The Ultimate List of Best Free Agents in Football Manager 2020 (Preliminary FM20 Beta List)
Today we hand you our preliminary FM20 beta list of the best free agents in Football Manager 2020. This list features current players without a club from the 2019 summer transfer window and who might be available for free in FM20. This list of Football Manager 2020 best free agents will be updated, if necessary with the official unattached players within FM 2020.
Got a minimal transfer budget and forced to improve squad depth in more creative ways? Help is under way as we deliver the list of the best free agents in Football Manager 2020. Here you’ll find players out of contract and on a free transfer that’s highly recommended to buy at the start of every save!
The Football Manager 2020 best free agents list continues our focus on recommended players to buy in FM20 and provides a great opportunity for all of whom who are not managing a top club to find reasonable targets and perhaps gain some money from them relatively quickly.
Our list of the Football Manager 2020 best free agents lets you discover some free Football Manager wonderkids, some potential first team members for premier division clubs as well as excellent players for anyone doing a lower league save. This year we’ve also included more under-23 players with great potential that we recommend to approach on a free transfer and develop.
Alongside this massive list of the best free agents comes a downloadable shortlist which will be available at Football Manager 2020 release. Meanwhile, check page 2 for our FM19 Best Free Agents list and shortlist available for download.
Why Approaching Unattached Players or Free Transfer Players (aka Free Agents)
There are several benefits of approaching players on expired contracts that are available on a free transfer no matter which division you manage in, either its in a top league or a lower league. With the economical benefits of targeting unattached players with international experience comes a chance to improve your club’s squad depth without taking any risks.
Here are some of the benefits of closely checking through our list of the best Football Manager 2019 free agents.
- There are almost none risks taken signing a player on free transfer. The only expenditures attached to signing these players are wages plus perhaps bonuses and clauses.
- Players available on free transfer can be signed no matter if the transfer window is open or closed, as long as they have only played for one club before yours in the current season. This makes you able to search for unattached players the entire season, and strengthen your squad when it’s needed! This is especially beneficial when injury crisis occurs. Should you perhaps have all goalkeepers in your squad out for a long-term injury, you will be able to register a new goalkeeper, which can be picked up on free transfer.
- These players can be used as tutors using their international experience and experience gained throughout a long career at your youth. Some of these players may got player preferred moves, which can only be learned through tutoring.
- Their personality can be used to develop the personality of a youngster which isn’t that professional. A ‘positive’ personality like model professional or driven will let the youngster withstand heavier training workload and may progress faster.
- For a minor squad, these players can improve the current squad depth and become a valuable player in a long season with two matches every week. Just remember to scout the player until 100% scouting knowledge to get information about injury proneness and other hidden attributes which may not be that favorable for valuable member of your squad.
- An unattached player or a free agent may be more interested signing a contract with a squad status of rotation or backup player, something that means he won’t have high expectations of getting many appearances throughout the season, which minimizes the risk of him getting unhappy or complaining about lack of first team matches.
- As most of the players have fully reached their current ability level and won’t develop any further due to their age you will basically know what you will get when buying the player in terms of level of player attributes.
- The Under 23 Players that are listed below has certainly not fulfilled their potential. They are a great target to develop and sell after 1 to 3 years time depending on their progress. The biggest risk and concern is their injury susceptibility.
- The best players available on free transfer can immediately make a decent team a contender for the league trophy, but don’t forget that some may be fragile to injuries or lacks the physic and stamina to play every match of the season as their careers are on the decline.
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About Passion4FM’s FM20 Best Free Agents List
This year we have limited the list of the best free agents in Football Manager 2020 according to their abilities and personality. We’ve decided not to include players older than 37 years old within the list, but they will be included in the shortlist.
We have sorted them according to playing position and approximately playing level. We will update this list once FM20 is released.
These unattached players might be perfect targets for a long term save battling for promotion in one of the suggestion we had for Football Manager 2020 clubs to manage released yesterday.
