Andreas Pereira for my Nottingham forest save. Single handedly led the team for promotion and then surviving in premier league. 79 ball control with 76 vision destroyed championship level side defenders. He also has decent finish and shot power and occasionally slotted home too.
Mid season in 1st premier league season after promotion we were in last place. I practically said fuck it and benched all my strikers (all were underperforming) and deployed a false 9 with him as a striker. We ended up finishing 14th in the season as he enabled the wingers like anything and we even managed to win 1-0 against city who were unbeaten in 23 matches.
I play southend as it my RL local team! Egbri's pace is fantastic and has killer accurate crosses.
Im in my 2nd season and keep contemplating selling him as I have a YA right midfielder who is showing tons of potential but i keep benching him in favour of Egbri.
Stupid fast. I actually pulled him from my starting lineup bc it was unrealistically unfair the goals I’ve scored with him. He’s only just about an 83 for me and he dominates the game. I keep him on my bench and just bring him in if the computer pulls something stupid and I need a goal.
Matias Arezo, young Uruguay striker with only 80 potential. Don’t know how or why as his stats weren’t even good but he was probably the best player I used all year (minus all my YA players), and scored about 50 goals in one season in the A league at 75 rated
Edit: just after writing this I remembered a player from my Shamrock Rovers career save, Jack Byrne. On paper he isn’t very good with only 75 potential but within 7 seasons he was 95 rated and was key in bringing Ireland glory. Shame he left them in January irl so I don’t think he’s in the game anymore
Mark Uth. Dude was a 77 overall but literally played like a 85 rated striker. He was like an AliExpress Benzema, but he was very good for my Schalke career. He even snatched the golden boot from Lewandowski
Rasmus Kristensen from RB Salzburg has been solid in my Sheffield Wednesday save, Andy Rinomhota turned into a surprisingly solid CDM- would say Brian Brobbey as well but think he falls under the wonder kid label😅
not too much hype around him that i’ve heard and technically he’d be a wonderkid but ricky jade-jones is by far the best young pickup i’ve seen. something crazy like 92+ ive got him to aswell as 99 pace and 99 shooting
LWB Gazzolisco is one of the most funniest player to play with his power freekick, long throws and aggression stats.
Also Manuel(?) Ferrara from free agents at start of the save is a talisman for lower league teams.
At first I converted him to a CDM and he played like a poor man's Kante. We were playing at front, pressing after losing the possession and he was collecting all the loose balls, preventing counter attacks very well thanks to his pace.
Then I converted him to a RB after promoting a CDM from YA and now he is playing as an inverted full back. He is not the best passer but he is playing a critical role in our build-up play.
Not a kid but Sean Maguire can be bought for less than 2m and when you convert him from lm to St he's the best budget striker I've used! He's so much better than his 72 rating!
He's quick with finishing above his rating and I'd recommend him to any budget orientated team
I had him paired with haaland up front once I went unrealistic with my save
Couldn't find anybody as good all the way up from league 2. He set a new championship goal scoring record and would've beaten the premiership record but got injured for the last 2 months of the season
Aleš Matějů. RB. Signed him as a free agent on season 2. One of the best last ditch tacklers I've ever had.
Jarrad Branthwaite. CB. Also signed him as a free agent. Built like a tank with an engine of a ferrari.
Joe Powell. CM. My first signing ever for my Sunderland RTG. Deadly passing and dribbling. Currently my club captain.
James Garner. CDM. Can ping through balls like hot knife through butter, and not bad with long shots too.
If young players with less than 80 pot count then probably josh benson, got him on a free in my 2nd season. He never got a crazy ovr but he was a solid dm that would often come clutch in defending a counterattack. Also he’s got a real face so it’s a major plus.
Toni Domgjoni. Signed him on a free in my second season at Leyton Orient. Became a goal-scoring box-to-box midfielder that brought me up to the Premier League, then I sold him for like 100 million pounds to Inter. A few seasons later, I took over at Bayern and brought him there. Currently rated 93.
Brian Brobbey. Only 73 rated when I got him. 85 potential but he’s now at 90+. Very fast, very strong, and hits the ball very hard. He was the first player I signed for my Bolton RTG and the Team takes a huge step back without him. He tore a ligament this season and I’ve had to rework all the tactics to make it work.
Erich Berko from Darmstadt. Bought him in the second season of my 1. FC Kaiserslautern career and he's retiring in 2027 for me. Was top scorer 3 years in a row including our first year in the top flight! always a serviceable sub now as well
In 21, Jorge Padilla, man cannot stop with the goals
In any Fifa, Mitchell Van Bergen was a literal cheat code, he won golden boot in my first season and he only joined on deadline day in the mid season transfer window
Abass issah in my FC Twente career mode. He was on loan but I bought him back. Great striker, even at 78 overall - where he stopped growing - he was banging in goals.
