MuleAthon's Football Manager 2005 Player Guide and General FAQ
Written by James "MuleAthon" Martin
Started on 6th March 2005
This guide is for Football Manager 2005 and Worldwide Soccer Manager 2005.
Please note that data updates and super leagues may mean that some of this
data is incorrect. Please don't bother telling me that.
This Guide may only be hosted on GameFAQs.com, unless I am directly approached
by another site and approve that site accordingly.
I can't do ASCII Art. At all. Email me (at the bottom) if you have any.
DON'T EMAIL ME TELLING ME THIS ISN'T FINISHED. I KNOW. IT'S GETTING DONE.
Mattias "UnHoLyAnGeL" Holmström deserves as much credit as anyone in the making
of this FAQ. Praise him.
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Contents [Codes, use CTRL+F to find section]
1. Version History [FM001]
2. Player List [FM002]
(a) Goalkeepers [FM003]
(b) Defenders [FM004]
(c) Midfielders [FM005]
(d) Strikers [FM006]
(e) Unclassified, at the moment [FM007]
(f) Original List [FM008]
3. Frequently Asked Questions [FM009]
4. Legal Stuff [FM010]
5. Contact Details [FM011]
6. Credits [FM012]
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M 1.Version History [FM001]: !
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0.1 - 6th March 05 - Started Guide, Layout. Players names Listed.
0.7 - 15th April 05 - More players added to list.
1.0 - 18th April 05 - Current players ordered. It looks like an FAQ now!
FUTURE:
1.5 - NO IDEA WHEN - Players as good as done.
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M 2.Player List [FM002]: !
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All of the players will be listed in the following format:
NAME: The player's name
CLUB: The player's starting club
POSITION: The player's position(s)
AGE: The players age
VALUE: How much the player is worth at the start of a new game
ASKING PRICE: (only if applicable) How much the club want for the player
NOTES: Any comments that I've taken from either the message boards or my own
knowledge of this player, that I feel should be made known to the world.
CREDIT: If this isn't one of my own recommendations, whoever did mention
the player will be credited.
NAME: Kasper Schmeichel
CLUB: Man City
POSITION: Gk
AGE: 17
VALUE: £250,000
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES: Son of Man U God Peter Schmeichel.
NAME: Thomas Sorensen
CLUB: Aston Villa
POSITION: GK
AGE: 28
VALUE: £4 million, approx.
NOTES: Has NEVER stoped performing for me. Fantastic GK.
DEFENDERS [FM004]:
NAME: Naldo
CLUB: RS Futebol
POSTIION: DC
AGE: 19
VALUE:
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES:
CREDIT:
NAME: Trond Erik Bertelsen
CLUB: Haugeshund
POSTIION: D/DM L
AGE: 20
VALUE: 150k approx
NOTES: Very useful utility left back for smaller premiership or championship
teams. Still doing well in the Champions League for me as Villa.
NAME: Frank de Boer
CLUB: Burghausen
POSTIION: SW/D C
AGE: 34
VALUE: £10k
NOTES: EXCELLENT BUY. The guy's a legend.
NAME: Mario Giovany Acevado
CLUB: ?
POSTIION: D/F RLC
AGE: 35
VALUE: £1(ONE)k
NOTES: Very useful utility player for smaller clubs.
NAME: Kroldup
CLUB:
POSTIION: DC
AGE:
VALUE
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES:
CREDIT:
NAME: Kamphuis
CLUB:
POSTIION: D/DM R
AGE:
VALUE
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES:
CREDIT:
NAME: Guy Demel
CLUB: Bayer Leverkusen
POSTIION: D/DM C
AGE: 23
VALUE: £250k approx
ASKING PRICE: Between £40k and £100k
NOTES: Brilliant signing for all those in need of a DC.
CREDIT:
NAME: John O'Shea
CLUB: Man Utd
POSITION: D LC
AGE: 23
VALUE: £4,100,000
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES: Very good signing, often available on a Bosman.
