Best Free Players in FM 2012
The list of the most notable free agents when starting Football Manager 2012. Updated for 12.2 patch!
I've applied some filters on the player search screen to help me pick the best of all players, mainly suited for 2nd division clubs (could be suited for 1st division clubs depending on country).
Released: 9 October 2011
Updated: 9 March 2012 - Updated for Patch 12.2
This is a follow up of our popular FM11 free players article.
Let's get to the list, sorted by position and recommendation (meaning that the players at the top of each list are recommended more than the ones at the bottom).
Goalkeepers:
Rost, Frank (38)Elduayen, Federico (34)
Vinicius (27)
Costanzo, Franco (30)
Bosco (36)
Ivankov, Dimitar (35)
Marcos (35)
Lejsal, Martin (28)
Guevara, Enrique (29)
Marcos Leandro (29)
Pouplin, Simon (26)
Hernandez, Joaquin (28)
Michel Alves (30)
Nordfeldt, Kristoffer (22)
Joao Carlos (22)
Bohm, Robert (23)
Zuba, Andre (25)
Fontes, Yai (23)
Vera, German (21)
Briant, Vincent (25)
Defenders Center:
Friedrich, Arne (32)Asatiani, Malkhaz (29)
Maertens, Birger (31)
Fuentes, Luis (39)
El Karkouri, Talal (34)
Meira, Fernando (33)
Campbell, Sol (36)
Fabricio (30)
Ferrari, Matteo (31)
Fuentes, Fabricio (34)
Ronaldo Angelim (35)
Gnanou, Ibrahim (24)
Djorjevic, Nenad (31)
Espinola, Carlos (35)
Rafael Santos (26)
Loran, Tyrone (30)
Baez, Carlos (29)
Traore, Lamine (28)
Cabrera, Nelson (28)
Luizao (24)
Kalabane, Oumar (30)
Douglas (26)
Alison (27)
Evaldo (28)
Vitor (26)
Enakarhire, Joseph (28)
Liptak, Zoltan (26)
Kavdanski, Martin (24)
Dervite, Dorian (22)
Langkamp, Matthias (27)
Moneke, Obi (27)
Fernando (25)
Bayema, Clement (22)
Wagner (21)
Ze Adriano (25)
Rakhmanov, Artem (20)
Ramon (20)
Defenders / Full-Backs Left:
Cortes, Roberto Carlos (34)Jorge Ribeiro (29)
Fernandinho (30)
Leandro (32)
Vignal, Gregory (29)
Perez, Rodrigo (37)
Ramos, Marco (28)
Fedoriv, Vitaliy (23)
Sbai, Salaheddine (25)
Fartushnyak, Andriy (22)
Villalobos, Jairo (23)
Tidao (24)
Jorbison (19)
Defenders / Full-Backs Right:
Rodriguez, Martin (26)Patrick (27)
Parnaby, Stuart (28)
Carlos Diogo (27)
Odiah, Chidi (27)
Pena, Agustin (22)
Rodrigo (25)
Gonzalez, Marcelo (22)
Defensive Midfielders:
Carboni, Ezequiel (32)Mahamadou Diarra (30)
Gabri (32)
Ndjitap, Geremi (32)
Ricardo Conceicao (26)
Fernando (25)
Elton (27)
Saidou, Alioum (33)
Sergio (34)
Keita, Sidi (26)
Banguero, Jorge (36)
Leandro (26)
Ostolaza, Santiago (23)
Rafael (27)
Paniagua, Miguel (24)
Cesar Santiago (26)
Frezzotti, Alejandro (27)
Baning, Albert (26)
Alceu (27)
Kabous, Abderrahman (28)
Dyulgerov, Nikolay (23)
Ramirez (23)
Douglas Peruibe (25)
Djiba, Dino (25)
Stelvio (22)
Caue (25)
Attacking Midfielders:
Ze Roberto (36)Guti (34)
Jonatas (28)
Gilberto (35)
Ergic, Ivan (30)
Pires, Robert (37)
Renato (26)
Rafael Ledesma (28)
Cristian (27)
Deyvid Sacconi (24)
Bruno Paulo (21)
Rodrigo Paulista (26)
Giovani Fortunatti (27)
William Amendoim (24)
Junior Timbo (24)
Gonzalez, Renato (24)
Julio Cesar (22)
Medina, Nicolas (29)
Wingers Left:
Pinga (30)Zezinho (19)
Lopez, Claudio (36)
Maykon (27)
Rivic, Stiven (25)
Vaagan Moen, Petter (27)
Rekish, Dzmitry (22)
Gangioveanu, Constantin (21)
Tulasne, Geoffrey (23)
Bochet, Lilian (20)
Wingers Right:
Malbranque, Steed (31)Nadal, Xisco (25)
Feidouno, Pascal (30)
Hersi, Youssouf (28)
Kante, Seydou (29)
Strikers:
Pacey
Diane, Amara (28)
