FC 27 Wonderkids, best young players to sign in Career Mode

How you approach recruiting Wonderkids in FC 27 can be based on many factors, including both their current and forecasted potential ratings. To build out the best EA Sports FC 27 squad over a number of seasons, you’ll want to know the best young players for both the short and long term, ideal for the positions you’re looking to bolster.

So you’re all set for the seasons ahead, let’s run through the best Career Mode Wonderkids, with picks covering all positions on the pitch including Defenders, Strikers, and more.

On this page:

• Player ratings and value explained
• Best Wonderkid Goalkeepers
• Best Wonderkid Defenders
• Best Wonderkid Midfielders
• Best Wonderkid Attackers

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FC 27 Player ratings and value explained

Before getting into discussing the best Wonderkids, it's worth calling out that the figures outlined in the tables below might not quite line up with your own in-game figures. Due to varying factors such as how your season progresses and the 'Expected Transfer Value' - also known as xTV - the exact value for players will naturally ebb and flow as time goes on. This can occur naturally as players get older and the seasons progress, but is also determined based on current overall and potential ratings.

For the purposes of this guide, I've taken the numbers from a fresh Manager Career save before progressing any time, using the current squads at the time of writing.

Whilst your numbers may differ from what's seen here however, you can generally expect values to naturally increase or decrease as you play. Similarly, players can move to different clubs in real life which, depending on when you start, can also change what you see in-game. However, once you've started a Manager Career Mode save, this will freeze those values and data in place, and they'll only dynamically shift with your own seasonal progress.

You can also choose to not use updated squads and instead pick 'initial squads' when starting a new career which should mean the values line up relatively close to what you see in this guide since they pull from the day one squads.

FC 27 Best Wonderkids Goalkeepers

One of the most important positions of any great team is the goalkeeper – after all, they’re your last line of defence when the opposition has you beat.

This position is one that actually has a fairly limited selection when it comes to Wonderkids. As you'll see in the below list, there are only really four considered in this category, but we've included a fifth as an additional option: Khiara Keating. Whilst rated at 79 overall right now, her potential rating is 85, which is on par with Laura Dick.

Here are the best Wonderkid Goalkeepers in FC 27:

Name Team Age Overall
(Potential) Attributes
Playstyles Value
Wage Ena Mahmutovic (W) Bayern Munchen 22 82 (86) Far Reach, Footwork £450K / £1.9K Robin Risser (M) RC Lens 21 81 (87) N/A £22 million / £14K Robin Roefs (M) Sunderland 23 81 (86) Footwork £27 million / £35.2K Laura Dick (W) TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 23 80 (85) Cross Claimer, Long Ball Pass £130K / £1.1K Khiara Keating (W) Liverpool 22 79 (85) Far Reach £180K / £1.2K

FC 27 Best Wonderkids Defenders

Whilst Goalkeepers are essential, the Defenders are just as important in many ways. How you manage your team via formations and tactics may adjust which particular roles you're looking for, be it in terms of positioning or how they work with your midfield.

Below we'll run through recommendations for each type of defender across center, left, and right-backs. As mentioned though, you might have a bit of leeway in terms of which particular position you can play them in, so it's worth checking their profiles for more detail.

Here are the best Wonderkid Center-Backs in FC 27:

Name Team Age Overall
(Potential) Attributes
Playstyles Value
Wage Jade Rose (W) Manchester City 23 83 (89) N/A £1.1 million / £3.9K Abdukodir Khusanov (M) Manchester City 22 82 (87) Bruiser, Intercept, Jockey £62 million / £58.6K Dean Huijsen (M) Real Madrid 21 81 (87) Aerial Fortress, Long Ball Pass, Precision Header £89 million / £180.4K Luka Vuskovic (M) Brighton & Hove Albion 19 81 (89) Acrobatic, Aerial Fortress, Long Ball Pass, Precision Header £88 million / £56K Ousmane Diomande (M) Nottingham Forest 22 81 (87) Aerial Fortress, Block, Bruiser, Jockey £40 million / £34.6K Marc Pubill (M) Atletico de Madrid 23 81 (88) Aerial Fortress, Anticipate, Block, Bruiser, Relentless £24 million / £28.1K Castello Lukeba (M) RB Leipzig 23 81 (87) Anticipate, Jockey £56 million / £100K Alice Sombath (W) Tottenham Hotspur 22 80 (85) Intercept, Long Ball Pass £300K / £2.2K | £32.5 million / £17K Levi Colwill (M) Chelsea 23 80 (84) Block, Pinged Pass £49 million / £76K

