Football Manager 2018 Best Coaches for 5-Star Training

Following last year's success, I'm pleased to present you with the definitive list of the Football Manager 2018 absolute best coaches. You can use this list to get 4, 4.5 and 5 stars in all training areas.

Football Manager 2018 five star coaches

As always, here you will find the most comprehensive list of FM 2018 best staff, including over 600 coaches for all training areas.

Date of first publication: Nov 9, 2017

Criteria for FM18 best coaches in this list

The list include real coaches (no regens) with current star rating of at least 4 stars (out of 5) for any given coaching category, except fitness coaches and goalkeeping coaches. The minimum rating for these areas is 4.5 stars because quite simply there are too many of those in the game.

I have included staff who could have interest in a coach position (general, fitness or goalkeeping), but their main staff role (or current job if employed) might be something else. Refer to the corresponding column to check on their main or current role.

Using this list with help you sign the best coaches in FM18, some of them will be without contract and you can offer them a contract at once.

Coaches have potential to improve too

Since the star rating is current, it's only natural some of them will improve their ratings as seasons go by in-game and new ones will emerge (either regens or former players who become coaches after retiring).

Rule of Thumb: One Coach Per Training Area

Remember that to get full stars from each coach, you need to assign him on just one training area at a time. This means that you need 2 fitness coaches, 1 for strength training and 1 for aerobic training. It also means you need 3 goalkeeping coaches, 1 for handling, 1 for shot stopping and 1 for distribution.

Staff Roles abbreviations

FC Fitness Coach
GC Goalkeeping Coach
C Coach
YC Youth Coach
AM Assistant Manager
M Manager
S Scout
CS Chief Scout
P Physio
HP Head Physio
Pl Player
DoF Director of Football
HoYD Head of Youth Development
D Director
DA Data Analyst
HoSS Head of Sports Science

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FM 2018 Fitness Coaches (Strength & Aerobic)

Stars	Name	Age	Club	Role	Wage (K)	Nat
5	Sassi, Roberto	66	Juventus	FC	3.61
5	Norman, Darcy	45	Roma	HP	5.26
5	Colbert, Tony	54	Arsenal	FC	2.4
5	Frade, Vítor	72	Porto	YC	4.03
5	Bartlett, Oliver	48	Beijing Guoan	FC	0.22
5	Bonini, Luis	67	-	C
5	Buenaventura, Lorenzo	54	Man City	FC	1.62
4.5	Mackey, Martín	43	Newell's	HoSS	0.95
4.5	Broich, Holger	42	Bayern	FC	4.9
4.5	Darlan Schneider	53	Guangzhou	FC	0.26
4.5	Mahseredjian, Fábio	5	-	C
4.5	Neri, Massimo	59	Wuhan Zall	FC	0.11
4.5	Pertusio, Andrea	39	Juventus	FC	2.71
4.5	Pyykölä, Jari	61	Haka	C	0.16
4.5	Válter Abrantes	43	Vitoria	YC	0.53
4.5	Zé Mário Campeiz	55	Figueirense	HoSS	0.92
4.5	Folletti, Simone	44	Juventus	FC	3.61
4.5	Howard, Mark	39	Burnley	HoSS	1.8
4.5	Ortega, Óscar	59	At. Madrid	FC	3.11
4.5	Riva Carli	64	-	C
4.5	Bertelli, Paolo	56	Chelsea	FC	5
4.5	Carravetta, Élio	56	Internacional	FC	0.44
4.5	Macaya, Gabriel	54	Lille	FC	1.6
4.5	Benjafield, Gavin	41	Watford	YC	7
4.5	Ferrari Bravo, Duccio	43	Juventus	FC	3.16
4.5	Kornmayer, Andreas	42	Liverpool	HoSS	7.13
4.5	Leuthard, Werner	55	Basel	HoSS	1
4.5	Marullo, Antonio	46	Crotone	C	1.84
4.5	Monteiro, Mário	53	Sporting CP	FC	4.03
4.5	Borelli, Domenico	58	Atalanta	FC	1.98
4.5	Dias, António	34	Wolves	FC	3
4.5	Downie, Grant	49	Man City	YC	1.2
4.5	Eduardo Silva	46	Cruzeiro	FC	0.57
4.5	Forsythe, Shad	44	Arsenal	HoSS	5
4.5	Hawkins, Richard	43	Man Utd	YC	3
4.5	Wellington Valquer	41	At. Mineiro	FC	0.55
4.5	Antônio Mello	69	Sport Recife	FC	0.42
4.5	Ortega, Iván	35	At. Madrid	P	3
4.5	Ostojic, Stjepan	42	Genoa	C	2.75
4.5	Ryan, Des	42	Arsenal	YC	1
4.5	Schlumberger, Andreas	5	Gladbach	FC	2.23
4.5	Wilhelmi, Thomas	5	Bayern	FC	1.71
4.5	Álvarez, Marcos	46	R. Betis	FC	2.13
4.5	Bianchini, Adriano	54	Lazio	HoSS	2.56
4.5	Carlinhos Neves	61	At. Mineiro	FC	0.47
4.5	Cóceres, Héctor	5	Lanús	FC	0.34
4.5	Ehrmann, Gerald	58	Kaiserslautern	GC	1.78
4.5	Günther, Markus	5	HSV	FC	2.67
4.5	Ismael Fernández	4	Valencia	FC	2.62
4.5	Omar Feitosa	5	Palmeiras	FC	0.58
4.5	Paulo Paixão	66	Serra	FC	0.1
4.5	Pintus, Antonio	54	R. Madrid	FC	3.95
4.5	van Agt, Luc	61	PSV	YC	0.84
4.5	Wangler, Florian	37	Dortmund	FC	4.29
4.5	Zetlmeisl, Markus	5	Schalke 04	FC	1.34
4.5	Altimira, Aureli	49	Barcelona	S	8.11
4.5	Bovenzi, Antonio	51	Torino	FC	2.02
4.5	Paredes, Jesús	64	-	C
4.5	Strudwick, Tony	44	Man Utd	FC	4
4.5	Viveros, Carlos	3	Deportes Quindío	FC	7

