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The best left wingers to sign in FC 26 Career Mode

From Malick Fofana to Rio Ngumoha, here's a curated list of best young left wingers to buy on EA FC 26 Career Mode

SCOUTED

19 Sep 2025 — 8 min read

Rio Ngumoha, one of the best left wingers to sign in EA Sports FC 26 Career Mode

SCOUTED is a magazine about youth football. Turns out, all that knowledge is pretty useful for FC 26 Career Mode, who'da thought?

We’ve picked out a few of our favourite young left wingers that would be suitable signings on your EA FC 26 Career Mode saves. From Jean-Mattéo Bahoya to Said El Mala, these are some of the best young RWs in EA Sports FC 26.

Of course, if you are looking for older players, we have you sorted too, with a collection of the ten highest overall right wingers at the start of your save. Let's get into those first.

Who are the best Left Wingers (LWs) in EA FC 26 Career Mode?

The best left wingers (including left midfielders - LMs) in FC 26 Career Mode are those with the highest overall rating. Here's a handy list, including their overall at the start of the game, and their highest possible potential rating (in brackets):

Raphinha - 89 (89)
Vinícius Jr. - 89 (92)
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia - 87 (90)
Nico Williams - 86 (89)
Neymar - 86 (86)
Luis Díaz - 85 (85)
Son Heung-min - 85 (85)
Grimaldo - 84 (84)
Álex Baena - 84 (89)
Mattia Zaccagni - 84 (84)
Cody Gakpo - 84 (85)
Rafael Leão - 84 (85)
Bradley Barcola - 84 (88)

This is SCOUTED, meaning we're more interested in the future of football, not the present. Even the younger players like Nico Williams and Bradley Barcola are going to cost a bomb.

Instead, let's jump right into the player's we're excited about - the youngsters who come cheap and can grow. We like to handcraft the next generation of superstars when we play, and we imagine you do too.

Let's go.

The six best young Left Wingers (LWs) to sign and develop in FC 25 Career Mode

For easy reference, here's our list. Don't worry - we'll dive into detail momentarily. As before, their rating is included alongside their potential (in brackets) and there should be a player for every Career Mode budget:

Malick Fofana - 78 (86)
Jean-Mattéo Bahoya - 75
Rio Ngumoha - 68 (88)
Bazoumana Touré - 70 (85)
Said El Mala - 68 (84)
Moises Paniagua - 62 (83)

There's your list. Let's get into the details and break down each option, so you can decide which one works best for your career.

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Malick Fofana

Position: LM, LW
Club: Olympique Lyonnais
Nation: Belgium
Market Value: £28m

Malick Fofana is an elusive, shifty, ambipedal dribbler that is relentlessly direct in his pursuit to carry the ball into the penalty area.

The Belgian will start your FC 26 Career Mode save with 87 Acceleration, 86 Sprint Speed, 89 Agility and 89 Balance. Throw in a five-star weak foot and four-star skill moves and Fofana should be an absolute joy to play even before he reaches that 86 potential.

Overall: 78
Potential: 86
Potential Growth: +8

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Jean-Mattéo Bahoya

Position: LM, CAM, LW
Club: Eintracht Frankfurt
Nation: France
Market Value: £11m

Jean-Mattéo Bahoya glides across the grass with his searing pace augmenting his skillset rather than defining it. He is a disciplined winger and tracks back into the final line of the defence if needed while being proactive in attempts to win the ball.

That being said, with 97 Sprint Speed and 91 Acceleration, Bahoya is one of the fastest players on the game. You wouldn't expect anything less from the player that recorded the fastest sprint speed in Bundesliga history.

Overall: 75
Potential: 86
Potential Growth: +11

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Rio Ngumoha

Position: LM, LW
Club: Liverpool
Nation: England
Market Value: £2.9m

Whisper it, but there is a certain Mbappéness to Ngumoha’s athleticism. His build is similar: he’s not the tallest but has noticeably long legs which support a weirdly stocky, rounded upper-body. Both have that shifty edge — shutter steps, as we like to call it — when stood over the ball to make defenders quadruple guess themselves, then they get into stride extremely quickly once they zoom one way or the other.

This was all evident at youth level but now it's common knowledge following his step up into Liverpool's first team squad.

The youngest goalscorer in Liverpool's history can become one of their best players on the game. Even at the start of your Career Mode, Ngumoha will have 92 Acceleration, 89 Sprint Speed, 88 Balance and 85 Agility. Imagine what those stats will be like when he reaches that 88 potential...

Overall: 68
Potential: 88
Potential Growth: +20

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Bazoumana Touré

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If you're looking for electric straight-line speed and whipped crosses, you need look no further than Bazoumana Touré.

90 Acceleration and 92 Sprint Speed are the teenager's standout stats and those attributes are what turned SCOUTED heads in real life.

Overall: 70
Potential: 85
Potential Growth: +15

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Said El Mala

Position: LM, CAM, LW
Club: 1. FC Köln
Nation: Germany
Market Value: £1.2m

2025/26 represents a first season in top-flight football for Said El Mala and he's taken to it effortlessly. His skillset has scaled to the highest level and his powerful ball-carrying is just as brutal in the Bundesliga as it was in the third tier.

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Overall: 68
Potential: 84
Potential Growth: +16

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Moisés Paniagua

Position: LM, ST, CAM
Club: Always Ready
Nation: Bolivia
Market Value: £350k

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Overall: 62
Potential: 83
Potential Growth: +21

There you have it. The SCOUTED-approved best young left wingers to sign for you FC 26 Career Mode save. You could even check out the players that featured on last year's list, we've included their rating (and potential) for EA FC 26 below: