You are building your squad but you are not sure about which defenders you should buy ? Take our suggestions of the best defenders for FIFA 14 Career Mode.
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How to choose the Best Defenders
In this article we will suggest the best defenders for FIFA 14 Career Mode that you should be able to use in your low, medium or large budget club. Keep in mind that the best players for us many not be for you. It depends of your other players, formation, budget, play style, preferences, etc…
We will suggest defenders of three categories:
- Best of the Best
Ideal for unlimited wallets or for who wants the best.
- Best Deals
Defenders with nice potential rating and that you can find at decent prices.
- Best Young
Young Defenders with great growth and that will be top players in the future.
Best Centre Backs (CB) for FIFA 14 Career Mode
Best CB’s for FIFA 14 Career Mode
Our Choice: SERGIO RAMOS
Nationality: Spain
Rating: 86
Potential: 89
Age: 27
There are several good players for this position but some of them can only be used with a pacey team mate next to them. Piqué and Hummels are two good examples. If you have a fat wallet, Ramos will do his work very well.
Best Alternative: RAPHAEL VARANE
Nationality: France
Rating: 81
Potential: 88
Age: 21
If you don’t have so much money, you can try another Madrid’s centre back. Varane is young, has good defending stats, is fast enough and may be one of the best defenders in a near future. You can take a look to Mangala, Nicolas Nkoulou and Angelo Ogbonna too.
Best Deals in FIFA 14 Career Mode
Best Deal: YOUNÈS KABOUL
Nationality: France
Rating: 80
Potential: 82
Age: 27
Who already have played with him, probably knows that he is a good and balanced defender. He ends his contract with Spurs in 2014, so you can get him free. If the transfer fails, you can try Mamadou Sakho that ends his contract with PSG too.
Free Player: FRANCISCO AMOREBIELSA
Nationality: Venezuela
Rating: 81
Potential: 82
Age: 28
There are some popular players, as Puyol and Nesta, that you can get for free but if you are building a team for the future you probably will prefer someone younger as Amorebielsa. If you are thinking in a long term, you may also take a look to the Brazilians Luccas Claro and Thiago Heleno. Both may reach in the future a rating of 78.
Best Young CB’s in FIFA 14 Career Mode
Best Promise: JONATHAN TAH
Nationality: Germany
Rating: 60
Potential: 83
Age: 17
Tah only has 17 years old but he is one of the defenders with higher potential growth. He is not prepared to be a first option yet but in the future he may be important in your team.
Best Alternative: LUIZ EDUARDO
Nationality: Brazil
Rating: 67
Potential: 83
Age: 20
A bit older, Luiz Eduardo already has decent stats which means that it will be easier to put him playing in your team. Take a look to some promises like Nathan Aké, Facundo Cardozo and Dario Del Fabro and don’t forget to follow Koray Günter and Leo Chambers since their are ending their contracts in the end of the first season.
Best Right Backs (RB) for FIFA 14 Career Mode
Best RB’s for FIFA 14 Career Mode
Our Choice: PHILIPP LAHM
Nationality: Germany
Rating: 87
Potential: 87
Age: 30
If you are looking for the best right back money can buy, you can stop your search. Lahm is currently the best RB of the world.
Best Alternative: MATTIA DE SCIGLIO
Nationality: Italy
Rating: 77
Potential: 85
Age: 21
If you don’t have so much money, you can try another some one younger and with a promising future. The Milan’s right back is very fast and may start playing in your team right now. If he gets enough chances, he will be one of the best players in his position. The English players Phil Jones and Micah Richards are more expensive alternatives.
Best Deals in FIFA 14 Career Mode
Best Deal: BACARY SAGNA
Nationality: France
Rating: 80
Potential: 80
Age: 30
There are lots of good right backs ending their contracts in the end of first season. If the age is not a problem, try Sagna. Otherwise, take a look to other good players as Abdoulay Konko, Ignazio Abate, Jesús Gámez and Rafinha.
Free Player: ROMAIN DANZÉ
Nationality: France
Rating: 74
Potential: 77
Age: 27
It is very hard to find quality players for this position that are out of contracts. Danzé is one of the few but you can take a look to Roman Shishkin and Norberto Norsales too.
Best Young RB’s in FIFA 14 Career Mode
Best Promise: MONTOYA
Nationality: Spain
Rating: 77
Potential: 83
Age: 21
Montoya will be a great player in the future. He already is but he will become even better. And the best part of it is that you can get the pacey Barcelona’s right back for free or for a good price since he ends his contract in 2014.
Best Alternative: HÉCTOR BELLERÍN
Nationality: Spain
Rating: 56
Potential: 82
Age: 18
This fast young player has a lot to learn. In good hands he may becomes a good player for every team. But there are several players that you should look with attention: Mário Fernandes, Santiago Arias, João Cancelo, Tony, Tomáš Kalas, Šime Vrsaljko, Constantin Nica, Hayden White and Bruno Martignoni
Best Left Backs (LB) for FIFA 14 Career Mode
Best LB’s for FIFA 14 Career Mode
Our Choice: DAVID ALABA
Nationality: Austria
Rating: 81
Potential: 84
Age: 21
There are better LB’s than Alaba but no one is as good as he is with his age. Buy him and you will get a good defender for many years.
Best Alternative: FÁBIO COENTRÃO
Nationality: Portugal
Rating: 79
Potential: 86
Age: 25
If you don’t have so much money, you should try alternatives to Alaba and to Jordi Alba. In our opinion, Coentrão is a good investment. He already is a top player and Madrid may make you a good price since they have Marcelo as first option. Coentrão needs to play and if it happens he will be the best LB of the game.
Best Deals in FIFA 14 Career Mode
Best Deal: FÁBIO
Nationality: Brazil
Rating: 75
Potential: 81
Age: 23
There are several good LB’s ending their contracts in the end of first season, like Ashley Cole and Patrice Evra. But if you plan do play several seasons, you may try someone younger. Fabio seams to us the right choice.
Free Player: GRIMALDO
Nationality: Spain
Rating: 67
Potential: 78
Age: 18
It is very hard to find quality players for this position that are out of contracts. Grimaldo is one of the few but you can take a look to Henrique (Vasco da Gama) too.
Best Young CB’s in FIFA 14 Career Mode
Best Promise: LUKE SHAW
Nationality: England
Rating: 70
Potential: 85
Age: 18
Luke Shaw has contract with Southampton until 2018, which shows how he is looked by the club as a strong promise for the future. He is extremely fast and has everything to be one of the best defenders of the world.
Best Alternative: JETRO WILLEMS
Nationality: Netherlands
Rating: 72
Potential: 83
Age: 19
Willems is another of our favourites. He already has decent stats which means that it will be easier to put him playing in your team. But there are several unknown players that you should look with attention: Declan John, Ronan, Ibrahima Mbaye, Raphaël Guerreiro, Nicola Murru and Jack Robinson.
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Dória, a young Brazilian cb, is a great deal
Connor Chapman plays for Newcastle Jets in the A-league is good center back can also get him cheap.
Is Micah Richards a good choice for rb
Yes, he is.
I pretty much like these guides as they’re quite helpful, but there’s a couple of things here which I don’t agree with. In the “Best Young RB’s” section, you included both Montoya and Héctor Bellerín, when there are actually better ones. Instead of including Montoya, you should have included Danilo who is 1 year younger and is got +1 potential. And instead of Héctor, you should have included João Cancelo, as he is 18 years old, but he is 68 overall and he’s got a potential of 84. I’m just leaving my suggestions here, please take them in consideration.
Thank you for your comment.
It’s good to have different opinions. When we suggest best young players, we analyse several factors as their age, overall, potential, grow, skills, stats, price, contract, etc… That’s why sometimes the choice doesn’t look obvious.
Next time we will try to show, step by step, how we elected our suggestions.
Regards
I’m looking for shock players, i have 250,000,000$ on the smartphone version
Plz tell me what I should get for defense
I play as Barça, aka i kept the best defenders.
Varane and Sergio Ramos.
Sergio agüero is one the best striker u need to have in ur squad…he is good striker and gets off the market quickly..
I play on my smartphone and play as Barca as well! my lineup is:
Mascherano (Left Back) [Barcelona] {85}
Thiago Silva (Left Center Back) [PSG] {88}
Pique (Right Center Back) [Barcelona] {88}
Piszczek (Right Back) [Dortmund] {87}
This is after 2 full seasons of playing; My formation is 4-1-3-2
== if anyone knows of any better left or right backs let me know! (: ===
the rest of my team
Sergio (Center Defensive Mid) [Barcelona] {88}
Pogba (Center Mid) [Juventus] {96}
Muller (Left Mid) [Barcelona] {90}
Hazard (Right Mid) [Chelsea] {90}
Messi (Right Striker) [Barcelona] {96}
Neymar (Left Striker) [Barcelona] {95}
I am working on getting bale as a sub and ronaldo as a starter to replace Muller
Stephan El Shaarawy could prove to be better than Ronaldo as he rises to 91 and possibly 93 he is also much younger than ronaldo. You could also buy Bakkali from PSV he is only 20 and rises to 90 if worked well
Mascherano as a LB???😂😂😂
Also a great young CB is Tin Jedvaj who plays for Roma AS he is 17 and has a 69 rating 🙂
how about alberto moreno , young LB from sevilla ? He has a decent potential and a very affordable price
Yes, he is good.