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FM18 Goalkeeping Coaches: Handling

Stars	Name	Age	Club	Role	Wage (K)	Nat
4.5	Filippi, Claudio	51	Juventus	GC	3.76
4.5	Barbosa, Rui	43	Wolves	GC	3
4.5	Achterberg, John	45	Liverpool	GC	5
4.5	Grigioni, Adalberto	62	Lazio	GC	3.46
4.5	Roberto Barbosa	43	Cruzeiro	GC	0.86
4.5	Francisco Cersósimo	5	At. Mineiro	GC	0.8
4.5	Ehrmann, Gerald	58	Kaiserslautern	GC	1.78
4.5	Oliveira, Hugo	38	Watford	GC	6
4.5	Valero, Xavi	44	Huaxia Xingfu	GC	2.02
4.5	Jaro, Pedro	54	-	C
4.5	Matos, Luís	61	-	C
4.5	Bosaglia, Piero	49	-	C
4	Louro, Silvino	58	Man Utd	GC	10
4	Flávio Tênius	53	Botafogo	GC	0.71
4	Leandro Franco	38	Tombense	GC	0.33
4	Woods, Chris	57	West Ham	GC	3
4	Lehmann, Jens	47	Arsenal	C	2.5
4	Sence, Philippe	54	-	C
4	Mauri Lima	52	Corinthians	GC	0.97
4	Carlos Pracidelli	6	Guangzhou	GC	0.4
4	Öztürk, Murat	47	Fenerbahçe	GC	2.59
4	Peyton, Gerry	61	Arsenal	GC	3
4	Spinelli, Gianluca	5	Chelsea	GC	3.5
4	Köpke, Andreas	54	-	C
4	Dowhan, Krzysztof	61	Legia	GC	0.95
4	Bonaiuti, Adriano	49	Inter	GC	3.16
4	Squizzi, Lorenzo	43	Chievo	GC	2.17
4	Arévalo, Juan Carlos	55	At. Madrid	GC	2.01
4	Orlandoni, Paolo	44	Nantes	GC	2.26
4	Lollichon, Christophe	54	Chelsea	C	12
4	Grange, Fabrice	45	Saint-Etienne	GC	2.91
4	Vital, Jorge	54	Braga	GC	0.86
4	Nista, Alessandro	51	Napoli	GC	3.16
4	Menger, Andreas	44	-	C
4	Esteves, Luis	41	Benfica	GC	2.69
4	de Beer, Wolfgang	53	Dortmund	GC	6
4	Otxotorena, José Manuel	56	Valencia	GC	1.78
4	Vollborn, Rüdiger	54	Leverkusen	GC	2.14
4	Abel	36	-	C
4	Zape, Pedro Antonio	68	At. Nacional	GC	0.33
4	Bats, Joël	6	Lyon	GC	2.52
4	Coort, Wil	56	Shanggang	GC	0.42
4	Martini, Bruno	55	Montpellier	GC	2.1
4	Segarra, Ricardo	47	Barcelona	GC	1.83
4	Peres, Ricardo	41	-	C
4	Álvarez, Emilio	45	Man Utd	GC	5
4	Correia, Daniel	4	Sharjah	GC	0.73
4	McDonagh, Séamus	64	-	C
4	García Sendín, Iñaki	47	-	C
4	Isidro	57	-	C
4	Abdel, Zak	55	-	C
4	Sievers, Jörg	51	Hannover	GC	1.78
4	Wolfe, Kevin	53	Man Utd	GC	0.8
4	Dehon, Nicolas	49	PSG	GC	3.2
4	Raviot, Franck	43	-	C
4	Bernatowicz, Dominique	53	Marseille	GC	1.86
4	Berg, Pål	59	Stabæk	CS	0.57
4	Christopher Sales	4	Coritiba	GC	0.38
4	Nenci, Massimo	52	Napoli	GC	3.16
4	Daniel Pavan	42	Internacional	GC	0.71
4	Sicignano, Vincenzo	42	Palermo	GC	2.02
4	Peçanha, Antônio Manoel	55	Figueirense	C	0.59
4	Steele, Eric	63	-	C
4	Bonaiuti, Marco	54	-	C
4	Sallei, José Luis	56	Godoy Cruz	GC	0.42
4	Basauri, Enrique	63	-	C
4	Coupet, Grégory	44	Lyon	GC	2.14
4	Mottet, Jean-Pierre	58	Lille	GC	2.68
4	Coton, Tony	56	Aston Villa	S	1
4	Unanua, Jesús	48	Villarreal	GC	4.14
4	Brookhuis, Wilfried	55	N.E.C	GC	0.58
4	Alba, Pedro	62	Racing Santander	GC	0.48
4	Colomba, Massimo	39	Basel	GC	1.1
4	Woods, Stevie	47	Celtic	GC	4
