The ultimate list of the most notable free agents when starting FM13, featuring unparalleled depth and most usable presentation.

Welcome to the ultimate list of the best free players in Football Manager 2013 by FMScout.com. Like all my other lists, I have dedicated many hours composing this to make sure it is really the greatest list of free players in FM13 around the web.

This is the successor of our popular

FM 2012 best free players and

FM 2011 best free players.

These lists have received a combined total of almost 1 million views.

This is the first edition, including roughly 250 players! Updates will be applied from to time to ensure I'm not missing any players worthy of appearing here.

Released: 21 Oct 2012

Frequently Asked Questions

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I can't find all players of this list on my save game. Why is that?

I loaded what I consider the top 14 leagues (roughly 65,000 players) to produce my lists of players. Your save game probably has less leagues and players loaded, which explains why you can't find all of them.

Can you please share a shortlist for this list to import in-game?

Sorry I can't do that. I used to share shortlists but people would steal them and post on other sites without providing credit and passing as their own, which is very annoying. This also explains why you won't be able to copy/paste names off this list.

That is a lot of players to go through. Is there some kind of recommendation?

Yes. The list is sorted by position and my personal recommendation, meaning that the players at the top of each position table are recommended more than the ones at the bottom. I will eventually add recommendation stars to make it even easier for you.

You can quickly see which players are EU national or not. For non EU players you can check their international caps number to figure out if it's likely to get a work permit.

Click on the table headers (name, age, etc) for easy sorting.

