James 'MuleAthon' Martin's Football Manager 2006 FAQ and Player Guide
Written and Compiled by James Martin
Started Wednesday 27th October 2005
This document is intended to be used for Football Manager 2006 and
Worldwide Soccer Manager 2006.
Currently, all information contained herein is taken either from unpatched
or version 6.0.1 (the first patch).
THIS GUIDE AND FAQ IS ONLY TO BE HOSTED ON GXG, GAMEFAQS AND CM FRENZY,
UNLESS I AM APPROACHED DIRECTLY BY ANOTHER SITE, AND I APPROVE
THEM ACCORDINGLY.
ASCII Art is appreciated; email me if you have something suitable :D
Please not also that this is a constant work in progress, and as such is
subject to constant updating and redevelopment.
1. Version History [FM001]
2. Player List [FM002]
(a) Goalkeepers [FM003]
(b) Defenders [FM004]
(c) Midfielders [FM005]
(d) Strikers [FM006]
(e) Wonderkids [FM007]
3. Frequently Asked Questions [FM008]
4. Legal Stuff [FM009]
5. Contact Details [FM010]
6. Credits [FM011]
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M 1.Version History [FM001]: !
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Version 1.0 : 27th October 2005
FAQ and Guide started, layout completed.
At least 50, or what feels like 50 *cries* players added.
Version 1.5 : 30th October 2005
Added lots more players, now a total of 73 Players included.
Plans to seperate Lower league players into seperate list (thanks
to captaincork2003) in progress.
Falcon's screens added.
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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 (The player's Nationality)
CLUB: The player's starting club (The nation of the club)
FAVOURED POSITION: The player's favoured/most competent 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, how
much the player can be bought for.
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.
The Players:
GOALKEEPERS [FM003]: 7
NAME: Julio Cesar (Brazil)
CLUB: Corinthians (Brazil)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: GK Only
AGE: 20
VALUE: £375k
NOTES: Pic: http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=juliocesar8kx.jpg
Minimum Fee Release Clause of £1.7 Million
NAME: Carlos Idriss Kameni (Cameroon)
CLUB: Espanyol (Spain)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Gk Only
AGE: 21
VALUE: £3.4 Mil
NOTES: Pic: http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kameni6zm.jpg
NAME: Chris Kirkland (England)
CLUB: Liverpool, On Loan at West Bromwich Albion (Both England)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: GK Only
AGE: 22
VALUE: £1.1 Million
ASKING PRICE: £1.1 Million
NOTES: Fantastic Goalkeeper. Your fans will be 'reassured by his purchase'
NAME: Anthony Silva
CLUB: Libertad
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Gk Only
AGE: 21
VALUE: £5k
ASKING PRICE: £20k or less.
NOTES: Unsure of Top Flight capability, but incredible for lower teams.
Juventus have been interested in him in Deus5000's game.
NAME: Robert Olejnik (Austria)
CLUB: Aston Villa (England)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Gk Only
AGE: 18
VALUE: £500k
NOTES: Very promising and talented goalkeeper. Capable of holding No. 1 for
most teams, even at his tender age.
NAME: Thomas Sorensen (Denmark)
CLUB: Aston Villa (England)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: GK Only
AGE: 28
VALUE: £3 Million
NOTES: World class keeper.
NAME: Marco Amelia
CLUB: Livorno (Italy)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: GK Only
AGE: 23
VALUE: Variable (As is this line of the FAQ, email me with an accurate
figure)
NOTES: Good young keeper, good prospect.
NAME: Per Mertesacker (Germ.)
CLUB: Hannover (Germ.)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DC
AGE: 20
VALUE: £3.2 Mil
NOTES: Pic: http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mertesacker1fj.jpg
NAME: Patrick Ochs (Germ.)
CLUB: Frankfurt (Germ.)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DR, WBR
AGE: 21
VALUE: £1.1 Mil
NOTES: Pic: http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ochs7qr.jpg
NAME: Diego Lugano (Brazil?)
CLUB: Sao Paulo (Brazil)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: SW, DC
AGE: 24
VALUE: £2.3 Million
NAME: Ronald Gutierrez
CLUB: The Strongest
FAVOURED POSITIONS: D/MC
AGE: 25
VALUE: below 10K
ASKING PRICE: 60K
ABILITY: Good for all lower league clubs, probably pushing it with championship
sides.
COMMENTS: Yeah solid centre back, doesn't fair so well in midfield as hes not
a natural there, so..eh..play him as a centre back.
NAME: Simeone Padoin
CLUB: Vicenza (Italy)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: SW, DRLC, DM
AGE: 21
VALUE: £2.3 Million
NOTES: Excelent all around defender for all teams.
