FIFA 21 best young goalkeepers: The top 50 GKs on career mode

Goal looks at all the wonderkid goalkeepers in Career Mode, listing their potential ability, current rating and price in the game

All the best teams in the world are successful because they have quality talent all over the pitch. This includes the very first name on the teamsheet, the goalkeeper.

FIFA 21 is no different. Teams live or die on having good goalkeepers and signing a competent No. 1 is essential to any long-term planning. It is why Chelsea decided to turn their back on the most expensive goalkeeper in the history of football to gamble on Edouard Mendy and put the mistakes of Kepa Arrizabalaga in the past.

Long-term investments are crucial in FIFA 21 as many of the world's most promising young goalkeepers have a low current rating and may not be good enough to start right away for top-tier sides. Match experience and the right training are crucial to the development of any wonderkid in FIFA 21, so any cheap backup you sign might need to be loaned out to get first-team minutes.

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The majority of goalkeepers on this list are cheap at the start of Career Mode, with the vast majority of high potential No. 1s available for less than £1 million.

Here are all the best young goalkeepers in FIFA 21 Career Mode, ordered by their potential rating in the game.

PO. = Position(s)

CR = Current Rating

PR = Potential Rating

VA. = Value

*Clubs listed are the clubs the players are assigned to in FIFA 21 Career Mode, while ages shown are the age at the start of Career Mode

FIFA 21: Best young goalkeepers

#	Name	Age	Club	PO.	CR	PR	VA.
1	I Meslier	20	Leeds	GK	75	86	£9.5m
2	M Vandevoordt	18	Genk	GK	70	86	£3.2m
3	L Morales	20	Atletico Lanus	GK	72	85	£4.4m
4	Diogo Costa	20	Porto	GK	72	83	£4m
5	N Mantl	20	Unterhaching	GK	69	83	£1.8m
6	C Fruchtl	20	Bayern Munich II	GK	66	83	£1.1m
7	B Verbruggen	17	Anderlecht	GK	66	83	£1.4m
8	L Chevalier	18	Lille	GK	61	83	£430k
9	M Carnesecchi	20	Atalanta	GK	66	82	£1.1m
10	Fortuna	18	Espanyol	GK	62	82	£475k
11	F Jorgensen	18	Villarreal	GK	62	82	£475k
12	G Bazunu	18	Man City	GK	63	82	£360k
13	K Scherpen	20	Ajax	GK	67	81	£1.3m
14	L Plogmann	20	Werder Bremen	GK	64	81	£765k
15	J Olschowsky	18	Borussia M'gladbach	GK	63	81	£560k
16	S Bajic	18	Saint-Etienne	GK	62	81	£475k
17	Ivan Martinez	18	Osasuna	GK	60	81	£360k
18	R Majecki	20	Monaco	GK	68	80	£1.2m
19	M Kovar	20	Man Utd	GK	64	80	£765k
20	M Roffo	20	Boca Juniors	GK	64	80	£765k
21	A Trubin	18	Shakhtar Donetsk	GK	63	80	£565k
22	Altube	20	Real Madrid	GK	63	80	£600k
23	J Blazquez	19	Atletico Talleres	GK	63	80	£600k
24	L Kasten	19	Wolfsburg	GK	62	80	£500k
25	E Destanoglu	19	Besiktas	GK	66	79	£900k
26	C Sanchez	20	Sporting Gijon	GK	65	79	£900k
27	L Unbehaun	19	Borussia Dortmund	GK	61	79	£405k
28	Adrian	19	Deportivo Alaves	GK	60	79	£340k
29	M Delanghe	19	PSV	GK	59	79	£250k
30	M Svilar	20	Benfica	GK	67	78	£990k
31	D Kotarski	20	Ajax	GK	66	78	£850k
32	Gabriel Brazao	19	Inter	GK	66	78	£800k
33	K Klaesson	19	Valerenga	GK	65	78	£750k
34	C Higuera	19	Club Tijuana	GK	63	78	£600k
35	A Akbulut	19	Trabzonspor	GK	63	78	£600k
36	Y Diouf	20	Reims	GK	63	78	£600k
37	Leo Roman	20	Mallorca	GK	63	78	£600k
38	J Pourtau	20	Estudiantes La Plata	GK	62	78	£520k
39	J Pourtau	20	Estudiantes La Plata	GK	62	78	£520k
40	F Palmowski	19	Hertha Berlin	GK	61	78	£400k
41	E Caprille	18	Leeds	GK	60	78	£315k
42	Iago Dominguez	18	Celta	GK	59	78	£250k
43	K Tzolakis	17	Olympiacos	GK	58	78	£200k
44	Lucas Mantela	20	Palmeiras	GK	77	77	£6.3m
45	K Osako	20	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	GK	68	77	£990k
46	L Moser	20	Union Berlin	GK	66	77	£810k
47	M Bulka	20	PSG	GK	64	77	£650k
48	Berto Horreo	20	Real Oviedo	GK	63	77	£600k
49	Y Obata	18	Velgata Sendai	GK	62	77	£475k
50	J Garcia	18	Getafe	GK	60	77	£315k
51	R Schofield	20	Huddersfield	GK	60	77	£350k
52	S Laiton	20	Auxerre	GK	60	77	£350k
53	R Josipovic	19	Dinamo Zagreb	GK	59	77	£250k
54	T Sharman-Lowe	17	Burton Albion	GK	53	77	£99k