NAME: Nigel de Jong
CLUB: Ajax
POSITION: D RLC
AGE: 19
VALUE: £3,300,000
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES: Promising defender from youngster producing Ajax.
NAME: Daniel
CLUB: Sevilla
POSITION: D/Dm R
AGE: 21
VALUE: £5,000,000
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES: Costs 10m+, but does a great job, very reliable.
NAME: Luisao
CLUB: Benfica
POSITION: D C
AGE: 23
VALUE: £1,400,000
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES:
NAME: Alex
CLUB: PSV
POSITION: D C
AGE: 22
VALUE: £1,600,000
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES:
NAME: Dédé
CLUB: Dortmund
POSITION: D/Dm L
AGE: 26
VALUE: £6,500,000
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES: Free after first season, AWE.... SOME!!!!
MIDFIELDERS [FM005]:
NAME: Daniel Bierofka
CLUB: Bayer Leverkusen
POSTIION: AMRL
AGE: 24
VALUE: £1.2 million
ASKING PRICE: £400k
NOTES: If you don't but this guy, your head needs looking at.
NAME: Alex Aguinaga
CLUB: Quito
POSTIION: AMRC
AGE: 36
VALUE: 60k
NOTES: Don't be fooled by his age, the guy's a legend, he's superb.
NAME: Freddy Guarin
CLUB: Envigado
POSTIION: DMRC
AGE:19
VALUE: £1.1 million
NOTES: Superb buy, will make any first team
NAME: Anthony Vanden Borre
CLUB: Anderlecht
POSTIION: SW/D/DM RC
AGE: 17
VALUE: £750k
NOTES: Another excellent youth midfielder.
NAME: Juan Sebastian Veron
CLUB: Chelsea (On loan at Internazionale)
POSTIION: MC
AGE: 28
VALUE: £6million
ASKING PRICE: £4million
NOTES:
CREDIT:
NAME: Rafael van der Vaart
CLUB: Ajax
POSTIION: AMRLC
AGE:
VALUE
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES:
CREDIT:
NAME: Bastian Schweinsteiger
CLUB: FC Bayren Munich
POSTIION: AMRC
AGE: 19
VALUE
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES:
CREDIT:
NAME:Cristiano Ronaldo
CLUB: Manchester United
POSTIION: FRLC
AGE: 20
VALUE:
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES:
CREDIT:
NAME: Joaquin
CLUB: Real Betis
POSTIION: AMR
AGE: 22
VALUE:
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES:
CREDIT:
NAME: Quinton Fortune
CLUB: Manchester United
POSTIION:
AGE:
VALUE
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES:
CREDIT:
NAME: Bruno Fernandes
CLUB: Sporting Lisbon
POSTIION: AMR
AGE: 17
VALUE: 100k approx
NOTES: Needs a few loan seasons, but very good value.
NAME: Vaslis Tsiartas
CLUB: Unattached
POSTIION: AMLC
AGE: 30
NOTES: Free. Good signing as a backup midfielder for all teams.
NAME: Hakan Yakin
CLUB: Stuttgard
POSTIION: AMC
AGE: 26
VALUE: £1.5 million approx
ASKING PRICE: £275k
NOTES: On newer patches, you may have to wait a season for a loan deal to
finish.
NAME: Petter Vaagen Moen
CLUB: Ham Kam
POSTIION: MRLC
AGE: 19
VALUE: £500k
NOTES: Decent for a couple of seasons, becomes very good. Play as a
winger.
NAME: Shaun Wright-Philips
CLUB: Man City
POSITION: AM R
AGE: 22
VALUE: £6,250,000
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES:
STRIKERS [FM006]:
NAME: Lebohang Mokoena
CLUB: Orlando Pirates
POSTIION: FC
AGE: 17
VALUE: £200k
NOTES: Highly recommended. Often plays better as a AMC.