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Goalkeepers Name Age Position Nation EU Caps Gordon, Craig 29 GK SCO 40 Manninger, Alexander 35 GK AUT 32 Moreira 30 GK POR 0 Marcos Leandro 30 GK BRA 0 Macho, Jurgen 34 GK AUT 25 Mateus 29 GK BRA 0 Stolz, Alexander 28 GK GER 0 Eilhoff, Dennis 29 GK GER 0 Padovani, Jean-Daniel 32 GK FRA 0 Lejsal, Martin 29 GK CZE 0 Galinovic, Mario 35 GK CRO 2 Ratajczak, Michael 30 GK GER 0 Kingson, Richard 34 GK GHA / TUR 83 Santilli, Mario 28 GK ARG 0 Eduardo 33 GK ESP 0 Defenders Central Name Age Position Nation EU Caps Mensah, John 29 D C GHA 82 Gustavo Bastos 30 D C, DM BRA 0 Asatiani, Malkhaz 30 D C GEO 42 Fuentes, Ismael 30 SW, D C CHI 30 Buljat, Jurica 25 D C CRO 2 Biscan, Igor 34 D C, DM CRO 15 Silvestre, Mikael 34 D LC FRA / GLP 40 Pamarot, Noe 33 D RC FRA / GLP 0 Gnanou, Ibrahim 25 D RC BUR 10 Bates, Matthew 25 D RLC ENG 0 Fuentes, Fabricio 35 SW, D C ARG / ITA 1 Afolabi, Rabiu 32 D LC NGR / BEL 20 Rocha, Ricardo 33 D LC POR 6 Meira, Fernando 34 SW, D C, DM POR 54 Sarriegi, Josu 33 D C ESP / BSQ 0 Paz, Jose Maria 34 SW, D C ARG 0 Howard, Mark 26 D C ENG 0 Loran, Tyrone 31 D RC CUW / NED 5 Traore, Lamine 29 D C BUR 29 Sorondo, Gonzalo 32 SW, D C URU / BRA 27 Kroldrup, Per 32 D C DEN 33 Meite, Abdoulaye 31 D C CIV / FRA 48 Ben-Haim, Tal 30 D RLC ISR 61 Vinicius 31 D C BRA / ITA 0 Monsoreau, Sylvain 31 D LC FRA / MTQ 0 Geder 34 D C BRA 0 Moreyra, Julio Cesar 30 SW, D C ARG 0 Kostal, Pavel 31 D C CZE 0 Teco 29 D C BRA 0 Cris 32 D C BRA 0 Plinio 27 D C BRA 0 Nen 34 SW, D C BRA 0 Juliano 31 D C, DM BRA 0 Vitor 27 D RC BRA 0 Plestan, Nicolas 31 D C FRA 0 Olfers, Steve 30 D C, DM NED 0 Kotysch, Sascha 23 D RC, DM GER 0 Anderson Luis 25 D C, DM BRA 0 Andre Bahia 28 SW, D C BRA 0 Thiago Mathias 29 D C BRA 0 Ustaritz 29 D C ESP / BSQ 0 Luciano Castan 22 D C BRA / ITA 0 Gomes 32 D C, DM BRA 0 Stewart, Damion 31 D C JAM 55 Vasoski, Aleksandar 32 D C MKD 33 Piccoli, Alcides 33 D C ARG 0 Omokoh, Harrison 30 SW, D C, DM NGR 0 Erivelton 34 D C BRA 0 Sicilia, Pablo 30 D C ESP 0 Drpic, Dino 31 D C CRO 1 Prieto, Luis 33 D C ESP / BSQ 0 Marcelao 31 D C BRA 0 Diallo, Mamadou 27 D C GUI 28 Ficagna, Daniele 31 D C ITA 0 Defenders Right Name Age Position Nation EU Caps Miguel 32 D/WB R POR / GBS 59 Rnic, Nemanja 27 D RC SRB 3 Cortes, David 32 D/WB R ESP 0 Ebondo, Albin 28 D/WB R FRA / CGO / CMR 0 Grygera, Zdenek 32 D RL CZE 65 Stalteri, Paul 34 D R CAN / ITA 84 Gaspar, Manolo 31 D/WB R ESP 0 Vanden Borre, Anthony 24 D/WB R, DM, M RC BEL / COD 23 Babic, Valentin 31 D RC, M R CRO 0 Sidny 30 D/WB/M R BRA 0 Odiah, Chidi 28 D/WB/M R NGR 28 Andrezinho 30 D/WB R BRA 0 Calvo, Jose Maria 31 D/WB RL ARG 0 Jerez, Pablo 28 D/WB