28 Oct, 2025
Best Football Manager 26 Wonderkids In Every Position From Our FM Expert
Our resident Football Manager expert brings you the most comprehensive list of the best wonderkids in Football Manager 26 at every position!
Football Manager 26 is finally here. Whether you love it or hate it, one thing’s for sure: a new game means a new generation of wonderkids to discover.With every fresh save comes the chance to sign those bright, fresh-faced talents who could become the backbone of your squad and the foundation of future title runs. I’ve pulled together a list of the best wonderkids in every position. Some might be out of reach early on due to budget constraints, but others could be absolute hidden gems. And who knows… maybe those elite prospects will become available a few years in, once the AI inevitably forgets to renew their contracts.
FM26 Wonderkid Goalkeepers:
| 🥅 Player Name | 🏟️ Club |
| Guillaume Restes | Toulouse |
| Mike Penders | Strasbourg (On Loan from Chelsea) |
| Dennis Seimen | Paderborn (On Loan from Stuttgart) |
| Diego Kochen | Barcelona |
| Lucca Brughmans | Genk |
| Massimo Pessina | Bologna |
| James Beadle | Birmingham (On Loan from Brighton) |
| Robin Risser | Lens |
| Justin Bengui Joao | RWDM (On Loan from Lyon) |
| Ewen Jaouen | Reims |
| Tommy Setford | Arsenal |
| Tiago Pereira Cardoso | Borussia M’gladbach |
| Renato Marin | Paris SG |
| Benjamin Göschl | Rapid Vienna |
| Luiz Turatto | Al-Nassr |
| Tommaso Martinelli | Fiorentina |
| Ted Curd | Chelsea |
| Tommasso Vannucchi | Pontedera (On Loan from Fiorentina) |
| Kiyani Zeggen | AZ Alkmaar |
| Alessandro Longoni | AC Milan |
| Agustin Cañete | Banfield |
| Alessandro Nunziante | Udinese |
| Iliya Voloshyn | Real Madrid |
| Jack Porter | Arsenal |
| Florian Hellstern | Stuttgart |
| Ilan Jourdren | Lens |
| Freddy Bernal | Chelsea |
| Einar Bøe Fauskanger | Haugesund |
| Ármin Pécsi | Liverpool |
| Matthieu Epolo | Standard Liège |
| Pablo Lara | UNAM Pumas |
| Plamen Andreev | Racing Santander (On Loan from Feyenoord) |
| Froilan Diaz | Unión |
| Pierce Charles | Sheffield Wednesday |
| Mathys Niflore | Dunkerque (On Loan from Toulouse) |
| Callan McKenna | Bournemouth |
| Vukasin Jovanovic | Partizan |
| Deniz Dönmezer | Kayserispor |
| Andre Gomes | Alverca (On Loan from Benfica B) |
| Filip Sidklev | Al-Bidda |
| Theo Sander | Odense (On Loan from Copenhagen) |
| Diego Callai | Sporting CP |
| Gonçalo Ribeiro | Porto B |
| Nils Ramming | Brighton |
| Leon Klanac | Bayern Munich |
| Franco Jaroszewicz | River Plate |
| Jules Stawiecki | Monaco |
| Aidan Stokes | New York City |
| George Mair | Newcastle |
| Lenoard Prescott | Bayern Munich |
FM26 Wonderkid Centre-Backs:
| 🧱 Player Name | 🏟️ Club |
| Dean Huijsen | Real Madrid |
| Pau Cubarsí | Barcelona |
| Leny Yoro | Manchester Utd |
| Matteo Palma | Udinese |
| Jorthy Mokio | Ajax |
| Tylel Tati | Nantes |
| Tobías Ramírez | Argentinos Jrs |
| Willy Kambwala | Villarreal |
| Pietro Comuzzi | Fiorentina |
| Jérémy Jacquet | Rennes |
| Jon Martín | Real Sociedad |
| Finn Jeltsch | Stuttgart |
| Luka Vuskovic | HSV (On Loan from Tottenham) |
| Ayden Heaven | Manchester Utd |
| Axel Tape | Leverkusen |
| Brad Manguelle | Genk |
| Jan-Luca Riedl | Borussia Dortmund |
| Christian Mawissa | Monaco |
| El Chadaille Bitshiabu | RB Leipzig |
| Jeanuël Belocian | Leverkusen |
| Jacobo Ramón | Como |
| Nathan Zézé | NEOM Riyadh |
| Yarek Gasiorowski | PSV |