4	Disztl, Péter	57	-	C
4	Müller, Detlef	52	-	C
4	Conejo, Gabelo	57	-	C
4	Coles, David	53	Bristol City	GC	1.5
4	Magni, Alfredo	51	Milan	GC	3.61
4	Piñero, Gustavo	54	-	C
4	Oscar Rodriguez	55	Palmeiras	GC	0.86
4	Agirreoa, Peio	62	Athletic Club	GC	1.74
4	Martens, Guy	58	Genk	GC	3.56
4	Michel Schumacher	48	Joinville	GC	0.33
4	Docabo, Juan Carlos	46	San Lorenzo	C	0.61
4	Chanov, Vyacheslav	65	Arsenal Tula	GC	0.35
4	Figueiredo, Diamantino	57	Porto	GC	2.02
4	Petrovic, Sasa	5	Arsenal Tula	FC	0.22
4	De Wilde, Filip	52	Beveren	S	0.67
4	Sullivan, Neil	47	Leeds Utd	GC	1.14
4	Vander, Christian	36	Werder Bremen	GC	1.78
4	Marquinhos	6	Fluminense	GC	0.77
4	Nagy, Ahmed	59	-	C
4	Iñaki Bergara	55	-	C
4	Carlos Gallo	61	Sao Paulo	GC	0.58
4	Navarro, Sergio	49	River Plate	GC	0.2
4	Reyes, Pilar	61	-	C
4	Zagoruyko, Mykola	55	-	C
4	Sekli, Hervé	4	Bastia	GC	0.3
4	Maiani, Claudio	61	-	C
4	Smith, Simon	54	Newcastle	GC	2
4	Violini, Giacomo	6	Brescia	GC	1.28
4	Aitor Iru	48	Bilbao Athletic	GC	2.13
4	Mancisidor, Xabier	47	Man City	GC	8
4	Castellazzi, Luca	41	Torino	D
4	Romero, Juan José	37	Boca Juniors	GC	0.68
4	Hilfiker, Andreas	48	Wolfsburg	GC	3.56
4	Higuita, René	5	At. Nacional	GC	0.37
4	Wachter, Andre	28	Stuttgart	GC	0.89
4	Macrì, Antonio	55	Crotone	GC	1.02
4	Washington Rufino	44	Vitoria	GC	0.74
4	Rodríguez, Julio	6	-	C
4	Vande Walle, Philippe	55	-	C
4	Kocic, Aleksandar	48	Changchun Yatai	GC	0.28
4	Zinetti, Giuseppe	59	-	C
4	Arzul	45	Santos	GC	0.82
4	Roex, Gilbert	58	Genk	GC	1.11
4	Danilo Minutti	29	Palmeiras	GC	0.8
4	Zahariev, Valentin	52	Levski Sofia	GC	0.34
4	Pasveer, Eddy	61	-	C
4	Assunção, Joaquim	61	-	C
4	Hartis, Richard	49	-	C
4	Mas, Christian	52	Bursaspor	GC	1.29
4	Roch, Régis	59	Sedan Ardennes	GC	0.54
4	Aarten, Thijs	56	-	C
4	Nienov, Milton	49	Golden Arrows	GC	0.45
4	Sterobo, Tom	5	-	C
4	Laux, Philipp	44	Stuttgart	C	1.78
4	Pfannenstiel, Lutz	44	Hoffenheim	S	1.07
4	Yilmaz, Ibrahim	39	-	C
4	Kuhnert, Stephan	56	Mainz	GC	3.12
4	Stowell, Mike	52	Leicester	GC	1.2
4	Otero, Celso	58	-	C
4	Deriberin, Alexandr	5	Neftçi Baku	C	0.1
4	Chamberlain, Alec	53	Watford	GC	1
4	Gallacher, Paul	37	Hearts	Pl / GC	0.5
4	Stewart, Jim	63	Nottm Forest	GC	1.05
4	García, César	45	Expreso Rojo	GC	0.15
4	William Mardoch	32	-	C
4	Barron, Paul	63	-	C
4	Noce, Enzo	48	Arsenal de Sarandí	GC	0.53
4	Chystyakov, Olexiy	61	-	C
4	Monasterio, César	46	-	C
4	Öger, Zafer	57	-	C
4	Fillol, Ubaldo	66	River Plate	GC	0.61
4	Cortizo, Leandro	41	Estudiantes	GC	0.63
4	Ferreira, Luís	44	-	C
4	Pestalic, Mustafa	54	-	C
4	Savorani, Marco	52	Roma	GC	3.16
4	Andersen, Carlos	44	Tigre	GC	0.54
4	Valencony, Bruno	49	-	C
4	Özaltindere, Eser	63	-	C
4	Baudacco, Gonzalo	43	Libertad (Sunchales)	HoYD	0.22
4	Espinoza, Félix	46	USMP	GC	0.2

