5 Star Coaching Staff & Best Coaches of Football Manager 2021
Do you want to develop your players at a faster rate and turn your best talents into wonderkids? Improve your coaching team with the best coaches in Football Manager 2021 and see player progress increase more rapidly!
To help you increase the player development ratio and progress in training, here are the best Football Manager 2021 coaches. Use this massive list of 5-star coaches to set up a proficient coaching team that enhances training performance and player development.
FM21 Best Coaches by Role
COACHING TEAM
Ranking the Best FM21 Coaches
For the eighth year in the row, we’re proud to present this year’s ranking of the best Football Manager 2021 coaches.
Here I’ve compiled and sorted the best coaches in Football Manager 2021 according to their abilities and area of competency to help you improve your coaching team with 5-star coaches. By browsing our list of the best FM21 coaches you’ll be able to identify coaches with the highest star rating and current abilities in Football Manager 2021.
It gives you a unique opportunity to find 5-star coaches with the best abilities to coach the different aspects of play; either their expertise lays in attacking play, defending or ball-possession, or other more specialized training areas such as goalkeeping or fitness.
Basically, it features experts of the different tactical sides of the game, from attacking coaches with better abilities to coach attacking football to defending coaches who will enhance player’s abilities in positioning and concentration to coaches with a field of expertise to improve essential attributes within the match engine, such as decisions, anticipation, and vision.
You’ll even be able to browse for specialists who will focus on the player’s fitness or goalkeeper’s ability to shot stopping, handling, and distribution.
By sorting the coaches according to their best training category and star rating, it gives you a quick way to pursuing the 5-star coaches in Football Manager 2021 when times come to improving your coaching team.
The best coaches of Football Manager 2021 will all be professional staff with great personalities and a higher degree of coaching qualification. Some of them will have a great reputation which may further improve player’s training happiness, while others will be more capable of improving player’s mental state of mind and tactical astuteness.
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Why Better Coaches is Essential?
Whether your primary focus is on player development or incorporating a specific tactic and tactical style, setting up a coaching team with different abilities and areas of expertise is essential. Improving the coaching team with 5-star coaches and the best Football Manager 2021 coaches possible are one of the steps to take to lay the foundation for future success.
No matter if we’re talking about improving player’s attributes and necessary skills to perform out on the pitch, the coaches’ abilities, reputation, and star rating will have a great effect on their development. A coaches’ star rating will in this event mean their level of coaching.
To increase the progress of players it’s important to acquire coaches with the highest star ratings and relevant coaching attributes.
These coaches should be pursued to improve the level of training and reduce the overall workload of the specific training area, which further improves the quality of training.
Basically, we’re talking about the ones responsible to get your squad ready for match day, increase the tactical familiarity of players’ roles and the overall tactical vision you’ve incorporated for your squad on a daily basis, and work on the different aspects of play day in and day out on the training ground – required to motivate, monitor and maintain players’ training happiness and intensity.
Being at the training ground on a daily basis to develop player’s tactical astuteness or technical gifts with the ball, the coaching level within your coaching team, and each individual’s expertise is of utmost importance.
The tasks and responsibilities of the coaches are not only to improve specific attributes or suitability in positions and roles but also to give you valuable feedback on each player’s training performance and dividend. By providing you with reports and advices about player’s development, training level, and progress you’ll be able to take matters before the situation arises.
You can read more about how to find the best coaches in Football Manager and why assembling a 5-star coaching team is profitable in our guide on how to find the best coaches in Football Manager.
The Benefit of Setting up the Coaching Team with different abilities
By properly addressing the task of putting together a 5-star coaching team you will not only make sure each staff member can make a greater impact by having more time available to improve specific attributes but also tailor the player attributes to suit your football philosophy; meaning that every backroom staff appointed will be a valuable piece to get your squad to play the game you visualize is the best.
By appointing a team of entrusted coaching staff you will be one step closer to establish a football philosophy and an overall vision for your new club, either it’s to improve the clubs level of professionalism or take advantage of the 5-star coaching team to develop better players and get the most out of your young talents. These excellent technical or tactical coaches, fitness and goalkeeping coaches will be best suited to work with the occurring development of the players.
The standard of the coaching team is one I look to address immediately at day one of the save. By analyzing the coaching team and identifying weak links I can spot coaching positions at the training ground I need to improve to aid player development and improve player’s competency of the patterns of play within my tactics.
