Complete list of FM20 Best Assistant Managers | A Football Manager Staff Recommendation
Since 2012, we have taken great measures to hand you our recommendations of the best staff in Football Manager. This year is no different!
Welcome the ultimate guide to the best assistant managers in FM20!
The assistant manager is your right hand man, who will support you in the daily management of your squad by taking care of any tasks you’d like to delegate.
His staff role responsibilities in Football Manager can expand from providing you with feedback on the team, individual players and tactics. He can even oversee training by setting up training schedules and be highly important for player development or provide you with valuable feedback about your tactics and tactical instructions in-match. He can even take care of all the ‘boring stuff’, like pre-match team talk, Tactics brief meetings, setting up opposition instructions or attend press conferences for you!
The role of the assistant manager can be as specific or general as you wish. As you’ll notice, it’s a highly sophisticated role which requires a qualified backroom staff who you can trust.
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- FM20 Best Coaches [Coming soon]
- FM20 Best Scouts [Coming soon]
- FM20 Best Head of Youth Development
Our list of the best Football Manager 2020 assistant manager lets you scour through and find the most appropriate person according to your individual needs, and how you’d like to use him. We have sorted the list by the assistant managers level of star rating, judging player ability, tactical knowledge and man management. The current star rating is included as an subjective measurement of his overall level of skills relating to tactics, training and interaction with staff, players and media.
| AGE | NAME | CLUB | JPA | TACT. KNOW | MAN M. | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | Peter Krawietz | Liverpool | 18 | 15 | 15 | |
| 67 | Peter Hermann | – | 18 | 15 | 15 | |
| 55 | Marco Landucci | – | 17 | 16 | 13 | |
| 58 | Bryan Klug | West Brom | 17 | 15 | 15 | |
| 43 | Bruno Lage | Benfica | 16 | 12 | 17 | |
| 44 | Imanol de la Sota | Athletic Bilbao | 15 | 15 | 19 | |
| 47 | Giovanni Martusciello | Juventus | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| 39 | Carlos Marchena | Sevilla B | 14 | 14 | 15 | |
| 70 | Brian Kidd | Man City | 14 | 13 | 14 | |
| 65 | Hermann Gerland | Bayern Munich | 14 | 12 | 17 | |
| 57 | Zeljko Buvac | – | 12 | 19 | 12 | |
| 49 | Sidnei Lobo | Palmeiras | 19 | 14 | 12 | |
| 61 | Giuseppe Baresi | Inter Milan | 17 | 16 | 11 | |
| 42 | Daniel Niedzkowski | Germany U21 | 17 | 14 | 16 | |
| 64 | Giancarlo Finardi | – | 16 | 15 | 15 | |
| 46 | Rubén Coméndez | Man City | 16 | 15 | 14 | |
| 42 | Miguel Ángel Angulo | Valencia | 16 | 14 | 12 | |
| 53 | Carles Planchart | Man City | 16 | 14 | 10 | |
| 62 | Pep Segura | – | 16 | 13 | 16 | |
| 38 | Edwin Linssen | Jong Vitesse | 16 | 12 | 13 | |
| 49 | Steve Holland | England | 15 | 16 | 14 | |
| 51 | Antonio Karmona | A. Bilbao | 15 | 16 | 11 | |
| 54 | Claudio Grillo | – | 15 | 15 | 13 | |
| 42 | Pep Clotet | Birmingham | 15 | 15 | 12 | |
| 54 | Mauro Galvão | – | 15 | 14 | 13 | |
| 72 | Tonny Bruins Slot | Ajax | 14 | 20 | 15 | |
| 54 | Víctor Mañas | Arsenal | 14 | 20 | 14 | |
| 59 | Mauro Tassotti | Ukraine | 14 | 18 | 15 | |
| 59 | Raúl Riancho | 14 | 18 | 14 | ||
| 50 | Nuno Presume | – | 14 | 16 | 14 | |
| 40 | Zsolt Löw | Paris SG | 14 | 15 | 14 | |
| 55 | Jorge Theiler | – | 14 | 15 | 14 | |
| 56 | Jon Aspiazu | Barcelona | 14 | 15 | 14 | |
| 62 | Guy Stéphan | France | 14 | 14 | 15 | |
| 47 | Serginho | – | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| 55 | Wolfgang Beller | – | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| 61 | Ilídio Vale | Portugal | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| 66 | Jayme de Almeida | – | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| 42 | Javier Péréz | NYCFC | 14 | 14 | 13 | |
| 44 | Dimitri de Condé | KRC Genk | 14 | 12 | 12 | |
| 52 | João Mário | Rio Ave | 14 | 11 | 15 | |
| 42 | Ruud van Nistelrooij | PSV | 14 | 11 | 14 | |
| 60 | Stanley Brard | Feyenoord | 14 | 11 | 13 | |
| 61 | Johnny Metgod | U.A.E | 13 | 15 | 15 | |
| 29 | Davide Ancelotti | Napoli | 13 | 14 | 14 | |
| 43 | Pablo Villa | Arsenal | 13 | 14 | 13 | |
| 49 | Adi Viveash | Coventry | 13 | 13 | 15 | |
| 55 | Craig Shakespeare | – | 13 | 13 | 14 | |
| 56 | Mike Phelan | Man Utd | 13 | 12 | 12 | |
| 37 | Víctor Sánchez | Bordeaux | 13 | 11 | 14 | |
| 59 | Jan Wouters | – | 12 | 16 | 14 | |
| 44 | Rui Faria | Al-Duhail | 12 | 12 | 14 | |
| 62 | Seppo Eichborn | Schake 04 | 12 | 11 | 15 | |
| 60 | Marco Domenichini | 11 | 15 | 14 | ||
| 51 | Alejandro Russo | San Lorenzo U21 | 17 | 15 | 16 | |
| 64 | Manfred Dubski | 15 | 14 | 17 | ||
| 33 | Alessio Lisci | Levante | 15 | 11 | 16 | |
| 40 | Alexandre Silva | Benfica | 13 | 10 | 13 | |
| 39 | Johan Lange | Köbenhavn | 12 | 13 | 15 | |
| 44 | Flávio Tanajura | Vitoria | 11 | 14 | 16 |
A comprehensive backroom staff search filter containing the key attributes for all staff roles in Football Manager 2020
Download Instructions
- Download the file above.
- Put the files into folder :
My Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2020 / Filters - Open Football Manager 2020
- Go to:
Staff / Staff Search - Click Edit Search
- Locate the gear icon in the bottom left corner
- Click Manage Filters
- Import the file:
Passion4FM-backroom-staff-search-filterand click Load - Voila! All the different filters are added and can be selected as a search by clicking the gear icon afterwards.