Leftback Gaya from Valencia is another great deal!
How about Kurt Zouma? He is a young quality center back.
If you look for a great lb look for gianluca pollace in ss lazio, when i bought him he had 59 and now its over 80. Also Murru of cagliari is a great lb
Good suggestion.
Do these reviews factor in the actual play of each player. I doubt I’m the only one who has notices but sometimes you get a guy with a better overall rating but his performance on field is not as good as a player with a lower rating. I like playing with a fast team it just seems more fun personally. Perhaps you could do a review depending on playstyle perferance methodical football vs speed football? Personally almost everyone on my squad is quick except the CBs and my CDM my CDM always is a great long range shooter though. Thank you for the reviews although they are helpful just my 2 cents on perhaps another way to make another interesting review/article.
Thank you for your suggestion. Next weeek we will publish new Career Mode reviews for each major league.
Porto’s Brazilian RB Branilo is amazing!!!
He’s 22, can cross, has high workrate. long shots and finishing… And he’s a RB!!!
He’s $14-24 Million in the first 2 seasons!!!
Buy him now!!! He’s AMAZING
Danilo, I think.
How come kolisanic from shalke is not on the best young left backs, potential of 86 on my career and starts at 72
We don’t have room for all good players.
On this website you put the potential of sergio ramos is 89 and on my career he is 90
Potentials are estimated. Your player could outgrow it or not.
Karim Rekik is a good CB his potential growth is 87 and he is alot cheaper than the other guys … Mats Hummels grows upto 88 he is also worth the price !!
ake from Chelsea he is amazing ceterback strong gd at passing grat tackler world class
I think that a consideration should be given to Serge Aurier for the best young Rb section. He has a 74 starting overall with 84 potential as a RM, but he is out of position and his rating is actually three higher as a RB. This means that as a RB, his overall is 77 and his potential is 87, the highest potential tied with the much older Phillip Lahm in the RB position.
Ricardo Rodriguez from Wolfsburg Dutch elavu is good left back.he grew very fast
Facundo Cardozo is Awesome!!
Phil jones or mat hummels?
Hummels if you need a CB right now. Phil Jones if you plan to play several seasons.
A great rb is danny da costa. He is out on loan at the start of a career but goes up a lot over that first season out on loan.
i took columbus crew from mls and put them in england (football league 2 ) to get the thrill of promotion .. .. .they have close to zero budget … please suggest players in all positions …..i usually use wings ….. and a 4-3-3 formation. especially in CAM .
Hi.
Please, check all the free or out of contract players of this page: https://www.fifagamenews.com/tag/career-mode/
Just look for the cheapest players of these pages.
my defense
mattia de sciglio, rafael varane, marquinhos, david alaba
a strong line up i think
Yes, it is a good defence.
how could i find amorebiesla and hector bellerin?? which club they played for??
Amorebieta – Venezuela-F
Hector Bellerin – Watford or Arsenal
which is the nationality of hector bellerin??
Spanish
there are no existence of hector bellerin in the first season.. how could i find him?
Do you have enough scouts ? One of them should focus in Arsenal players.
my defence side from the RB:-
MATTIA DE SCIGLIO, MARQIUNHOS, RAFAEL VARANE, DAVID ALABA
as subs the strong ones also:-
MANQUILO, LUIZ EDUARDO, JONATHAN TAH, LUKE SHAW
guyz the best defence side on my openion.. consider it.
Andrea ranocchia is great!!!!
79 overall
88 potential
should be on that list
my team in fifa is crystal palace and my defence is joao cancelo/sabastian coates/luiz eduardo/sead kolasniac
my defense is lahm (lb) kompany (lcb) pique/thiago silva (rcb) and Sergio ramos (rb)phillip lahm is losing potential really fast at the start of the second season and for some reason he moved to cdm 🙁 idk who to replace him with I already have busquests and vidal at cdm
Our suggestion is to try De Sciglio. He will be even better in a near future.
In which team was this?