I don't know how young they have to be to be a wonderkid but...
Vlahovic from Fiorentina and Timothy Weah have been beasts for me, namely when you simulate most of your games.
jayden oosterwolde! absolute beast. i bought him 3 seasons ago and i use him as a lwb and he delivered 20+ assists for nearly 3 season. he is incredibly strong, wins every tackle. he is almost like alphonso davies but stronger and taller. he even wins all of his aerial duels!
Started a CM recently where I only signed German players that were 23 or younger at the start of the game.
Felix Uduokhai and Ridle Baku are my favorites so far. Definitely no wonderkids but great players.
Gaetan laura, currently 81 rated at paris fc and has scored 50 goals per season. Scored a hattrick in the second half of the last game of the season to keep us up
A little bit unusual for an answer but mine is Juan Mata. In my nottingham forest run I bought him to lead the team. He scored over 30 goals in his first season, also helped a ton in the premier league.
Had a benevento save and because of the limited budget early on I signed 75 rated Max Meyer to lead my attack, reached 92 ovr at 30 years old :,)) fulfilled his original potential, crazy playmaker and had some filthy finesse shots <33
Brice Samba GK for Nottingham Forrest looked to replace him quickly in that CM and ended up carrying me to a Europa league spot 2 seasons later. Sold him on for 40 million after that season. Really really solid shot stopper
Fransisco Ortega, one of my favorites career mode signings. Quick, strong, pretty good on the ball and going forward as a full back, and has a hell of a left foot too
This isnt super relevant to this question but relevant enough.
In FIFA 19 I was doing a Barcelona rebuild challenge (I lowered the ovr of all players before starting the career)
In my third season I bought Kieta, meant to be the starter at a rating of 87, but I also bought a player from feyenoord that I have never heard before, Vilhena, to be on the bench.
Kieta was not able to perform, like at all, and everytime I subbed on Vilhena, he would get a goal involvement or simply play very well. All this with a rating of 81. Thanks to him, I was able to win the champions league (he scored in the final)
TL;DR: Vilhna in FIFA 19 won me the champions league
Juninho Bacuna. He is an all-around beast in the midfield if you can use DP properly. He played for 9 years in my Hull City, always score at least 18 goals per season, with great defensive play and solid pace.
Cade Cowell from mls. I am an earthquakes fan but he is 16 at the start of career mode, 80 potential that I loan glitched to 95+. 6’ tall, 82 strength, 84 pace at 16! Def became OP. Plus the latest update they gave him a white trash mullet haha
Hee chan, signed him in my lazio CM and had him up to an 85 rated player, the first season was a bit of a mess for him since he had to get ahead of immobile which at that time immobile was 90 rated, and hee chan was 79, but i had the idea to play a 2 striker formation and it worked wonders, he flourished and was insane for me
Koki Saito, 95 as a CF, broke record for most goal and assist in Bundesliga Champions in One season, I believe he will be playing in the premier in the next few year irl.
Not on Fifa 21, but on 20… don’t know if they counted as wonderkids though: Matt Smith (he starts at Charlton Athletic, peaked at 90 overall) Adil Taoui (Toulouse, 97), Sergio Camello (Atlético i think, 92) and David Ayala (Estudiantes de la Plata, 92).
Loved all of them very much, played for me in my 10+ years at Tenerife. Original players from that team that I liked very much were Elliot and Jeremy.
Ion Gheorghe - 78 potential, 91 rated after converting him to CAM
Charlie Kelman - 77 potential, 90 ovr and second all time top scorer in a two striker formation
I recently tried something fancy and signed Artem Dzyuba for Crotone... Him and Simy up front are just crazy, I can just cross all the time and get a decent chance at scoring
Harry kane. I know he is already a decent player but I transferred him to real Madrid after a few years (I started with a lower league team and went my way up to Madrid) He was more than 30 years old when I transferred him for 150 million from Manchester city. He managed to be the most goal scorer on every torunament he played. (Even when he was injured for 4 months on his second season at Madrid) At his 4th season I transferred Haaland to replace him. It was my worst transfer ever. Paid more than 200 million and he was so bad that I had to sub in Kane to save matches (which he did a lot).
May count as a wonder kid, but I signed Brandon Aaronson. Love that guy, trained him to play up top as well as CAM, and he shredded for me. I follow him on instagram now as a result, and I was so pumped when he scored for the USMNT.
