511.1%441.1%
36S. MoralesCentre-backSarmiento Junin25112700%439.3%
37L. SoutoCentre-backDefensa Y Justicia27324342.1%
38J. PomboCentre-backAldosivi2513±0%425.2%
39L. CostaCentre-backIndepend. Rivadavia281823.3%4233.5%
40E. MancusoCentre-backEstudiantes L.P.275064.9%4225.2%
41S. ArzamendiaCentre-backEstudiantes L.P.2839176.6%411%
42F. MansillaCentre-backCentral Cordoba de Santiago2749477.4%4115.3%
43E. MartínezCentre-backGimnasia L.P.2850271.6%4027.2%
44A. MaldonadoCentre-backBelgrano Cordoba296170.8%3911.6%
45J. AntoniniCentre-backEstudiantes de Rio Cuarto27182.3%3926.6%
46L. MosevichCentre-backArgentinos JRS293952.4%3831.7%
47N. ColomboCentre-backRacing Club271864.7%3813.3%
48M. GuillénCentre-backArgentinos JRS2511270%3817.8%
49F. VázquezCentre-backArgentinos JRS21453.8%374.8%
50D. MartínezCentre-backDefensa Y Justicia2842819.6%3743.5%