Top 400+ most notable free agents when starting Football Manager 2016. Your reference point to finding the best free players in FM16.

Welcome to the preliminary list of Football Manager 2016 best free agents by FMSCOUT.com.

Football Manager 2016 good players without contract

This list includes some of the most notable free agents in Football Manager 2016 based on what we know from the football transfer market and with the help of Football Manager 2015 in regards to identifying the best FM 2016 players available on free transfers.

Top 400+ FM16 free agents included.

Released: Oct 4, 2015

Updated: Oct 22, 2015

This is the successor of my ultimate lists of best Football Manager 2015 free agents and FM 2014 best free players. While it's currently a provisional list, I'm confident it's pretty accurate. I will of course revise this list (including my recommendation ratings) once the FM16 Beta is made available on Steam.

What are free agents?

They are players without contract available on a free transfer. Free players are ideal to boost your squad when your transfer budget is very limited. They are usually players in the twilight of their career, but there are always cases of younger players who are still free for different reasons.

What does the rating (R) mean?

It's a personal recommendation system for your convenience. I'm using a 1-100 scale based on English divisions.

81+ all-time elite player

78-80 great player for premiership

75-77 solid backup for premiership

72-74 top player for championship

69-71 top player for league one

66-68 top player for league two

FM 2016 Best Free Players by position

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Goalkeepers (32) R Name Nation Age EU 73 Disljenkovic, Vladimir 34 71 Frison, Alberto 27 68 Cros, Pierrick 24 73 Pletikosa, Stipe 36 73 Blazevic, Goran 29 69 Bajkovic, Boban 30 70 Hildebrand, Timo 36 68 Medran, Ezequiel 34 70 Robinson, Paul 35 67 Coe, Nathan 31 68 Bozovic, Mladen 30 70 Jacobo 32 72 Saranov, Bojan 28 68 Rodriguez, Carlos 32 67 Berezovsky, Igor 25 67 Zubikarai, Enaut 31 66 Kawashima, Eiji 32 67 Landazuri, Hector 31 66 Tzorvas, Alexandros 32 66 Ejide, Austin 31 66 Luis Guilherme 23 68 Kirovski, Aleksandar 24 66 Nieves, Darwin 25 66 Atrous, Samuel 25 66 Janjusevic, Ivan 28 67 Jovanic, Milan 29 66 Bonnefoi, Landry 31 66 Prieto, Francisco 32 66 Pelizzoli, Ivan 34 66 Bozovic, Darko 36 67 Laquait, Bertrand 38 70 Muller, Heinz 37 Central Defenders (47) R Name Nation Age EU 75 Vlaar, Ron 30 76 Mazuch, Ondrej 26 70 Nuno Andre Coelho 29 67 Perea, Luis 36 70 Canuto, Ignacio 29 72 Bottinelli, Jonathan 31 69 Pryima, Vasyl 24 72 Navratil, Jakub 31 79 Madlung, Alexander 33 76 Bikey, Andre 30 71 Martinez, Hans 28 73 Onyewu, Oguchi 33 69 Ferrari, Jonathan 28 72 Friedrich, Manuel 36 76 Noveski, Nikolce 36 