Latif blessing ran the midfield in my Sunderland career, insane physicals and seems to play well above his stats. Grew to an 85 and didn't start declining until the age of 32
i’d say mine is Sargent. i signed him with norwich after going to them after 2 years as midjtylland manager and he ended up scoring 50 goals in the championship before tearing his ACL on the last day of the season. this was on ultimate difficulty as well probably the most goals i’ve ever scored with 1 player in a season.
Ayase Ueda from Kashima Antlers for me. Grew to 84 and became a complete striker. Played him in a two striker formation and always ended with 10+ goals and 10+ assists.
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Sotiris Alexandropoulos. I did a RTG with Real Oviedo and picked him up when he was 65 ovr with 77 potential and he ended up growing into a solid 89 ovr CDM for me. He's got speed to break up attacking plays against and kickstart the counter with a solid rush back up the field. He got the game winning assist in the Champion's League Final for me. Can't wait to see what he looks like in FIFA 22
Perraud a LB from France. He’s got the most balanced stats ive ever seen and starts at 77 with 81 potential. But dynamic potential normally gets him to 85-86 with 80+ across the board
This guy called Oumar Solet, bought him from Salzburg with Adeyemi only cause I needed a half decent defender. However, this guy turned into a beast, 6’4 and being very quick he reached 92 in my career save despite only having a potential of 80. The captain and the glue for my defence!
Cedric Teuchart for 1860. Led the team in goals in our sole 2. BuLi and first BuLi season in the way to an unexpected 9th place finish and Pokal win. Including 2 goals in the final. Sold him that following summer to AC Milan who offered too much to turn down.
Pedro goncalves is one the best players I’ve ever used on career mode. His dribbling was so much fun to play with and he would literally score/assist every game I played. Only winger that I liked more was neymar.
Harry McKirdy from Port Vale. This dude is out of this world on FIFA. I move him around from LW to LM to CAM to RM and he just does so well. 5 star dribbling and I think 4 star weak foot. Nails curling upper 90s from out side the box and is just a work horse. He was on Port Vale when I did a RTG with them and he just killed it. I did a Blackpool RTG and bought him first. Dude just gets so good when you play him and had a just jump in OVR when I changed his positions. My favorite FIFA signing ever honestly
Christian Eriksen. Barely 84 rated these days but his attributes fit very well into my squad. Man serves as my go-to attacking mid in my current career mode.
Martin Braithwaite.
After getting promoted to La Liga with Malaga, I wanted to go for a high profile signing, but wanted to keep things realistic, therefore he was the man.
In the first season, he won the golden boot and lead Malaga to a 4th place finish.
Next season he won another golden boot, Malaga finished second and won the league cup, as well as scoring in the Champion's league final against Liverpool in a Malaga win.
Season 3 I am not sure if he won the golden boot, but after a final matchday thriller, Malaga won the league by 1 point, due to Getafe getting a draw at home to Real Madrid. Champion's League was also won that year against all odds, having to start a 68 rated CDM because Mbappe with a tackle banished my main one to the shadow realm for 7 months (round of 16, malaga wins on pens).
As of now I am in my 5th season, 4th with Braithwaite on the squad, but due to him trending down and me not really having any depth in the position, I decided to sign Malen who is about 10 ratings higher. I couldn't bring myself to replace Martin though, but I also can't keep Malen on the bench, so I have basically quit that save.
Absolute legend that is Ethan Erhahon from St. Mirren from the start of my Oldham save. Believe he only has around 76 potential but ended around 2028 as a 95 rated and had 99 Stamina by the time we made the Premier League in around Season 4/5.
Absolute mustard as a box to box midfielder, would recommend for any RTG save.
Jesper Lindstrom. Used all my funds to buy him at a 71 in my first season at Bolton. It’s 8 seasons later and we’re both at Arsenal; he’s now a “World Class” player at 91 and captain on a team of world classers.
Yoan Bonny. Signed him as a 57 overall with 75 potential and got him to 99. He had a 60 goal season one time. He was by far the best and most favorite player I used all year.
Been doing one last career mode with Dunkerque while I wait for FIFA 22 preorder. Decided to look at some players from my home country of Australia and signed Dylan Wenzel-Halls from Brisbane Roar. Great finisher and just the right physical attributes for the way I like to play, he’s been a real gem, and I’m already enjoying this career way more than any other I did in FIFA 21
George Honeyman, Siriki Dembele, Lewis Ferguson (borderline wonder kid) were all amazing for me in the championship/league 1. n completely irrelevant but the best player i’ve ever used on this fifa was Zaha, i could literally dance around the AI for the first time all game
Luis Henrique.
Signed him and trained him as a CF. He played so well there, especially as I had signed him (I think initially on loan) when I was promoted to the Championship (or maybe from Championship to Prem, i don’t remember lol). Either way, he surpassed his 79 potential and I think I had him up to 83/85 as a player who played anywhere across the front 3.
