
Staff Recommendations of Best Scouts in Football Manager 2020
We continue our focus on staff recommendations for Football Manager by handing you our personal tips of the best scouts in Football Manager 2020. By improving the scouting team you will be able to spot more players and increase the pool of players to target by expanding the world knowledge.
These recommended Football Manager 2020 scouts can become a valuable piece and perhaps the missing link when setting up a successful scouting program that finds the bet targets suited for your playing style. With our collection of 5 star scouts and chief scouts you will be able to set up an efficient scouting team that expands your scouting knowledge rapidly and still provide accurate scout reports.
Discover the best Football Manager 2020 scouts and set up a 5 star scouting team now!
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FM20 Best Scouts by ‘Role’
This list of 5 star scouts in Football Manager 2020 is just a collection of our recommendations of excellent FM20 scouts to target. With over 500 scouts with great ratings in Football Manager 2020 we have been forced to limit the list, and have therefore provided you with an summary of the best scouts in FM20.
We have compiled a shortlist of the best scouts in FM 2020 which is available to download in the bottom of the post.
By downloading the backroom staff search filter, you can find the best Football Manager 2020 scouts in your save yourself, either they are real scouts from the default database or they are replaced by newgen staff. Together with Passion4FM’s custom views for staff search you can easily sort and find the scouts needed for your own scouting program.
5 Star General Scouts / Chief-Scouts
A general scout or the perfect chief scout features excellent ratings in judging player ability and potential. He may not have the best adaptability, but provides accurate scout reports of both young talents and established first team players. This comes in handy, as you will want the chief scout or this specific general scout to get a second opinion of transfer targets and recommendations provided from other scouts within your scouting team.
These scouts may have other responsibilities too, such as roaming nations, scout competitions, attend matches or scout the next opposition team.
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NAME | CLUB | JPA | JPP | ADAP. | RATING |
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Steve Rowley | – | 20 | 20 | 16 | |
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Eugene Krasnikov | Dynamo Kyiv | 19 | 20 | 17 | |
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Aurélio Pereira | Sporting CP | 19 | 20 | 7 | |
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Pablo Longoria | Valencia | 20 | 20 | 16 | |
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Gerardo Guzmán | Man Utd | 20 | 19 | 20 | |
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Jim Lawlor | Man Utd | 20 | 19 | 15 | |
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Javier Ribalta | Zenit | 20 | 19 | 8 | |
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Jose Boto | Shakhtar | 20 | 19 | 7 | |
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Wolfgang Grobe | Bayern Munich | 19 | 20 | 20 | |
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Hans-Martin Kleitsch | Hoffenheim | 19 | 20 | 2 | |
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Martyn Glover | Southampton | 19 | 19 | 17 | |
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Dave Fallows | Liverpool | 19 | 19 | 14 | |
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Jorge Gomes | SL Benfica | 19 | 19 | 13 | |
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Barry Hunter | Liverpool | 19 | 19 | 8 | |
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Francis Cagigao | Arsenal | 18 | 19 | 18 | |
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Daniele Bernazzani | Inter Milan | 18 | 19 | 15 | |
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Paul Mitchell | RB Leipzig | 18 | 18 | 10 | |
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Markus Pilawa | Bor. Dortmund | 18 | 18 | 5 | |
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Egon Coordes | Bayern Munich | 18 | 16 | 19 | |
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John Steen Olsen | Ajax | 17 | 20 | 17 | |
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Giovanni Cericola | Inter Milan | 17 | 19 | 13 | |
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Ramón Vázquez | Sevilla | 17 | 18 | 20 | |
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Alfonso Garcés | Universidad Cat. | 17 | 18 | 11 | |
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Giuseppe Baresi | Inter Milan | 16 | 17 | 13 | |
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Juarez Fischer | Palmeiras | 20 | 20 | 19 | |
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Rámon Maddoni | Boca Juniors | 20 | 20 | 18 | |
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David Trezeguet | Juventus | 19 | 20 | 18 | |
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Claudio Sclosa | Inter Milan | 19 | 19 | 14 | |
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Giuseppe Pompilio | Napoli | 19 | 19 | 13 | |
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Giuseppe Giavardi | Inter Milan | 19 | 19 | 8 | |
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Alexandre Ceolin | – | 19 | 19 | 7 | |
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Sebastian Frank | – | 19 | 16 | 8 | |
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Florian Mourice | Lyon | 18 | 18 | 14 | |
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João Luís Afonso | Paris SG | 18 | 18 | 12 | |
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Gilles Grimandi | – | 17 | 16 | 7 | |
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Walter Martucci | Roma | 16 | 15 | 11 | |
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Juni Calafat | Real Madrid | 15 | 17 | 18 |
5 Star Roaming Scouts
This list of 5 star roaming scouts in FM 2020 looks to recommend scouts that’s perfect for scouting regions and continents as he features excellent adaptability. He can easily adopt to new cultures and won’t need extra time to get accustomed to a foreign country before starting delivering scout reports of local talents.
