The MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Wonderkids in Football Manager 2023

1 November 2022

8 November 2022

9 min read

Every year new wonderkids flood FM manager shortlists, but knowing which ones are worth the money and most likely to succeed can be hard or take a long time. We've compiled a comprehensive list of every FM23 wonderkid with determination over 17, giving you the best chance of signing a successful wonderkid and not a big-time flop.

If you do want to find more wonderkids, you can click here to be taken to our FM23 Wonderkids page where you can see how each player progresses over 5 seasons and check out their career history.

Keane Lewis-Potter

Player Information
Name Keane Lewis-Potter
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities England
Club Brentford
Asking Price (£) £29,760,000.00
Position M/AM RLC

If you want to see how Keane Lewis-Potter progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Carney Chukwuemeka

Player Information
Name Carney Chukwuemeka
Age 18
Current Ability ⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities England, Nigeria, Austria
Club Chelsea
Asking Price (£) £25,230,000.00
Position M/AM C

If you want to see how Carney Chukwuemeka progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Antonio Blanco

Player Information
Name Antonio Blanco
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Spain
Club R. Madrid
Asking Price (£) £13,449,234.00
Position DM/M C

If you want to see how Antonio Blanco progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Erling Haaland

Player Information
Name Erling Haaland
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Norway, England
Club Manchester City
Asking Price (£) £300,000,000.00
Position S

If you want to see how Erling Haaland progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Mario Gila

Player Information
Name Mario Gila
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Spain
Club S.S. Lazio
Asking Price (£) £10,793,872.00
Position D C

If you want to see how Mario Gila progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Jude Bellingham

Player Information
Name Jude Bellingham
Age 18
Current Ability ⭐⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities England
Club Borussia Dortmund
Asking Price (£) £93,738,584.00
Position M C

If you want to see how Jude Bellingham progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Gabriel Słonina

Player Information
Name Gabriel Słonina
Age 18
Current Ability
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities United States, Poland
Club Chelsea
Asking Price (£) £21,735,000.00
Position GK

If you want to see how Gabriel Słonina progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Wilfried Singo

Player Information
Name Wilfried Singo
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Ivory Coast
Club Torino
Asking Price (£) £21,899,836.00
Position D/WB/M R

If you want to see how Wilfried Singo progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Kenneth Taylor

Player Information
Name Kenneth Taylor
Age 20
Current Ability ⭐⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Holland
Club AFC Ajax
Asking Price (£) £25,049,198.00
Position DM/M/AM C

If you want to see how Kenneth Taylor progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Niklas Hedl

Player Information
Name Niklas Hedl
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Austria
Club Sportklub Rapid Vienna
Asking Price (£) £10,938,710.00
Position GK

If you want to see how Niklas Hedl progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Karim Adeyemi

Player Information
Name Karim Adeyemi
Age 20
Current Ability ⭐⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Germany, Nigeria
Club Borussia Dortmund
Asking Price (£) £56,038,476.00
Position AM/S R

If you want to see how Karim Adeyemi progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Vinícius Júnior

Player Information
Name Vinícius Júnior
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Brazil, Spain
Club R. Madrid
Asking Price (£) £242,930,016.00
Position AM RL

If you want to see how Vinícius Júnior progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Salvatore Esposito

Player Information
Name Salvatore Esposito
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Italy
Club SPAL
Asking Price (£) £4,522,952.00
Position DM/M C

If you want to see how Salvatore Esposito progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

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Alphonso Davies

Player Information
Name Alphonso Davies
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Canada, Liberia, Ghana
Club FC Bayern München
Asking Price (£) £86,406,160.00
Position D/WB L

If you want to see how Alphonso Davies progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Lorenzo Lucca

Player Information
Name Lorenzo Lucca
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Italy
Club Pisa
Asking Price (£) £3,766,432.00
Position S

If you want to see how Lorenzo Lucca progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Takefusa Kubo

Player Information
Name Takefusa Kubo
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Japan
Club Real San Sebastián
Asking Price (£) £39,261,420.00
Position M/AM RC

If you want to see how Takefusa Kubo progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Joško Gvardiol

Player Information
Name Joško Gvardiol
Age 20
Current Ability ⭐⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Croatia
Club RB Leipzig
Asking Price (£) £71,531,992.00
Position D LC

If you want to see how Joško Gvardiol progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Kacper Tobiasz

Player Information
Name Kacper Tobiasz
Age 19
Current Ability
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Poland
Club Legia Warszawa
Asking Price (£) £2,350,298.00
Position GK

If you want to see how Kacper Tobiasz progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Khephren Thuram

Player Information
Name Khephren Thuram
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities France, Italy, Guadeloupe
Club OGC Nice
Asking Price (£) £13,621,660.00
Position DM/M C

If you want to see how Khephren Thuram progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Hannibal

Player Information
Name Hannibal
Age 19
Current Ability ⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Tunisia, France
Club Manchester UFC
Asking Price (£) £22,710,000.00
Position M/AM LC

If you want to see how Hannibal progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Dennis Seimen

Player Information
Name Dennis Seimen
Age 16
Current Ability
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Germany
Club VfB Stuttgart
Asking Price (£) £8,793,730.00
Position GK

If you want to see how Dennis Seimen progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Odin Thiago Holm

Player Information
Name Odin Thiago Holm
Age 19
Current Ability
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Norway
Club Vålerenga Fotball
Asking Price (£) £2,580,358.00
Position M/AM C

If you want to see how Odin Thiago Holm progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Player Information
Name Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Age 21
Current Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Georgia
Club Parthenope
Asking Price (£) £64,645,980.00
Position AM RLC

If you want to see how Khvicha Kvaratskhelia progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Giacomo Faticanti

Player Information
Name Giacomo Faticanti
Age 17
Current Ability
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Italy
Club Associazione Sportiva Roma
Asking Price (£) £8,171,272.00
Position DM/M C

If you want to see how Giacomo Faticanti progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Facundo Buonanotte

Player Information
Name Facundo Buonanotte
Age 17
Current Ability
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Argentina, Italy
Club Club Atlético Rosario Central
Asking Price (£) £4,098,960.00
Position M/AM RC

If you want to see how Facundo Buonanotte progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

Ibrahima Bamba

Player Information
Name Ibrahima Bamba
Age 20
Current Ability ⭐⭐
Potential Ability ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nationalities Italy, Ivory Coast
Club Vitória Sport Clube
Asking Price (£) £14,380,335.00
Position D/DM C

If you want to see how Ibrahima Bamba progresses over 5 years, you can click here to see his current stats, how he looks in 5 years and his career history.

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