If you're looking for defence in your formation along the sides of the pitch, you'll want to be keeping an eye out for left and right-backs.

Here are the best Wonderkid Left-Backs in FC 27:

Name Team Age Overall
(Potential) Attributes
Playstyles Value
Wage Pau Cubarsi (M) FC Barcelona 19 86 (91) Pinged Pass+, Aerial Fortress, Long Ball Pass £128 million / £76.9K Esmee Brugts (W) FC Barcelona 23 84 (89) Power Shot, Trickster, Whipped Pass £1.3 million / £3.6K Nico O'Reilly (M) Manchester City 21 83 (87) Power Shot, Press Proven £57 million / £35.2K Lewis Hall (M) Newcastle United 22 83 (87) Block, Press Proven, Whipped Pass £71 million / £52.8K Andrea Medina (W) Manchester United 22 82 (86) Aerial Fortress, Block, Relentless, Slide Tackle £700K / £3.3K Alejandro Balde (M) FC Barcelona 22 82 (85) Anticipate, Quick Step, Rapid £28 million / £32.1K Franziska Kett (W) Bayern Munchern 21 81 (84) Technical £650K / £2.6K Nathaniel Brown (M) Bayern Munchen 23 81 (86) Anticipate, Inventive, Quick Step, Slide Tackle £26 million / £48.5K Alvaro Carreras (M) Real Madrid 23 81 (85) Anticipate, Intercept, Jockey, Long Throw, Relentless £55 million / £172.3K Milos Kerkez (M) Liverpool 22 81 (85) Rapid, Slide Tackle, Whipped Pass £55 million / £87.9K

Similar to Goalkeepers, the Right-Back pool of Wonderkids is fairly limited with only three at the time of writing. To make a full list, we've added Alex Jimenez and Conor Bradley. Some won't consider them quite on the level of other Wonderkids, but they only fall slightly below others with potential ratings of 84 - so they're options worth considering.

Here are the best Wonderkid Right-Backs in FC 27:

Name Team Age Overall
(Potential) Attributes
Playstyles Value
Wage Michael Kayode (M) Brentford 22 81 (85) Long Throw+, Jockey, Relentless £55 million / £58.6K Melween N'Dongala (W) Paris FC 22 81 (87) Bruiser, Intercept £450K / £3.3K Tino Livramento (M) Newcastle United 23 81 (85) Jockey £40 million / £58.6K Alex Jimenez (M) Fiorentina 21 79 (84) Quick Step £22 million / £23.5K Conor Bradley (M) Liverpool 23 79 (84) N/A £42 million / £81K

FC 27 Best Wonderkids Midfielders

Midfield is a pretty diverse space. Covering both defensive and offensive play as well as more central control, midfielders can often fufill many rolls whether it's keeping the ball in your possession, or assisting at either end of the pitch.

With that in mind, we've split this one up into a few categories to give a variety of suggestions for this fairly interchangeable space. As with defenders, keep in mind that some of these players also have alternate places they have experience with too, giving you the opportunity to shake your team's formation up a bit.