Gil (30)
Leandro (26)
Soukouna, Ahmed (21)
Bosnjak, Ivan (31)
Medina, Wilder (30)
Diego Clementino (27)
De Paula (27)
Iddrisu, Abdul Nafiu (25)
Robson (28)
Lucas Gaucho (20)
Allende, Orlando (23)
Leo Papel (24)
Ricardinho (27)
Fagundes dos Santos, Elison (23)
Wellington (19)
Mangolo, Aime (26)
Anjembe, Timothy (23)
Asamoah, Alex (24)
Mauricio Alves (21)
Toshev, Martin (21)
Target
Crespo, Hernan (35)
Corradi, Bernando (35)
Agali, Victor (32)
Olguin, Luciano (29)
Opara, Emeka (26)
Goore, Zeka (27)
Luis (24)
Arthuro (28)
Sigurdsson, Hannes (28)
Kim Seong-Min (24)
Coulibaly, Abou (23)
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Feel free to comment with your findings and I'll make sure to evaluate your suggestions and update this list accordingly.
30 Comments
Discussion on "Best Free Players in FM 2012"
Ahmed Soukona, better striker then any of those, and can be picked up him with even a league 1 team. After 2 season sold him for 11 mill to Milan
This was made using the demo (English quickstart to be precise). I'll update this list and the downloadable file in the next couple of days.
I'm not sure why it doesn't work though as it was working fine with the demo, but I haven't tested the downloadable on the full version either.
The purpose of this page is mainly the list of the most notable free agents and not the shortlist with all free players in the game.
I don't know why it isn't working for me (the shortlist) It tells me that it isnt possible to open file(If i rename to .Slf, or it's disappeared completely. What to do?
Hey guys, my first post in here... i read your tips for years, but its first time i sign in!
I'm planning to start in fm2012 in Brazil 3rd division...
any tips of how get a list of players (free or cheap) that might join?
tks in advance!
its not working for me either...i just downloaded and put in the correct place (already have a few in the same place)...put when i try to import...fm says its not possible? Any ideas?
i have just saved this but i cnt find it wen i try 2 put in on the game
I just re-checked and you are right. I'll explain what happened.
Once I've applied the filter on the player search screen, I hit the save shortlist button. I just packed that file here. And doing that this way it just includes the whole database.
What I should have done is go to shortlist screen once saved and then use the export option.
I have repacked this archive to include the proper shortlist. Sorry for the inconvenience guys.
Sorry Stam but grimmjow200 is right
I did the download of the file... When I import it, the shortlist contain every single player of the world in our database... Torres is the first one... I don't think he's a free player
The shortlist includes all free agents of the English quickstart, about 2700 of them.
Doesn't seem to be working for me...I import the shortlist and it brings up all the players in the db :S
Thanks for spotting a typo, it's fixed now.
It is written as Mahamadou Diara on the list which should be "Diarra".
Depending on which quickstart you pick, different players are loaded. I did my research basically using the English quickstart.
I just found about 10+/- players when i search for them in the demo....
I recommend Robert Pires because I signed him to my Lyon in demo and despite his age he still played quite good.
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