R ARG 0 Perrier-Doumbe, Jean-Joel 33 D/WB R CMR / FRA 20 Zambrotta, Gianluca 35 D/WB RL ITA 98 Gustavo 30 D/WB/M R BRA / ITA 0 Osmar 30 D/WB R BRA 0 Michel 34 D/WB R BRA 0 Laurenti, Fabien 29 D RC FRA 0 Griffin, Andy 33 D RL ENG 0 Defenders Left Name Age Position Nation EU Caps Ibertsberger, Andreas 29 D RL AUT 14 Boenisch, Sebastian 25 D/WB RL POL / GER 9 Berthod, Jeremy 28 D/WB L FRA 0 Del Horno, Asier 31 D LC ESP / BSQ 10 Bonig, Philipp 32 D/WB L GER 0 Vandooren, Gonzague 32 D/WB/AM L BEL 0 Benitez, Nelson 28 D L ARG 0 Ezequias 31 D/WB L BRA 0 Traore, Djimi 32 D LC MLI / FRA 10 Lemaitre, Reynald 29 D/WB/AM L FRA 0 Schwarz, Benjamin 26 D/WB L GER 0 Krupoviesa, Juan 33 D/WB/M L ARG 0 Jorge Ribeiro 30 D/WB/M L POR 9 Pieri, Mirko 33 D/WB L ITA 0 Rossato 34 D/WB/AM L BRA / ITA 0 Marcinho 33 D/WB L BRA 0 Defensive Midfielders Name Age Position Nation EU Caps Grella, Vincenzo 32 DM AUS / ITA 46 Reo-Coker, Nigel 28 DM ENG / SLE 0 Katsouranis, Kostas 33 DM GRE 95 Carboni, Ezequiel 33 DM ARG / ITA 0 Diop, Papa Bouba 34 DM SEN 63 Hargreaves, Owen 31 DM ENG / CAN / WAL 42 Diao, Salif 35 DM SEN 39 Farinos, Javier 34 DM, AM C ESP 2 Zamogilny, Damian 32 DM ARG 0 Zanetti, Cristiano 35 DM ITA 17 Cisse, Edouard 34 DM FRA / SEN / BSQ 0 Sinkala, Andrew 33 D C, DM ZAM 22 Narry, Moussa 26 DM GHA / NIG 4 Petre, Ovidiu 30 DM ROU 23 Obodo, Christian 28 DM NGR 14 Fernando 26 DM BRA 0 Saidou, Alioum 34 DM CMR 21 Pezzoni, Kevin 23 D C, DM GER / ITA 0 Fabiano 34 DM BRA 0 Ricardo Oliveira 35 DM BRA 0 Sable, Julien 31 DM FRA 0 Bruno Octavio 26 DM BRA 0 Simao 28 D/WB R, DM, M RC BRA 0 Fink, Michael 30 DM GER 0 Bovio 30 DM BRA 0 Bodde, Ferrie 30 DM NED 0 Perez Castro, Facundo 30 DM ARG 0 Dias 34 DM BRA 0 Roberto 24 DM BRA 0 Luciano Santos 32 DM BRA 0 Faye, Amdy 35 DM SEN / FRA 18 Matabuena, Sergio 33 DM ESP 0 Tomas, Antonio 27 DM ESP 0 Diaz, Andres 29 DM, M RC ARG 0 Jonilson 33 DM BRA 0 Obodai, Anthony 30 DM, M RC GHA 4 Cesar Santiago 27 D/WB R, DM, M RC BRA 0 Alexandre 33 DM BRA 0 Dirceu 34 DM BRA 0 Walker 30 D C, DM BRA / ITA 0 Midfielders Center Name Age Position Nation EU Caps Jonatas 29 M C BRA 0 Batista 33 DM, M LC BRA 0 Marcos Paulo 35 DM, M RC BRA 12 Bowyer, Lee 35 M RC ENG 1 Barone, Simone 34 M C ITA 16 Hitzlsperger, Thomas 30 M C GER 52 Sandrinho 32 DM, AM C BRA / BUL 0 Rafael 28 DM, AM C BRA 0 Mozart 32 DM, AM C BRA / ITA 0 Kabous, Abderrahman 29 M C MAR / FRA 21 Fusani, Massimiliano 33 M C ITA 0 Wingers Right Name Age Position Nation EU Caps Marques, Jose Fernando 27 AM RC ESP 0 De Mul, Tom 26 AM R BEL 2 Abdessadki, Yacine 31 AM R MAR / FRA 8 Pino, Juan Pablo 25 AM RLC COL 2 Castelen, Romeo 29 AM R NED / SUR 10 Juanma 31 AM R ESP 0 Pereyra, Gabriel 34 AM RC