Just as another suggestion, i like to get ricardo rodriguez on wolfsburg. He grows to become the best left back in the game, and he starts growing at a very early age. He has nice crossing and distance shooting/passing. Also, your suggestions are very, very good.
Thank you.
Phil jones right back
Fast CB like Sergio Ramos
I need help. Season 2017-18 I need a fast cb like sergio ramos because he’s retiring
Varane is not fast enough to you ?
Please tell me the best dfenders between in heading of the ball.
K.Papadopulas
R.Varane
J.Vestergaarf
Marquinhos
Thank You
Papadopoulos and Varane
I like young players overall so I sold Ramos(mistake?)got varane and marquinhos starting. need another young one for my subs. i have alaba for left back but considering selling marcelo cos of age, i need someone younger than alaba for my sub. lastly, i have de sciglio and carvajal but wanna get rid of carvajal and get someone younger and good. so suggestions please and thanks.
Try Montoya for back up.
You sold Ramos ? It was a mistake if it is your first season. You need to give time to the younger players.
What about Eric dier of England. He is a strong and quality CB.
Yes, he has a good potential.
Hi, I’m on my 5th year I think with stoke city, I have about $25,000,000 and I’m trying to fill my squad. I have a young, but talented group bc I used the future scout player item in the catalogue. Who could I buy in the mid-upper seventies and also won’t break the bank. People I could use if injuries occur bc all my subs are about 29-30ish of age!
Thank you Rodrigo!
-J
If you already have a decent team and you need back ups, you should focus in wonder kids that will be useful in a near future: Héctor Bellerin, Shaw, Jetro Willems, Goretzka, Bakkali, Miño, Bruma, Fischer, Martial, Benzia…
I got fabio and after a season he was on 77 did I wast my money
Of course not. You need to give him time.
I’m playing as Sunderland and spent 14 million on Fabio and Lukaku what should I do to get money
Sell your players.
Are there any players over 80 that are cheap that I can get
I’m thinking of starting a new career Who should I do it with.
Why don’t you follow our suggestions ? We have dozens of good ideas here.
Where
Click in ‘here’.
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https://www.fifagamenews.com/tag/career-mode/
Great info helped me a lot but can you try and add the players prices aswell
We will try for FIFA 15
My current squad in season 2015/2016 is Leali (gk) de Sciglio(rb) Zouma(cb) Varane(cb) Shaw (lb) Amini (cdm) Kovacîc (cm) Maher/Corea(cam) Bruma (rw) Martial/Benzia(st) Bakkali (lw)
Good young team. You may have 2 or 3 more experienced players. It won’t hurt.
My Fabio is 29 and his rating is 85
Good for you!
The potentials we have published are average values. You probably have made a good work with him.
Suggestion pls. I bought Pique from Barcelona and I need a second opinion because I think I should’ve bought Ramos. Or should I buy them both because I have PSG? I also need a good RB.
Sergio Ramos, definitely. Mattia De Sciglio is amazing as RB.
Borje lopez is a good choice…..
potential of 87….
Nobody mentioned.. Rober and Hugo mallo.. Best RB both.. Rober has a potential of 89 nd hugo mallo has 86.. Nd rober would only cost 300,000 initially.. Nd I sold him for 45,000,000 . Nd mallo for 25,000,000
Yedlin is also a good young rb. You can get him fpr less than 1 million sometimes, has crazy pace, and I got him up to an 81 overall after about 3 seasons.
My manchester united team andre ster stegen lindegaard desiglio hummels subotic alba evans smalling shaw jones gundogan vidal pogba verrati ander hererra kroos lewandoski benzema lukaku. What do u think rodrigo.
Decent team. It can be improved…
Juan Jesus is a Brazilian CB start off at 79 grows to 88.. top attribute 91 jumping. great defender
oh yea he’s 22 and 6″0 at Inter Milan
my david alaba is 89 in 2 seasons……….n has a trait of complete defender. 😀
If u don’t have enough cash and cant afford to buy players like Eden hazard and Neymar ,,u can buy Stephen El,sharaway a high potential player who will be a good purchase in ur squad…
A good left back would be Hull City’s Joe Dudgeon after 4 years he is 27 years old and rated 88 overall with 96 stand tackle and good dribbling attributes. Also Stephan El Shaarawy who starts at 80 and over the space of 4 years grows to 91. Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere can grow to 90 after 2 seasons.