CREDIT:
NAME: Adriano
CLUB: Internazionale
POSTIION: FLC
AGE: 22
VALUE: £40 million +
NOTES: Best left footed player IN THE WORLD. Superb.
CREDIT:
NAME: George Junior Weah
CLUB: AC Milan Under 20's
POSTIION: FC
AGE: 16
VALUE: £1.1 million
NOTES: Could probably enter any premiership team with ease. That good.
NAME: Dwight Pezzarossi
CLUB: Unattached
POSTIION: FRLC
AGE: 24
VALUE: Free Transfer
NOTES: Decent Guatemalean Centre Forward.
NAME: Mario Giovany Acevado
CLUB: ?
POSTIION: D/F RLC
AGE: 35
VALUE: £1(ONE)k
NOTES: Very useful utility player for smaller clubs.
NAME: Ilhan Mansiz
CLUB: Originally on Bosman, with Patch ?
POSTIION: FC
AGE: 28
VALUE: Free Transfer/?
NOTES: Very Useful free signing, god-like goalscorer.
NAME: Carlos Tevez
CLUB: Boca Juniors/Corinthians(with update)
POSTIION: FC
AGE: 19
VALUE: £5.25million
NOTES: Arguably the best young FC in the game.
CREDIT:
NAME: Robinho
CLUB: Santos
POSTIION: FC
AGE: 19
VALUE: £7million
NOTES: Another quality, if expensive, FC.
CREDIT:
NAME: Fernando Cavenaghi
CLUB: Spartak Moscow
POSTIION: FC
AGE: 20
VALUE: £4.3 million
NOTES: another VERY good South American FC.
CREDIT:
NAME: Daniel Friedheim Holm
CLUB:
POSTIION: FC
AGE: 19
VALUE: £800k
NOTES: Decent FC, I believe is better as AMC.
CREDIT:
NAME: Hernan Crespo
CLUB: Chelsea (On loan at AC Milan)
POSTIION: FC
AGE: 28
VALUE:
ASKING PRICE: £1.2 million
NOTES: Quality for not very much investment.
CREDIT:
NAME: Enzo Giovanni Scorza
CLUB:
POSTIION: FC
AGE: 16
VALUE
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES:
CREDIT:
NAME: Valeri Bojinov
CLUB: Lecce
POSITION: SC
AGE: 18
VALUE: £13 m
ASKING PRICE:
NOTES: Bulgarian Wayne Rooney, 'nuff said.
N.B. At the moment, this list is very basic. All of the players
listed below will eventually be incorporated, in an order.
ROUGH LIST [FM008]:
chris coupe
Daniel Bierofka
Jan Lastuvka
Rafael Van der Vaart
Bastian Schweinsteiger
C.Ronaldo
Jamie Ward
Anthony Vanden Borre
joaquin
vicente
gasbaronni
vargas
reina
juan
kleber
riquelme
Vincent Kompany
Lebohang Mokoena
Juan Sebastian Veron
Thomas Rosicky
Vicente
Camel Meriem
Ewerthon
Michael Reiziger
Adriano
Quinton Fortune
michael rensing
Freddy Guarin
Naldo
trond erik bertelsen (haugeshund, 200k)
bruno fernandes (sporting lisbon, 10k)
george junior weah (ac milan, 250k)
vaslis tsiartas (free)
hajan yakin (stuttgard, 325k)
petter vaagen moen (ham kam, 800k)
frank de boer (burghausen, 24k)
dwight pezzarossi (sp?, free, guatemalan forward)
mario giovany acevado (sp?, 1(one, not typo)k, guatemalan def/forward)
Wesley Sneijder
Kroldrup (DC)
Limbersky (DM LRC)
Kamphuis (D/DM R)
Demel (D/DM) - as low as £40K!
antonio silvano (juve reserves/u20's) 50k
ilhan mansiz (free transfer, injured for first three months though)
mostovoi (free, class player)
alex aguinaga (quito, 65K)
Carlos Tevez
Robinho
Fernando Cavenaghi
Adrianinho
Daniel Freidheim Holm
hernan Crespo
Enzo Giovanni Scorza
olisidabe
Antonio Coelho
*Italian U-21 Players (randomly generated stats, so no point for names)*
Valeri Bojinov
Gianfranco Zola
Benito Carbone
Gabriel Batistuta
Romario
Laslandes
Darren Fletcher
John O'shea
Kasper Schmiechel(sp)
Edixion Perea
Alessio Cerci
Walter Baseggio
Pierre van Hooijdonk
Diego Daniel Barreto (GK) - Cerro Porteno
Salvatore Gambino (AM R/L/C) - Dortmund
Alejandro Sanchez Fernandez (S C) - Perugia
Diego Benaglio (GK) - VfB Stuttgart
Nigel De Jong
Wright-Phillips (AMR) - awesome, wait till u can get him on free
Daniel (DR) - costs 10mil+ but does a great job, very reliable
Luisao (DC) - solid centre back
Alex (DC) - amazing, good stats and scores too
Dede (DL) - excellent stats and performs good
Tim Wiese (GK) - good all round stats, no messing about
Cisse (SC) - wait until he gets unhappy at liverpool
Downing (AML) - bid when he gets unhappy, after a few seasons amazing
Kallstrom (AMC) - IMO best mental and technical stats in game,
Deco (AMC) - good backup and bench warmer, gets tired easily
Bojinov (SC) - outstanding, get on free transfer
Zander Diamond (Aberdeen)
Andreas isaksson (gk)
jan kristiansen (amrlc)
Philipe mexes (dc)
fabio paim
bruno fernandes
ross hepburn
joe hamill
ian murray
scott brown
derek riordan
liguera (argentinian midfielder)
Gaetano D'Agostino
Jerome Rothen
Alvaro Novo
Simao from Benfica
pa madouh kah(sp)
Giorgios Karagounis
Zanetti
Umit Ozkan
Diego Tristan
Fabio rochemback
sanli tuncay
Steven Reid
Luis Fabiano
Diego (porto)
maciej koryzym (sp)- 16 year old random stats but can be very good
zurawski -poor first touch but very clinical finisher
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M 3. Frequently Asked Questions [FM009] !
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Q: Patch?
A: Go to www.thedugout.net and download the patch (might not be friendly for
56kers). If it's zipped/compressed, extract it. Then, run the executable. Let
it run. Don't cancel it. When it says "Update Complete", start a new game, and
the game will be fully updated. Simple as. Make sure that you complete all of
your patching before commencing a new game. Otherwise some data updates and
engine changes wont take effect. The latest patch (and final, so far as i know)
takes the game version to 5.03. MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE APPROPRIATE
VERSION! If you have 56k, the data update isn't a good idea, and if you have
a MAC, get the MAC version!!!
Q: Editor? Add Player?
A: First things first, PLEASE make sure that you have AT LEAST 256MB RAM before
you attempt anything with the FM Data Editor. I personally would recommend only
using the editor if you have 512MB RAM, simple because it makes things much
easier and faster. If you don't, it's likely that you'll suffer terribly with
INSANE processing and loading times (like 45 mins for the initial load etc).
Next, backup your "db" folder, defaults to
C:/Program Files/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2005/data/db
Make sure that it's backed up. Then make double sure.
Then load up the editor and select "Load". Load up the first file that's
selected. This is your database. Wait for it to finish, and then you're
free to ruin your game in whatever way you wish to. To add anyone you fancy,
go to players, click edit and then "Add Player". Fill in the details as you
like.
If you're desperate to 'cheat'(read-"update"), but have NO ram, or like 200MB,
and can't run the editor, check out www.mindcompression.com for MCFM 2005, an
in-game editor. If that doesn't work, i.e. "Runtime Environment" not installed,
then I'd say that you were screwed. Sorry!
