FIFA 20 fastest CBs guide: the quickest central defenders on the pitch

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It’s a cliche to say that you need the FIFA 20 fastest CBs to compete online - but sadly, it’s also the truth. With gameplay in FIFA 20 noticeably slower than previous editions, recovery time is often critical when it comes to chasing a striker down or moving across to cut out a through ball. So it’s under✨standable that many consider defensive pace to🦂 be a necessity. Below we profile the FIFA 20 fastest CBs based on their standard Ultimate Team cards - followed by a list of the swiftest CB icons to finish. Of course, all of the FIFA 20 fastest CBs can also be picked up in Career Mode too if you're looking for a burst of speed in your back line.

1. Wan Gyu Gwon (Sangju Sangmu) - 85 pace, 63 overall

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Ultimate Team’s fastest centre-back is a player you’ve never heard of. The 6ft-tall Wan will set you back just 200 coins, but there the good news ends. With ratings of 60 defensive awareness and 55 heading accuracy, he’s a liability in all areas o𝕴ther than pace. D’oh.

2. Ike Opara (Minnesota United) - 84 pace, 74 overall

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A popular choice for FUT players over the past couple of years, given that he has decent height (6ft 2in) and physical stats (jumping 90, strength 85) to go with his💫 rapid feet. He’s affordable, too. Opara’s rare silver card can be grabbed for 1000 coins. A solid, affoꩵrdable super sub.

3=. Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) - 83 pace, 85 overall

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If Opara is afford♋able, Varane is anything but - then again, this isn’t a carꦗd you’re snapping up in order to see out the final 20 minutes of a close game. Varane costs in the region of 210,000 coins, and boasts 87 defensive awareness and 86 strength alongside his 83 pace. In a word: elite.

3=. Adedeji Oshilaja (Charlton Athletic) - 83 pace, 67 overall

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As of mid-October, Oshilaja had only made four league starts for Charlton this season - yet in FIFA 20, he’s a tidy silver pick-up, available on the cheap at 500 coins. Strength of 84 and 76 stamina mak𓄧e him an essential buy if you’re building an all silver squad ju🅠st for fun.

3=. Charles Dunne (Motherwell) - 83 pace, 65 overall

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Another rare silver card with reasonable stats despite a lowly overall rati𓂃ng of 65. Dunne comes with 80 jumping, 75 strength and is 6ft 2in tall, enabling him to do a job on the right side of a back three, at least while you’re building towards a top-tier team. Nab him for 400 coins.

3=. Takuma Ominami (Jubilo Iwata) - 83 pace, 59 overall

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We’re back to bronzes here, and the fastest centre back in the Japanese league can be snaffled for just 200 coins - although there’s a reason he’s so cheap. Other than sprint𝔉 speed, Ominami has only one at🍌tribute rated above 80: jumping (88). And you have to wince at his positioning rating. It’s 22!

7=. Kostas Manolas (Napoli) - 82 pace, 85 overall 

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If you’ve followed our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:FIFA 20 coins guide you should have 20,000 big ones to drop on N🎃apoli’s Greඣek god of defending by now - and he won’t let you down. As well as being beautifully light-footed he offers 86 jumping, 86 interceptions, 87 standing tackle and 89 standing tackle. As imperious as Poseidon, but without the attached water danger.

7=. Georgiy Dzhikiya (Spartak Moscow) - 82 pace, 78 overall

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With the full Russian league now exclusive to PES 2020, it’s tough to build a quality side around Dzhikiya. However, he’s still a cheap gold option to add squad depth, with 86 strength, 85 sliding tackle and 82 defensive awareness. You can b♉uy now for 750 coins, or get him at discard value on open bid.

7=. Jeremiah St Juste (FSV Mainz) - 82 pace, 74 overall

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If you have any doubt about how high pace is value💞d as a FIFA 20 commodity, consider the price of St Juste’s Halloween card: 125,000 coins, with an OVR of 84. Yet its speed rating (84) is only two higher than that found on his rare silver-based card (82), which can be purchased for a far more pဣalatable 5K.

7=. Costa Nhamoinesu (Sparta Prague) - 82 pace, 72 overall

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Try saying that surname with your mouth full of Fruit Pꦗastilles. Sparta&rs🦩quo;s Zimbabwean defender plays more like a centre-back/full-back hybrid than a true CB, with a reasonable (for a silver card) crossing rating of 66, but no exceptional defensive stats. Keep him in a back three if you do want to use him.

7=. Jinzhao Chu (Tianjin Quanjian) - 82 pace, 59 overall

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Between Chu, Ominami and Wan Gyu Gwon you 𓆉now have a solid base on which to build an all-East-Asian bronze side, so it’s a shame that there are no longer bronze-specific tournaments in which to enter them. The Chinese stopper, a rare bronze, will set you back 650 coins. 

7=. Gustavo Velazquez (FC Juarez) - 82 pace, 68 overall

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Continuing a theme, Velazquez is a rare silver card - available for 300 coins - who packs a decent pace rating, but can’t be trusted in a traditional CB pairing 🔥due to his moderate height (5ft 11), strength (74) ܫand stamina (60). Still, he’s worth picking up as a future investment. If and when a Liga Bancomer MX set of squad building challenge drops, his price will skyrocket into four figures. 

FIFA 20 fastest CB icons in Ultimate Team:

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  • Marcel Desailly (France) - 84 pace, 87 overall
  • Sol Campbell (England) - 84 pace, 85 overall
  • Rio Ferdinand (England) - 84 pace, 85 overall
  • Paolo Maldini (Italy) - 82 pace, 92 overall
  • Lothar Matthaus (Germany) - 82 pace, 88 overall
  • Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) - 82 pace, 87 overall
  • Carlos Alberto (Brazil) - 82 pace, 87 overall

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