In fact, here you’ll profit from all the hours I’ve spent looking for the best coaches in Football Manager 2021 of my saves as I reveal most of them. While I’ve taken the liberty to limit myself to showcasing solely the best coaches a downloadable shortlist has been made available at the bottom of the article which can assist you further!
If you’re managing in the lower leagues of football, I would recommend downloading our backroom staff search filter to find the best coaches in Football Manager 2021 available in your permitted scouting scope.
Best Football Manager 2021 Coaches By Coaching Area [21.3 DB]
Let us take a look at the best Football Manager 2021 coaches and who I recommend you to sign!
NOTE! Despite the improvement made to training, I’ve decided to not split up the lists according to the best attacking tactical coaches nor the best possession technical coaches. Instead, they’re sorted according to the general training categories. I recommend you to look closely at each staff’s best coaching category depending on whether their star ratings will be highest in technical or tactical areas (or both).
PS. The star rating within these lists may vary with a half star. Their staff attributes may also vary from save to save too, meaning the star rating may differ more.
Best Defending Coaches
| NAT. | NAME (AGE) | CLUB | COACHING CAT. | COACHING QUAL. | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Miguel D’Agostino (48)* | Paris SG | Def. Tactical |
Continental A Licence |  |
 | Miguel Quaresma (66) | – | Defending Tech. Possession Tech. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Minervino Pietra (66) | Benfica | Defending Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
 | Danny McGrain (70) | Celtic | Defending Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
 | Karl Hooper (32) | Aston Villa U18 | Def. Tactical Techn. |
Continental A Licence |  |
 | Luciano Vulcano (32) | A.C. Milan | Def. Tactical |
Continental A Licence | |
| Tiago Oliveira (35) | Benfica | Def. Tactical & Techn. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| John Kennedy (36)* | Celtic | Def. Tactical Poss. Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Marco Ianni (38) | – | Defending Tactical Att. Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Angelo Palombo (38) | Sampdoria | Defending Tactical Poss. Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
 | AKolo Touré (39) | Leicester | Defending Tactica |
Continental A Licence | |
| Jorge Andrade (42) | – | Def. Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Renato Baldi (42) | Bologna | Def. Tactical Possession Tact. |
Continental B Licence | |
 | Iván Córdoba (43)¤ | Venezia | Def. Tactical | – | |
 | Flávio Tanajura (45) | Vítoria | Defending Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
 | Jochen Sauer (47) | Bayern München | Def. Tactical Att. Tactical |
Continental A Licence | |
 | Cato André Hansen (47)* | – | Def. Tactical |
Continental A Licence | |
| Steve Round (49)* | Arsenal | Def. Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
 | Toni Ruiz (50) | Eibar | Def. Tactical Fitness | N/A | |
 | Tony Loughlan (50) | Burnley | Def. Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
 | Claude Fichaux (51) | Olympique Lyonnais | Defending Tact. & Tech. |
Continental A Licence | |
| Erik Hoftun (51)* | – | Defending Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Mario Cecchi (51) | Lazio | Def. Tactical |
Continental A Licence | |
| Roland Virkus (51) | Bor. Mönchengladbach | Defending Tact. / Technical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Darren Wassall (52)** | Derby | Def. Techn. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Ian Woan (52)* | Burnley | Defending Tech. |
Continental A Licence | |
| Lorenzo Rubinacci (52)* | Frosinone | Def. Tactical |
Continental A Licence | |
| Chiquinho (53) | – | Def. Technical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Warren Joyce (55)* | Salford | Def. Tactical Attacking. Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Daniele Baldini (56) | – | Def. Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Davide Lucarelli (57)* | A.C. Milan | Defending Tact. & Tech. Possession Tact. & Tech. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Mike Phelan (57)* | Man Utd | Defending Tact. & Tech. Possession Tact. & Tech. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Steve Bould (57)* | Arsenal U23 | Defending Tact. & Tech. Possession Tact. & Tech. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Giuseppe Irrera (58) | Fiorentina | Defending Tact. | Continental Pro Licence | |
 | Iñaki Bergara (58) | Belgium | Defending Tactical GK Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Mauro Galvão (58)# | – | Defending Tact. & Tech. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| José di Leo (59)* | – | Defending Tact. & Tech. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Pepe Costa (59)* | Barcelona | Defending Tact. & Tech. Poss. Tact. | Continental C Licence | |
| Glynn Snodin (60)* | – | Defending Tact. & Tech. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Ricky Sbragia (64) | – | Defending Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Tony McAndrew (64)**** | – | Def. Tactical Possession Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Lorenzo Serra Ferrer (67)# | – | Def. Tactical Poss. Tact. Attacking Tact. | – | |