| Stefan Bajčetić | Liverpool |
| Jan-Carlo Simić | Al-Ittihad / Anderlecht |
| Mamadou Sarr | Strasbourg |
| Vitor Reis | Girona (On Loan from Man City) |
| Lucas Høgsberg | Strasbourg |
| Veljko Milosavljević | Bournemouth |
| Noahkai Banks | Augsburg |
| Joane Gadou | RB Salzburg |
| Ivan Roman | Atlético Mineiro |
| Aaron Bouwman | Ajax |
| Abubacarr Kinteh | Tromsø |
| Giovanni Leoni | Liverpool |
| Jaydee Canvot | Crystal Palace |
| Rui Silva | Benfica |
| Nunzio Engwanda | Anderlecht |
| Andrea Natali | AZ (On Loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| Amidou Doumbouya | Al-Ahli |
| Joan Martínez | Real Madrid Castilla |
| Marvin Akahomen | Basel |
| Taha Emre İnce | Trabzonspor |
| Cassiano Kiala | Bayern Munich |
| Jun’ai Byfield | Tottenham |
| Alan Matturro | Levante / Genoa |
| Pau Navarro | Villarreal |
| Jorrel Hato | Chelsea |
FM26 Wonderkid Left-Backs:
| 🚀 Player Name | 🏟️ Club |
| Patrick Dorgu | Manchester Utd |
| Jorrel Hato | Chelsea |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | Arsenal |
| Valentín Barco | Strasbourg |
| Lewis Hall | Newcastle |
| Tom Rothe | Union Berlin |
| Givairo Read | Feyenoord |
| Diego León | Manchester Utd |
| Honest Ahanor | Atalanta |
| Lucas Jetten | Ajax |
| Saba Kharebashvili | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Julio Soler | Bournemouth |
| Yaimar Medina | Genk |
| Niccolò Fortini | Fiorentina |
| Adam Aznou | Everton |
| João Souza | Santos |
| Elijah Dijkstra | AZ Alkmaar |
| Harry Amass | Manchester Utd |
| Jofre Torrents | Barcelona |
| Kauã Prates | Cruzeiro |
| Simón Escobar | Vélez Sarsfield |
| Joaquín Seys | Club Brugge |
| Kassoum Ouattara | Monaco |
| Caleb Wiley | Watford (On Loan from Chelsea) |
| Jayden Meghoma | Rangers (On Loan from Brentford) |
| Esquerdinha | QPR |
| Andrei Borza | Rapid București |
| Davide Bartesaghi | AC Milan |
| Christian McFarlane | Manchester City |
| Matteo Cocchi | Inter Milan |
| Olivier Mambwa | Young Boys |
| Héctor Fort | Barcelona / Elche |
| Pau Bergés | Barcelona |
| Nathaniel Brown | Eintracht Frankfurt |
FM26 Wonderkid Right-Backs:
| 🚀 Player Name | 🏟️ Club |
| Rico Lewis | Manchester City |
| Martim Fernandes | Porto |
| Archie Gray | Tottenham |
| Michael Kayode | Brentford |
| Givairo Read | Feyenoord |
| Josh Acheampong | Chelsea |
| Alex Jiménez | Bournemouth (On Loan from AC Milan) |
| Héctor Fort | Barcelona |
| Elias Baum | Frankfurt |
| Saël Kumbedi | Wolfsburg |
| Taylan Bulut | Beşiktaş |
| Dylan Gorosito | Boca Juniors |
| Kosta Nedeljković | RB Leipzig |
| Pedro Lima | Porto (On Loan from Wolves) |
| Elijah Dijkstra | AZ Alkmaar |
| Jesús Fortea | Real Madrid |
| Callan Hamill | Arsenal |
| Marco Palestra | Atalanta |
| Noa Mikić | Dinamo Zagreb |
| Juanlu | Sevilla |
FM26 Wonderkid Central Midfielders:
| 🧠 Player Name | 🏟️ Club |
| João Neves | Benfica |
| Ayyoub Bouaddi | Lille |
| Warren Zaïre-Emery | PSG |
| Gavi | Barcelona |
| Kobbie Mainoo | Manchester Utd |
| Víctor Froholdt | Porto |
| Kees Smit | AZ Alkmaar |
| Assan Ouédraogo | RB Leipzig |
| Lucas Bergvall | Tottenham |
| Chris Rigg | Sunderland |
| Gonçalo Moreira | Benfica |
| Trey Nyoni | Liverpool |
| Tomás Parmo | Independiente |
| Abdellah Ouazane | Ajax |
| Guille Fernández | Barcelona |
| Tom Bischof | Bayern Munich |
| Mateus Fernandes | West Ham |
| Rodrigo Mendoza | Elche |
| Johan Manzambi | Freiburg |
| Nico O’Reilly | Manchester City |