77 Dunne, Richard 36 73 Mathijsen, Joris 35 70 Planus, Marc 33 72 Douglas Silva 31 69 Whitbread, Zak 31 73 Gerrard, Anthony 29 73 Buljat, Jurica 29 69 Pantidos, Nikos 24 68 Cadamuro, Liassine 27 68 Mori, Dan 26 71 Ben Mansour, Mohamed 26 66 Joao Meira 28 66 Santacroce, Fabiano 28 69 Mensah, John 32 72 Boulahrouz, Khalid 33 69 Bizera, Joe 35 69 Andre Luis 35 70 Zoro, Marc 31 68 Melo, Pablo 32 66 Kroldrup, Per 35 71 Ajeti, Arlind 21 66 Edson 27 68 Anderson Luis 28 66 Esnal, Cristian 28 68 Alex Silva 30 67 Zbrun, Martin 30 66 Jarosik, Jiri 37 67 Samuel 27 66 Papazacharias, Grigoris 30 66 Gabriel 32 67 Drouin, Stephen 31 68 Ndreka, Henri 32 66 Marquez, Alvaro 24 66 Neill, Lucas 37 Left Backs (27) R Name Nation Age EU 72 Dabo, Mouhamadou 28 70 Razo, Oscar 31 69 Mulemo, Landry 29 67 Mijailovic, Nikola 33 73 Cale, Hrvoje 30 67 Tiene, Siaka 33 69 Ocampo, Juan Antonio 26 70 Dudgeon, Joe 24 70 Diaz, Juan Manuel 27 71 Mane 33 70 Neplyakh, Evgen 23 68 Rippert, Guillaume 30 74 Crainey, Stephen 34 73 Bonnart, Laurent 35 69 Cappi, Mariano 23 67 Agostini, Alessandro 35 70 Esqueda, Luis Ricardo 34 70 Lopez Mondragon, Manuel 32 67 Barros, Juan 26 71 McCartney, George 34 67 Parraga, Ruben 30 70 Junior Cesar 33 71 Pander, Christian 31 67 Romanchuk, Olexandr 30 67 Cech, Marek 32 68 Marchelli, Bruno 23 66 Pipinis, Christos 30 Right Backs (29) R Name Nation Age EU 70 Galitsios, Giorgos 29 69 Eboue, Emmanuel 32 71 Valera, Juan 30 71 Arroyo, Alvaro 27 71 Ochs, Patrick 31 70 Wilkshire, Luke 33 72 Lell, Christian 31 72 Kelly, Stephen 32 70 Tiendalli, Dwight 29 70 Motta, Marco 29 67 Foley, Kevin 30 70 Grana, Hernan 30 75 Reveillere, Anthony 35 69 Mesto, Ginadomenico 33 72 Bocaly, Garry 27 69 Mattioni, Felipe 26 69 Fernandez, Aitor 29 67 Chicherin, Nikita 24 69 Lolo, Igor 33 67 Pintos, Pablo 28 67 de la Cruz, Marvin 30 67 Garcia, Luis Francisco 28 71 Dimayuga, Efrain 26 69 Angbwa, Benoit 33 73 Zabavnik, Radoslav 34 66 Faubert, Julien 31 69 Diogo, Carlos 32 66 Ferronetti, Damiano 30 66 Sukurov, Mahir 32 Defensive Midfielders (46) R Name Nation Age EU 78 Torres, Juan Manuel 30 68 Olimpio, Leonel 33 71 Roberto Sousa 30 71 Boateng, Derek 32 73 Pliatsikas, Vasilis 27 71 Lopy, Joseph 23 71 Razzotti, Franco 30 70 Camara, Pape Abdou 24 79 Poulsen, Christian 35 69 Kargbo, Ibrahim 33 69 Sokolowski, Tomasz 30 68 Guerriero, Ludovic 30 74 Mariga, McDonald 28 69 Okonkwo, Onyekachi 33 69 Kaita, Sani 29 69 Kamara, John 27 69 Osbourne, Isaac 29 75 Mudingayi, Gaby 34 76 Gucer, Hurriyet 33 80 Nengomasha, Tinashe 33 68 Coulibaly, Kafoumba 29 69 Oliveira, Stanislas 27 73 da Silva, Marco 23 67 Hsissane, Abdelmalik 24 72 Eustace, John 35 68 Rouamba, Florent 28 71 Francois, Julien 35 68 Bah, Mamadou 27 68 Val 32 76 Conti, Daniele 36 74 Bustos, Maximiliano 33 70 Ngobeni, Clifford 28 75 Neto Coruja 28 72 Boccara, Ilan 