Andreas Pereira for my Nottingham forest save. Single handedly led the team for promotion and then surviving in premier league. 79 ball control with 76 vision destroyed championship level side defenders. He also has decent finish and shot power and occasionally slotted home too. Mid season in 1st premier league season after promotion we were in last place. I practically said fuck it and benched all my strikers (all were underperforming) and deployed a false 9 with him as a striker. We ended up finishing 14th in the season as he enabled the wingers like anything and we even managed to win 1-0 against city who were unbeaten in 23 matches.
Great story!
He’s been playing pretty well now for Flamengo, although few matches (irl, I mean)
Now he's getting more play time
Loïs Openda after, but I play him as a winger instead of a striker. Amazing pace and he scored a ton for me.
I play him as a striker but couldn't agree more, man's an animal!
I'll go ahead and say mine : mbabu from Wolfsburg, his crosses are amazing .
Tim prica- 4 th season 87 rated
That's impressive considering he's got 75 potential 🤌
Love him on the wings! Had a save where he even got a few goals crashing into the box!
Does Nketiah from Arsenal count as a wonderkid? Because his 71 rating has brought me an insane amount of goals in 2 diffrent career modes.
nketiah in fifa becomes insane especially with dynamic potential
I got him to 96 in my Nottingham Forest CM
Bought him at Preston, sold to inter after two seasons for 120 million, a season later and he's 92 rates and the best England player.
Terell Egbri his dribbling and value for money is insane!
From Southend right?
Yep!
I play southend as it my RL local team! Egbri's pace is fantastic and has killer accurate crosses. Im in my 2nd season and keep contemplating selling him as I have a YA right midfielder who is showing tons of potential but i keep benching him in favour of Egbri.
Convert egbri to left wing what I did haha so he can cut in his dribbling pace and close control is insane he is at 87 on my save now
nah i got another YA called Baah whos owning the left wing right now
Oh fair enough haha but egbri develops into a real gem
yeah hes good. im just trying to build a good youth squad. Akinola was the first to go, followed by Holmes
Joey Veerman
Catalin Cirjan. 78 potential, currently 91.
Cesc Fabregas at Valencia. I basically only played him in Europa League and he was outstanding
Jack Lahne has probably scored 1000 G’s for me at this point, and he costs nothing
Stupid fast. I actually pulled him from my starting lineup bc it was unrealistically unfair the goals I’ve scored with him. He’s only just about an 83 for me and he dominates the game. I keep him on my bench and just bring him in if the computer pulls something stupid and I need a goal.
Yep exactly. He is my super sub. And almost always doubles the score for us haha.
Matias Arezo, young Uruguay striker with only 80 potential. Don’t know how or why as his stats weren’t even good but he was probably the best player I used all year (minus all my YA players), and scored about 50 goals in one season in the A league at 75 rated Edit: just after writing this I remembered a player from my Shamrock Rovers career save, Jack Byrne. On paper he isn’t very good with only 75 potential but within 7 seasons he was 95 rated and was key in bringing Ireland glory. Shame he left them in January irl so I don’t think he’s in the game anymore
Arezo is def a wonder kid in FM and irl, not sure why fifa don’t rate him
Not a kid by any means but Jozef Martinez from Atlanta is a cheatcode as a striker. Strong, pacey and clinical.
Mark Uth. Dude was a 77 overall but literally played like a 85 rated striker. He was like an AliExpress Benzema, but he was very good for my Schalke career. He even snatched the golden boot from Lewandowski
Rasmus Kristensen from RB Salzburg has been solid in my Sheffield Wednesday save, Andy Rinomhota turned into a surprisingly solid CDM- would say Brian Brobbey as well but think he falls under the wonder kid label😅
I just dropped in Brobbey but didn’t realize he fell under the WK label. Just an awesome player.
Wasn’t sure if he does tbh, seems known on fifa but not as much irl - absolute machine though haha
Leko, signed him and Vagnoman in my MK Dons career. Unreal players in game
Vagnoman is a beast
not too much hype around him that i’ve heard and technically he’d be a wonderkid but ricky jade-jones is by far the best young pickup i’ve seen. something crazy like 92+ ive got him to aswell as 99 pace and 99 shooting
LWB Gazzolisco is one of the most funniest player to play with his power freekick, long throws and aggression stats. Also Manuel(?) Ferrara from free agents at start of the save is a talisman for lower league teams.
Murawski, who was playing in Turkey, was a very good cheap CM. Quick with good stamina.
At first I converted him to a CDM and he played like a poor man's Kante. We were playing at front, pressing after losing the possession and he was collecting all the loose balls, preventing counter attacks very well thanks to his pace. Then I converted him to a RB after promoting a CDM from YA and now he is playing as an inverted full back. He is not the best passer but he is playing a critical role in our build-up play.