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FM 18 Goalkeeping Coaches: Shot Stopping

Stars	Name	Age	Club	Role	Wage (K)	Nat
4	Filippi, Claudio	51	Juventus	GC	3.76
4	Barbosa, Rui	43	Wolves	GC	3
4	Achterberg, John	45	Liverpool	GC	5
4	Grigioni, Adalberto	62	Lazio	GC	3.46
4	Roberto Barbosa	43	Cruzeiro	GC	0.86
4	Francisco Cersósimo	5	At. Mineiro	GC	0.8
4.5	Oliveira, Hugo	38	Watford	GC	6
4	Jaro, Pedro	54	-	C
4	Matos, Luís	61	-	C
4	Valero, Xavi	44	Huaxia Xingfu	GC	2.02
4.5	Louro, Silvino	58	Man Utd	GC	10
4.5	Lehmann, Jens	47	Arsenal	C	2.5
4.5	Flávio Tênius	53	Botafogo	GC	0.71
4	Sence, Philippe	54	-	C
4	Woods, Chris	57	West Ham	GC	3
4	Leandro Franco	38	Tombense	GC	0.33
4	Peyton, Gerry	61	Arsenal	GC	3
4	Carlos Pracidelli	6	Guangzhou	GC	0.4
4	Spinelli, Gianluca	5	Chelsea	GC	3.5
4	Orlandoni, Paolo	44	Nantes	GC	2.26
4	Squizzi, Lorenzo	43	Chievo	GC	2.17
4	Bonaiuti, Adriano	49	Inter	GC	3.16
4	Dowhan, Krzysztof	61	Legia	GC	0.95
4	Lollichon, Christophe	54	Chelsea	C	12
4	Vital, Jorge	54	Braga	GC	0.86
4	Martini, Bruno	55	Montpellier	GC	2.1
4	Nista, Alessandro	51	Napoli	GC	3.16
4	Bats, Joël	6	Lyon	GC	2.52
4	Menger, Andreas	44	-	C
4	Esteves, Luis	41	Benfica	GC	2.69
4	Dehon, Nicolas	49	PSG	GC	3.2
4	Álvarez, Emilio	45	Man Utd	GC	5
4	Raviot, Franck	43	-	C
4	Correia, Daniel	4	Sharjah	GC	0.73
4	Sicignano, Vincenzo	42	Palermo	GC	2.02
4	Berg, Pål	59	Stabæk	CS	0.57
4	Unanua, Jesús	48	Villarreal	GC	4.14
4	Coton, Tony	56	Aston Villa	S	1
4	De Wilde, Filip	52	Beveren	S	0.67
4	Petrovic, Sasa	5	Arsenal Tula	FC	0.22
4	Magni, Alfredo	51	Milan	GC	3.61
4.5	Coles, David	53	Bristol City	GC	1.5
4	Martens, Guy	58	Genk	GC	3.56
4	Iñaki Bergara	55	-	C
4	Hilfiker, Andreas	48	Wolfsburg	GC	3.56
4	Petry, Zsolt	5	Hertha	GC	1.78
4	Ewen, Gordon	43	-	C
4	Hedl, Raimund	42	-	C
4	Jennings, Pat	72	Tottenham	GC	5.82
4	Pinkelnig, Christian	5	Vorarlberg	GC	1
4	Vercellone, Pablo	49	At. Madrid	GC	5.76
4	Postma, Stefan	4	FC Utrecht	GC	1.08
4	Silva, José Luis	37	Sevilla Atlético	GC	2.66
4	Toni Jiménez	46	Tottenham	GC	4.46
4	Darwinkel, Egbert	51	-	C
4	Sambade, José	45	Fulham	GC	1.35
4	Jorgeira	57	River (PI)	GC	0.23
4	Cannon, Phil	57	-	C
4	Colucci, Massimiliano	46	Juventus	S	2.86
4	Gruber, Franz	49	Austria Wien	GC	0.53
4	Storm, Jacques	55	Zwolle	GC	1.17
4	Mahseredjian, Fábio	5	-	C
4	Mimms, Bobby	53	Jamshedpur	GC	6

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FM2018 Tactics Coaches

Stars	Name	Age	Club	Role	Wage (K)	Nat
5	Montanaro, Simone	45	Milan	C	1.96
4.5	Speakman, Kristjaan	36	Birmingham	HoYD	1
4.5	Frade, Vítor	72	Porto	YC	4.03
4.5	Flávio Tênius	53	Botafogo	GC	0.71
4.5	Axionov, Andrey	36	CSKA Moscow	M
4.5	Mahseredjian, Fábio	5	-	C
4.5	Lehmann, Jens	47	Arsenal	C	2.5
4.5	Böcksteiner, Thomas	42	Sturm Graz	C	0.71
4.5	Dolcetti, Aldo	5	Juventus	C	2.41
4.5	Salzarulo, Michele	34	Inter	DA	2.02
4.5	Watson, Dave	55	Newcastle	M
4.5	McGrain, Danny	67	Celtic	C	6
4	Moro, Fabio	41	Chievo	HoYD	2.06
4	Baggio, Simone	34	Verona	C	2.02
4	Luiz Carlos	52	Emirates	FC	0.38
4	Kennedy, John	33	Celtic	C	3
4	Coles, David	53	Bristol City	GC	1.5
4	Spijkerman, Hennie	66	Ajax	C	1.48
4	Black, Steve	6	-	C
4	Carminati, Ivan	62	Zenit	FC	0.27
4	Sauer, Jochen	44	Bayern	C	1.78
4	Nikolaou, Lakis	67	A.E.K	C
4	Cecchi, Mario	47	Lazio	C	3.87
4	Cinel, Onur	32	Schalke 04	M
4	Zanetti, Sergio	49	-	C
4	De Leo, Emilio	39	Torino	C	2.02
4	Cooke, John	57	Man Utd	C	1
4	Louro, Silvino	58	Man Utd	GC	10
4	Ruiz, Toni	47	Eibar	FC	2.05
4	Inglethorpe, Alex	45	Liverpool	HoYD	12
4	Bernal, Salvador	44	Sevilla	C	2.18
4	Lemos Filho, Quintiliano Francisco	52	Cruzeiro	FC	0.56
4	Córdoba, Iván	4	-	C
4	Moretto, Ivan	47	Chievo	C	2.71
4	Riva Carli	64	-	C
4	Moe, Erling	45	Molde	C	0.95
4	Pavoni, Luca	43	Sassuolo	C	0.5
4	Maric, René	24	Salzburg	C	0.53
4	Storm, Jacques	55	Zwolle	GC	1.17
4	Solabarrieta, Aritz	33	Athletic Club	M
4	Baldini, Daniele	53	Inter	C	3.49
4	Mackey, Martín	43	Newell's	HoSS	0.95
4	Chabrand, Raúl	4	Xolos Tijuana	M
4	Maldera, Andrea	46	-	C
4	Borrell, Rodolfo	46	Man City	C	10
4	Eickel, Sascha	42	Braunschweig	M
4	Baldi, Renato	38	Torino	C	2.26
4	Critchley, Neil	38	Liverpool	M
4	Lo Monaco, Massimo	37	Trapani	C	1.08
4	Martens, Guy	58	Genk	GC	3.56
4	Nüssing, Dieter	67	Nürnberg	S	0.89
4	Dzhorov, Mitko	49	CSKA-Sofia	DA	0.14
4	Rodrigo Lasmar	43	At. Mineiro	C
4	Quanten, Stijn	38	PSV	C	0.89
4	Krawietz, Peter	45	Liverpool	C	12
4	Irrera, Giuseppe	55	Milan	C	2.92
4	Tralhão, João	36	Benfica	M
4	Kuyumchoglu, Fernando	48	San Lorenzo	HoYD	0.76
4	Tembo, Kaitano	47	SuperSport Utd	M
4	Hedl, Raimund	42	-	C
4	Broich, Holger	42	Bayern	FC	4.9
4	Róbson Gomes	52	Coritiba	FC	0.41
4	Valderrama, Carlos	55	-	C
4	Heylen, Rudy	4	-	C
4	Vio, Gianni	64	-	C
4	Versleeuwen, John	53	-	C
4	Murty, Graeme	42	Rangers	M
4	Bogdan, Srecko	6	Inter Zaprešic	C	0.33
4	Sasso, Vincenzo	48	Sparta Praha	C	1.21
4	Chamberlain, Mark	55	Portsmouth	C	1
4	Freire Júnior, Sérgio	42	Cruzeiro	C
4	Pietra, Minervino	63	Benfica	C	2.69
4	Silva, Alexandre	3	-	C
4	Ewen, Gordon	43	-	C
4	Alves Azizi, Marco Antonio	38	Fluminense	C
4	Martagón, Juan	49	Sevilla	C	5.08
4	Leal, Tiago	32	Shakhtar	C	2.05
4	Vukovic, Aleksandar	37	Legia	C	0.95
4	João Burse	35	-	C
4	McAndrew, Tony	61	Aston Villa	S	1
4	Zammitti, Salvatore	57	Palermo	C	0.85
4	Hermann, Peter	65	Bayern	C	7.13
4	Schlösser, Ingo	44	Wolfsburg	C	0.4
4	Kornetka, Lars	39	Leverkusen	C	1.34
4	Schreuder, Alfred	44	Hoffenheim	C	2.67
4	Claudiomir Rates	41	Cruzeiro	C	0.94
4	Rutter, Steve	54	Kortrijk	C	1.99
4	Francisco Cersósimo	5	At. Mineiro	GC	0.8
4	Laux, Philipp	44	Stuttgart	C	1.78
4	Pinkelnig, Christian	5	Vorarlberg	GC	1
4	Chumba, Juan	49	Tigre	GC	0.62
4	Gruber, Franz	49	Austria Wien	GC	0.53
4	Duffree, Kelvin	33	AZ	C	1.02
4	Papadopoulos, Christos	52	-	C
4	Antônio Mello	69	Sport Recife	FC	0.42
4	Cauet, Benoît	48	Inter	S	2.86
4	Obando, César	47	Motagua	C	0.19
4	Robinson, Paul	38	Birmingham	Pl / C	2.5
4	Breugelmans, Roland	55	Genk	HoYD	4.46
4	Joélson Correia	49	Santa Cruz	FC	0.38
4	Reutershahn, Armin	57	Frankfurt	C	3.12
4	Corti, Gianmario	44	Inter	M
4	Steinberger, Josef	44	Greuther Fürth	M
4	Martusciello, Giovanni	45	Inter	C	2.02
4	Solaun, Jon	42	Athletic Club	C	1.92
4	Geideck, Frank	5	Gladbach	C	2.67
4	Stranzl, Martin	37	Gladbach	C	0.89
4	Brady, Liam	61	-	C

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FM 2018 Ball Control Coaches

Stars	Name	Age	Club	Role	Wage (K)	Nat
4.5	Quaresma, Miguel	63	Sporting CP	C	5.37
4.5	Flávio Tênius	53	Botafogo	GC	0.71
4.5	Frade, Vítor	72	Porto	YC	4.03
4.5	Mahseredjian, Fábio	5	-	C
4.5	Axionov, Andrey	36	CSKA Moscow	M
4.5	Cerrone, Salvatore	57	Inter	S	3.16
4	Nikolaou, Lakis	67	A.E.K	C
4	Borrell, Rodolfo	46	Man City	C	10
4	Bruno Lage	41	Sheff Wed	FC	0.8
4	Brychczy, Lucjan	83	Legia	C
4	Lemos Filho, Quintiliano Francisco	52	Cruzeiro	FC	0.56
4	Neri, Massimo	59	Wuhan Zall	FC	0.11
4	Moretto, Ivan	47	Chievo	C	2.71
4	van Dijk, Jos	6	-	C
4	Francisco Cersósimo	5	At. Mineiro	GC	0.8
4	Bernal, Salvador	44	Sevilla	C	2.18
4	Black, Steve	6	-	C
4	Louro, Silvino	58	Man Utd	GC	10
4	Vio, Gianni	64	-	C
4	Trombetta, Maurizio	54	Juventus	C	3.61
4	Langagergaard, Martin	46	AaB	C	0.41
4	Weijs, Willem	3	NAC	M
4	Carminati, Ivan	62	Zenit	FC	0.27
4	Elgert, Norbert	6	Schalke 04	M
4	Quanten, Stijn	38	PSV	C	0.89
4	Pierini, Danilo	62	Roma	C	2.02
4	Tralhão, João	36	Benfica	M
4	Whelan, Tony	64	Man Utd	C	1.5
4	Achterberg, John	45	Liverpool	GC	5
4	Bonaccorso, Stefano	55	Atalanta	C	2.65
4	Cinel, Onur	32	Schalke 04	M
4	Critchley, Neil	38	Liverpool	M
4	Inglethorpe, Alex	45	Liverpool	HoYD	12
4	Luiz Carlos	52	Emirates	FC	0.38
4	Alves Azizi, Marco Antonio	38	Fluminense	C
4	Salzarulo, Michele	34	Inter	DA	2.02
4	Heylen, Rudy	4	-	C
4	Murtough, John	46	Man Utd	C	5
4	Cauet, Benoît	48	Inter	S	2.86
4	Chamberlain, Mark	55	Portsmouth	C	1
4	Franco, Vincenzo	33	Torino	FC	0.94
4	Joélson Correia	49	Santa Cruz	FC	0.38
4	Lehmann, Jens	47	Arsenal	C	2.5
4	Marco Biasotto	47	Flamengo	C	0.82
4	Martagón, Juan	49	Sevilla	C	5.08
4	Correia, Daniel	4	Sharjah	GC	0.73
4	Lampo, Alberto	44	Pro Vercelli	C	0.43
4	Schlösser, Ingo	44	Wolfsburg	C	0.4
4	Primorac, Boro	62	Arsenal	C	35
4	Bates, Tom	35	-	C
4	Mimms, Bobby	53	Jamshedpur	GC	6
4	Lisovskiy, Alexandr	42	BATE	C	0.28
4	Sugak, Eduard	53	Dinamo Brest	C
4	Colombino, Giuseppe	32	Calcio Catania	YC	0.73
4	Mlinaric, Marko	56	Dinamo Zagreb	C	0.33
4	Watson, Dave	55	Newcastle	M
4	Solabarrieta, Aritz	33	Athletic Club	M
4	McDermott, John	49	Tottenham	HoYD	5
4	Romano, Marcelo	48	-	C
4	Márcio Corrêa	51	Criciuma	FC	0.26
4	Scheuermann, Jonas	31	Augsburg	C	1.34
4	Martusciello, Giovanni	45	Inter	C	2.02
4	Greening, Jonathan	38	-	C
4	Paulo Paixão	66	Serra	FC	0.1
4	Martin, Tommy	54	Man Utd	C	1.5
4	Carlinhos Neves	61	At. Mineiro	FC	0.47
4	Dolcetti, Aldo	5	Juventus	C	2.41
4	Carcedo, Juan Carlos	43	PSG	C	4.18
4	Claudiomir Rates	41	Cruzeiro	C	0.94
4	Hermann, Peter	65	Bayern	C	7.13
4	Lulinha	32	-	C
4	Lupo, Vittorio Emanuele	42	Brescia	C	0.42
4	Klug, Martin	35	-	C
4	Ultee, Sjors	3	Twente	C	1.1

