Football Manager 2013 Best Free Players

Welcome to the ultimate list of the best free players in Football Manager 2013 by FMScout.com. Like all my other lists, I have dedicated many hours composing this to make sure it is really the greatest list of free players in FM13 around the web.

This is the successor of our popular FM 2012 best free players.

This is the first edition, including roughly 250 players! Updates will be applied from to time to ensure I'm not missing any players worthy of appearing here.

Released: 21 Oct 2012

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Frequently Asked Questions

I can't find all players of this list on my save game. Why is that?
I loaded what I consider the top 14 leagues (roughly 65,000 players) to produce my lists of players. Your save game probably has less leagues and players loaded, which explains why you can't find all of them.

Can you please share a shortlist for this list to import in-game?
Sorry I can't do that. I used to share shortlists but people would steal them and post on other sites without providing credit and passing as their own, which is very annoying. This also explains why you won't be able to copy/paste names off this list.

That is a lot of players to go through. Is there some kind of recommendation?
Yes. The list is sorted by position and my personal recommendation, meaning that the players at the top of each position table are recommended more than the ones at the bottom. I will eventually add recommendation stars to make it even easier for you.

You can quickly see which players are EU national or not. For non EU players you can check their international caps number to figure out if it's likely to get a work permit.

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.

Goalkeepers

Name	Age	Position	Nation	EU	Caps
Gordon, Craig	29	GK	SCO		40
Manninger, Alexander	35	GK	AUT		32
Moreira	30	GK	POR		0
Marcos Leandro	30	GK	BRA		0
Macho, Jurgen	34	GK	AUT		25
Mateus	29	GK	BRA		0
Stolz, Alexander	28	GK	GER		0
Eilhoff, Dennis	29	GK	GER		0
Padovani, Jean-Daniel	32	GK	FRA		0
Lejsal, Martin	29	GK	CZE		0
Galinovic, Mario	35	GK	CRO		2
Ratajczak, Michael	30	GK	GER		0
Kingson, Richard	34	GK	GHA / TUR		83
Santilli, Mario	28	GK	ARG		0
Eduardo	33	GK	ESP		0

Defenders Central

Name	Age	Position	Nation	EU	Caps
Mensah, John	29	D C	GHA		82
Gustavo Bastos	30	D C, DM	BRA		0
Asatiani, Malkhaz	30	D C	GEO		42
Fuentes, Ismael	30	SW, D C	CHI		30
Buljat, Jurica	25	D C	CRO		2
Biscan, Igor	34	D C, DM	CRO		15
Silvestre, Mikael	34	D LC	FRA / GLP		40
Pamarot, Noe	33	D RC	FRA / GLP		0
Gnanou, Ibrahim	25	D RC	BUR		10
Bates, Matthew	25	D RLC	ENG		0
Fuentes, Fabricio	35	SW, D C	ARG / ITA		1
Afolabi, Rabiu	32	D LC	NGR / BEL		20
Rocha, Ricardo	33	D LC	POR		6
Meira, Fernando	34	SW, D C, DM	POR		54
Sarriegi, Josu	33	D C	ESP / BSQ		0
Paz, Jose Maria	34	SW, D C	ARG		0
Howard, Mark	26	D C	ENG		0
Loran, Tyrone	31	D RC	CUW / NED		5
Traore, Lamine	29	D C	BUR		29
Sorondo, Gonzalo	32	SW, D C	URU / BRA		27
Kroldrup, Per	32	D C	DEN		33
Meite, Abdoulaye	31	D C	CIV / FRA		48
Ben-Haim, Tal	30	D RLC	ISR		61
Vinicius	31	D C	BRA / ITA		0
Monsoreau, Sylvain	31	D LC	FRA / MTQ		0
Geder	34	D C	BRA		0
Moreyra, Julio Cesar	30	SW, D C	ARG		0
Kostal, Pavel	31	D C	CZE		0
Teco	29	D C	BRA		0
Cris	32	D C	BRA		0
Plinio	27	D C	BRA		0
Nen	34	SW, D C	BRA		0
Juliano	31	D C, DM	BRA		0
Vitor	27	D RC	BRA		0
Plestan, Nicolas	31	D C	FRA		0
Olfers, Steve	30	D C, DM	NED		0
Kotysch, Sascha	23	D RC, DM	GER		0
Anderson Luis	25	D C, DM	BRA		0
Andre Bahia	28	SW, D C	BRA		0
Thiago Mathias	29	D C	BRA		0
Ustaritz	29	D C	ESP / BSQ		0
Luciano Castan	22	D C	BRA / ITA		0
Gomes	32	D C, DM	BRA		0
Stewart, Damion	31	D C	JAM		55
Vasoski, Aleksandar	32	D C	MKD		33
Piccoli, Alcides	33	D C	ARG		0
Omokoh, Harrison	30	SW, D C, DM	NGR		0
Erivelton	34	D C	BRA		0
Sicilia, Pablo	30	D C	ESP		0
Drpic, Dino	31	D C	CRO		1
Prieto, Luis	33	D C	ESP / BSQ		0
Marcelao	31	D C	BRA		0
Diallo, Mamadou	27	D C	GUI		28
Ficagna, Daniele	31	D C	ITA		0