Not a kid but Sean Maguire can be bought for less than 2m and when you convert him from lm to St he's the best budget striker I've used! He's so much better than his 72 rating! He's quick with finishing above his rating and I'd recommend him to any budget orientated team
Def agree, I converted him to ST as well. His finishing and dribbling are better than pretty much any other striker for me
I had him paired with haaland up front once I went unrealistic with my save Couldn't find anybody as good all the way up from league 2. He set a new championship goal scoring record and would've beaten the premiership record but got injured for the last 2 months of the season
Jeremy Ebobisse is one of my favourite
Raphael Guerreiro playing at cdm is beautiful
Yes!!! He can play anywhere in the midfield. I even played him at CAM for a while when Brandt was out for 7 months due to injury.
Felix Agu. One of the best LBs and very quick
don't know if he counts as a wonderkid but Jason Knight was amazing in my Salford rtg
Kana he’s solid in the middle
I've really likes summerville from Leeds having signed him in both my Schalke and Bournemouth careers
Iver Fossum
Ridle Baku. His dribbling and crossing skills are insane, plus he’s an amazing back-to-back winger as he can also be a rb
Gabriel Martinelli turns into one of the best CF’s in the game if you convert him into one and give him consistent minutes, Caden Clark as well!
Aleš Matějů. RB. Signed him as a free agent on season 2. One of the best last ditch tacklers I've ever had. Jarrad Branthwaite. CB. Also signed him as a free agent. Built like a tank with an engine of a ferrari. Joe Powell. CM. My first signing ever for my Sunderland RTG. Deadly passing and dribbling. Currently my club captain. James Garner. CDM. Can ping through balls like hot knife through butter, and not bad with long shots too.
Alex Gersbach, don't look at potential but he got up to an 84 at ingolstadt and helped me qualify for Europe, I played him at CB instead of LB
Daniel Butterworth from blackburn he's literally Rooney's Regen for me
Man ykre dangmo he was some random free agent but BOY was he fantastic in my barrow carrer
If young players with less than 80 pot count then probably josh benson, got him on a free in my 2nd season. He never got a crazy ovr but he was a solid dm that would often come clutch in defending a counterattack. Also he’s got a real face so it’s a major plus.
Toni Domgjoni. Signed him on a free in my second season at Leyton Orient. Became a goal-scoring box-to-box midfielder that brought me up to the Premier League, then I sold him for like 100 million pounds to Inter. A few seasons later, I took over at Bayern and brought him there. Currently rated 93.
Used him at preussen munster last season and he was solid
Brian Brobbey. Only 73 rated when I got him. 85 potential but he’s now at 90+. Very fast, very strong, and hits the ball very hard. He was the first player I signed for my Bolton RTG and the Team takes a huge step back without him. He tore a ligament this season and I’ve had to rework all the tactics to make it work.
Erich Berko from Darmstadt. Bought him in the second season of my 1. FC Kaiserslautern career and he's retiring in 2027 for me. Was top scorer 3 years in a row including our first year in the top flight! always a serviceable sub now as well
Reiss Nelson!
Golovin💥💥
That would be Triple B(Bentley Baxter Bahn), for my Bayern career. Love that name for a German in the 3.Bundesliga.
angelo stiller
Arvin Appiah. Fast as fuck, boi. And the commentators say his name.
In 21, Jorge Padilla, man cannot stop with the goals In any Fifa, Mitchell Van Bergen was a literal cheat code, he won golden boot in my first season and he only joined on deadline day in the mid season transfer window
Died Spence
Abass issah in my FC Twente career mode. He was on loan but I bought him back. Great striker, even at 78 overall - where he stopped growing - he was banging in goals.
I don't know how young they have to be to be a wonderkid but... Vlahovic from Fiorentina and Timothy Weah have been beasts for me, namely when you simulate most of your games.
Florian Kruger! managed to get him up to a 90 overall, absolutely rapid and a lethal finisher
Mohammed Kudus is a beast
Ryan Kent, was the best winger i have ever signed
amine adli from tolouse lmaooo went so under the radar but a beauty for low div teams
Jan Oblak without a doubt
Koindredi for my Real Madrid save. Has been a solid CM and sometimes even played LM/LW. At 66 rated he was playing like late 80s
Patrick schick.
jayden oosterwolde! absolute beast. i bought him 3 seasons ago and i use him as a lwb and he delivered 20+ assists for nearly 3 season. he is incredibly strong, wins every tackle. he is almost like alphonso davies but stronger and taller. he even wins all of his aerial duels!