Goalkeepers [Preliminary list]
| NATION | NAME | AGE | POS. | NOTES |
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Emiliano Viviano | 01.12.1985 (33) | GK | Personality: Fairly Loyal Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Renan Brito Soares |
24.01.1985 (34) | GK | Personality: Model Citizen Preferred Foot: Right |
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Raúl Lizoain | 27.01.1991 (28) | GK | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Left |
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Zeljko Brkic | 09.07.1986 (33) | GK | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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David Yurchenko | 27.03.1986 (33) | GK | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Heinz Lindner | 17.07.1990 (29) | GK | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Geoffrey Jourdren | 04.02.1986 (33) | GK | Personality: Resolute Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Marcelo Grohe | 13.01.1987 (32) | GK | Personality: Resolute Preferred Foot: Right |
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Mouez Hassen | 05.03.1995 (24) | GK | Personality: Fairly Sporting Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Michel Vorm | 20.10.1983 (35) | GK | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Right |
Central Defenders [Preliminary list]
| NATION | NAME | AGE | POS. | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jérôme Guihoata | 07.10.1994 (24) | DC (DR/DM) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Glenn Loovens | 22.10.1983 (34) | DC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Valerica Gaman | 25.02.1989 (30) | DC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Christopher Samba | 28.03.1984 (35) | DC | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Jagos Vukovic | 10.06.1988 (31) | DC | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Left |
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Fabrício Silva Dornellas |
20.02.1990 (29) | DC | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Johan Djourou | 18.01.1987 (32) | DC | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Essaïd Belkalem | 01.01.1989 (30) | DC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Gabriel Paletta | 15.02.1986 (33) | DC | Personality: Fairly Sporting Preferred Foot: Right |
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Felipe Santana | 17.03.1986 (33) | DC | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Ondrej Mazuch | 15.03.1989 (30) | DC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Marc Wilson | 17.08.1987 (32) | DC | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Either |
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Aleksandar Pantic | 11.04.1992 (27) | DC (DR) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca |
31.08.1985 (34) | DC | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Ardin Dallku | 01.11.1994 (24) | DC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Younès Kaboul | 04.01.1986 (33) | DC | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Ricardo Ferreira | 25.11.1992 (26) | DC | Personality: Resolute Preferred Foot: Right |
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Eugene Khacheridi Yevhen Khacheridi |
28.07.1987 (32) | DC | Personality: Resolute Preferred Foot: Right |
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Serdar Taşçı | 24.04.1987 (32) | DC | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Nemanja Pejcinovic | 04.11.1987 (31) | DC | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Right |
Fullbacks / Wingbacks [Preliminary list]
| NATION | NAME | AGE | POS. | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Fran Tudor | 27.09.1995 (23) | DR (M/AMR) | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Óscar Ricardo Rojas | 05.02.1988 (31) | WBR (DR) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Rúben Lima | 03.10.1989 (29) | D/ML (WB/AML) | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Fabrício dos Santos Silva |
11.01.1987 (32) | WB/ML (DL/AML) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Johann Obiang | 05.07.1993 (26) | D/WBL (M/AML) | Personality: Fairly Sporting Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Edwin Velasco | 05.11.1991 (27) | D/WBL | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Leandro Salino | 22.04.1985 (34) | D/WBR | Personality: Spirited Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Wallace Oliveira dos Santos |
01.05.1994 (25) | D/WBR | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Franck Tabanou | 30.01.1989 (30) | D/WB/M/AML | Personality: Ambitious Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Jefferson Murillo | 18.01.1992 (27) | D/WBL (ML) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Omar Esparza | 21.05.1988 (31) | DR (DL) | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Left |
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Manolis Tzanakakis | 30.04.1992 (27) | D/WBR | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Mehdi Zeffane | 19.05.1992 (27) | D/WBR | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Marko Petkovic | 03.09.1992 (27) | DR (WBR) | Personality: Fairly Loyal Preferred Foot: Right |
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Jefferson Nascimento |
