Good Scouts for Football Manager 2013

Scouts are one of the most important staff roles in Football Manager. Without them, you might never find those gems from Peru or other far-flung places, and miss out big time.

There are loads available, although obviously, this game being as frustratingly realistic as it is, some won’t come to you for whatever reason.

This guide will aim to provide you with a range of top scouts, and although there are loads of free agents who are brilliant, there are many other scouts who you are going to have to shell out for, but thankfully there are some real hidden gems.

These won’t always be scouts by trade, but will definitely have the required stats to be a good scout for your team (usually 15+ in judging CA/PA), and will also have interest in being a scout. I should actually mention that these scouts are for big clubs from about Newcastle-level upwards.

All of these scouts have been offered contracts by my Real Madrid team as scouts, so these are the wages they want, not just predictions.

Click on the table headers (name, age, etc) for easy sorting.
You can also sort by multiple columns if you press and hold Shift while clicking the headers.

Free Transfers

Name	Age	Nation	Judging CA	Judging PA	Wage Demands
Luciano D’Onofrio	57	ITA	18	20	£10.5 K
Juannma Lopez	42	ESP	16	15	£1.3 K
Roberto Olabe	44	ESP	15	16	£2.5 K
Lluis Lainz	59	ESP	19	15	£1.7 K
Alexader Weiß	41	GER	15	17	£6.25 K
Norbert Ziegler	58	GER	16	16	£8 K
Antonio Fernandez	40	ESP	16	18	£5.75 K
Victor Salinas	35	ESP	15	15	£0.575 K
Steve Nickson	47	ENG	15	20	£2.3 K
Emilio De Dios	40	ESP	15	15	£1.5 K
Bojan Krkic	49	SRB	17	19	£7.5 K
Javier Vazquez	27	ESP	15	15	£1.3 K
Paul Montgomery	57	ENG	17	16	£0.65 K
Tosh Farrell	41	ENG	15	17	£0.95 K
John Seasman	57	ENG	15	15	£2.4 K
Ian Broomfield	56	ENG	16	17	£1.4 K
Pepe Bonet	54	ESP	17	16	£4.4 K
Jeff Vetere	46	ENG	16	18	£5.5 K
Neville Hargreaves	47	ENG	16	15	£1.5 K
Javi Rico	41	ESP	17	15	£1.5 K
Glan Letheren	56	WAL	15	16	£1.6 K
Txiki Begiristain	47	ESP	18	17	£1.6 K
Sergio Vignoni	56	ITA	16	16	£2 K

Already Employed Scouts

Name	Age	Nation	Judging CA	Judging PA	Wage Demands	Compensation
Jimmy Hampson	56	ENG	20	20	£6.75 K	£0.103 M
Richard	58	ESP	16	16	£15 K	£1.5 M
Chris Welman	37	ENG	14	14	£1.3 K	£0.02 M
Ramon Vazquez	48	ESP	18	15	£3.5 K	£0.32 M
Joe Corcoran	58	IRL	17	17	£1.9 K	£0.05 M
Ian Barrigan	46	ENG	14	14	£1.3 K	£0.025 M
Mike McGlynn	57	ENG	15	15	£1.2 K	£0.025 M
David Hamilton	51	ENG	17	19	£2.1 K	£0.038 M
Pierluigi Casiraghi	48	ITA	19	19	£18.75 K	£1.25 M
Martin Waldron	46	ENG	15	18	£2.3 K	£0.04 M
Tony Henry	54	ENG	14	14	£1.4 K	£0.03 M
Paul Hamilton	41	SCO	16	16	£7 K	£0.05 M
Mick Loughton	60	ENG	14	14	£1.1 K	£0.048 M
Ernie Tippett	59	ENG	14	14	£1.4 K	£0.052 M
Joe McLaughlin	52	SCO	15	14	£1.5 K	£0.116 M
Alan Miller	47	ENG	16	17	£3.4 K	£0.097 M
Pablo Longoria	25	ESP	18	18	£2.2 K	£0.109 M
Bobby Bennett	56	ENG	16	18	£1.9 K	£0.062 M
Everton Gushiken	36	BRA	15	16	£2.3 K	£0.047 M
Betinho	36	BRA	19	17	£0.9 K	£0.117 M
José Geraldo Mota	46	BRA	15	20	£0.675 K	£0.076 M
Fabrizio Giaconia	33	ITA	17	17	£12.75 K	£1.3 M
Leonardo Mantovani	38	ITA	18	17	£5.75 K	£0.38 M
Maurizio Micheli	39	ITA	16	16	£16.25 K	£1.07 M
Angelo Orazi	60	ITA	18	19	£17 K	£0.562 M
Aldo Franca	50	BRA	16	19	£0.625 K	£0.078 M
Tom Stockwell	32	ENG	15	15	£1 K	£0.035 M

The active leagues I have added for that Madrid save are as follows: USA (MLS only), Belgium (Third Division and above), Croatia (Second Division and above), Czech Republic (Second Division and above), Denmark (Second Division and above), England (nPower League 2 and above), France (National and above), Germany (Second Division and above), Italy (Serie B and above), Holland (Juliper League and above), Portugal (Second League and above), Russia (First Division and above), Scotland (Third Division and above), Spain (Second Division B and above), Turkey (First Division and above), Ukraine (First League and above), Serbia (First League and above), Argentina (Second Division and above), Brazil (Second Division and above), Chile (First Division B and above).

To make this list as extensive as possible, we need people to contribute with suggestions, which will all be taken into consideration, and if it isn’t put on the list, I will tell you why not. The criteria to go on the list is that the scout has to be 60 or less at the start of the game, and has to have judging CA/PA attributes of at least 15 for unemployed scouts, and at least 14 for already employed scouts, although if you have a scout with slightly lower attributes, but a very high knowledge, that would be a very useful addition to the list. So, follow that criteria and your suggestion will more than likely be included.