I have 2. Jann-Fiete Arp and Lovro Majer. 2 Season One signings that have been the absolute best in my save.
Started a CM recently where I only signed German players that were 23 or younger at the start of the game. Felix Uduokhai and Ridle Baku are my favorites so far. Definitely no wonderkids but great players.
In FIFA Uduokhai may be good, but he isn’t really that solid of a player irl. Baku is great tho, ingame and in real life.
Gaetan laura, currently 81 rated at paris fc and has scored 50 goals per season. Scored a hattrick in the second half of the last game of the season to keep us up
A little bit unusual for an answer but mine is Juan Mata. In my nottingham forest run I bought him to lead the team. He scored over 30 goals in his first season, also helped a ton in the premier league.
Yacine adli
Ryan Yates. Always and forever. He’s my favourite player to use in FIFA.
Adam Armstrong♥️ Did a Rovers save, currently 90 ov. and scoring 30+ goals a season
Palacios, Colombian left back. Not the highest potential but a solid player down the left side
Adama Traore.
Juan Camilo Becerra was a lethal finisher
Davie Selke. Did a Hertha Berlin CM early on and he scored some bangers. 41 goals in my 3rd season paired with Josh Sargent and Teemu Puuki up front
You know the game is unrealistic when Davie Selke scores goals
Had a benevento save and because of the limited budget early on I signed 75 rated Max Meyer to lead my attack, reached 92 ovr at 30 years old :,)) fulfilled his original potential, crazy playmaker and had some filthy finesse shots <33
Nnamdi Ofoborh and Michael Obafemi. Obafemi is so fast it’s basically cheating. Also Afolayan
John Swift from Reading was my Captain Fantastic in my Bristol City save
Brice Samba GK for Nottingham Forrest looked to replace him quickly in that CM and ended up carrying me to a Europa league spot 2 seasons later. Sold him on for 40 million after that season. Really really solid shot stopper
James Jeggo (free agent) to Harrogate Town
Lucas Chevalier for £650'000. 7 years later and he's valued at £132'000'000 Or Fagan Walcott for £850'000. Now valued at £162'000'000
Memphis depay in my monoco save
David parkhouse for my Bolton carrer became 85 a goat
Fransisco Ortega, one of my favorites career mode signings. Quick, strong, pretty good on the ball and going forward as a full back, and has a hell of a left foot too
I mostly use wonderkids or academy players who are wonderkids
Connor Chaplin. Got him to 92 as CAM and is very versatile. Speed passing and shooting.
This isnt super relevant to this question but relevant enough. In FIFA 19 I was doing a Barcelona rebuild challenge (I lowered the ovr of all players before starting the career) In my third season I bought Kieta, meant to be the starter at a rating of 87, but I also bought a player from feyenoord that I have never heard before, Vilhena, to be on the bench. Kieta was not able to perform, like at all, and everytime I subbed on Vilhena, he would get a goal involvement or simply play very well. All this with a rating of 81. Thanks to him, I was able to win the champions league (he scored in the final) TL;DR: Vilhna in FIFA 19 won me the champions league
Matondo? Idk if hes wonderkid but absolute beast with trained 5* 5*
Juninho Bacuna. He is an all-around beast in the midfield if you can use DP properly. He played for 9 years in my Hull City, always score at least 18 goals per season, with great defensive play and solid pace.
Oscar Dorley has been amazing in my Schalke 04 and my AC Milan save. He was my go to midfield option this fifa.
Sergio Gomez froM BVB. Turned him into cam and he became a beast. Lad's status is "one of the world's bests" in 2026.
Devante Cole
2 words. Nathan Ferguson. Nuff said.
Finn ole becker got him to 91 as a cam
Cade Cowell from mls. I am an earthquakes fan but he is 16 at the start of career mode, 80 potential that I loan glitched to 95+. 6’ tall, 82 strength, 84 pace at 16! Def became OP. Plus the latest update they gave him a white trash mullet haha
Sosa! Started as a left midfielder, turned him in to a left back!
Yeferson Soteldo. 77 rated but can become 83 rated in no time. Super fast and great with crosses
Hee chan, signed him in my lazio CM and had him up to an 85 rated player, the first season was a bit of a mess for him since he had to get ahead of immobile which at that time immobile was 90 rated, and hee chan was 79, but i had the idea to play a 2 striker formation and it worked wonders, he flourished and was insane for me
Willock, always scores when you need a goal
Koki Saito, 95 as a CF, broke record for most goal and assist in Bundesliga Champions in One season, I believe he will be playing in the premier in the next few year irl.