Pic: http://img420.imageshack.us/my.php?image=simeonepadoin9sm.jpg
NAME: Wilson Lizarazo
CLUB: Alianzo Petrolera
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DRC, DM
AGE: 23
VALUE: Under £20k
ASKING PRICE: Just below £100k
NOTES: Great for lower league-ers, not so good elsewhere, but still a good
prospect despite generally poor Physical stats.
NAME: Enrique Pla
CLUB: Chia
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DC
AGE: 23
VALUE: £6k
ASKING PRICE: Less than £22k
NOTES: Decent Championship DC.
NAME: Olof Mellberg (Sweden)
CLUB: Aston Villa (England)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DC
AGE: 27
VALUE: £2 Mil approx.
NOTES: Very consistant and reliable DC, could be expensive to prise away
from Villa Park, but worth every penny.
NAME: Wilfred Bouma (Holland)
CLUB: Aston Villa (England)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DLC
AGE: 26
VALUE: £3.5 Mil
NOTES: Better than Mellberg, frankly too good to be at Villa (and I'm a
Villa fan). Will pretty much play anywhere from defence to
midfield, left or centre. Fantastic.
NAME: J'lloyd Samuel (England)
CLUB: Aston Villa (England)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DL, WBL
AGE: 25
VALUE: £2.5 Mil Approx
NOTES: Great for everyone, reliable and still young.
NAME: Vagner Leonardelli
CLUB: CFA (Brazil) [On loan for first 6 months of game]
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Sweeper, DC, DL with training
AGE: 20
VALUE: Minimum £500k
ASKING PRICE: Around £1 million
NOTES: Solid for most bottom half Premiership, or Championship teams.
Will even go to lower league teams, if affordable.
Very solid and dependable.
NAME: Silvio (Brazil)
CLUB: Santos (Brazil)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DC
AGE: 22
VALUE: At least £250k
ASKING PRICE: £500k in 2nd season (Is Transfer Listed)
NOTES: Similar to Vagner Leonardelli, decent for lower top flight teams,
not going to set the world on fire, but very dependable and good
technical stats for a centre half.
NAME: Simao
CLUB: Atletico Paranaense (Brazil)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DR, WBR
AGE: 21
VALUE: £600k
ASKING PRICE: At most £2.5 million
NOTES: Good Premier League quality right back.
NAME: Bruno
CLUB: Marilia
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DR, WBR
AGE: 22
VALUE: At least £500k
ASKING PRICE: At least £950k
NOTES: VERY good value for money, excellent prospect,
Pic: http://server2.uploadit.org/files/Deus5000-Bruno.JPG
(Pic is of Second season)
NAME: Ricardo Osorio
CLUB: Cruz Azul
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DRLC
AGE: 25
VALUE: £1.1 Million or less
ASKING PRICE: Minimum £2.5Million
NOTES: Weak header of the ball, but otherwise a great all around
back up defender.
NAME: Dusan Basta
CLUB: Red Star
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DRC, DM
AGE: 21
VALUE: £1.5 Million
ASKING PRICE: Around £3 Million
NOTES: A six foot tall full back, best played there (not in his DM
role) who is capable of displacing Gary Neville.
NAME: Malkhaz Asatiani
CLUB: Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DC, DM
AGE: 24
VALUE: £2 Mil
NOTES: Good defensive midfielder.
NAME: Alavro Mejia (Spain)
CLUB: Ream Madrid (Spain)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DRC
AGE: 23
VALUE: £1.4 Million
ASKING PRICE: £1.4 Million
NOTES: Good key stats for lower half Premiership teams.
NAME: Felipe (Brazil)
CLUB: Udinese (Italy)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: D:C
AGE: 21
VALUE: £3.2 Million
NOTES: Hard working defender for top flight teams.
MIDFIELDERS [FM005]: 19
NAME: Nuri Sahin (Turkey)
CLUB: Dortmund (Germ.)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DMC
AGE: 17
VALUE: Approx £200k
NOTES: Value is highy dependent on other club's interest.
NAME: Thiago Motta (Brazil)
CLUB: Barcalona (Spain)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DM, MLC
AGE: 22 (I think)
VALUE: £4 Mil
NOTES: Was TRN at first demo's start date. Very good performer.
NAME: Fernandinho (Brazil)
CLUB: Shaktar Donetsk (Ukraine)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: AMC, FC
AGE: 20
VALUE: £1.6 Mil
NOTES: Pic: http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fernandinho2ns.jpg
NAME: Park Joo-Young (South Korea)
CLUB: ??
