FM22's Best Wonderkids for Every Position

Football Manager 2022 launches on November 9, and it's only natural for us to want to know who the talented, high-potential amazing kids — the wonderkids — set to make a big impact are.

Fans have been speculating about which wonderkids will be rated highest in Football Manager 2022 ever since the 2021 version's last update in March.

FM doesn't publish the list outright, but there are young players whose real-world performances suggest they'll have exceptional potential in this year's game.

Once you start the game, you'll want to sign at least a few of these kids...

FM22's Most Promising Goalkeepers

In Football Manager, the goalkeeper is a position where you'll want a bit of experience - but landing a wonderkid to see you through with minimal losses is a big advantage down the line.

Given that goalkeepers tend to mature later, if you're playing a long save, your best bet is probably to sign a keeper between 23 and 26 (or even older), and use them to cover your first 1-2 seasons while your own keeper develops.

Goalkeepers

Player	Club	Nationality	Age
Maarten Vandevoordt	Genk	Belgium	19
Manuel Gasparini	Legnago Salus	Italy	19
Andre Gomes	Benfica	Portugal	16
Gavin Bazunu	Portsmouth	Republic of Ireland	19
Juan Diego Castillo	Fortaleza	Colombia	18
Murray Johnson	Hibernian	Scotland	16
Alejandro Iturbe	Atletico Madrid	Spain	18
James Trafford	Manchester City	England	18
Mikki van Sas	Manchester City	Netherlands	17
Joaquin Blazquez	Talleres	Argentina	20
Alex Padilla	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	18
Lucao	Vasco Da Gama	Brazil	20
Cristian	Atletico Mineiro	Brazil	19
Ivan Martinez	Castellon	Spain	19
Charlie Setford	Ajax	England	17
Lucas Chevalier	Valenciennes	France	19
Tom Mabon	Nantes	France	17
Alessandro Russo	Alessandria Calcio	Italy	20
Davide Mastrantonio	Roma	Italy	17
Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro	AZ Alkmaar	Netherlands	17
Lucas Canizares	Real Madrid	Spain	19
Diogo Pinto	Sporting Lisbon	Portugal	17
Theo Sander	Aalborg	Norway	16
Francisco Meixedo	Porto	Portugal	20
Matheus Donelli	Corinthians	Brazil	19
Plamen Andreev	Levski Sofia	Bulgaria	16
Coniah Boyce-Clarke	Reading	England	18
Chris Brady	Chicago Fire	United States	18

FM22's Most Promising Right-Backs

If you're managing an English club in FM, chances are there are five right-backs waiting for you in the academy, right?

Joking aside, right-back has some interesting potential. There are naturally more right-footed players who also play on the left, leaving a whole group of players funneled into the right-back position for various reasons.

In the modern game you'll come across right-backs of every type, so make sure you're playing a full-back that fits your style of play.

Right-Backs

Player	Club	Nationality	Age
Devyne Rensch	Ajax	Netherlands	18
Lucas Calegari	Fluminense	Brazil	19
Rodrigo Pinheiro	Porto	Portugal	19
Vanderson	Gremio	Brazil	20
Valentino Livramento	Southampton	England	18
Felipe Cruz	Benfica	Portugal	19
Scott Jack	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	18
Tomas Esteves	Porto	Portugal	19
Sergino Dest	Barcelona	United States	20
Josha Vagnoman	Hamburg	Germany	20
Kyriani Sabbe	Club Brugge	Belgium	16
Yan Couto	Braga	Brazil	19
Sergio Carreira	Celta Vigo	Brazil	20
Asier Grande	Arenas Club	Spain	19
Alejandro Frances	Real Zaragoza	Spain	18
Filipe Cruz	Benfica	Portugal	18
Wilfried Singo	Torino	Ivory Coast	20
Malo Gusto	Olympique Lyonnais	France	18
Ismael Casas	Malaga	Spain	20
Calvin Ramsay	Aberdeen	Scotland	17
Tobias Vinicius	Internacional	Brazil	17
Khellven	Paranaense	Brazil	20
Amar Dedic	RB Salzburg	Bosnia-Herzegovina	18
Michal Karbownik	Brighton & Hove Albion	Poland	20
Yari Stevens	Gent	Belgium	17
Joseda	Valencia	Spain	19
Nathan Patterson	Rangers	Scotland	19
Tariq Lamptey	Brighton & Hove Albion	England	20

FM22's Most Promising Centre-Backs

Buy a solid centre-back early on and start designing your team's next 15 years. Just like in goal, experience is an important factor in the back line, so if you plan to start them right away, make sure to surround them with experienced players.

Centre-Backs

Player	Club	Nationality	Age
Josko Gvardiol	RB Leipzig	Croatia	19
Tanguy Nianzou	Bayern Munich	France	19
Renan	Palmeiras	Brazil	19
Wisdom Amey	Bologna	Italy	15
Bright Arrey-Mbi	Bayern Munich	Germany	18
Andrea Carboni	Cagliari	Italy	20
Wesley Fofana	Leicester City	France	20
Daouda Guindo	RB Salzburg	Mali	18
Ethan Ampadu	Venezia	Wales	20
Alvaro Carrillo	Real Madrid	Spain	19
Ivan Munoz	Valencia	Spain	19
Charlie McArthur	Kilmarnock	Scotland	16
Benoit Badiashile	Monaco	France	20
William Saliba	Olympique Marseille	France	20
Goncalo Inacio	Sporting	Portugal	19
Ruben Pulido	Fuenlabrada	Spain	20
Leon King	Rangers	Scotland	17
Nnamdi Collins	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	17
Leonidas Stergiou	St. Gallen	Switzerland	19
Kaiky	Santos	Brazil	17
Max Normann Williamson	Kristiansund	Norway	18
El Chadaille Bitshiabu	Paris Saint-Germain	France	16
Olivier Aertssen	Ajax	Netherlands	17
Andrea Papetti	Brescia	Italy	19
Emmanuel van de Blaak	PSV	Netherlands	16
Eric Garcia	Barcelona	Spain	20
Timothee Pembele	Paris Saint-Germain	France	18
Kerr Smith	Dundee United	Scotland	16
Luke Mbete	Manchester City	England	17
Jarrad Branthwaite	Everton	Everton	19
Daan Dierckx	Parma	Belgium	18
Mateja Milvanovic	Ajax	Netherlands	17
Antonio Silva	Benfica	Portugal	17

FM22's Most Promising Left-Backs

Left-back can be the hardest spot to find a world-class player for your team, simply because there are fewer left-footed players who play as full-backs.

In Football Manager 2022, the top under-21 prospects at left-back include good options who could develop into players who help build play in midfield, or even into centre-backs.

Left-Backs

Player	Club	Nationality	Age
Nuno Mendes	Paris Saint-Germain	Portugal	19
Luke Thomas	Leicester City	England	20
Milos Kerkez	AC Milan	Hungary	17
Julian Aude	Lanus	Argentina	18
Noah Katterbach	Koln	Germany	20
Miguel Gutierrez	Real Madrid	Spain	19
Ben Chrisene	Aston Villa	England	17
Guilherme Montoia	Benfica	Portugal	17
David De La Vibora	Real Madrid	Spain	18
Luca Netz	Borussia Monchengladbach	Germany	18
Matthew Sorinola	Union SG	England	20
Grigoris Savvakis	Olympiacos	Greece	16
Liberato Cacace	St-Truiden	New Zealand	20
Tomas Galvez	Manchester City	Finald	16
Alejandro Balde	Barcelona	Spain	18
Dennis Cirkin	Tottenham Hotspur	England	19
Ridvan Yilmaz	Besiktas	Turkey	20
Aaron Hickey	Bologna	Scotland	19
Alphonso Davies	Bayern Munich	Canada	20
Omar Campos	Santos Laguna	Mexico	18
Riccardo Calafiori	Roma	Italy	18
Alvaro Fernandes	Manchester United	Spain	18
Rayan Ait-Nouri	Wolverhampton Wanderers	France	20
Tayo Adaramola	Crystal Palace	Republic of Ireland	17
Eneko Clemente	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	16
Luke Daley	Huddersfield Town	England	19
Alvaro Fernandez	Manchester United	Spain	18

FM22's Most Promising Defensive Midfielders

Defensive midfield is a spot in FM where you need someone strong, durable and with good game reading - so you might not want to hand such an important role to such a young star.

But in the modern game, there are plenty of young players who can succeed at the base of midfield. All of these picks are specialist CDMs - but they could just as easily slot into a more central role.

Defensive Midfielders

Player	Club	Nationality	Age
Abdoulaye Kamara	Borussia Dortmund	Guinea	16
Oliver Skipp	Tottenham Hotspur	England	20
Maxim Mukhin	CSKA Moscow	Russia	19
Nicolo Rovella	Juventus	Italy	19
Rafael Luis	Benfica	Portugal	16
Romeo Lavia	Manchester City	Belgium	17
Marco Kana	Anderlecht	Belgium	18
Ruslan Litvinov	Spartak Moscow	Russia	19
Joris Chotard	Montpellier	France	19
Eyup Aydin	Bayern Munich	Turkey	16
Pedro Bravo	America de Cali	Colombia	16
Samson Tijani	RB Salzburg	Nigeria	19
Unai Vencedor	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	20
Leighton Clarkson	Liverpool	England	19
Nohan Kenneh	Leeds United	England	18
Manuel Ugarte	Famalicao	Uruguay	20
Han-Noah Massengo	Bristol City	France	20
Bruno Gomes	Vasco Da Gama	Brazil	20
Fabian Angel	Junior	Colombia	20
Angelo Stiller	Bayern Munich	Germany	20

FM22's Most Promising Central Midfielders

Midfielders may have the widest development range of any player on the pitch in Football Manager. A good CM can be turned into almost anything - an attacking midfielder, a playmaker, a wide player... maybe even a full-back.

If you're playing with a three-man midfield, you can afford to give a youngster minutes every week.

Central Midfielders

Player	Club	Nationality	Age
Gavi	Barcelona	Spain	17
Zidan Sertdermir	Bayer Leverkusen	Denmark	16
Burak Ince	Altinordu	Turkey	17
Eduardo Camavinga	Real Madrid	France	18
Isak Johannesson Bergmann	Copenhagen	Iceland	18
Mustafa Kapi	Lille	Turkey	18
Sidney Raebiger	RB Leipzig	Germany	16
Ilaix Moriba	RB Leipzig	Spain	18
Antonio Blanco	Real Madrid	Spain	20
Gabriel Misehouy	Ajax	Netherlands	15
Williot Swedberg	Hammarby	Sweden	17
Ryan Gravenberch	Ajax	Netherlands	19
Julius Beck	Spezia	Norway	16
Xavi Simons	Paris Saint-Germain	Netherlands	18
Jude Bellingham	Borussia Dortmund	England	19
Pierre Deomoh	Genk	Belgium	17
Sandry	Santos	Brazil	19
Vasco Sousa	Porto	Portugal	18
Mohammed Diomande	Nordsjaelland	Ivory Coast	19
Gabriel Menino	Palmeiras	Brazil	20
Danilo	Palmeiras	Brazil	20
Pipi	Real Madrid	Japan	17
Gabriel Menino	Palmeiras	Brazil	20
Dominik Szoboszlai	RB Leipzig	Hungary	20
Charles De Ketelaere	Club Brugge	Belgium	20
Nico	Barcelona	Spain	19
Yunus Musah	Valencia	United States	18
Mustafa Kapi	Lille	Turkey	18
Charlie Patino	Arsenal	England	17
Mohamed Amine Essahel	KAS Eupen	Morocco	18
Alfie Devine	Tottenham Hotspur	England	16
Torben Rhein	Bayern Munich	Germany	18
Unai Gomez	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	18
Mateusz Bogusz	Leeds United	Poland	19
Jean N'Guessan	RC Abidjan	Ivory Coast	18
Lesley Ugochukwu	Stade Rennais	France	17
Diogo Prioste	Benfica	Portugal	17

FM22's Most Promising Attacking Midfielders

Scouting and focusing on midfielders is one of the best positions for finding most of the wonderkids you can get your hands on in Football Manager.