 | Danny Elliott (32) | Newport County | Defending Tech. |
Continental A Licence |  |
| Fernando Yamada (41) | Corinthians | Attacking Tact. & Tech. Possession Technical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Andy Crosby (47)* | Northern Ireland U21 | Def. Tactical Technical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
 | Thomas Lagerlöf (48)* | Djurgårdens IF | Defending Tact. & Tech. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Domenico Olivieri (52) | KRC Genk | Defending Techn. |
Continental A Licence | |
| Jorge Theiler (56)* | Mexico | Defending Tact. & Tech. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Brian Kidd (71) | Man City | Defending Tech. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
Best Attacking Coaches
| NAT. | NAME (AGE) | CLUB | COACHING CAT. | COACHING QUAL. | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raúl José (56) | – | Attacking Technical | Continental Pro Licence |  |
 | Pepijn Lijnders (37) | Liverpool | Attacking Technical | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Dennis Bergkamp (51)* | – | Attacking Technical Possession Tech. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Rodolfo Borrell (49) | Man City | Attacking Technical | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Maurizio Trombetta (57) | – | Attacking Technical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Loris Beoni (61) | – | Att. Tact. Poss. Tact. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Éder Aleixo (63)* | At. Mineiro | Attacking Technical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Jon Beale (34)** | – | Att. Tactical |
Continental A Licence | |
 | Kieran McKenna (34) | Man Utd | Att. Technical Att. Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Eduard Graf (36)* | Bor. Dortmund | Attacking Tact. Att. Technical | Continental Pro Licence | |
 | Bartek Sylwestrzak (37) | – | Attacking Technical Possession Technical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Carlos Corberán (37)* | Huddersfield | Attacking Tact. Att. Technical | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Neil Wood (37)* | Man Utd U23 | Attacking Tact. Att. Technical | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Paolo Riela (37)^ | Fiorentina | Attacking Technical | – | |
| João Tralhão (39)* | Villafranquense | Attacking Tact. Possession Tact. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Nicolas Jover (39) | Man City | Attacking Technical |
Continental A Licence | |
| Benjamin Hoffmann (40) | Everton | Attacking Tech. Att. Tactical | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Tim Borowski (40)** | Werder Bremen | Attacking Techn. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| James Beattie (42) | – | Attacking Tact. & Tech. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
 | Lars Knudsen (43)* | Denmark U20 | Attacking Tactical |
Continental A Licence | |
| Rodrigo Leitão (43) | Corinthians | Attacking Tactical | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Claudio Graf (44)* | Alvarado | Attacking Tact. & Tech. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Iarley (46) | Internacional U20 | Attacking Tech. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Mark Sale (47) | Millwall | Attacking Tact. & Tech. |
Continental B Licence | |
| Duncan Ferguson (48) | Everton | Attacking Tech. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Giovanni Martusciello (48) | – | Attacking Tech. Possession | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Turu Flores (49) | Las Palmas | Attacking Tech. & Tactical |
Continental A Licence | |
 | Ivica Vastic (50) | Austria Wien | Attacking Tech. & Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Marco Biasotto (51)** | São Paulo | Defending Tech. Attacking Tech | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Pedro Sallaberry (51) | San Lorenzo U20 | Att. Tact. & Technical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Hans Visser (53)* | NAC Breda | Attacking Techn. | Continental Pro Licence | |
 | Rubén Sosa (54) | Nacional | Attacking Technical | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Ariel Paolorossi (57)** | Colo Colo | Attacking Tact. & Tech. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Jan Wouters (60) | – | Attacking & Possession Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Kevin Sheedy (60)* | Waterford | Att. Techn. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Tony Whelan (67) | Man Utd U18 | Att. Tact. Poss. Tact. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Miguel Gomis (75)¤ | Racing Club | Attacking Technical & Tactical | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Michael Beale (39) | Rangers | Attacking Tactical & Tech. |
Continental B Licence | |
| Colin Little (47) | Man Utd U18 | Attacking Tact. & Tech. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Sigurd Rushfeldt (47) | Tromsø U19 | Attacking Tech. |
Continental A Licence | |
| Ebbe Sand (48) | Denmark | Attacking Tact. / Techn. Possession Tact. / Techn. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Tristán Celador 50) | Real Madrid U19 | Attacking Technical & Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Luc Nilis (53)* | Jordan | Attacking Technical |
