Are you building a low-budget squad but you are not sure about which defenders you should buy? Follow our suggestions of the best free agents defenders for FIFA 19 Career Mode.
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How to choose the Best Free Agents Defenders
In this article, we will suggest the best free agents defenders for FIFA 19 Career Mode that you should be able to use in your club. Keep in mind that the best players for us may not be for you. It depends of your club, your 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 defenders of three categories:
1 Best of the Best
Ideal for unlimited wallets or for who wants the best.
2 Free Agents
Decent defenders that you can find for free or ending their contracts.
3 Best Young
Under 23 defenders with great growth. Potential future top players.
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Best Free Agents Centre Backs for FIFA 19 Career Mode
BEST CHOICE
01 DIEGO GODÍN
Nationality: Uruguay 🇺🇾
Club (first season): Atlético Madrid
Rating: 90
Potential (1): 90
Age: 32
We know you give preference to young players but… c’mon, this is Godín!
02 JAN VERTONGHEN
Nationality: Belgium 🇧🇪
Club (first season): Tottenham Spurs
Rating: 87
Potential (1): 87
Age: 31
Vertonghen is a player who will go straight to your starting eleven as you signed him. Do you think you can convince him to joins to your club?
03 CHRIS SMALLING
Nationality: England 🏴
Club (first season): Manchester United
Rating: 81
Potential (1): 82
Age: 28
Most of the good centre backs in the last year of contract are old. But not all. Smalling is perfect for a pre-contract.
04 DAVID LUIZ
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Chelsea
Rating: 83
Potential (1): 83
Age: 31
David Luiz is a classic. Yes, we know that he is 31 but we also know that you can have him for free. Why you wouldn’t do it?
05 VINCENT KOMPANY
Nationality: Belgium 🇧🇪
Club (first season): Manchester City
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 85
Age: 32
If slow centre backs are not an issue to you, then you should look to Kompany. Yes, THAT Kompany. The one who plays for Manchester City. Hurry up!
🏆 BEST FREE AGENTS CENTRE-BACKS
TOP 10
01 Diego Godin
02 Jan Vertonghen
03 Chris Smalling
04 David Luiz
05 Vincent Kompany
06 Phil Jones
07 Victor Ruiz
08 Ben Mee
09 Neven Subotic
10 Martin Skrtel
Best Free Agents Right Backs for FIFA 19 Career Mode
BEST CHOICE
01 DE MARCOS
Nationality: Nationality: Spain 🇪🇸
Club (first season): Athletic Bilbao
Rating: 79
Potential (1): 79
Age: 29
De Marcos is a fast right back which contract with Athletic is ending. He may be useful for your backup team.
02 RAFAEL
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Olympique Lyonnais
Rating: 79
Potential (1): 79
Age: 28
Rafael is one of the few young right backs running out of contract. For an average team, he is a great player.
03 ANTONIO VALENCIA
Nationality: Ecuador 🇪🇨
Club (first season): Manchester United
Rating: 82
Potential (1): 82
Age: 33
Do you like fast full backs who are able to run all game without getting tired? If you answered yes, then you can’t miss this player.
04 JUANFRAN
Nationality: Spain 🇪🇸
Club (first season): Atlético Madrid
Rating: 80
Potential (1): 80
Age: 33
Juanfran had an amazing career and now it’s time to finish it in your club. You need to be fast because many clubs will try to sign him.
05 IGNAZIO ABATE
Nationality: Italy 🇮🇹
Club (first season): AC Milan
Rating: 78
Potential (1): 78
Age: 31
Abate is a decent player know mostly by his pace. Since his contract with Milan is expiring, you have a good chance to improve your team with him. If you already have a good right back, why not signing him to use as backup?
🏆 BEST FREE AGENTS RIGHT-BACKS
TOP 10
01 De Marcos
02 Rafael
03 Antonio Valencia
04 Juanfran
05 Ignazio Abate
06 Kenny Lala
07 Dani Alves
08 Sener Ozbayrakli
09 Rafinha
10 Almamy Toure
Best Free Agents Left Backs for FIFA 19 Career Mode
BEST CHOICE
01 LUKE SHAW
Nationality: England 🏴
Club (first season): Manchester United
Rating: 77
Potential (1): 84
Age: 23
He is one of the most popular young players in England and it is easy to understand why. Fast and with a great tackling, one day Shaw may be better than many popular left backs.
02 FILIPE LUÍS
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Atlético Madrid
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 85
Age: 33
Filipe Luís will not grow up any more. But he doesn’t need it. He is already a very good left back in the last year of contract.
03 ALBERTO MORENO
Nationality: Spain 🇪🇸
Club (first season): Liverpool
Rating: 77
Potential (1): 79
Age: 26
It’s not easy to find quality young players ending their contracts. Fortunately to you, Moreno can be signed for free.
04 ROGERIO
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Sassuolo
Rating: 69
Potential (1): 82
Age: 20
Sometimes you need to sign young players before they grow up and become much more expensive. That’s what will happen with this one.
05 FÁBIO COENTRÃO
Nationality: Portugal 🇵🇹
Club (first season): Rio Ave
Rating: 79
Potential (1): 79
Age: 30
This is probably the position with less quality in FIFA 19. However, that’s not the case of Coentrão, a very balanced player.
🏆 BEST FREE AGENTS LEFT-BACKS
TOP 10
01 Luke Shaw
02 Filipe Luis
03 Alberto Moreno
04 Rogerio
05 Fabio Coentrao
06 Nacho Monreal
07 Frank Fabra
08 Matteo Darmian
09 Cristian Ansaldi
10 Konstantinos Stafylidis