The development shown by young players many coaches field in the hope of improving their technical ability - and thereby their value - can turn them into players you'll sell for huge fees down the line.

Attacking Midfielders

Player	Club	Nationality	Age
Pedri	Barcelona	Spain	18
Gavi	Barcelona	Spain	16
Hugo Felix	Benfica	Portugal	17
Florian Wirtz	Bayer Leverkusen	Germany	18
Giovanni Reyna	Borussia Dortmund	United States	17
Luka Romero	Lazio	Argentina	16
Chuki	Real Valladolid	Spain	17
Antoni Milambo	Feyenoord	Netherlands	16
Yusuf Demir	Barcelona	Austria	18
James Galagizi	Liverpool	England	17
Julen Jon Guerrero	Real Madrid	Spain	17
Bruno	Real Madrid	Spain	18
Facundo Farias	Colon	Argentina	18
Omer Beyez	Stuttgart	Turkey	17
Luka Romero	Lazio	Argentina	16
Matias Palacios	San Lorenzo	Argentina	19
Isak Hansen-Aaroen	Manchester United	Norway	16
Angel Gomes	Lille	England	20
Lazar Samardzic	RB Leipzig	Germany	18
Diogo Nascimento	Benfica	Portugal	18
Enzo Millot	Stuttgart	France	18
Florent Da Silva	Olympique Lyonnais	France	18
Andre Anderson	Lazio	Brazil	20
Yari Verschaeren	Anderlecht	Belgium	20
Pablo Torre	Real Sociedad	Spain	18
Jamal Musiala	Bayern Munich	Germany	18
Enes Sali	Farul Constanta	Romania	15
Arder Guler	Fenerbahce	Turkey	16
Reinier	Borussia Dortmund	Brazil	19
Thiago Almada	Velez Sarsfield	Argentina	20

FM22's Most Promising Right Wingers

In the modern game, most of the right wingers you'll find are increasingly left-footed and tend to cut inside to score.

Most of these players can also play as midfielders, but overall these could be the most special players in your squad for the next decade.

Right Wingers

Player	Club	Nationality	Age
Rodrygo	Real Madrid	Brazil	20
Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	England	19
Yeremi Pino	Villarreal	Spain	18
Matteo Cancellieri	Roma	Italy	19
Matheus Goncalves	Flamengo	Brazil	15
Rodrigo Gomes	Braga	Portugal	17
Mohamed Ihattaran	Juventus	Netherlands	19
Rober	Real Betis	Spain	20
Brian Oddei	Sassuolo	Ghana	18
Renyer	Santos	Brazil	18
Angelo Gabriel	Santos	Brazil	16
Fran Perez	Valencia	Spain	19
Nico Wilians	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	19
Julio Enciso	Club Libertad Asuncion	Paraguay	17
Shola Shoretire	Manchester United	England	18
Thhys Tel	Stade Rennais	France	16
Kaide Gordon	Liverpool	England	18
Ilias Akhomach	Barcelona	Spain	17
Raul Moro	Lazio	Spain	18
Jakub Kaminski	Lech Poznan	Poland	19
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	Toronto FC	Canada	17
Isaac Lihadji	Lille	France	19
Zito	Cagliari	Angola	19
Juho Talvitie	Lommel	Finland	16
Fabio Blanco	Eintracht Frankfurt	Spain	17
Ajani Burchall	Aston Villa	Bermuda	16
Cole Palmer	Manchester City	England	19
Fabio Carvalho	Fulham	England	18

FM22's Most Promising Left Wingers

Traditionally, left wingers are interesting players in Football Manager. As mentioned earlier, left-footed players tend to be rarer and more creative than right-footed ones, which is why most left wingers today have become goal-scoring forwards who use their right foot.

While this particular list also features plenty of creative players, those who are equally good with both feet tend to just be labeled right-footed. As always, make sure you analyze exactly what type of player you're getting.