Q: Downloads?
A: Always check www.sigames.com FIRST for any official updates. Secondly, try
www.thedugout.net for everything. www.sortitoutsi.net should be your next
port of call, with www.fmfaq.com also available. REMEMBER: If in doubt,
GOOGLE!
Q: "My skin and balls aren't working, can you help?"
A: My friend phoned me and asked me precisely that question. I laughed for days
but the solution is simple. When you download a skin and or ball, there will
(usually) be a .zip containing all of the data. The simplest solution is to
extract the data, KEEPING THE DATA TOGETHER, to the following locations:
*drive*\Sport Interactive\FM2005\data\graphics\pitch(for the balls, nets etc)
and
*drive*\Sport Interactive\FM2005\data\skins (for skins, duh!). For skins, ensure
that the ENTIRE package is kept in one folder under the name of the skin
otherwise this wont work.
If you are missing one or more buttons, the skin has not been completely
installed, and you should delete the folder containing it and re-extract it.
Q: How do I add a player's, manager's, or my own face to the game?
A: http://www.abela-wadge.com/fmstuff/tutorial
NB for this you HAVE to put each individual face in a new directory (this will
become clear if you read the faq) and have an individual config.xml file for
it to work. multiple pics in one file isn't possible (just yet).
(credit goes to philipmufc for this contribution)
Q: How do i play in windowed mode?
A: Right click on the icon for FM2005 and click properties.
Untick the full screen box and click apply. Next time you run FM it should
be in a windowed mode. NB you must have a resolution GREATER than
1024x768 for this to work.
Q: Debug Mode?
A: Debug mode is a special "hack" on the original game that simply unlocks a
few more features for the player to enjoy. IT CAUSES NO DAMAGE TO THE GAME.
All that need be done id find the file "init.cfg" in the FM directory. Next,
open it in Notepad, or similar, and type in it ""DEBUG_MODE"" and saving
the file. This will add a TON of new options and things that weren't meant
for the released version. Enjoy :P. MAY ONLY WORK ON UNPATCHED VERSIONS.
Q: network Game?
A: First, ensure that all of your prospective players have the same
version of the game (on the introduction screen at the top). Next decide on a
host, who has lots of RAM. Make him turn off his firewall, and get his ip
address from www.whatismyip.com. All other players select "Join other server"
from the network menu in FM. Put the host's ip address in (including dots)
and join. Begin playing!
NB: I'd suggest no more than about 5 players per game, or at an absolute
MAXIMUM eight. The game will become very slow otherwise. Secondly, I'd also
recommend putting a password on your manager, just in case you either don't
trust the people you're playing with, or if you just want security.
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M 4: Legal Stuff [FM010] !
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This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal,
private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed
publicly without advance written permission, from James Martin, a.k.a.
"MuleAthon". Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public
display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright.
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M 5: Contact Details [FM011] !
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You can email me at muleathon@hotmail.co.uk.
if you start spamming me, I'll spam you back, and report you, and
ninja death monkeys will be dispatched to your living quarters. Please don't
bother.
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M 6: Credits [FM012] !
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Big thanks to SI Games for being the best. At everything.
Big thanks to Mattias "UnHoLyAnGeL" Holmström, who helped me with getting all
those stats.
Thanks go to everyone who contributed and bumped my message board topics to a
total of over 140 posts, and everyone who posted generally.
philipmufc for telling me the ASC-II art site, though I haven't used it yet.
Everyone I've played with online.
David O'Leary for being superb, and Mellberg for being AWESOME.
That's it. You've finished. I'll leave you with my favourite lyric, from the
song "Seventy Times 7" by Brand New (and "There's No "I" in Team" by Taking
Back Sunday):
"Is that what you call "tact"? You're as subtle as a brick in the small of the
back. And I've seen more spine in a jellyfish, and even more guts in eleven
year old kids."