22 69 Sporkslede, Fabian 22 69 Fernando 34 68 Zito 30 69 Osiako, Patrick 28 67 Galo, Diego 21 66 Rochemback, Fabio 33 70 Quansah, Kwame 32 72 Tiago Dutra 24 69 Monsalvo, Pablo 32 67 Colace, Hugo 31 75 Diarra, Mahamadou 34 69 Bedoya, Gerardo 39 Central Midfielders (35) R Name Nation Age EU 70 Lanig, Martin 31 69 Schiavon, Eros 32 72 Mahlangu, May 26 70 Tiago Gomes 30 70 Yebda, Hassan 31 72 Ekeng, Patrick 25 74 Bailey, Nicky 31 69 Cvijanovic, Goran 28 71 de Zeeuw, Demy 32 71 Lazic, Djordje 32 68 Henkens, Robin 27 71 Saez, Jose 33 67 Fotakis, Giorgos 33 68 Yankov, Chavdar 31 74 Fabio Simplicio 36 69 Razak, Abdul 22 67 Obodo, Christian 31 67 Pluim, Wiljan 26 67 Tonge, Michael 32 72 Guarente, Tiberio 29 67 Zapata, Martin 35 71 Hervas, Javi 26 68 Ekpo, Emmanuel 27 76 Acevedo, Walter 29 76 Nolan, Kevin 33 71 Sapara, Marek 33 71 Volesak, Ladislav 31 67 Roger 29 67 Ayrton 21 69 Brattan, Luke 25 66 Milovanovic, Dejan 31 66 Micevski, Darko 23 72 Sno, Evander 28 66 Panagiotou, Aimilios 22 66 Katidis, Giorgos 22 Left Wingers (47) R Name Nation Age EU 70 de los Santos, Mathias 24 74 Emanuelson, Urby 29 71 Nivaldo 26 68 Shturko, Yuri 30 67 Lobato, Cristian 26 69 Hunt, Stephen 34 67 Gamarra, Marcelo 26 67 Boral, Ugur 33 67 Cerny, Jaroslav 36 67 Zeneyedpour, Milad 29 69 Sandro 29 74 Samaras, Giorgos 30 70 Platini 29 69 Thomas, Jerome 32 68 Quincy 29 74 Djuric, Dusan 31 67 Ephraim, Hogan 27 74 Balashov, Vitaliy 24 67 Milosavljev, Vladan 28 73 Sassi, Mossaab 25 66 Wilk, Jakub 30 76 Ait Fana, Karim 26 67 Bourgeois, Maxime 24 69 Moral, Toni 34 69 Chenene, Bennett 31 67 Badoyan, Zaven 25 66 Chirico, Cosimo 23 68 Centurion, Emanuel 32 72 Assulin, Gai 24 66 Domoraud, Wilfried 27 67 Ben Othman, Mohamed Slim 25 67 Lesoimier, Benoit 32 66 Kefkir, Oguzhan 24 72 Djabou, Abdelmoumene 28 68 Taylor, Paul 27 69 Bidaoui, Soufiane 25 71 Utaka, John 33 72 Palladino, Raffaele 31 67 Schalk, Alex 23 67 Alvarez, Arturo 30 67 Diogo Rosado 25 69 Castillo, Nery 31 70 Suzen, Gokhan 27 69 Sculli, Giuseppe 34 68 Renouard, Sebastien 30 69 Ernesto 30 Right Wingers (41) R Name Nation Age EU 74 Goreux, Reginal 27 70 Albin, Emiliano 26 72 Pintos, Federico 22 69 Avdic, Marcel 24 69 Cristian 32 67 de Ridder, Daniel 31 71 Hiago 24 77 Ilsinho 29 70 Schelotto, Ezequiel 26 71 Concas, Fabio 28 70 Oriol, Edu 28 70 Hammill, Adam 27 69 Donnet, Matias 35 67 Tejada, Manuel 25 66 Arruda, Mathias 22 70 Guerrero, Gino 22 68 Vaz Te, Ricardo 29 70 Pennant, Jermaine 32 74 Obasi, Chinedu 29 74 Nelson, Gregory 27 77 Boudjemaa, Damien 30 67 Tembo, Fwayo 26 68 Pino, Juan Pablo 28 71 Vlachodimos, Panagiotis 23 67 Shalaj, Gezim 24 71 Taylor-Fletcher, Gary 34 68 Nishi, Norihiro 35 67 Cassio 25 71 Chihi, Adil 27 73 Santana, Mario 33 67 Khiter, Seid 30 68 Psaume, Benjamin 30 69 Grandin, Elliot 27 70 Shamsin, Feiz 23 76 Izmailov, Marat 33 68 Rodriguez, Mario 33 68 Milicevic, Ivan 27 79 Amalfitano, Morgan 30 66 Okoro, Stanley 22 71 Arizmendi, Javier 31 Central Attacking Midfielders (31) R Name Nation Age EU 73 Ndi, Daniel 20 72 de Souza, Diego 31 70 Leo Lisboa 21 66 Dernis, Geoffrey 34 68 Velasco, Gabriel 29 82 Ronaldinho Gaucho 35 74 Martens, Maarten 31 72 Ziani, Karim 33 69 Overtoom, Willie 29 69 Danilo 30 71 Marcinho 31 69 Lizarazo, Carlos 24 73 Marcio Richardes 33 70 Juan Carlos 24 77 Marinelli, Carlos 33 67 Branquinho 32 74 Yelen, Zafer 29 74 Lincoln 36 72 Cossu, Andrea 35 69 Vukic, Zvonimir 36 68 Morais 31 68 Toski, Faton 28 70 Cangele, Franco 31 69 Yaisien, Abdallah 20 71 McFadden, James 32 67 Tiago Terroso 27 66 Ruben Ribeiro 28 79 Alvarez, Ricky 27 72 Ozturk, Sezer 29 67 Angeli, Arnor 24 66 Paonessa, Gabriele 28 Strikers (67) R Name Nation Age EU 69 Alferez, Hebert 27 67 Jabbari, Wajdi 24 68 Szabo, Lukas 22 72 Salpingidis, Dimitris 34 69 Martinez, Brayan 25 69 Griffiths, Joel 35 67 Chabangu, Lerato 30 76 Adebayor, Emmanuel 31 70 Cole, Carlton 31 71 Montano, Victor 31 66 Best, Leon 28 70 Cosme, Wilberto 31 73 Ameobi, Shola 33 71 Cisse, Djibril 34 70 Sinama-Pongolle, Florent 30 71 Tchite, Mohammed 31 67 N'For, Ernest 29 70 Martinuccio, Alejandro 27 72 Lekic, Dejan 30 67 Gandin, Dario 31 71 Ze Carlos Junior 30 68 Wagner Querino 28 66 Landin, Luis Angel 30 71 Kaludjerovic, Andrija 28 66 Costly, Carlo 31 73 Cano, German 27 71 Schlaudraff, Jan 32 81 Del Piero, Alessandro 40 74 Tsvetkov, Ivan 36 73 El Hamdaoui, Munir 31 68 Cacho, Juan Carlos 33 76 Maierhofer, Stefan 32 68 Dady 34 66 Avdic, Denni 26 70 Coulibaly, Adamo 34 68 Cerda, Emmanuel 28 67 Aygunes, Sahin 24 75 Lassad 29 68 Michel 29 68 Mengolo, Junior 22 67 Ebinho 27 69 Varney, Luke 32 74 Zigic, Nikola 34 69 Leonardo 32 69 Asildarov, Shamil 32 72 Pedro Oldoni 29 66 Ghezzal, Abdelkader 30 69 Jones Carioca 26 66 Jovancic, Vladimir 28 69 Kofarmata, Bello 27 68 Imamverdiyev, Cavid 27 66 Kanda, Deo 26 71 Mudrinski, Ognjen 23 69 Karl Max 28 73 Forssell, Mikael 34 71 Niculae, Marius 34 73 Hubnik, Michal 32 67 Jelic, Petar 28 75 Colunga, Adrian 30 71 Aganzo, David 34 69 Linz, Roland 33 66 Hoxha, Fabio 22 70 Yakovenko, Yuri 21 71 Edu 28 69 Fuller, Ricardo 35 73 Niang, Mamadou 35 74 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FAQ

How did you create this list without having access to FM16?

I used information on the internet to determine which active football players are still without contract. Then I checked their attributes on Football Manager 2015 in order to assess the players based on their best role(s) and to decide if they're good enough to make my list. And for those who made it, I assigned them my personal recommendation ratings for your convenience.

I think you missed some players!

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