FAVOURED POSITIONS: AMRc, FC
AGE: 20
VALUE: ??, See Pic, what's a KM??? :S lol
NOTES: Pic: http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=dynbtd
NAME: David Odonkor (Germ.)
CLUB: Dortmund (Germ.)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: AMRLC, Striker
AGE: 21
VALUE: £4.2 Million after Transfer to Man U
NOTES: Pic: http://server2.uploadit.org/files/Deus5000-Odonkor.JPG
NAME: Charles N'Zogbia (England?)
CLUB: Newcastle (England)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: AM RC (I think)
AGE: 18
VALUE: ??
NOTES: Fabulous stats, often in Newcastle's Reserves.
NAME: Diego Mandragon (Brazil/Italy)
CLUB: "Some Brazilian Team"
FAVOURED POSITIONS: AML
AGE: 18
VALUE: £500k
NOTES: Very good prospect.
NAME: Alin Stoica (Romania)
CLUB: Unattached
FAVOURED POSITIONS: AMRLC
AGE: 26
VALUE: None, Unattached.
NOTES: Romanian international, plays for more or less anyone.
NAME: Marco Antonio Melgar
CLUB: Real Santa Cruz
FAVOURED POSITIONS: AMRLC
AGE: 25
VALUE: £100k or less
ASKING PRICE: At least £300k
NOTES: Must Buy for lower league teams, good assist maker and goal
scorer.
NAME: Gabriel Antero
CLUB: America de Cali
FAVOURED POSITIONS: AMLC
AGE: 22
VALUE: At least £50k
ASKING PRICE: At most £250k
NOTES: Versatile, consistant and creative midfielder.
NAME: Sasha Iakovenko
CLUB: Lierse
FAVOURED POSITIONS: AMLC, Striker
AGE: 18
VALUE: £775k
ASKING PRICE: About £2 Million
NOTES: Similar to Labinot Harbuzi
NAME: Nengomashe
CLUB: Kaizer Cheifs (RSA)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DMC
AGE: 22
VALUE: Below £240k
ASKING PRICE: £325k
NOTES: Suitable for mid tabled top league teams. Is very
determined.
NAME: Ruben (Spain)
CLUB: Elche B
FAVOURED POSITIONS: AMRL, FC
AGE: 26
VALUE: Unknown
ASKING PRICE: £700k approx.
NOTES: All vital stats excellent for a winger.
Pic: http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/9746/ruben4fu.jpg
NAME: Sulley Ali Muntari (Ghania)
CLUB: Udinese (Italy)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: DM
AGE: 20
VALUE: £3.6 Million
NOTES: Has youth and a tremendous defensive talent on his side.
STRIKERS [FM006]: 17
NAME: Freddy Eastwood (England)
CLUB: Southend United (England)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Striker
AGE: 20
VALUE: £600k
NOTES: 20 Finishing, Dribbling, Long Shoots. 17 Off the Ball
and average other stats make him deadly in front of goal.
Good for Championship sides and lower Premiership sides.
I bought him with Palace.
NAME: Fernando Llorente (Spain)
CLUB: Athletico Bilbao (Spain)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Striker Only
AGE: 20
VALUE: ??
NOTES: Big, Strong, excellent aerial ability, decent finishing
NAME: Michael Chopra (England)
CLUB: Newcastle (England)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Striker
AGE: 20 Ish
VALUE: ??
NOTES: Better than he has been previously, MUCH better.
NAME: Kevin Vandenbergh (Belgian?)
CLUB: RC Genk (Belgium)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Striker
AGE: 22
VALUE: £1.4 Million
NOTES: Excellent stats.
NAME: Emerson (Brazil)
CLUB: Unattched
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Striker
AGE: 24
VALUE: Free Transfer
NOTES: Better suited to lower league teams.
Pic: http://server2.uploadit.org/files/Deus5000-Emerson.JPG
NAME: Rico
CLUB: Unattached
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Striker
AGE: 24
VALUE: None, Unattached.
NOTES: Good for lower league sides as a backup striker.
NAME: Kris Boyd (Scotland)
CLUB: Kilmarnock (Scotland)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Striker
AGE: 22
VALUE: Around £200k
ASKING PRICE: About £750k
NOTES: Very promising. Two footed. Good stats, good performer. Perhaps
a little injury prone?
NAME: Stefan Schwoch
CLUB: Vicenza (Italy)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Striker
AGE: 35
VALUE: £24k
NOTES: Championship and below, possibly promoted Premiership team quality.
Pic: http://img382.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stefanschwoch4bk.jpg
NAME: Benito Carbone (Italy)
CLUB: Vicenza (Italy)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: AMRC, Striker
AGE: 34
VALUE: £925k
NOTES: From 10th in the Premiership down, a fantastic player.
Like Zola in 2005.
Pic: http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/1451/benitocarbone9ui.jpg
NAME: Christian Araboni
CLUB: AlbinoLeffe (Italy)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Striker
AGE: 26
VALUE: £525k
NOTES: Good tech stats.
Pic: http://img420.imageshack.us/my.php?image=christianaraboni0qk.jpg
NAME: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Eng)(I'm a Villa fan, and I had to check that sp.)
CLUB: Aston Villa (England)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Striker, Centre
AGE: 18
VALUE: £2.1million
ASKING PRICE: I wouldnt sell him for below £5Mil, if at all.
NOTES: Excellent prospect, quicker than greased lightning.
Goal every other game or so. Broke Darius Vassell's U-18
Goalscoring record irl, scoring 40 goals.
NAME: Aranda
CLUB: Sevilla, loaned to Albacete (Spain)
FAVOURED POSITIONS: Striker
AGE: 24
VALUE: £4 Mil
ASKING PRICE: £3.5 Mil [Free after a season]
NOTES: Good for mid table premiership teams.
NAME: Kikin Fonseca (Mexico)
CLUB: Cruz Azul
FAVOURED POSITIONS: AMR, Striker
AGE: 26
VALUE: ??
ASKING PRICE: ??
NOTES: More than capable of playeing either position in a top flight
team.
WONDERKIDS/VERY OBVIOUS PLAYERS [FM007]:
I'm not going to bother putting details about these guys, because all of them
are either very well known, or so expensive they must be good. Alternatively,
they are excellent in previous FM's and still are.
Obafemi Martins [Nigeria] (Inter Milan)
Wayne Rooney [England] (Manchester United)
Cristiano Ronaldo [Portugal] (Manchester United)
Valeri Bojinov [Bulgaria] (Fiorentina)
Gianpaolo Pazzini [Italy] (Fioerntina)
Lukas Podolski [Germany] (Werder Bremen??)
Stewart Downing [England] (Middlesborough)
Diego [Brazil] (FC Porto)
Fabrizzio Micolli [Italy]
Lebohang Mokoena [South Africa] (Orlando Pirates)
Freddy Guarin [Coloumbia] (Envigado, on loan at Boca)
Jan Lastuvka [Czech Republic] (Shaktar Donetsk)
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M 3. Frequently Asked Questions [FM008] !
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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 takes the game version to
6.0.1 MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE APPROPRIATE VERSION! If you have 56k,
the data update patches that may become available may not be 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 2006/data/db
Make sure that it's backed up. Then make double sure.
Then load up the editor and select "Load". Load up the selected 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.
As yet, to my knowledge, there are no unofficial editors available.
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, after it's death it appears to be going from strength to strength.
IF IN DOUBT GOOGLE!!!
IF GOOGLE DOESNT WORK, ASK THE MESSAGE BOARD!!!
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\FM2006\data\graphics\pitch(for the balls, nets etc)
and
*drive*\Sport Interactive\FM2006\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 play in windowed mode?
A: Right click on the icon for FM2006 and click properties.
In the "Target" area, you should see "*directory*/fm.exe", onto the end of
this, add, WITHOUT QUOTE MARKS, " -small_screen" [There IS meant to be a
space]. If not, deselect Full Screen in FM's internal preferences.
NB you must have a resolution GREATER than 1024x768 for this to work.
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M 4: Legal Stuff [FM009] !
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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.
This entire document is (C) 2005 James Martin. All trademarks are property of
their respective owners. No section of this guide can be used without my
permission. This includes, but is not limited to posting on your website,
making links to my guide, including parts of my guide in your own, or making
reference to any material contained within.
All the sites mentioned below have permission to do the above.
Please email me at muleathon@hotmail.co.uk to enquire about gaining
permission to use this document.
www.gamefaqs.com
www.cmfrenzy.com
www.gxgaming.tk
- Thanks to Michael Sarich for this Copyright -
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M 5: Contact Details [FM010] !
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You can email me at muleathon@hotmail.co.uk
Joke emails and spam will be recieved with an anger similar to that of a
baboon infested with poisonous ticks, and will be responded to accordingly.
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M 6: Credits [FM011] !
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SI Games. They pwn everyone.
Everyone who has posted in any of my topics on this board.
SKP. He's my new god.
Finally, this year's lyric to end the FAQ.
"Archers in your arches
Raise your fingers for one last salute
And bleed this skyline dry
Your history is mine"
From Funeral For A Friend's "History". The best video ever.