ARG 0 Castroman, Lucas 31 AM R, ST ARG / ITA 5 Douglas, Darl 32 AM RC NED / SUR 0 Jorge Lopez 33 AM RLC ESP 0 Varela, Fernando 32 D/WB/AM R ESP 0 Ortiz, Jose 34 AM RC, F C ESP 0 Wingers Left Name Age Position Nation EU Caps Drenthe, Royston 25 WB/AM L NED / SUR 1 Kewell, Harry 33 AM RLC AUS / ENG 58 Solari, Santiago 35 AM L ARG / ESP 11 Akale, Kanga 31 AM RL CIV / FRA 35 Ailton 34 AM LC, F C BRA 0 Del Nero, Simone 30 D/WB L, AM LC ITA 0 McFadden, James 29 AM LC, F C SCO 48 Delev, Spas 22 AM RL, ST BUL 5 Mansare, Fode 30 AM L GUI / FRA 44 Diogo Gomes 26 M LC BRA 0 Calleja, Javier 34 D/WB/AM L ESP 0 Dum, Sascha 26 D/WB/AM L GER 0 Zenden, Boudewijn 35 AM L NED 54 Castillo, German 34 AM LC ARG 0 Tulasne, Geoffrey 24 AM RL FRA 0 Attacking Midfielders Center Name Age Position Nation EU Caps Alex 34 AM/F C BRA 49 Tote 33 AM RC, F C ESP 0 Morais 28 AM RLC BRA 0 Magnum 30 AM LC BRA 0 Ergic, Ivan 31 AM C SRB / AUS 11 Bofo Bautista 33 AM C MEX 38 Takyi, Charles 27 AM RC GHA / GER 3 Mascara, Giuseppe 32 AM/F C ITA 1 Akin, Ibrahim 28 AM RLC, F C TUR 4 Robson Ponte 35 AM RC BRA / ITA 0 De Zerbi, Roberto 33 AM RLC ITA 0 Skacel, Rudi 33 AM C CZE 6 Gaitan, Walter 35 AM LC ARG / MEX 0 Juninho 29 AM C BRA 0 Diogo Rincon 32 AM/F C BRA 0 Cortes, Martin 29 AM LC ARG 0 Ciro 32 AM/F C BRA 0 Tchoyi, Somen 29 AM RLC, F C CMR 14 van Dijk, Dominique 32 AM LC NED 0 Bruins, Luigi 25 AM LC NED 0 Strikers Name Age Position Nation EU Caps Martsvaladze, Otar 28 AM L, ST GEO 13 Adailton 35 AM RLC, F C BRA / ITA 0 Fernando Baiano 33 ST BRA / ESP 0 Buengo, Titi 32 ST ANG / FRA 5 Adamov, Roman 30 ST RUS 3 Gil 31 AM LC, F C BRA 4 Pavlovich, Nicolas 34 ST ARG / ITA 0 Charisteas, Angelos 32 ST GRE 88 Bolado, Ivan 23 ST GEQ / ESP 5 Bosnjak, Ivan 32 AM R, ST CRO 14 Reis 24 ST BRA 0 Auer, Benjamin 31 ST GER 0 Geilson 28 ST BRA 0 Bardaro, Cristian 34 ST ARG 0 Carew, John 32 ST NOR / GAM 88 Ishiaku, Manasseh 29 ST NGR / BEL 4 Amanatidis, Ioannis 30 ST GRE 35 Ferreira 33 ST BRA 0 Clodoaldo 33 ST BRA 0 Robson 29 AM/F C BRA 0 Ruiz, Carlos 32 ST GUA 83 Estevez, Raul 34 AM RL, ST ARG 0 Suazo, David 32 ST HON / ITA 43 Eduardo 32 AM L, ST BRA 0 Talles Cunha 23 ST BRA 0 Figueira, Edmar 28 ST BRA 0 Guayre 32 AM RL, ST ESP 1 Galvao 30 ST BRA 0 Marcelinho 33 AM RC, F C BRA 0 Wendell 23 ST BRA 0 Bagayoko, Mamadou 33 ST MLI / FRA 21 Neto Potiguar 26 ST BRA 0 Jean 30 ST BRA 0 Bruno Cazarine 29 ST BRA / ITA 0 Mpenza, Emile 34 ST BEL / COD 57 Leandro Tatu 30 AM R, ST BRA 0 Koke 29 AM RC, F C ESP 0 Anderson Gomes 27 ST BRA 0 Ricardinho 28 AM/F C BRA 0 Jandson 25 ST BRA 0 Iglesias, Leonardo 32 ST ARG / ITA 0 Fagundes dos Santos, Elison 24 ST BRA 0

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