05.07.1988 (31) | D/WBL | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Martin Olsson | 17.05.1988 (31) | DL (WBL) | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Jesús Gámez | 10.04.1985 (34) | DR | Personality: Fairly Amb. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Danny Simpson | 04.01.1987 (32) | DR | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Ignazio Abate | 12.11.1986 (32) | D/WBR | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Fábio Coentrão | 11.03.1988 (31) | D/WBL (MLR) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Giulio Donati | 05.02.1990 (29) | D/WBR | Personality: Perfectionist Preferred Foot: Right |
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Ivan Strinic | 17.07.1987 (32) | D/WBL (ML) | Personality: Resolute Preferred Foot: Left |
Defensive Midfielders [Preliminary list]
| NATION | NAME | AGE | POS. | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rodrigo Souza | 27.10.1987 (31) | DM | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Isaac Koné | 03.01.1991 (28) | DM (DC) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Vurnon Anita | 04.04.1989 (30) | DM (DRL) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Facundo Píriz | 27.03.1990 (29) | DM | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Olívio Aparecido Costa |
21.12.1987 (31) | DM/MC | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Clément Chantôme | 11.09.1987 (32) | DM/MC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Alberto Martín | 31.03.1989 (30) | DM/MC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Willians Domingos Fernandes | 29.01.1986 (33) | DM (MC) | Personality: Fairly Loyal Preferred Foot: Right |
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Jack Rodwell | 11.03.1991 (28) | DM/MC (DC) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Either |
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Alexandros Tziolis | 13.02.1985 (34) | DM/MC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Dmitry Tarasov Dmitri Tarasov |
18.03.1987 (32) | DM (MC) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Mile Jedinak | 03.08.1984 (35) | DM (MC) | Personality: Resolute Preferred Foot: Right |
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Lucas Silva | 16.03.1993 (26) | DM (MC) | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Joe Ledley | 23.01.1987 (32) | DM (MC) | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Darron Gibson | 25.10.1987 (31) | DM (MC) | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Fillipe Soutto | 11.03.1991 (28) | DM/MC | Personality: Resolute Preferred Foot: Left |
| DR Congo | Youssouf Mulumbu | 25.01.1987 (32) | DM/MC | Personality: Fairly Loyal Preferred Foot: Right |
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José Mauri | 16.05.1996 (23) | DM/MC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Darren Fletcher | 01.02.1984 (35) | DM/MC | Personality: Model Citizen Preferred Foot: Right |
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Frederik Nörrestrand | 14.11.2001 (17) | DM (D/WBR) | Personality: Ambitious Preferred Foot: Right |
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Arouca Marcos Arouca da Silva |
11.08.1986 (33) | DM (MC) | Personality: Spirited Preferred Foot: Right |
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Lorenzo Crisetig | 20.01.1993 (26) | DM/MC | Personality: Professional Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Denílson Pereira Neves |
16.02.1988 (31) | DM/MC | Personality: Fairly Amb. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Sékou Sanogo | 05.05.1989 (30) | DM (MC) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Tino Susic | 13.02.1992 (27) | MRC (AMR) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Gaël Bigirimana | 22.10.1993 (25) | MC | Personality: Fairly Sporting Preferred Foot: Right |
Central /Attacking Midfielders [Preliminary list]
| NATION | NAME | AGE | POS. | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Yohan Croizet | 15.02.1992 (27) | AMC | Personality: Preferred Foot: Right |
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Erik Bakker | 21.03.1990 (29) | M/AMC | Personality: Fairly Loyal Preferred Foot: Right |
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Joaquín Rikemberg | 04.01.1999 (20) | AMC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Lukman Haruna | 04.12.1990 (28) | MC (DM/AMC) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Yamil Asad | 27.07.1994 (25) | MC (AMLC) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Jordon Mutch | 02.12.1991 (27) | MC (AMC) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Birkir Bjarnason | 27.05.1988 (31) | MLC (AMLC) | Personality: Fairly Amb. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Cheikh Ndoye | 29.03.1986 (33) | MC (DM/AMC) | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Álvaro Medrán | 15.03.1994 (25) | MC (AMC) | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Claudio Marchisio | 19.01.1986 (33) | MC (DM) | Personality: Model Citizen Preferred Foot: Right |
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Andrea Bertolacci | 11.01.1991 (28) | MC (AMC) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Fredy Guarín | 30.06.1986 (33) | MC (DM) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Stephen Ireland | 22.08.1986 (33) | M/AMC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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James Morrison | 25.05.1986 (33) | M/AMC (M/AMR) | Personality: Fairly Amb. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Keisuke Honda | 13.06.1986 (33) | AMRC | Personality: Professional Preferred Foot: Left |
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Emre Colak | 20.05.1991 (28) | AMC (M/AML) | Personality: Fairly Loyal Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Yoann Gourcuff | 11.07.1986 (33) | AMC (MC) | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Hatem Ben Arfa | 07.03.1987 (32) | AMC (AMRL) | Personality: Fairly Ambitious Preferred Foot: Left |
Wingers [Preliminary list]
| NATION | NAME | AGE | POS. | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Armando Vajushi | 03.12.1991 (27) | AML (AMR) | Personality: Fairly Amb. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Richard Soumah | 06.10.1986 (32) | AML | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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James Troisi | 03.07.1988 (31) | AMLC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Misael Riascos | 29.03.1991 (28) | M/AML (WBL) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Luis Jiménez | 17.06.1984 (33) | AMRC | Personality: Fairly Sporting Preferred Foot: Right |
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Valon Ahmedi | 07.10.1994 (24) | AMRC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Ignacio González | 05.11.1993 (25) | M/AMRC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Harry Novillo | 11.02.1992 (27) | AMRL (AMC/ST) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Gonzalo Bueno | 16.01.1993 (26) | AML/ST | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left Only |
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Jérémie Bela | 29.03.1991 (28) | M/AMR | Personality: Fairly Sporting Preferred Foot: Right |
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Ben Marshall | 29.03.1991 (28) | M/AMR | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Samu García | 13.07.1990 (29) | M/AMR | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Andrés Rentería | 06.03.1993 (26) | AML/ST | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Either |
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Oussama Assaidi | 15.08.1988 (31) | AMRL | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Adrien Regattin | 22.08.1992 (28) | AMRL (AMC) | Personality: Fairly Det. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Aarón Ñíguez | 26.04.1989 (30) | AMLC (AMR) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Goran Zakaric | 07.11.1992 (26) | AMR (AML) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Jonathan Biabiany | 28.04.1988 (31) | M/AMR | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Jérémy Ménez | 07.05.1987 (32) | AMR/ST | Personality: Fairly Amb. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Jay Emmanuel-Thomas | 27.12.1990 (30) | AMRC (AML/ST) | Personality: Fairly Amb. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Michel Bastos | 02.08.1983 (36) | AMRL (AMC) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left Only |
Strikers [Preliminary list]
| NATION | NAME | AGE | POS. | NOTES |
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Roberto Ramírez | 18.06.1993 (26) | ST | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Cristián Díaz | 03.11.1986 (32) | ST | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Lucas Melano | 01.05.1993 (26) | ST (AMR/L) | Personality: Fairly Prof. Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Jhon Cifuente | 23.07.1992 (26) | ST | Personality: Preferred Foot: Right |
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Fakhredine Ben Youssef | 23.06.1989 (28) | ST (AMR) | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right Only |
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Paulo Henrique Carneiro Filho |
13.03.1989 (31) | ST (AMRL) | Personality: Fairly Amb. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Modibo Maïga | 03.09.1987 (32) | ST (AML) | Personality: Ambitious Preferred Foot: Left |
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Giuseppe Rossi | 01.02.1987 (32) | ST | Personality: Spirited Preferred Foot: Left |
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Sergio García | 09.06.1983 (36) | AMRC/ST | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
| Gambia | Bubacarr Trawally | 10.11.1994 (24) | AMRLC(ST | Personality: Ambitious Preferred Foot: Right |
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Ross McCormack | 18.08.1986 (33) | AMC/ST | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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Gary Hooper | 26.01.1988 (31) | FC (AMC) | Personality: Ambitious Preferred Foot: Right |
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Jonathas | 06.03.1989 (30) | FC | Personality: Fairly Amb. Preferred Foot: Right |
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Lamine Diaby-Fadiga | 19.01.2001 (18) | ST | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Left |
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Victor Anichebe | 23.04.1988 (31) | ST (AML) | Personality: Resolute Preferred Foot: Right |
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Obafemi Martins | 28.10.1984 (35) | ST | Personality: Resolute Preferred Foot: Either |
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Wilfried Bony | 10.12.1988 (30) | FC | Personality: Balanced Preferred Foot: Right |
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