| Tygo Land | Groningen |
| João Simões | Sporting Lisbon |
| Nathan de Cat | Anderlecht |
| Federico Steffanoni | Fiorentina |
| Sean Steur | Ajax |
| Ezechiel Banzuzu | RB Leipzig |
| Oscar Højlund | Frankfurt |
| Breno Bidon | Corinthians |
| Christian Ordóñez | Parma |
| Lewis Miley | Newcastle |
| Jobe Bellingham | Dortmund |
| Caleb Yirenkyi | Nordsjælland |
| Luka Topalović | Inter Milan |
| Lennon Miller | Udinese |
| Josh King | Fulham |
| Senny Mayulu | PSG |
| Christos Mouzakitis | Olympiacos |
| Agustín Medina | Lanús |
| Sverre Halseth Nypan | Middlesbrough (On Loan from Man City) |
FM26 Wonderkid Left-Wingers:
| 💥 Player Name | 🏟️ Club |
| Kenan Yıldız | Juventus |
| Jamie Bynoe-Gittens | Chelsea |
| Gabriel Mec | Grêmio |
| Alejandro Garnacho | Chelsea |
| Saïd El Mala | 1. FC Köln |
| Rio Ngumoha | Liverpool |
| Jeremy Monga | Leicester City |
| Kerim Alajbegović | RB Salzburg |
| Assane Diao | Como |
| Malick Fofana | Lyon |
| Eliesse Ben Seghir | Leverkusen |
| Desiré Doué | PSG |
| Geovany Quenda | Sporting CP |
| José Andrés Cardoso Varela | Dinamo Zagreb |
| Ibrahim Mbaye | PSG |
| Wesley Natã | Fluminense |
| Jean-Matteo Bahoya | Frankfurt |
| William Gomes | Porto |
| Wilson Odobert | Tottenham |
| Jamie Gittens | Chelsea |
| Saïd al Malah | Köln |
| Roger Fernandes | Al-Ittihad |
| Gianluca Prestianni | Benfica |
| Rayan Vitor | Vasco da Gama |
| Mikey Moore | Rangers |
| Ruan Pablo | Bahia |
| Álex Verón | Vélez Sarsfield |
| Mattia Liberali | Catanzaro |
| Rodrigo Mora | Porto |
| Pedro Fernández (“Dro”) | Barcelona |
| Luca Williams-Barnett | Tottenham |
| Rayane Bounida | Ajax |
| Isaac Babadi | Antwerp |
| Alvaro Montoro | Botafogo |
| Julio Enciso | Real Sociedad |
| Kiyan Nassiri | Persepolis |
| Tomoki Yokoyama | Shimizu S-Pulse |
| Sebastián Cáceres Jr. | Nacional |
| Renato Sanchéz Jr. | Palmeiras |
| Phil Ofosu-Ayeh | Holstein Kiel |
| Edvin Muratović | MVV Maastricht |
| Vito Hauptmann | Wolfsburg |
| Grega Prašnikar | NK Maribor |
| Waël Jallouz | Espérance Tunis |
| Marvin Steffen | Villarreal B |
| Aly Mallé | Lecce |
| Aldo Ayo-Vidal | Feyenoord |
| Kumo Rowe | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| Igor Radulovic | FK Sarajevo |
FM26 Wonderkid Right-Wingers:
| 🪄 Player Name | 🏟️ Club |
| Ethan Nwaneri | Arsenal |
| Désiré Doué | PSG |
| Yankuba Minteh | Brighton |
| Geovany Quenda | Sporting CP |
| Tyler Dibling | Southampton |
| Ibrahim Mbaye | PSG |
| Ben Doak | Bournemouth |
| José Reyes | Real Madrid |
| Gabriel Veneno | Atlético Mineiro |
| Roony Bardghji | Barcelona |
| Lamine Yamal | Barcelona |
| Estevão | Chelsea |
| Franco Mastantuono | Real Madrid |
| Rio Ngumoha | Liverpool |
| Kenan Yıldız | Juventus |
| Rodrigo Mora | Porto |
| Jamie Bynoe-Gittens | Chelsea |
| Badredine Bouanani | Stuttgart |
| Wilson Odobert | Tottenham |
| Saïd El Mala | Köln |
| Roger Fernandes | Al-Ittihad |
| Gianluca Prestianni | Benfica |
| Rayan Vitor | Vasco da Gama |
| Ruan Pablo | Bahia |
| Oskar Pietuszewski | Jagiellonia |
| Ilies Belmokhtar | Monaco |
| Ryan Kavuma-McQueen | Chelsea |
| Wisdom Mike | Bayern Munich |
| Álex Verón | Vélez Sarsfield |
| Mattia Liberali | Catanzaro |
| Arda Güler | Real Madrid |
| Facundo Buonanotte | Brighton |
| Claudio Echeverri | Leverkusen |
| Kendry Páez | Strasbourg (On Loan from Chelsea) |
| Konstantinos Karetsas | Genk |
| Juan Cruz Meza | River Plate |
| Lennart Karl | Bayern Munich |
