Best young players to sign in FIFA 23 Career Mode

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Youssoufa Moukoko FIFA 23

If you’re looking for hidden gems in FIFA 23’s Career Mode, then you’ll want to start scouting the best young players available. With a little patience and opportunities in your starting eleven, these players can rise to the top of the beautiful game.

Investing in youth is a smart strategy that many of the most renowned football clubs in the world utilize. The best young players in FIFA 23’s Career Mode provide value to all clubs no matter their stature.

Those managing a top club could look to scoop up young talent for the future while allowing them to develop on loan. Meanwhile, smaller clubs could invest an initial transfer fee for top young talent and develop that player into a superstar, eventually obtaining a massive transfer fee in the process.

Regardless of which Career Mode strategy you wish to utilize, here are the best young players to sign in FIFA 23.

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FIFA 23 Career Mode top wonderkids to sign

Finding a diamond in the rough and polishing them into one of FIFA 23’s best players is a fun tactic in Career Mode. However, without a top-tier scouting network, it could be difficult to identify FIFA 23’s wonderkids.

It turns out some clubs are better than others when it comes to developing young talent and Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, and Benfica are notorious for this exact accomplishment.

For starters, Youssoufa Moukoko is a striker that could potentially lead your line for the next twenty years. He’s only 17 and better yet he’s available for the bargain price of €7.5 million.

You’ll also find Jamie Bynoe-Gittens at Dortmund who much like Jadon Sancho, left Manchester City to develop his game in Germany. Perhaps your club could be his next destination.

If you look to the Serie A, you can snap up a trio of players that would solidify your defense, midfield, and attack for the foreseeable future, given that you develop the young talents properly. Giorgio Scalvini, Fabio Miretti, and Luka Romero are available for a combined fee of around €13 million.

Of course, there are also players that can walk into your starting eleven with greater ease. These individuals may cost a little more, but thanks to their current rating, they’d be ready to help your club immediately. This shortlist includes Rayan Cherki, Alberto Moleiro, and Xavi Simmons.

Best young players in FIFA 23 Career Mode

While some of the best players in the game are also young players like Rafael Leao and Phil Foden, we’ve set certain requirements so that you won’t have to commit your entire transfer budget just to sign one player.

We’ve compiled a list of the twenty best young players in FIFA 23’s Career Mode that are twenty years old or younger and that cost €13 million or less. The restrictions will ensure that these top wonderkids could play for your club for many years to come and that chasing their signatures won’t put you in financial trouble.

Player NamePositionAgeClubValueWageStarting OVRPotential OVR
Youssoufa MoukokoST17Borussia Dortmund€7.5M€6.8K7389
Antonio NusaLW17Club Brugge€3.3M€2.1K6888
Rayan CherkiLW18Lyon€7M€18.5K7388
António SilvaCB18Benfica€13M€3.3K7587
Alberto MoleiroLM18Las Palmas€10M€3.2K7487
Roony BardghjiRW16FC København€2.2M€1.3K6586
Wilfried GnontoLM18Leeds United€4.1M€8.9K7086
Jamie Bynoe-GittensLM17Borussia Dortmund€2.8M€1.7K6787
Fabio MirettiCM18Juventus€7M€22K7388
Giorgio ScalviniCB18Atalanta€3.5M€6K
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Mathys TelST17Bayern Munich€2.1M€3K6685
Xavi SimmonsCAM19PSV€13M€9.4K7587
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CAM17Stade Rennais€3.5M€2.5K6986
Luka RomeroRW17Lazio€2.5M€3K6786
Andreas SchjelderupCAM18FC Nordsjælland€4M€2.6K7086
Francisco ConceiçãoRW19Ajax€5.5M€7.4K7286
Martin BaturinaCM19Dinamo Zagreb€4.1M€6.6K7086
Arda GülerCAM17Fenerbache€4M€4K7086
Abdul Fatawu IssahakuCAM18Sporting Lisbon€2.6M€1.6K6786
Gavin BazunuGK20Southampton€4M€14.5K7185

The list has very few defenders and goalkeepers, which makes António Silva, Giorgio Scalvini, and Gavin Bazunu truly stand out. However, if you’re interested in discovering more defensive talent, we’ve put together a list of the best young defenders and goalkeepers in FIFA 23’s Career Mode.


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