Continental A Licence | |
Best Possession Coaches
| NAT. | NAME (AGE) | CLUB | COACHING CAT. | COACHING QUAL. | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Dempsey (56) | Man Utd U23 | Possession Techn. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Salvatore Cerrone (60) | Inter Milan | Possession Technical |
Continental A Licence | |
| Hermann Gerland (66) | Bayern München | Possession Tactical | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Stefano Romano (37) | Cagliari | Possession Techn. |
Continental B Licence | |
| Christian Lattanzio (39)* | – | Possession Tact. & Tech. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Daniele Bonera (39) | A.C Milan | Possession Tactical Defending Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Tim Jenkins (40) | Liverpool U18 | Posession Tech. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Kristjaan Speakman (41)¤ | Sunderland | Possession Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Helena Costa (42)**** | Eint. Frankfurt | Possession Tech. / Tact. |
Continental A Licence | |
| Sérgio Botelho (45) | Al-Nassr | Possession Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Philipp Laux (47) | – | Possession Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Roy Keane (48)* | – | Possession Tech. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Imanol Alguacil (49)* | Real Sociedad |
Continental Pro Licence | | |
| Massimo Innocenti (49)* | SSC Napoli | Possession Techn. |
Continental A Licence | |
| Carlos Netto (50) | San Lorenzo U20 | Possession Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Ivan Moretto (50) | Olbia | Possession Tact. / Techn. |
Continental B Licence | |
| Aldo Dolcetti (53) | – | Possession Tact. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Craig Shakespeare (56)* | Aston Villa | Possession Tact. |
Continental A Licence | |
 | Jozo Bandic (56)* | Dinamo Zagreb U19 | Possession Techn. |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Jon Aspiazu (57)* | – | Possession Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Juan Verzeri (57) | – | Possession Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Mark Chamberlain (58) | Portsmouth U18 | Possession Tactical & Tech. |
Continental A Licence | |
| Dave Watson (58) | – | Possession Tactical & Tech. Defending Tactical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Norbert Elgert (63)* | Schalke U19 | Attacking Technical Defending Technical Possession Tech. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Danilo Pierini (65) | – | Possession Tech. | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Paul Hart (67) | Luton | Possession Technical |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Steve Gatting (61) | – | Possession Tact. | Continental Pro Licence | |
Overall Coaches
A great overall coach has the competency to work under all the different training categories. Their coaching attributes and overall abilities are generally equally spread such as they are equally good at possession technical compared to defending tactical. These overall coaches help to reduce the workload of two or more coaching assignments and will assist the best coaches with their broad section of abilities.
| NAT. | NAME (AGE) | CLUB | COACHING CAT. | COACHING QUAL. | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Critchley (41)* | Blackpool | Overall |
Continental A Licence | |
| Antonio Gómez (46)* | Dalian Pro | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Alex Inglethorpe (48)¤ | Liverpool | Overall Possession |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Quintiliano F. Lemos Filho (55) | Betim Fútebol | Overall & Fitness | None | |
| Paul Bracwell (58) | Tottenham U18 | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Seppo Eichkorn (63)**** | Schalke 04 | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| David Krecidlo (36)* | Hoffenheim | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Álvaro Jurado (38) | Sevilla U19 | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Jan Hoepner (39) | Bayer 04 U19 | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Alexandre Silva (41)* | – | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Mark Jackson (42)* | Leeds U23 | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Javier Pérez (43) | – | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Pablo Villa (44) | Villarreal | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Andrey Lopes (46) | Palmeiras | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Barry Lewtas (46)* | Liverpool | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| José Barros (46) | – | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Ingo Schlösser (47) | Wolfsburg U19 | Overall |
Continental A Licence | |
| Paolo Vanoli (47) | Inter Milan | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Gianluca Conte (48) | Inter Milan | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Adi Viveash (50*) | Coventry | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Hagen Schmidt (50) | Bor. Mönchengladbach U19 | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Juan Martagón (52) | Sevilla | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
 | Vladimir Gudelj (53) | Celta Vigo | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| David Lowe (54) | Blackburn | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| David Lowe (55) | – | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Jean-Luc Cassini (56)** | – | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Neil Banfield (58) | QPR | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Chris Ramsey (58)¤ | QPR | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Martin Hunter (60) | – | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Ton Lokhoff (60) | Wolfsburg II | Overall |
Continental A Licence | |
| Ilídio Vale (62) | Portugal | Overall |
Continental Pro Licence | |
Best Fitness Coaches
| NAT. | NAME (AGE) | CLUB | COACHING CAT. | FITNESS | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruno Mendes (37)*** | – | Strength Quickness | | |
| Oliver Bartlett (51) | Stuttgart | Strength Quickness | 20 | |
| Mário Monteiro (56) | Benfica | Strength Quickness | 20 | |
| Antonio Pintus (57) | Inter Milan | Strength Quickness | 20 | |
| Lorenzo Buenaventura (57) | Man City | Strength Quickness | 20 | |
| Fábio Mahseredjian (53) | Brazil | Strength Quickness Overall 4,5* | 19 | |
| Anthony Colbert (57) | – | Strength Quickness | 19 | |
| Albert Roca (57) | Barcelona | Strength Quickness | 20 | |
| Roberto Sassi (69) | – | Strength Quickness | 19 | |
| Fabio Micarelli (55) | – | Strength Quickness | 20 | |
| Rafel Pol (33) | Spain | Strength Quickness | 19 | |
| Andrea Pertusio (42) | Juventus | Strength Quickness | 19 | |
| Duccio Ferrari Bravo (46)*** | Juventus | Strength Quickness | 19 | |
| Válter Abrantes (46) | – | Strength Quickness | 19 | |
| Jesús Pérez (48) | Paris SG | Strength Quickness | 19 | |
| Carlos Lalín (49) | Tottenham | Strength Quickness | 19 | |
| Andreas Schlumberger (54) | Liverpool | Strength Quickness | 19 | |
| Gabriel Macaya (57) | – | Strength Quickness | 19 | |
| Massimo Neri (62) | – | Strength Quickness Overall 4* | 19 | |
| Pep Segura (63)# | – | Strength Quickness Possession Technical | 19 | |
| Carlinhos Neves (64) | – | Strength Quickness Overall 4* | 19 | |
| Antonin da Fonseca (36) | Lyon | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| António Dias (37) | Wolverhampton | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Florian Wangler (40) | Bor. Dortmund | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Andreas Kornmayer (45) | Liverpool | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Grégory Dupont (47) | Real Madrid | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Simone Folletti (47) | – | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Edu Pons (49) | – | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Jaume Bartrés (50) | Barcelona | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Dani Romero (50) | Barcelona | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| José Antonio Pozanco (50) | – | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Omar Feitosa (53) | Santos | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Thomas Wilhelmi (53) | Bayern München | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Darlan Schneider (56) | – | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Alejandro Richino (57) | Racing Club | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Élio Carravetta (59) | SC Internacional | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Domenico Borelli (61) | Atalanta | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Óscar Ortega (62) | At. Madrid | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Rodolfo Mehl (66) | Paysandu | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Anselmo Sbragia (47) | – | Strength Quickness | 17 | |
| Markus Zetlmeisl (53) | Schalke 04 II | Strength Quickness | 17 | |
| Paulo Paixão (69) | – | Strength Quickness | 17 | |
| Antonio Gómez (43)* | Poland | Strength Quickness | 16 | |
| Costantino Coratti (52) | Inter Milan | Strength Quickness | 19 | |
| Damian Roden (45) | Anderlecht | Strength Quickness | 18 | |
| Mike Clegg (43) | Man Utd | Strength Quickness | 17 | |
| Holger Broich (45) | Bayern München | Strength Quickness | 17 | |
| Henrik Kuchno (46) | Hertha Berlin | Strength Quickness | 16 | |
| Andrea Scanavino (47) | Zenit | Strength Quickness | 16 | |
| Adriano Bianchini (57)*** | Lazio | Strength Quickness | 16 | |
| Ivan Carminati (65) | Zenit | Strength Quickness Defending / Possession 4* | 16 | |
| Charlie Moore (29) | Tottenham | Strength Quickness | 15 | |
| Roberto de Bellis (50) | – | Strength Quickness | 15 | |
| Fernando Cal (65) | – | Strength Quickness | 15 | |
Best Goalkeeping Coaches
| NAT. | NAME (AGE) | CLUB | COACHING CAT. | COACHING QUAL. | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adriano Bonaiuti (53) | Inter Milan | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental B Licence | |
| Hugo Oliveira (41) | – | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Luis Esteves (44) | Al-Nassr | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental B Licence | |
| Alex Brunner (46) | Udinese | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental A Licence | |
