Youth national soccer team of Moldova // Photo: fmf.md
The Moldovan youth national team, according to Transfermarkt, is valued at €2.1 million, or 170 times less than the English. The most expensive player in the Lions’ squad is 18-year-old Arsenal midfielder Ethan Nwaneri, whose market value is €55 million. In the Moldovan national team, the rating is headed by Sergiu Perciun, whose market value is almost 37 times less than his English counterpart (see TOP-5 most expensive footballers in the table).
The players with the lowest market value in the location of the head coach of the England youth team Kevin Carsley are Leicester City defender Ben Nelson (€500 thousand), goalkeepers Tommy Simkin from Leyton Orient (€450 thousand) and Matthew Young from Salford City (€275 thousand). They represent clubs in the second, third and fourth divisions of the English league respectively.
Among the wards of the head coach of the youth national team of Moldova Serghei Cebotari, the lowest market value has the goalkeeper Roman Lazar from the Cypriot club “Enosis Neon Paralimniou” (€25 thousand) and the defender of the Bulgarian “Spartak” (Pleven) Petar Gospodinov, estimated at €10 thousand. At the same time, there is no data on 17 Moldovan footballers, including the defender of the youth team “Barcelona” Leonard Saca.
The match between the youth national teams of Moldova and England will be held in the evening of October 10 at the stadium “Zimbru” in Chisinau. The meeting will take place within the 5th qualifying tournament for the European Youth Championship 2027. After four rounds, the “tricolor” are in fourth place. Youth teams of Slovakia and Ireland share the leadership in the group. The English are in third position, but they have a match in reserve. Kazakhstan and Andorra are in fifth and sixth place, respectively.
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TOP-5 most expensive players of the youth national soccer team of Moldova (as of 08.10.2025) |
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№ |
Footballer | Club, which represents |
Market value* |
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1 |
Sergiu Perchun |
“Torino (Italy) |
€1.5 mln |
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2 |
Mihai Lupan |
“Petrocub” |
€500k |
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3 |
Stefan Bytke |
“Zalaegerszeg” (Hungary) |
€350 th. |
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4 |
Christian Paskelutse |
“Petrocub” |
€200 th. |
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5 |
Nicolae Rotaru |
“Petrocub” |
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TOP-5 most expensive players of England youth soccer team (as of 08.10.2025) |
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№ |
Footballer | Club he represents |
Market value |
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1 |
Ethan Nwaneri |
“Arsenal |
€55 million |
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2 |
Jamie Gittens |
“Chelsea |
€50 mln |
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3 |
Rico Lewis |
“Manchester City |
€40 mln |
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4 |
Archie Gray |
“Tottenham” |
€38 mln |
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5 |
Tyler Dibling |
“Everton” |
€25 mln |
