Best Free Defenders for FIFA 20 Career Mode

Are you building a low-budget squad but you are not sure about which centre backs and full backs you should buy? Follow our suggestions of the best free defenders for FIFA 20 Career Mode.

 
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How to choose the Best Free Defenders

In this article we suggest the best free defenders for FIFA 20 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 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 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 Centre Backs for FIFA 20 Career Mode

 

BEST CHOICE

01 SERGIO RAMOS
Nationality: Spain 🇪🇸
Club (first season): Real Madrid
Rating: 90
Potential (1): 90
Age: 33
Value: €31M
Wage: €310K

We know you give preference to young players but… c’mon, this is Sergio Ramos!

 
 

02 TOBY ALDERWEIRELD
Nationality: Belgium 🇧🇪
Club (first season): Tottenham Hotspur
Rating: 87
Potential (1): 87
Age: 30
Value: €37.5M
Wage: €155K

If slow centre backs are not an issue to you, then you should look to Alderweireld. Yes, THAT Alderweireld. The one who plays for Tottenham. Hurry up!

 
 

03 GIORGIO CHIELLINI
Nationality: Italy 🇮🇹
Club (first season): Juventus
Rating: 90
Potential (1): 90
Age: 34
Value: €23.5M
Wage: €225K

Chiellini 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?

 
 

04 JAN VERTONGHEN
Nationality: Belgium 🇧🇪
Club (first season): Tottenham Hotspur
Rating: 87
Potential (1): 87
Age: 32
Value: €29M
Wage: €155K

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?

 
 

05 THIAGO SILVA
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Paris Saint-Germain
Rating: 87
Potential (1): 87
Age: 34
Value: €15.5M
Wage: €135K

Yes, another old player. Give him the chance to finish his career on your club.

 
 
 

🏆 BEST FREE CENTRE BACKS
TOP 10

01 🇪🇸 Sergio Ramos
02 🇧🇪 Toby Alderweireld
03 🇮🇹 Giorgio Chiellini
04 🇧🇪 Jan Vertonghen
05 🇧🇷 Thiago Silva
06 🇫🇷 Boubacar Kamara
07 🇧🇷 Luiz Felipe
08 🇨🇮 Eric Bailly
09 🇨🇲 Joël Matip
10 🇲🇪 Stefan Savić

 

 
 

Best Free Right Backs for FIFA 20 Career Mode

 

BEST CHOICE

01 JOAKIM MÆHLE
Nationality: Denmark 🇩🇰
Club (first season): KRC Genk
Rating: 77
Potential (1): 84
Age: 22
Value: €10.5M
Wage: €14K

Joakim Mæhle is a fast young right back which contract with Genk is ending. He may be useful for your backup team.

 
 

02 TIMOTHY CASTAGNE
Nationality: Belgium 🇧🇪
Club (first season): Atalanta
Rating: 76
Potential (1): 85
Age: 23
Value: €12M
Wage: €40K

Castagne is one of the several young right backs running out of contract. For an average team, he is a great player. In a few years he will be known for everyone.

 
 

03 THOMAS MEUNIER
Nationality: Belgium 🇧🇪
Club (first season): Paris Saint-Germain
Rating: 82
Potential (1): 82
Age: 27
Value: €18.5M
Wage: €87K

Meunier’s contract is expiring, so 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?

 
 

04 KEVIN RÜEGG
Nationality: Switzerland 🇨🇭
Club (first season): FC Zürich
Rating: 72
Potential (1): 83
Age: 20
Value: €4.7M
Wage: €8K

Here ist is another player with a good potential. If you have time, sign him for free and give him a few chances to play.

 
 

05 TIMOTHY EVANS FOSU-MENSAH
Nationality: Netherlands 🇳🇱
Club (first season): Manchester United
Rating: 73
Potential (1): 81
Age: 21
Value: €5M
Wage: €46K

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.

 
 
 

🏆 BEST FREE RIGHT BACKS
TOP 10

01 🇩🇰 Joakim Mæhle
02 🇧🇪 Timothy Castagne
03 🇧🇪 Thomas Meunier
04 🇨🇭 Kevin Rüegg
05 🇳🇱 Timothy Fosu-Mensah
06 🇳🇱 Hans Hateboer
07 🇷🇴 Cristian Manea
08 🇵🇱 Łukasz Piszczek
09 🇮🇹 Daniel Caligiuri
10 🇧🇷 Mariano

 

 
 

Best Free Left Backs for FIFA 20 Career Mode

 

BEST CHOICE

01 ALEX SANDRO
Nationality: Brazil 🇧🇷
Club (first season): Juventus
Rating: 85
Potential (1): 85
Age: 28
Value: €30.5M
Wage: €155K

Alex Sandro 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.

 
 

02 ANTUNES
Nationality: Portugal 🇵🇹
Club (first season): Getafe CF
Rating: 80
Potential (1): 80
Age: 32
Value: €8M
Wage: €27K

It’s not easy to find quality young players ending their contracts. Fortunately to you, Antunes can be signed for free.

 
 

03 ALEKSANDAR KOLAROV
Nationality: 🇷🇸 Serbia
Club (first season): AS Roma
Rating: 82
Potential (1): 82
Age: 33
Value: €8.5M
Wage: €52K

This is probably the position with less quality in FIFA 20. However, that’s not the case of Kolarov, an experienced balanced player.

 
 

04 GONZALO ESCOBAR
Nationality: Argentina 🇦🇷
Club (first season): Club Atlético Colón
Rating: 72
Potential (1): 80
Age: 22
Value: €4M
Wage: €8K

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 FEDERICO RICCA
Nationality: Uruguay 🇺🇾
Club (first season): Málaga CF
Rating: 75
Potential (1): 80
Age: 24
Value: €7.5M
Wage: €8K

FFederico Ricca is an average player who needs time to improve is skills. He still has room to be much better than he is now.

 
 
 

🏆 BEST FREE LEFT BACKS
TOP 10

01 🇧🇷 Alex Sandro
02 🇵🇹 Antunes
03 🇷🇸 Aleksandar Kolarov
04 🇦🇷 Gonzalo Escobar
05 🇺🇾 Federico Ricca
06 🇳🇿 Liberato Cacace
07 🇩🇿 Ramy Bensebaini
08 🇪🇸 Cote
09 🇪🇸 Nacho Monreal
10 🇫🇷 Layvin Kurzawa

 
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.