27 Sep 2026 5 min read Gaming

The best right-backs to sign in FC 27 Career Mode

From Alberto Costa to Xavi Espart, here's a curated list of the best young right-backs to sign on your FC 27 Career Modes

SCOUTED is a magazine about youth football. Turns out, all that knowledge is pretty useful for FC 27 Career Mode...

So, we’ve picked out a few of our favourite young right-backs that would be suitable signings on your EA FC 27 Career Mode saves. From Genesis Antwi to Daniel Banjaqui, these are some of the best young RBs in the game.

Of course, if you are looking for older players, we have you sorted too, with a collection of the highest overall right-backs at the start of your save. Want more? Have a look through the rest of our magazine for more young players to sign.

Who are the best Right-Backs (RBs) in FC 27 Career Mode?

The best right-backs in FC 27 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):

Achraf Hakimi - 88 (89)
Jules Koundé - 85 (87)
Marcos Llorente - 85 (86)
Konrad Laimer - 85 (86)
Jurrien Timber - 84 (87)
Trent Alexander-Arnold - 84 (87)
Reece James - 84 (86)

But this is SCOUTED, a magazine about youth football, so of course we don't want to talk about players already at their peaks - we want to shoot for the future.

To that end, here's our picks for the best right-backs to sign in your Career Mode save - the youngsters you can get for peanuts and develop into world-beaters.

The six best young Right-Backs (RBs) to sign and develop in FC 27 Career Mode

For quick reference, here's our full list of the best young right-backs - again including their current rating and potential (in brackets) and there should be a player for every Career Mode budget:

Alberto Costa - 78 (86)
Xavi Espart - 71 (85)
Alex Freeman - 73 (81)
Lushendry Martes - 67 (84)
Genesis Antwi - 67 (82)
Daniel Banjaqui - 63 (85)

Before we go into detail, we thought you'd like to see our picks from the previous two games, alongside updated ratings for FC 27. Martim Fernandes and Givairo Read would still be great signings.

EA FC 25

Rico Lewis - 77 (83)
Conor Bradley - 79 (84)
Andrea Cambiaso - 80 (82)
Martim Fernandes - 76 (86)
Kyriani Sabbe - 72 (84)
Pedro Lima - 68 (83)

EA FC 26

Omar El Hilali - 76 (81)
Givairo Read - 76 (88)
Marc Pubill - 81 (88)
Michael Kayode - 81 (85)
Josh Acheampong - 75 (86)
Semm Renders - 62 (77)

Now, let's get stuck into this year's list of the best right-backs to sign on EA FC 27 Career Mode.

Alberto Costa

Age: 22
Position: RB; RM
Club: FC Porto
Nation: Portugal
Market Value: £27m

If you've got the money to spend and you're looking for a right-back to fly up and down the touchline for 90 minutes, Alberto Costa is your guy.

He's 1.86m tall and his 81 Acceleration, 84 Sprint Speed and 88 Stamina could all reach the 90s as you develop one of the best right-backs on the game.

Overall: 78
Potential: 86
Potential Growth: +8

Xavi Espart

Age: 19
Position: RB; LB, CDM, CM
Club: FC Barcelona
Nation: Spain
Market Value: £3.8m

Xavi Espart can play in four different positions and he hasn't even celebrated his 20th birthday by the time you start your Career Mode. His versatility is built on his La Masia-spec technical fundamentals. He's always neat and tidy on the ball and even has the capacity to crack powerful shots off with little back lift from edge of box.

On FC 27, Xavi Espart will go from a well-rounded prospect to a complete full-back or even midfielder if you need him to.

Overall: 71
Potential: 85
Potential Growth: +14

Alex Freeman

Age: 22
Position: RB; CM
Club: Villarreal
Nation: USA
Market Value: £6m

If you want to know more about Alex Freeman, son of an NFL Wide Receiver, he featured in Volume I of our 2026 magazine.

On FC 27, he stands 1.88m tall with 85 Jumping, 83 Acceleration and 81 Sprint Speed: a proper NFL-spec athlete. But he's also got solid technicals that make him secure in possession.

Overall: 73
Potential: 81
Potential Growth: +8

Lushendry Martes

Age: 18
Position: RB; CDM, CM
Club: Sparta Rotterdam
Nation: Netherlands
Market Value: £850k

Lushendry Martes is a mobile full-back that is agile, clean and composed on the ball, adding value with fluid technical level and progressive passing from wide areas. He reminds us a bit of French full-backs Jules Koundé and Guéla Doué.

His five-star Weak Foot is an immediately eye-catching trait, as are his 86 Acceleration and 82 Agility. Those attributes will be off the charts by the time he gets close to his 84 Potential.

Overall: 67
Potential: 84
Potential Growth: +17

Genesis Antwi

Age: 19
Position: RB; LB, RM, LM
Club: RSC Strasbourg
Nation: Sweden
Market Value: £2.1m

We think Chelsea's Genesis Antwi is one of the best emerging academy prospects in English football and his loan to Strasbourg in 2026/27 should kickstart his senior career.

82 Acceleration, 80 Sprint Speed and 62 Crossing is a classic full-back combination.

Overall: 67
Potential: 82
Potential Growth: +15

Daniel Banjaqui

Position: RB
Club: SL Benfica
Nation: Portugal
Market Value: £400k

Daniel Banjaqui was a standout at UEFA U-17 EURO in 2025 and is now beginning to break through at Benfica.

You can't miss him on the pitch: his height and frame make for an eye-catching presence at right-back with both prominent features of his game. His athleticism makes him a powerful force as a defender and ball-player, able to handle himself in defensive duels as well as drive play forward with long, leggy runs with the ball that became a trademark of his performances.

Give him time on EA FC 27 Career Mode and you'll have more than a sprinkle of that dynamism.

Overall: 63
Potential: 85
Potential Growth: +22

Done and dusted. There are the SCOUTED-approved best young right-backs to sign for you FC 27 Career Mode save. And we have every other position covered: