Want to know which midfielders you should buy? Here are the best young midfielders for FIFA 21 Career Mode (CDMs, CMs, CAMs, RMs and LMs).
How to choose the Best Young Midfielders
In this article we suggest the best young midfielders for FIFA 21 Career Mode. Keep in mind that the best players for us may not be for you. It depends on your club, other players, formation, transfer budget, wages budget, play style, preferences, etc…
To select the best players, we have mainly into consideration their stats, potential and age.
In our website we suggest midfielders from two categories:
1 The Best of the Best
Ideal for unlimited wallets or for who wants the best.
2 The Best Young
Under 23 midfielders with great growth. Potential future top players.
QUICK ACCESS CDM | CM | CAM | RM | LM
The Best Young Defensive Midfielder for FIFA 21 Career Mode
01 SANDRO TONALI
Nationality: Italy 🇮🇹
Club (first season): AC Milan
Rating: 77
Potential (1): 91
Age: 20
Value: €18.5M
Wage: €25K
You probably are not impressed with his stats. But what if we told you that he can reach overall 80 in the end of the first season and be the best defensive midfielder in a few years? Don’t forget that he is only 20.
02 BOUBACAR KAMARA
Nationality: France 🇫🇷
Club (first season): Olympique de Marseille
Rating: 79
Potential (1): 87
Age: 20
Value: €17M
Wage: €29K
Bad news: Kamara has a lot to improve to be one of the best CDMs in the world. Good news: he will.
03 MATTEO GUENDOUZI
Nationality: France 🇫🇷
Club (first season): Hertha
Rating: 77
Potential (1): 86
Age: 21
Value: €12.5M
Wage: €46K
Guendouzi is fast, strong, has good passing and dribbling stats. Where he needs to improve more is on the defence but that’s something you can teach him, right?.
03 TYLER ADAMS
Nationality: United States 🇺🇸
Club (first season): RB Leipzig
Rating: 76
Potential (1): 85
Age: 21
Value: €11M
Wage: €29K
Tyler Adams is much more than a defensive player. He is the first attacker of any team. In other words, a full package.
05 FLORENTINO
Nationality: Portugal 🇵🇹
Club (first season): AC Milan
Rating: 76
Potential (1): 86
Age: 21
Value: €11.5M
Wage: €29K
Florentino is one of the most outstanding young players of the moment and we heard that Benfica may accept to sell him. Are you gonna to try?
🏆 BEST YOUNG DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
TOP 10
01 🇮🇹 Sandro Tonali
02 🇫🇷 Boubacar Kamara
03 🇫🇷 Matteo Guendouzi
04 🇺🇸 Tyler Adams
05 🇵🇹 Florentino
06 🏴 Declan Rice
07 🇳🇴 Sander Berge
08 🇦🇷 Lisandro Martinez
09 🇫🇷 Boubakary Soumare
10 🇧🇷 Gustavo Assunção
The Best Young Centre Midfielder for FIFA 21 Career Mode
01 FEDERICO VALVERDE
Nationality: Uruguay 🇺🇾
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 83
Potential (1): 90
Age: 22
Value: €36M
Wage: €135K
What a player! He leads this top this year and in a few seasons we expect to see him in top of the list of the best (not so young) midfielders.
03 HOUSSEM AOUAR
Nationality: France 🇫🇷
Club (first season): Olympique Lyonnais
Rating: 81
Potential (1): 89
Age: 22
Value: €26M
Wage: €65K
He was linked to many clubs but he haven’t made the move. It’s your chance to buy him for your team.
03 EDUARDO CAMAVINGA
Nationality: France 🇫🇷
Club (first season): Stade Rennais
Rating: 76
Potential (1): 88
Age: 17
Value: €12M
Wage: €5K
Only three things are certain in life: death, taxes and watching Camavinga as one of the best players in the world.
04 BRUNO GUIMARÃES
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Olympique Lyonnais
Rating: 78
Potential (1): 87
Age: 22
Value: €15.5M
Wage: €52K
Bruno Guimarães is one of the best young centre midfielder of Career Mode. You will love his stats, especially the dribbling and passing ones.
05 PEDRO GONÇALVES
Nationality: Portugal 🇵🇹
Club (first season): Sporting CP
Rating: 76
Potential (1): 87
Age: 22
Value: €13M
Wage: €12K
Pedro is a very interesting player you should try. He will move to a bigger league in one or two seasons.
🏆 BEST YOUNG CENTRE MIDFIELDERS
TOP 10
01 🇺🇾 Federico Valverde
02 🇫🇷 Houssem Aouar
03 🇫🇷 Eduardo Camavinga
04 🇧🇷 Bruno Guimarães
05 🇵🇹 Pedro Gonçalves
06 🇪🇸 Riqui Puig
07 🇦🇷 Exequiel Palacios
08 🇫🇷 Maxence Caqueret
09 🇷🇸 Uros Racic
10 🇳🇱 Ryan Gravenberch
The Best Young Centre Attacking Midfielder for FIFA 21 Career Mode
01 KAI HAVERTZ
Nationality: Netherlands Germany 🇩🇪
Club (first season): Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 93
Age: 21
Value: €57M
Wage: €105K
Havertz doesn’t have competition. He can’t be compared to the other CAMs. He will have a brilliant future. 100% sure.
02 MARTIN ODEGAARD
Nationality: Norway 🇳🇴
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 83
Potential (1): 89
Age: 21
Value: €36M
Wage: €135K
Career Mode is all about buying the best young players, right? Then, you really need to sign Odegaard. Really.