Defenders Right

Name	Age	Position	Nation	EU	Caps
Miguel	32	D/WB R	POR / GBS		59
Rnic, Nemanja	27	D RC	SRB		3
Cortes, David	32	D/WB R	ESP		0
Ebondo, Albin	28	D/WB R	FRA / CGO / CMR		0
Grygera, Zdenek	32	D RL	CZE		65
Stalteri, Paul	34	D R	CAN / ITA		84
Gaspar, Manolo	31	D/WB R	ESP		0
Vanden Borre, Anthony	24	D/WB R, DM, M RC	BEL / COD		23
Babic, Valentin	31	D RC, M R	CRO		0
Sidny	30	D/WB/M R	BRA		0
Odiah, Chidi	28	D/WB/M R	NGR		28
Andrezinho	30	D/WB R	BRA		0
Calvo, Jose Maria	31	D/WB RL	ARG		0
Jerez, Pablo	28	D/WB R	ARG		0
Perrier-Doumbe, Jean-Joel	33	D/WB R	CMR / FRA		20
Zambrotta, Gianluca	35	D/WB RL	ITA		98
Gustavo	30	D/WB/M R	BRA / ITA		0
Osmar	30	D/WB R	BRA		0
Michel	34	D/WB R	BRA		0
Laurenti, Fabien	29	D RC	FRA		0
Griffin, Andy	33	D RL	ENG		0

Defenders Left

Name	Age	Position	Nation	EU	Caps
Ibertsberger, Andreas	29	D RL	AUT		14
Boenisch, Sebastian	25	D/WB RL	POL / GER		9
Berthod, Jeremy	28	D/WB L	FRA		0
Del Horno, Asier	31	D LC	ESP / BSQ		10
Bonig, Philipp	32	D/WB L	GER		0
Vandooren, Gonzague	32	D/WB/AM L	BEL		0
Benitez, Nelson	28	D L	ARG		0
Ezequias	31	D/WB L	BRA		0
Traore, Djimi	32	D LC	MLI / FRA		10
Lemaitre, Reynald	29	D/WB/AM L	FRA		0
Schwarz, Benjamin	26	D/WB L	GER		0
Krupoviesa, Juan	33	D/WB/M L	ARG		0
Jorge Ribeiro	30	D/WB/M L	POR		9
Pieri, Mirko	33	D/WB L	ITA		0
Rossato	34	D/WB/AM L	BRA / ITA		0
Marcinho	33	D/WB L	BRA		0