This list is sorted by each scouts adaptability with judging player ability and judging player potential as secondary attributes worthy to notice.
Learn more about how to expand the scouting knowledge by utilizing the scouting network here.
NATION AGE |
NAME | CLUB | JPA | JPP | ADAP. | RATING |
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Alfredo Femiano | Juventus | 18 | 17 | 18 | |
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Bryan King | – | 17 | 17 | 20 | |
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Nils Schmäler | Man Utd | 20 | 18 | 15 | |
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Laurent Busser | Bayern Munich | 19 | 19 | 11 | |
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José Mayorga | Man Utd | 18 | 19 | 18 | |
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David Mills | Tottenham | 18 | 18 | 18 | |
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Sandro Orlandelli | Man Utd | 18 | 18 | 15 | |
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Antonio Mur | San Lorenzo | 18 | 18 | 15 | |
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Sebastian Arnesen | Man City | 18 | 17 | 19 | |
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Gary Worthington | Man City | 18 | 17 | 19 | |
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Gianfranco Matteoli | Inter Milan | 18 | 17 | 16 | |
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Omar Sciolla | Man Utd | 18 | 17 | 10 | |
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Victor de los Santos | Celaya | 17 | 17 | 20 | |
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Ricardo Moar | – | 17 | 17 | 17 | |
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Tommy Møller Nielsen | Man Utd | 17 | 16 | 20 | |
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Geoffrey Moncada | AC Milan | 16 | 19 | 20 | |
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Stuart Harvey | Blackburn | 16 | 18 | 20 | |
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Rod Ruddick | Southampton | 16 | 18 | 20 | |
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Angelo Aiello | AC Milan | 16 | 18 | 14 | |
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Bartosz Oledzki | Chelsea | 16 | 17 | 20 | |
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Peter Braund | Tottenham | 16 | 17 | 15 | |
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Kiko Espinar | Liverpool | 16 | 16 | 20 | |
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José Laranjeira | Rio Ave | 16 | 16 | 20 | |
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Pablo Budna | Man Utd | 16 | 16 | 20 | |
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David Fernández | Real Madrid | 16 | 16 | 16 | |
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Brian Carey | Tottenham | 16 | 15 | 18 | |
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Gaby Ruiz | Leeds | 16 | 15 | 18 | |
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José Malleo | Boca Juniors | 15 | 20 | 19 | |
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David Peláez | Granada B | 15 | 17 | 17 | |
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Gonzalo Siegrist | Liverpool | 15 | 16 | 20 | |
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Scott McLachlan | Chelsea | 15 | 16 | 20 | |
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Erik Larsen | Rosenborg | 14 | 16 | 19 | |
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Roberto Marta | Atalanta | 19 | 19 | 19 |
5 Star Next Opposition Scouts
A scout perfect for scouting the next opposition requires excellent tactical knowledge and excellent judging player ability. A next opposition scout could be the chief scout himself, perhaps due to his high age, but may lack the required reputation, man management and judging player potential to perform the best as a chief scout.
NATION AGE |
NAME | CLUB | JPA | JPP | TACT. KNO. | RATING |
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Paul Mitchell | RB Leipzig | 18 | 18 | 17 | |
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Malcolm Elias | Stuttgart | 17 | 19 | 16 | |
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Sven Mislintat | Stuttgart | 16 | 19 | 17 | |
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Franz-Josef Reckels | Bayern Munich | 16 | 18 | 16 | |
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Waldemar Wrobel | Bor. Dortmund | 16 | 16 | 15 | |
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Francisco Craveiro | Porto | 15 | 18 | 15 | |
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Thomas Hörster | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 16 | 17 | 17 | |
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Giancarlo Finardi | Atalanta | 16 | 17 | 15 | |
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Alan Watson | Man City | 16 | 16 | 16 | |
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Mario Vossen | Bor. Mönchengladbach | 16 | 16 | 14 | |
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Stefano Carassai | Inter Milan | 16 | 15 | 17 | |
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Sixto Alfonso | Real Madrid | 15 | 18 | 15 | |
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Talha Ullah | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 14 | 16 | 16 | |
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Umberto Palmieri | AC Milan | 14 | 16 | 15 |