Here are the best Wonderkid Center-Defence Midfielders in FC 27:

Name Team Age Overall
(Potential) Attributes
Playstyles Value
Wage Elliot Anderson (M) Manchester City 23 84 (87) Anticipate+, Aerial Fortress, Block, Relentless, Technical £116 million / £293.2K Aleksandar Pavlovic (M) Bayern Munchen 22 83 (86) Tiki Taka+, Press Proven £76 million / £134.6K Claire Hutton (W) Bay FC 20 81 (91) Intercept, Trickster £450K / £3.7K Kobbie Mainoo (M) Manchester United 21 81 (87) Finesse Shot, Press Proven £100 million / £175.9K Ayyoub Bouaddi (M) Manchester City 18 80 (88) First Touch, Intercept, Jockey, Press Proven £53 million / £21K Carlos Baleba (M) Manchester United 22 80 (86) Intercept, Power Shot, Technical £16 million / £14.7K Noah Sadiki (M) Sunderland 21 80 (86) Relentless £49 million / £46.9K Laura Blindkilde Brown (W) Manchester City 23 80 (88) N/A £750K / £3.1K

Here are the best Wonderkid Center-Attack Midfielders in FC 27:

Name Team Age Overall
(Potential) Attributes
Playstyles Value
Wage Jude Bellingham (M) Real Madrid 23 90 (93) Low Driven Shot+, First Touch, Inventive, Precision Header, Relentless, Slide Tackle, Technical £156 million / £400.6K Jamal Musiala (M) Bayern Munchen 23 87 (92) Technical+, Gamechanger, Incisive Pass, Inventive, Press Proven, Tiki Taka £138 million / £480.8K Florian Wirtz (M) Liverpool 23 86 (90) Chip Shot, Finesse Shot, First Touch, Incisive Pass, Inventive, Technical £109 million / £234.5K Fermin (M) FC Barcelona 23 85 (88) First Touch, Incisive Pass, Pinged Pass, Precision Header, Relentless £81 million / £155K Kenan Yildiz (M) Juventus 21 84 (89) Finesse Shot, Power Shot, Quick Step, Technical £116 million / £213.7K Nico Paz (M) Como 22 84 (89) Finesse Shot, Incisive Pass, Low Driven Shot, Relentless, Technical £75 million / £83K Fiamma Benitez (W) Atletico de Madrid 22 84 (89) Incisive Pass, Inventive, Press Proven £700K / £4.2K Manaka Matsukubo (W) Chelsea 22 83 (88) First Touch, Incisive Pass, Technical £1.6 million / £3.5K Olivia Moultrie (W) Portland Thorns FC 21 83 (89) Dead Ball, Incisive Pass, Inventive, Power Shot £800K / £6.7K Maximilian Beier (M) Borussia Dortmund 23 81 (85) Finesse Shot, First Touch, Long Throw, Quick Step, Relentless £45 million / £96.2K

Whilst you can pick based on attacking or defensive midfield positions, the space also has players who specialise in a particular lane on the pitch and so we've listed more general options for that approach below.

Here are the best Wonderkid Midfielders in FC 27:

Name Team Age Overall
(Potential) Attributes
Playstyles Value
Wage Pedri (M) FC Barcelona 23 90 (93) Pinged Pass+, First Touch, Incisive Pass, Long Ball Pass, Press Proven, Technical, Tiki Taka £134 million / £240.4K Joao Neves (M) Paris Saint-Germain 21 88 (92) Tiki Taka+, Acrobatic, Incisive Pass, Inventive, Precision Header, Press Proven, Relentless £153 million / £207.7K Alyssa Thompson (W) Chelsea 21 85 (90) First Touch, Quick Step, Technical £1.9 million / £4.2K Korbin Shrader (W) OL Lyonnes 22 83 (90) Incisive Pass, Technical £1.3 million / £5.5K Kika Nazareth (W) FC Barcelona 23 83 (89) Chip Shot, Gamechanger Incisive Pass, Precision Header, Technical, Tiki Taka £1.2 million / £3.5K Pablo Barrios (M) Atletico de Madrid 23 83 (87) Pinged Pass, Press Proven, Relentless, Tiki Taka £67 million / £120.2K Warren Zaire-Emery (M) Paris Saint-Germain 20 83 (89) First Touch, Jockey, Press Proven, Quick Step, Relentless, Tiki Taka £129 million / £219.2K Arda Guler (M) Real Madrid 21 83 (89) Dead Ball, Finesse Shot, Incisive Pass, Inventive, Technical, Tiki Taka £75 million / £100.2K Gavi (M) FC Barcelona 22 83 (86) Press Proven, Relentless, Tiki Taka £99 million / £180.4K Victor Froholdt (M) FC Porto 20 82 (88) Anticipate, Block, Press Proven, Relentless, Whipped Pass £61 million / £23.1K