03 MOHAMED IHATTAREN
Nationality: Netherlands 🇳🇱
Club (first season): PSV
Rating: 77
Potential (1): 88
Age: 18
Value: €14M
Wage: €7K
It’s a pleasure to watch this player in action. Except in the defence, he’s already a very balanced and high-quality player.
04 THIAGO ALMADA
Nationality: Argentina 🇦🇷
Club (first season): Vélez Sarsfield
Rating: 73
Potential (1): 89
Age: 19
Value: €8.5M
Wage: €8K
You are here to discover hidden-gems and bargains? Take note of this name: Thiago Almada.
03 PHIL FODEN
Nationality: England 🏴
Club (first season): Manchester City
Rating: 79
Potential (1): 88
Age: 20
Value: €19.5M
Wage: €86K
If you love players who are able to run until the opposite goal, then you need to buy Foden. He just needs time to grow up. Do you think you can give him that?
🏆 BEST YOUNG CENTRE ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS
TOP 10
01 🇩🇪 Kai Havertz
02 🇳🇴 Martin Odegaard
03 🇳🇱 Mohamed Ihattaren
04 🇦🇷 Thiago Almada
05 🏴 Philip Foden
06 🏴 Mason Mount
07 🇧🇷 Matheus Cunha
08 🇭🇺 Dominik Szoboszlai
09 🇭🇷 Nikola Vlasic
10 🇫🇷 Christopher Nkunku
The Best Young Right Midfielder for FIFA 21 Career Mode
01 JADON SANCHO
Nationality: England 🏴
Club (first season): Borussia Dortmund
Rating: 87
Potential (1): 93
Age: 20
Value: €69.5M
Wage: €52K
Sancho is one of the players of the moment. You will need a huge budget in order to have money to buy him.
02 ACHRAF HAKIMI
Nationality: Morocco 🇲🇦
Club (first season): Inter
Rating: 83
Potential (1): 88
Age: 21
Value: €35M
Wage: €92K
Hakimi is a brilliant player but your chances to convince Inter to sell him are very low. They simply just don’t want to sell one of most promising midfielders.
03 RODRYGO
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 79
Potential (1): 90
Age: 19
Value: €21M
Wage: €90K
He’s already one of the community favourites, maybe because he will grow up very fast and become a top-quality player.
04 TRINCÃO
Nationality: Portugal 🇵🇹
Club (first season): FC Barcelona
Rating: 78
Potential (1): 91
Age: 22
Value: €24.5M
Wage: €26K
For some good reason FC Barcelona paid more than 40 million Euros for this player. They knew how good he will be.
05 FERRAN TORRES
Nationality: Spain 🇪🇸
Club (first season): Manchester City
Rating: 81
Potential (1): 89
Age: 20
Value: €26.5M
Wage: €97K
Ferran is ready to play in any club. In a few years he will be the favourite of the fans.
🏆 BEST YOUNG RIGHT MIDFIELDERS
TOP 10
01 🏴 Jadon Sancho
02 🇲🇦 Achraf Hakimi
03 🇧🇷 Rodrygo
04 🇵🇹 Trincão
05 🇪🇸 Ferran Torres
06 🏴 Mason Greenwood
07 🇯🇵 Takefusa Kubo
08 🏴 Marcus Edwards
09 🇧🇷 Anthony
06 🇸🇳 Ismaïla Sarr
The Best Young Left Midfielder for FIFA 21 Career Mode
01 MARCUS RASHFORD
Nationality: England 🏴
Club (first season): Manchester United
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 91
Age: 22
Value: €53M
Wage: €150K
Playing with Rashford is like cheating. He is so good in his first season that you won’t ever imagine how he will be in two seasons…
02 VINÍCIUS JR.
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 80
Potential (1): 93
Age: 20
Value: €27.5M
Wage: €95K
Vinicius Junior is one of the players with the highest potential. You will love him.
03 ANSU FATI
Nationality: Spain 🇪🇸
Club (first season): FC Barcelona
Rating: 76
Potential (1): 90
Age: 17
Value: €15M
Wage: €24K
Ansu Fati is a fantastic player with a release clause of 40 million Euros. High? Not really, it’s almost free for what he will play on your team.
04 STEVEN BERGWIJN
Nationality: Netherlands 🇳🇱
Club (first season): Tottanham
Rating: 83
Potential (1): 88
Age: 22
Value: €34.5M
Wage: €105K
Bergwijn will have a brilliant career. You can pay a good amount of money for him because there is no chance to fail.
05 CUCURELLA
Nationality: Spain 🇪🇸
Club (first season): Getafe CF
Rating: 81
Potential (1): 89
Age: 22
Value: €26.5M
Wage: €28K
Cucurella is getting aged. It’s the right time to buy him. Do it.
🏆 BEST YOUNG LEFT MIDFIELDERS
TOP 10
01 🏴 Marcus Rashford
02 🇧🇷 Vinícius Júnior
03 🇪🇸 Ansu Fati
04 🇳🇱 Steven Bergwijn
05 🇪🇸 Cucurella
06 🇫🇷 Moussa Diaby
07 🏴 Bukayo Saka
08 🇦🇷 Agustín Urzi
09 🇺🇸 Christian Pulisic
10 🇪🇸 Pedri
Notes:
(1) Potential is an average of estimated rating a player can reach. It doesn’t mean that you will reach that overall nor that you won’t overcome it.