U19 midfielders with the Best Potential

The highest-potential U19 midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Culbreath of Bayer Leverkusen is the standout for raw talent across U19 midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 75.7, and V. Kostov has been the form player this season, grading 54.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Amass has improved his Season rating most, up +22.2 on last season, while O. Pietuszewski's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +30.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Armstrong of Everton is the most valuable name in this group at 79.6.

O. Pietuszewski+30.4RTG

FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

H. Amass+22.2SsN

Manchester United · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Culbreath Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	19	14	76
2	Andre Attacking midfielder	Corinthians	19	34439.7%	7418.3%
3	H. Amass Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	19	26541.5%	721.9%
4	G. Justino Central midfielder	Botafogo	19	19	67
5	A. Ochoa Attacking midfielder	Malaga	19	12143.8%	6612.6%
6	Huguinho Central midfielder	Botafogo	19	21±0%	6548.1%
7	O. Pietuszewski Central midfielder	FC Porto	18	16	6588.6%
8	J. Monga Central midfielder	Swansea	17	111030%	6210.3%
9	João Simões Central midfielder	Sporting CP	19	914.9%	621.1%
10	K. Eichhorn Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	17	19	60
11	Bae Seung-Gyun Defensive midfielder	Feyenoord	18	19	60
12	C. Comotto Defensive midfielder	AC Milan	18	13	57
13	Y. Hamdaoui Central midfielder	Antwerp	18	11	5623%
14	T. Aranda Central midfielder	Boca Juniors	19	27	56
15	F. Thorvaldsen Attacking midfielder	Twente	19	25	56
16	E. Mensah Defensive midfielder	AD Ceuta FC	18	6	55
17	L. Regiardo Defensive midfielder	Newells Old Boys	19	33115.8%	5410.9%
18	A. Ouazane Winger	Jong Ajax	16	24±0%	54±0%
19	A. Mehmeti Defensive midfielder	New York Red Bulls	17	47	53
20	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	55	53
21	Cavan Sullivan Winger	Philadelphia Union	16	301415%	5340.5%
22	Yoon Do-Yong Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	19	18291.5%	5313.1%
23	A. Medina Defensive midfielder	Lanus	19	159.6%	521.2%
24	G. Cantizano Central midfielder	Rosario Central	19	2±0%	5011.8%
25	Bjorn Menzo Winger	Jong Utrecht	19	5±0%	50±0%
26	Jacob Peter Hödl Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	19	27	50
27	J. Oerip Winger	Jong AZ	19	13±0%	50±0%
28	Z. Gozo Winger	Crystal Palace	19	4389.3%	506.9%
29	J. Son Central midfielder	FC Seoul	18	9	49
30	J. Mattar Central midfielder	Newells Old Boys	18	192557.1%	4916.8%
31	B. Broggio Attacking midfielder	Falkirk	19	18±0%	48±0%
32	C. Sanchez Central midfielder	Atlanta United FC	18	212462.5%	4831.3%
33	T. Nyhammer Attacking midfielder	Tromso	19	29	47
34	D. van der Vaart Defensive midfielder	Jong Ajax	19	7	47
35	C. Ashia Winger	Huddersfield	19	11	47
36	Frederik Emmery Attacking midfielder	Aarhus	19	2748.1%	473.1%
37	E. Seck Central midfielder	KAA Gent II	19	23	47
38	D. Laaouina Central midfielder	Jong Utrecht	16	4±0%	46±0%
39	Lucas Ferreira Attacking midfielder	FC Luzern	19	26	46
40	A. Doumbia Central midfielder	BK Hacken	18	51	46
41	Mikel Johan Gogorza Krüger-Johnsen Central midfielder	FC Midtjylland	19	199.1%	45±0%
42	S. Brunell Defensive midfielder	Seattle Sounders	19	24332.1%	4510.1%
43	A. Bačanin Central midfielder	FC Basel 1893	19	15	45
44	B. Mazurek Central midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	19	23	4432%
45	L. Engelns Defensive midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	19	15240%	4423.9%
46	D. Daga Central midfielder	Molde	18	23	44
47	Philipp Maybach Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	18	11	44
48	Thomas Lopes Attacking midfielder	Servette FC	18	14	43
49	J. Bisiwu Central midfielder	Barcelona	18	469.8%	433.4%
50	M. Siltanen Defensive midfielder	Djurgardens IF	19	2920.8%	433.6%