| Luca Williams-Barnett | Tottenham |
| Valentin Carboni | Genoa |
| Lorran | Pisa |
| Andrija Maksimovic | RB Leipzig |
| Jordan Barrera | Botafogo |
| Omari Kellyman | Cardiff |
| Lovro Zvonarek | Grasshoppers |
| Julien Duranville | Borussia Dortmund |
| Mohamed-Amine Elhassani | Valencia |
| Mateo Tanque Silva | River Plate B |
| Marvin Kujovic | Vitesse Arnhem |
| Kaïs Nasri | Nice |
FM26 Wonderkid Strikers:
| 🥅 Player Name | 🏟️ Club |
| Endrick | Real Madrid |
| Mathys Tel | Tottenham |
| Dastan Satpayev | Kairat Almaty |
| Vitor Roque | Palmeiras |
| Conrad Harder | RB Leipzig |
| Francesco Pio Esposito | Inter |
| Semih Kilicsoy | Cagliari |
| Stefanos Tzimas | Brighton |
| Kauã Elias | Shakhtar |
| George Ilenikhena | Monaco |
| Ryan Francisco | São Paulo |
| José Reyes | Real Madrid |
| Sami Bouhoudane | PSV |
| Shim Mheuka | Chelsea |
| Chido Obi-Martin | Manchester Utd |
| Alejandro Gómez Rodríguez | Lyon |
| Brian Madjo | Metz |
| Harry Gray | Leeds |
| Santiago Castro | Bologna |
| Evan Ferguson | Roma (On Loan from Brighton) |
| Youssoufa Moukoko | FC København |
| Wilfried Gnonto | Leeds |
| Leon Grgic | Sturm Graz |
| Eli Junior Kroupi | Bournemouth |
| Agustín Ruberto | River Plate |
| Arnu | Real Valladolid |
| Charalampos Kostoulas | Brighton |
| Kaye Furo | Club Brugge |
| Gabriel Silva | Sporting CP |
| Mustafa Hekimoğlu | Beşiktaş |
| Emre Ünüvar | Ajax |
| Mohamed Kader Meïté | Rennes |
| Mikkel Bro Hansen | Bodø/Glimt |
| Djylian N’Guessan | Saint-Étienne |
| Harvey Higgins | Blackburn |
| Pau Cabanes | Villarreal |
| Deivid Washington | Chelsea |
| Eliezer Mayenda | Sunderland |
| Nelson Weiper | Mainz |
| Julio Enciso | Real Sociedad |
| Diego Costa Filho | São Paulo FC |
| Luís Pedro | Famalicão |
| Junior Lopes | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Aaron Ngwem | ES Tunis |
| Arthur Sobral | Bahia |
| Elye Wahi | Montpellier |
| Tom Carr | Newcastle U21 |
| William Osaguona | Enyimba |
FM26 Wonderkid Attacking-Midfielders:
| 💥 Player Name | 🏟️ Club |
| Nico Paz | Como |
| Franco Mastantuono | Real Madrid |
| Rodrigo Mora | Porto |
| Luca Williams-Barnett | Tottenham |
| Arda Güler | Real Madrid |
| Luis Guilherme | West Ham |
| Pedro Fernández (“Dro”) | Barcelona |
| Konstantinos Karetsas | Genk |
| Facundo Buonanotte | Brighton |
| Claudio Echeverri | Leverkusen |
| Ethan Nwaneri | Arsenal |
| Paul Wanner | PSV |
| Antoni Milambo | Brentford |
| Jeremy Doku | Man City |
| Karamoko Dembele | Celtic |
| Fabio Carvalho | Brentford |
| Mohamed Camara | RB Leipzig |
| Alejandro Garnacho | Chelsea |
| Galeno Pessanha | Corinthians |
| Cristian Stellini Jr. | Inter |
| Warren Zaïre-Emery | PSG |
| Harry Winks | Tottenham |
| Erik Ten Hag | PSV |
| Valentín Carboni | Genoa |
| Julian Alvarez | Manchester City |
| Mattia Liberali | Catanzaro |
| Xavi Simons | Tottenham |
| Yiğit İncedemir | Galatasaray |
| Elias Achouri | Villarreal |
| Arsène Wenger Jr. | AS Nancy |
| Sasha Llorente | Valladolid |
| Niclas Thiede | Dortmund |
| Andrés Umaña | América de Cali |
| Tristan Taha | Borussia M’gladbach |
| Yamal Fofana | Girona |
| Adam Idah | Norwich U21 |
| Julian Ryerson Jr. | Borussia Dortmund |
| Melvin Bard | OGC Nice |
| Ilaix Moriba | Valencia |
| Trevoh Chalobah | Chelsea |
| Omar Richards | Fulham |
| Gary Medel Jr. | Universidad Católica |
| Joelson Fernandes | Sporting CP |
| Kenny Coker | Swansea U21 |
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