| Emilio Álvarez (48) | – | Shot Stopping |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Alan Fettis (49) | Man Utd U23 | Shot Stopping |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| John Achterberg (49) | Liverpool | Shot Stopping / Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| José R. de la Fuente (49) | Barcelona | Shot Stopping / Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Gianluca Spinelli (53) | Paris SG / Italy | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Alessandro Nista (55) | – | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental B Licence | |
| Claudio Filippi (55) | Juventus | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental B Licence | |
| Marco Savorani (55) | AS Roma | Handling & Distribution |
Continental B Licence | |
| Flávio Tênus (56) | Botafogo | Shot Stopping / Handling Possession Technical 5* |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Jorge Vital (57) | Sporting CP | Shot Stopping & Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Diamantino Figueiredo (60) | Porto | Shot Stopping / Handling |
Continental A Licence | |
| Silvino Louro (61) | – | Shot Stopping / Handling | Continental Pro Licence | |
| André Amitrano (62) | – | Shot Stopping | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Joël Bats (63) | – | Shot Stopping / Handling | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Krzysztof Dowhan (64) | Legia Warzawa | Shot Stopping / Handling | – | |
| Adalberto Grigioni (65) | Lazio | Shot Stopping / Handling |
National A Licence | |
| José Luis Silva (40) | Sevilla | Shot Stopping / Handling |
Continental A Licence | |
| Ed Wootten (41) | Norwich | Stop Stopping / Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Javier Garciá (41) | – | Stop Stopping / Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Alejandro Rosalén (43) | Fiorentina | Shot Stopping / Handling |
Continental A Licence | |
| David Watson (46) | Southampton | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Rui Barbosa (46) | Wolverhampton | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental B Licence | |
| Durgue Vidal (47) | Internacional | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Franck Raviot (47) | France | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental A Licence | |
| Grégory Coupet (47) | Dijon | Shot Stopping / Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Xavi Valero (47) | West Ham | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Toni Jiménez (49) | Paris SG | Shot Stopping / Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Stevie Woods (50) | Celtic | Shot Stopping / Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Xabier Mancisidor (50) | Man City | Shot Stopping / Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Nicolas Dehon (52) | OGC Nice | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Taffarel (54) | – | Shot Stopping / Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| David Coles (56) | England U19 | Shot Stopping / Handling Possession Tactical |
Continental A Licence | |
| Andreas Köpke (57) | Germany | Shot Stopping / Handling | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Christophe Lollichon (57) | Chelsea U23 | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Pedro Jaro (57) | Ukraine | Shot Stopping Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| José Manuel Otxotorena (59) | Valencia / Spain | Shot Stopping / Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
| Gerald Ehrmann (61) | – | Shot Stopping / Handling Strength / Quickness 4,5* |
Continental A Licence | |
| Carlos Pracidelli (63) | – | Shot Stopping / Handling | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Frans Hoek (63) ¤ | Orange County | Shot Stopping / Handling | Continental Pro Licence | |
| Eric Steele (66) | England U20 | Shot Stopping / Handling |
Continental Pro Licence | |
 | Vyacheslav Chanov (68) | – | Shot Stopping / Handling | – | |
* Assistant Manager / U19 Manager
** Head of Youth Development
*** Sports Scientist
**** Scouts
^ Analyst
¤ Technical Director
# Director of Football
Download Passion4FMs Best Coaches Shortlist
Load our comprehensive best coaches shortlist and easily find the best Football Manager 2021 coaches. By downloading you’ll get shortlists of Fitness Coaches, Goalkeeping coaches, best Assistant Managers, and other general coaches perfect for youth or Senior teams.
Download Instructions
- Download the file above.
- Put the files into folder :
My Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2021 / Shortlists - Extract the .rar file with UnZip or WinRar
- Open Football Manager 2021
- Go to:
Staff / Staff Shortlist - Click Load Shortlist
- Import the file:
Best Coaches and etcand click Load - Replicate the process to load the other shortlists
Download Passion4FMs Backroom Staff Search Filter
Get our comprehensive backroom staff search filter containing the key attributes for all staff roles in Football Manager 2021 and setup the best coaching team or recruitment team in FM21.
Download Instructions
- Download the file above.
- Put the files into folder :
My Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2021 / Filters - Open Football Manager 2021
- 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.