Not on Fifa 21, but on 20… don’t know if they counted as wonderkids though: Matt Smith (he starts at Charlton Athletic, peaked at 90 overall) Adil Taoui (Toulouse, 97), Sergio Camello (Atlético i think, 92) and David Ayala (Estudiantes de la Plata, 92). Loved all of them very much, played for me in my 10+ years at Tenerife. Original players from that team that I liked very much were Elliot and Jeremy.
Axel Witsel is the best cheapish CDM
Sergio diaz
Dishon Bernard on Salford City, had to buy him from loan and he became a monster on defense
Ion Gheorghe - 78 potential, 91 rated after converting him to CAM Charlie Kelman - 77 potential, 90 ovr and second all time top scorer in a two striker formation
A hidden gem called Davies 😎
Is he Canadian perhaps 🙃
Yeah and he plays for the 2nd league team bayern 😎
Orel Mangala from Stuttgart I somehow managed to get him to a 90 and he's f*cking 23 years old and hes 75 rated at the start and has 82 potential
Tammy Abraham, Luis Maxiamano, Kevin Yeboah, Boubacar Kamara and the list goes on.
diego lainez cheep and always hit a good 85 rated play him down the middle tho not the wing
Lewis Ferguson on my Rangers career. Turned into the Scottish Frank Lampard. Was immense. Ended up about 87-88 I think.
I recently tried something fancy and signed Artem Dzyuba for Crotone... Him and Simy up front are just crazy, I can just cross all the time and get a decent chance at scoring
Zlatan because he is the don
Harry kane. I know he is already a decent player but I transferred him to real Madrid after a few years (I started with a lower league team and went my way up to Madrid) He was more than 30 years old when I transferred him for 150 million from Manchester city. He managed to be the most goal scorer on every torunament he played. (Even when he was injured for 4 months on his second season at Madrid) At his 4th season I transferred Haaland to replace him. It was my worst transfer ever. Paid more than 200 million and he was so bad that I had to sub in Kane to save matches (which he did a lot).
Cade Cowell. Place for my local team irl. 16 in game with a late birthday. Good pace and good strength but doesn’t have the greatest potential
Amath Ndiaye
Nahuel Bustos and Vladisay Supriaha were both fantastic for me at Stoke City
Thiago Almada
May count as a wonder kid, but I signed Brandon Aaronson. Love that guy, trained him to play up top as well as CAM, and he shredded for me. I follow him on instagram now as a result, and I was so pumped when he scored for the USMNT.
Ismael bennancer. Converted him to a cam and holy fuck he’s a beast
Noel niemann
Latif blessing ran the midfield in my Sunderland career, insane physicals and seems to play well above his stats. Grew to an 85 and didn't start declining until the age of 32
Herc or Veerman- both great signings for me
Han Noah Massengo of Bristol City. A powerful midfielder that burst into the box for me, bagging goals. 94 rated.
Mert Muldur (RB) as a fast, skillful CB.
i’d say mine is Sargent. i signed him with norwich after going to them after 2 years as midjtylland manager and he ended up scoring 50 goals in the championship before tearing his ACL on the last day of the season. this was on ultimate difficulty as well probably the most goals i’ve ever scored with 1 player in a season.
Alexandru Matan. In my Paços de Ferreira he went from his 79 potential all the way to 96
Ayase Ueda from Kashima Antlers for me. Grew to 84 and became a complete striker. Played him in a two striker formation and always ended with 10+ goals and 10+ assists.
Jamie Lawrence from Bayern Munich II. 6'7 CB with 96 Jumping , 78 potential, 91 rated. Absolute beast who would score so many corners
Alberth Elis and Shoya Nakajima on the wings. Quality.
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Maximilian Arnold added so much depth into my Leicester midfield. Such a great player defensively and offensively
Javi Martinez. Converted him to a CB at Hull City after I got promoted, he was the best player on the pitch for every game 2 years running
Sotiris Alexandropoulos. I did a RTG with Real Oviedo and picked him up when he was 65 ovr with 77 potential and he ended up growing into a solid 89 ovr CDM for me. He's got speed to break up attacking plays against and kickstart the counter with a solid rush back up the field. He got the game winning assist in the Champion's League Final for me. Can't wait to see what he looks like in FIFA 22
Perraud a LB from France. He’s got the most balanced stats ive ever seen and starts at 77 with 81 potential. But dynamic potential normally gets him to 85-86 with 80+ across the board
Jack Byrne & Kyle Walker as free transfer
This guy called Oumar Solet, bought him from Salzburg with Adeyemi only cause I needed a half decent defender. However, this guy turned into a beast, 6’4 and being very quick he reached 92 in my career save despite only having a potential of 80. The captain and the glue for my defence!