Left Wingers

Player	Club	Nationality	Age
Rayan Cherki	Olympique Lyonnais	France	17
Ansu Fati	Barcelona	Spain	18
David Kalakoh	Ajax	Netherlands	16
Francisco Conceicao	Porto	Portugal	18
Alan Velasco	Independiente	Argentina	18
Nico Serrano	Athletico Bilbao	Spain	18
Naci Unuvar	Ajax	Netherlands	18
Luis Carbonell	Real Zaragoza	Spain	18
Magno Talles	New York City FC	Brazil	19
Andreas Schjelderup	Nordsjaelland	Norway	17
Christos Tzolis	Norwich City	Greece	19
Gabriel Martinelli	Arsenal	Brazil	20
Roger Fernandes	Braga	Portugal	15
Chaka Traore	AC Milan	Ivory Coast	16
Sergey Pinyaev	Krylya Sovetov Samara	Russia	16
Francisco Conceicao	Porto	Portugal	18
Oscar Aranda	Real Madrid	Spain	19
Gabriel Veron	Palmeiras	Brazil	18
Antonio Nusa	Club Brugge	Norway	16
Jeremy Doku	Stade Rennais	Belgium	19
Ro-Zangelo Daal	AZ Alkmaar	Netherlands	17
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens	Borussia Dortmund	England	16
Alan Velasco	Independiente	Argentina	19
Octavian Popescu	FCSB	Romania	18
Jeremy Antonisse	PSV	Netherlands	19
Melkamu Frauendorf	Liverpool	Germany	17
Sylvester Jasper	Fulham	England	19
Amadou Diallo	West Ham United	England	18

FM22's Most Promising Forwards and Strikers

A good wonderkid goal-scorer in Football Manager can feel like a year-end bonus.

You don't have to keep them for 10 years either. Take the money and turn it into your bonus :)

A good striker in FM usually matures in their mid-twenties, but if you can find one a bit younger, it's possible to keep the goals coming for years.

Forwards and Strikers

Player	Club	Nationality	Age
Youssoufa Moukoko	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	16
Mason Greenwood	Manchester United	England	19
Lucca Lorenzo	Pisa	Italy	20
Benjamin Sesko	RB Salzburg	Serbia	18
Lazaro	Flamengo	Brazil	19
Jude Soonsup-Bell	Chelsea	England	17
Yeboah-Ransford Konigsdorffer	Dynamo Dresden	Germany	19
Joao Pedro	Watford	Brazil	19
Martin Satriano	Inter Milan	Uruguay	20
Jamie Donley	Tottenham	Northern Ireland	16
Sebastiano Esposito	Inter Milan	Italy	19
Gabriel Vidovic	Bayern Munich	Croatia	17
Matheus Nascimento	Botafogo	Brazil	17
Dane Scarlett	Tottenham Hotspur	England	17
Youssef Chermiti	Sporting	Portugal	17
Wahid Faghir	Stuttgart	Noray	17
Suphanat Mueanta	Buriram United	Thaialand	18
Hollman McCormick	Independiente Santa Fe	Colombia	15
Joao Resende	Benfica	Portugal	18
Enrique Herrero Garcia	Eintracht Frankfurt	Spain	16
Matias Arezo	River Plate de Montevideo	Uruguay	18
Ali Akman	Eintracht Frankfurt	Turkey	19
Stewart Layton	Liverpool	England	18
Joe Gelhardt	Leeds United	England	19
Wilfried Gnonto	Zurich	Switzerland	17
Myron Boadu	Monaco	Netherlands	20
Liam Delap	Manchester City	England	18
Sala	Real Madrid	Spain	18
Karim Adeyemi	RB Salzburg	Germany	19
Darren Yapi	Colorado Rapids	United States	16
Lucas Gomes	Porto	Sweden	17
Andres Garcia	Valencia	Spain	18
Folarin Balogun	Arsenal	England	20
Brian Brobbey	RB Leipzig	Netherlands	19
Fernando Ovelar	Cerro Porteno	Paraguay	16

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