FC 27 Best Wonderkids Attackers

Similar to defensive positions, the attacking space is fairly straightforward. Whilst Wingers are there to set up goals and take their own shots, Strikers are the driving force behind making the most of your offensive push.

Since both roles are equally important, we've outlined the best Wonderkid picks for both positions along with information to give you an idea of what each player is skilled at alongside their overall ratings and value.

In the first list below, we are covering Wingers, providing solid choices with potential ratings up to 95 - like with Lamine Yamal who has made his name as one of Barcelona's best.

Here are the best Wonderkid Wingers in FC 27:

Name Team Age Overall
(Potential) Attributes
Playstyles Value
Wage Lamine Yamal (M) FC Barcelona 19 90 (95) Technical+, Finesse Shot, First Touch, Incisive Pass, Inventive, Quick Step, Rapid £253 million / £400.6K Salma Paralluelo (W) OL Lyonnes 22 87 (89) Finesse Shot, Gamechanger, Quick Step, Technical £2.1 million / £8.4K Desire Doue (M) Paris Saint-Germain 21 86 (92) Trickster+, First Touch, Gamechanger, Inventive, Press Proven, Quick Step £107 million / £115.4K Rayan Cherki (M) Manchester City 23 86 (90) Trickster+, First Touch, Incisive Pass, Inventive, Long Ball Pass, Technical £123 million / £211.1K Linda Caicedo (W) Real Madrid 21 85 (92) Technical+, Chip Shot, Finesse Shot, First Touch, Inventive, Low Driven Shot, Quick Step £1.4 million / £3.8K Vicky Lopez (W) FC Barcelona 20 84 (91) Finesse Shot, Inventive, Technical, Tiki Taka, Trickster £1.7 million / £3.3K Jule Brand (W) OL Lyonnes 23 84 (89) Gamechanger, Incisive Pass, Inventive, Quick Step, Rapid, Whipped Pass £1.5 million / £6.6K Yan Diomande (M) Real Madrid 19 84 (90) Quick Step+, Rapid, Technical £74 million / £42.3K Vicki Becho (W) OL Lyonnes 22 83 (87) Gamechanger, Quick Step, Technical, Trickster £1.1 million / £6K Savio / Savinho (M) Tottenham Hotspur 22 80 (85) First Touch, Inventive, Whipped Pass £48 million / £93.8K

In this second list, we're exploring options for the directly attacking position of Strikers, led by Melchie Dumornay who has a high potential rating of 93 and plenty of handy playstyle attributes.

Here's the full list of best Wonderkid Strikers in FC 27:

Name Team Age Overall
(Potential) Attributes
Playstyles Value
Wage Melchie Dumornay (W) OL Lyonnes 23 88 (93) Gamechanger+, Chip Shot, Finesse Shot, Incisive Pass, Low Driven Shot, Quick Step, Technical £125.5 million / £48K Benjamin Sesko (M) Manchester United 23 82 (87) Acrobatic, Aerial Fortress, Gamechanger, Power Shot, Precision Header £91 million / £234.5K Merveille Kanjinga (W) Paris Saint-Germain 23 80 (88) Enforcer £52 million / £22K Eli Junior Kroupi (M) AFC Bournemouth 20 80 (88) Finesse Shot, Gamechanger, Low Driven Shot, Power Shot £40 million / £23.5K Samu (M) FC Porto 22 80 (87) Enforcer, Precision Header £42 million / £31.3K

Good luck on the signing hunt for the best Wonderkids!