Defensive Midfielders

Name	Age	Position	Nation	EU	Caps
Grella, Vincenzo	32	DM	AUS / ITA		46
Reo-Coker, Nigel	28	DM	ENG / SLE		0
Katsouranis, Kostas	33	DM	GRE		95
Carboni, Ezequiel	33	DM	ARG / ITA		0
Diop, Papa Bouba	34	DM	SEN		63
Hargreaves, Owen	31	DM	ENG / CAN / WAL		42
Diao, Salif	35	DM	SEN		39
Farinos, Javier	34	DM, AM C	ESP		2
Zamogilny, Damian	32	DM	ARG		0
Zanetti, Cristiano	35	DM	ITA		17
Cisse, Edouard	34	DM	FRA / SEN / BSQ		0
Sinkala, Andrew	33	D C, DM	ZAM		22
Narry, Moussa	26	DM	GHA / NIG		4
Petre, Ovidiu	30	DM	ROU		23
Obodo, Christian	28	DM	NGR		14
Fernando	26	DM	BRA		0
Saidou, Alioum	34	DM	CMR		21
Pezzoni, Kevin	23	D C, DM	GER / ITA		0
Fabiano	34	DM	BRA		0
Ricardo Oliveira	35	DM	BRA		0
Sable, Julien	31	DM	FRA		0
Bruno Octavio	26	DM	BRA		0
Simao	28	D/WB R, DM, M RC	BRA		0
Fink, Michael	30	DM	GER		0
Bovio	30	DM	BRA		0
Bodde, Ferrie	30	DM	NED		0
Perez Castro, Facundo	30	DM	ARG		0
Dias	34	DM	BRA		0
Roberto	24	DM	BRA		0
Luciano Santos	32	DM	BRA		0
Faye, Amdy	35	DM	SEN / FRA		18
Matabuena, Sergio	33	DM	ESP		0
Tomas, Antonio	27	DM	ESP		0
Diaz, Andres	29	DM, M RC	ARG		0
Jonilson	33	DM	BRA		0
Obodai, Anthony	30	DM, M RC	GHA		4
Cesar Santiago	27	D/WB R, DM, M RC	BRA		0
Alexandre	33	DM	BRA		0
Dirceu	34	DM	BRA		0
Walker	30	D C, DM	BRA / ITA		0

Midfielders Center

Name	Age	Position	Nation	EU	Caps
Jonatas	29	M C	BRA		0
Batista	33	DM, M LC	BRA		0
Marcos Paulo	35	DM, M RC	BRA		12
Bowyer, Lee	35	M RC	ENG		1
Barone, Simone	34	M C	ITA		16
Hitzlsperger, Thomas	30	M C	GER		52
Sandrinho	32	DM, AM C	BRA / BUL		0
Rafael	28	DM, AM C	BRA		0
Mozart	32	DM, AM C	BRA / ITA		0
Kabous, Abderrahman	29	M C	MAR / FRA		21
Fusani, Massimiliano	33	M C	ITA		0

Wingers Right

Name	Age	Position	Nation	EU	Caps
Marques, Jose Fernando	27	AM RC	ESP		0
De Mul, Tom	26	AM R	BEL		2
Abdessadki, Yacine	31	AM R	MAR / FRA		8
Pino, Juan Pablo	25	AM RLC	COL		2
Castelen, Romeo	29	AM R	NED / SUR		10
Juanma	31	AM R	ESP		0
Pereyra, Gabriel	34	AM RC	ARG		0
Castroman, Lucas	31	AM R, ST	ARG / ITA		5
Douglas, Darl	32	AM RC	NED / SUR		0
Jorge Lopez	33	AM RLC	ESP		0
Varela, Fernando	32	D/WB/AM R	ESP		0
Ortiz, Jose	34	AM RC, F C	ESP		0

Wingers Left

Name	Age	Position	Nation	EU	Caps
Drenthe, Royston	25	WB/AM L	NED / SUR		1
Kewell, Harry	33	AM RLC	AUS / ENG		58
Solari, Santiago	35	AM L	ARG / ESP		11
Akale, Kanga	31	AM RL	CIV / FRA		35
Ailton	34	AM LC, F C	BRA		0
Del Nero, Simone	30	D/WB L, AM LC	ITA		0
McFadden, James	29	AM LC, F C	SCO		48
Delev, Spas	22	AM RL, ST	BUL		5
Mansare, Fode	30	AM L	GUI / FRA		44
Diogo Gomes	26	M LC	BRA		0
Calleja, Javier	34	D/WB/AM L	ESP		0
Dum, Sascha	26	D/WB/AM L	GER		0
Zenden, Boudewijn	35	AM L	NED		54
Castillo, German	34	AM LC	ARG		0
Tulasne, Geoffrey	24	AM RL	FRA		0