My squad
Gk- Mark Andre ter stagen
RB- Alex
CB-Marquinhos
LB-D.Alaba
LM-Lucas
CM-S.Faghuli
CM-A.Pirlo
RM-Samir Nasri
LW-C.Rinaldo
RW-Z.Ibrahimovic
ST-Edinson Cavani
substitute
T.Motta
E.Lavezi
J.Pastors
MD.Sissoko
B.Matuidi
…….This is my PSG lineup.I play in 3-4-3 formation.Is it strong enough to win league title?
Yes, it is.
my defence consists manquillo chambers my two RBs marquinho varane tah and a scouted player there my CBs shaw and alaba my two LBs and this is arsenal 2019 and i just bought ronaldo and ibra for there regens which there not retiring for a least another two seasons and ronaldo still has 87 pace and is 88 rated and ibra is 84 rated
my arsenal team 2015…..FIFA 14
gk-lorris, 85 ter stegen 85
rb-montoya 82 Robert Kelly 84
cb-varane 80 Juan Jesus 81 Marc batra 80
lb-gaya 79 alaba 82
cdm-veratti 82 pogba 81
rm-sanchez 85 Walcott 82 oxlad…79
lw-alex gradel 78 Wellington 76…..
cam- ozil 89 Barkley 80 coutinho 85 (exchanged with carzola)
st-welbeck 80 lacazzette 79 jese Rodriguez 78 (just arrived)
My Manchester United team after two season
gk: courtois (rated 85)
lb: alba (rated 86)
rcb: hummels (rated 91)
lcb: badstubar (rated 88)
rb: de sciglio (rated 85)
lm: hazard (rated 91)
cm: gotze (rated 90)
rm: lucas (rated 89)
rw: Sanchez (rated 90)
st: lewandowski (rated 88)
lw: neymar (rated 89)
substitutess:
rm: james Rodriguez (rated 86)
cm: fellani (rated 85)
cdm: M’Villa (rated 85)
lm: marco reus (rated 90)
cb: boateng(rated 86)
st: benteke (rated 86)
gk: blaswich(rated 85)
reserves:
lb:alaba (rated 82)
cb: kaya (rated 87)
rb: walker (rated 83)
rw: narsingh (rated 83)
lw: el shaarawy(rated 84)
gk: ter stegen(rated 80)
isn’t it unstoppable?? 😀
Almost unstoppable.
Thats fucked up. You need to have balance in the team. Most of your players are gonna be unhappy during the season.
my team as real madrid
Gk. T. Cortois -86
rb. S. Ramos – 87
rcb. V. Company 85 (c)
lcb. T. Silva – 87
lb. M. morino – 84
rm. G. Bale -90
LM. E. HAZARD – 89
RAM. J. RODRIGES -89
LAM. M.GOTZE- 90
RS. S AGUERU -89
LS. C. RONALDO- 93
SUB
CB.R. VARANE 82
CB. E. MANGALA- 82
LB. D. ALABA – 82
CAM. ISCO – 86
RM. LUCAS -88
ST. M. BAROTELLI 86
GK. LEXO 83
MAYBE LEXO IS HIS NAME… FROM GERMANY…. GOOD GK…
Looks really great.
Cedric Rekik Rojo Cresswell. This is my defence at crystal palace..second season.
Is James Rodriguez a good for RW? 2nd season.
Sure!
Needing a cheap injury replacement for a couple months, I picked up Amorebieta after reading this list. To my horror, he was only rated 74. This was midway through my second season, so it’s not like he had a ton of time to regress. I’d take him off the list.
If you want a cheap defender, I’d suggest Serdar Tasci. He’s been fantastic for me at LB.
My Team as Liverpool
Fifa14 after 4 Seasons
G.K. Szczesny 92
R.B. Marquinhos 88
C.B. Varane 87
C.B.Kaya 88
L.B. Alaba 86
C.D.M. Pogba 87
C.D.M. Veratti 88
L.M. Shaarawy 91
C.A.M. Isco 89
R.M. Bakkali 87
S.T. Dybala 89
Subs
C.B. Rekik 84
C.B. Dier 86
R.M. Andersen 86
L.M. Castillejo 84
C.A.M. Draxler 86
S.T. Ezekiel 87
G.K. Gea 84
Great team!
my defender
pique
thiago silva
jordi alba
dani alves
pls give me good defenders i can buy…..money is not a problem
Varane, Alex Sandro
i forgot to offer new contract for montoya …i thought he is not a good def…and i lost him…..
I need a RB and LB who are great players.Currently it is Dani Alves and Jordi Alba but I feel I can buy someone better.
You should keep with these two.