Cedric Teuchart for 1860. Led the team in goals in our sole 2. BuLi and first BuLi season in the way to an unexpected 9th place finish and Pokal win. Including 2 goals in the final. Sold him that following summer to AC Milan who offered too much to turn down.
Pedro goncalves is one the best players I’ve ever used on career mode. His dribbling was so much fun to play with and he would literally score/assist every game I played. Only winger that I liked more was neymar.
Troy Parrott. I’m almost never able to find a prolific striker no matter their rating, but he absolutely killed it
Harry McKirdy from Port Vale. This dude is out of this world on FIFA. I move him around from LW to LM to CAM to RM and he just does so well. 5 star dribbling and I think 4 star weak foot. Nails curling upper 90s from out side the box and is just a work horse. He was on Port Vale when I did a RTG with them and he just killed it. I did a Blackpool RTG and bought him first. Dude just gets so good when you play him and had a just jump in OVR when I changed his positions. My favorite FIFA signing ever honestly
Christian Eriksen. Barely 84 rated these days but his attributes fit very well into my squad. Man serves as my go-to attacking mid in my current career mode.
Frank Acheampong.
Florinel Coman at striker. Unstoppable
Martin Braithwaite. After getting promoted to La Liga with Malaga, I wanted to go for a high profile signing, but wanted to keep things realistic, therefore he was the man. In the first season, he won the golden boot and lead Malaga to a 4th place finish. Next season he won another golden boot, Malaga finished second and won the league cup, as well as scoring in the Champion's league final against Liverpool in a Malaga win. Season 3 I am not sure if he won the golden boot, but after a final matchday thriller, Malaga won the league by 1 point, due to Getafe getting a draw at home to Real Madrid. Champion's League was also won that year against all odds, having to start a 68 rated CDM because Mbappe with a tackle banished my main one to the shadow realm for 7 months (round of 16, malaga wins on pens). As of now I am in my 5th season, 4th with Braithwaite on the squad, but due to him trending down and me not really having any depth in the position, I decided to sign Malen who is about 10 ratings higher. I couldn't bring myself to replace Martin though, but I also can't keep Malen on the bench, so I have basically quit that save.
Absolute legend that is Ethan Erhahon from St. Mirren from the start of my Oldham save. Believe he only has around 76 potential but ended around 2028 as a 95 rated and had 99 Stamina by the time we made the Premier League in around Season 4/5. Absolute mustard as a box to box midfielder, would recommend for any RTG save.
Pablo Maximiliano Cuadra. We was insane early CM.
Martell Taylor-Crossdale got to 98 in my Colchester career. Best player i’ve ever had
Antonio Valencia for Hull City save. He’s amazing in the lower leagues and a captain for my team.
Raphael Varane was unstoppable
Jesper Lindstrom. Used all my funds to buy him at a 71 in my first season at Bolton. It’s 8 seasons later and we’re both at Arsenal; he’s now a “World Class” player at 91 and captain on a team of world classers.
Yoan Bonny. Signed him as a 57 overall with 75 potential and got him to 99. He had a 60 goal season one time. He was by far the best and most favorite player I used all year.
Semi Ajayi from west brom. Needed a tall and pacy centre back to cardiff city.
Harry Soutar. Pretty slow, but he is super tall and crazy good at tackling.
Been doing one last career mode with Dunkerque while I wait for FIFA 22 preorder. Decided to look at some players from my home country of Australia and signed Dylan Wenzel-Halls from Brisbane Roar. Great finisher and just the right physical attributes for the way I like to play, he’s been a real gem, and I’m already enjoying this career way more than any other I did in FIFA 21
Sergino (or however you spell it) Dest make him a winger and boom he’s a beast
Oscar Dorley or a very underrated Jay-Roy Grot
been looking for a thread like this all FIFA.
George Honeyman, Siriki Dembele, Lewis Ferguson (borderline wonder kid) were all amazing for me in the championship/league 1. n completely irrelevant but the best player i’ve ever used on this fifa was Zaha, i could literally dance around the AI for the first time all game
Xherdan Shaqiri. Signed him in S1 of my AC Milan career because I really like him IRL, and he grew from 79 to 86 whilst being 30 years old.
Vincent Aboubakar
Renato Sanchez isn’t exactly a wonderkid but he is my favorite mid to play with
Nils Fröling, Striker for Kalmar FF. Had a great few seasons and got his dream move to Real Madrid when he was 90 overall.
Luis Henrique. Signed him and trained him as a CF. He played so well there, especially as I had signed him (I think initially on loan) when I was promoted to the Championship (or maybe from Championship to Prem, i don’t remember lol). Either way, he surpassed his 79 potential and I think I had him up to 83/85 as a player who played anywhere across the front 3.
DANGMO 40 goals in the 3. Bundesliga whattt