Attacking Midfielders Center

Name	Age	Position	Nation	EU	Caps
Alex	34	AM/F C	BRA		49
Tote	33	AM RC, F C	ESP		0
Morais	28	AM RLC	BRA		0
Magnum	30	AM LC	BRA		0
Ergic, Ivan	31	AM C	SRB / AUS		11
Bofo Bautista	33	AM C	MEX		38
Takyi, Charles	27	AM RC	GHA / GER		3
Mascara, Giuseppe	32	AM/F C	ITA		1
Akin, Ibrahim	28	AM RLC, F C	TUR		4
Robson Ponte	35	AM RC	BRA / ITA		0
De Zerbi, Roberto	33	AM RLC	ITA		0
Skacel, Rudi	33	AM C	CZE		6
Gaitan, Walter	35	AM LC	ARG / MEX		0
Juninho	29	AM C	BRA		0
Diogo Rincon	32	AM/F C	BRA		0
Cortes, Martin	29	AM LC	ARG		0
Ciro	32	AM/F C	BRA		0
Tchoyi, Somen	29	AM RLC, F C	CMR		14
van Dijk, Dominique	32	AM LC	NED		0
Bruins, Luigi	25	AM LC	NED		0

Strikers

Name	Age	Position	Nation	EU	Caps
Martsvaladze, Otar	28	AM L, ST	GEO		13
Adailton	35	AM RLC, F C	BRA / ITA		0
Fernando Baiano	33	ST	BRA / ESP		0
Buengo, Titi	32	ST	ANG / FRA		5
Adamov, Roman	30	ST	RUS		3
Gil	31	AM LC, F C	BRA		4
Pavlovich, Nicolas	34	ST	ARG / ITA		0
Charisteas, Angelos	32	ST	GRE		88
Bolado, Ivan	23	ST	GEQ / ESP		5
Bosnjak, Ivan	32	AM R, ST	CRO		14
Reis	24	ST	BRA		0
Auer, Benjamin	31	ST	GER		0
Geilson	28	ST	BRA		0
Bardaro, Cristian	34	ST	ARG		0
Carew, John	32	ST	NOR / GAM		88
Ishiaku, Manasseh	29	ST	NGR / BEL		4
Amanatidis, Ioannis	30	ST	GRE		35
Ferreira	33	ST	BRA		0
Clodoaldo	33	ST	BRA		0
Robson	29	AM/F C	BRA		0
Ruiz, Carlos	32	ST	GUA		83
Estevez, Raul	34	AM RL, ST	ARG		0
Suazo, David	32	ST	HON / ITA		43
Eduardo	32	AM L, ST	BRA		0
Talles Cunha	23	ST	BRA		0
Figueira, Edmar	28	ST	BRA		0
Guayre	32	AM RL, ST	ESP		1
Galvao	30	ST	BRA		0
Marcelinho	33	AM RC, F C	BRA		0
Wendell	23	ST	BRA		0
Bagayoko, Mamadou	33	ST	MLI / FRA		21
Neto Potiguar	26	ST	BRA		0
Jean	30	ST	BRA		0
Bruno Cazarine	29	ST	BRA / ITA		0
Mpenza, Emile	34	ST	BEL / COD		57
Leandro Tatu	30	AM R, ST	BRA		0
Koke	29	AM RC, F C	ESP		0
Anderson Gomes	27	ST	BRA		0
Ricardinho	28	AM/F C	BRA		0
Jandson	25	ST	BRA		0
Iglesias, Leonardo	32	ST	ARG / ITA		0
Fagundes dos Santos, Elison	24	ST	BRA		0

Please post your suggestions for players you think we have missed. Enjoy!

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