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FM18 Defending Coaches

Stars	Name	Age	Club	Role	Wage (K)	Nat
4.5	Moro, Fabio	41	Chievo	HoYD	2.06
4.5	Axionov, Andrey	36	CSKA Moscow	M
4.5	McGrain, Danny	67	Celtic	C	6
4.5	Mahseredjian, Fábio	5	-	C
4.5	Baldini, Daniele	53	Inter	C	3.49
4.5	Córdoba, Iván	4	-	C
4	Kennedy, John	33	Celtic	C	3
4	Nikolaou, Lakis	67	A.E.K	C
4	Francisco Cersósimo	5	At. Mineiro	GC	0.8
4	Ruiz, Toni	47	Eibar	FC	2.05
4	Cecchi, Mario	47	Lazio	C	3.87
4	Quaresma, Miguel	63	Sporting CP	C	5.37
4	Pietra, Minervino	63	Benfica	C	2.69
4	Stranzl, Martin	37	Gladbach	C	0.89
4	Bernal, Salvador	44	Sevilla	C	2.18
4	Robinson, Paul	38	Birmingham	Pl / C	2.5
4	Lo Monaco, Massimo	37	Trapani	C	1.08
4	Carminati, Ivan	62	Zenit	FC	0.27
4	Riva Carli	64	-	C
4	Pavoni, Luca	43	Sassuolo	C	0.5
4	Cinel, Onur	32	Schalke 04	M
4	Fichaux, Claude	48	Marseille	C	3.57
4	Critchley, Neil	38	Liverpool	M
4	Watson, Dave	55	Newcastle	M
4	Joélson Correia	49	Santa Cruz	FC	0.38
4	Iñaki Bergara	55	-	C
4	Sara, Robert	71	Austria Wien	C	0.89
4	Lehmann, Jens	47	Arsenal	C	2.5
4	Vaschuk, Vladyslav	42	-	C
4	Irrera, Giuseppe	55	Milan	C	2.92
4	Inglethorpe, Alex	45	Liverpool	HoYD	12
4	McAndrew, Tony	61	Aston Villa	S	1
4	Carlinhos Neves	61	At. Mineiro	FC	0.47
4	Luiz Carlos	52	Emirates	FC	0.38
4	Alves Azizi, Marco Antonio	38	Fluminense	C
4	Marco Biasotto	47	Flamengo	C	0.82
4	Hooper, Karl	29	Birmingham	C	0.3
4	Borrell, Rodolfo	46	Man City	C	10
4	Schlösser, Ingo	44	Wolfsburg	C	0.4
4	Martagón, Juan	49	Sevilla	C	5.08
4	Tomas, Stjepan	41	Belediyespor	C	1.33
4	Johnson, Michael	43	Cardiff	C	1
4	Cláudio Caçapa	41	Lyon	C	3.36
4	Coles, David	53	Bristol City	GC	1.5
4	Lemos Filho, Quintiliano Francisco	52	Cruzeiro	FC	0.56
4	Flávio Tênius	53	Botafogo	GC	0.71
4	Starostyak, Mykhaylo	43	Shakhtar	C	0.62
4	Murray, Grant	41	Hibernian	C	0.9
4	Frade, Vítor	72	Porto	YC	4.03
4	Chernik, Igor	33	Hirnyk	C	4
4	Solabarrieta, Aritz	33	Athletic Club	M
4	De Leo, Emilio	39	Torino	C	2.02
4	Silva Cantera, Hebert	61	Defensor Sporting	C	0.18
4	Krawietz, Peter	45	Liverpool	C	12
4	Eickel, Sascha	42	Braunschweig	M
4	Marchesini, Víctor	56	Boca Juniors	C	0.59
4	Naylor, Richard	4	Hull	M
4	Black, Steve	6	-	C
4	Kotov, Eugene	38	Shakhtar	C	0.59
4	Rutter, Steve	54	Kortrijk	C	1.99
4	Salzarulo, Michele	34	Inter	DA	2.02
4	Baldi, Renato	38	Torino	C	2.26

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FM 18 Attacking Coaches

Stars	Name	Age	Club	Role	Wage (K)	Nat
4.5	Axionov, Andrey	36	CSKA Moscow	M
4.5	Mahseredjian, Fábio	5	-	C
4	Nikolaou, Lakis	67	A.E.K	C
4	Borrell, Rodolfo	46	Man City	C	10
4	Zanetti, Sergio	49	-	C
4	Tralhão, João	36	Benfica	M
4	Trombetta, Maurizio	54	Juventus	C	3.61
4	Pavoni, Luca	43	Sassuolo	C	0.5
4	Cinel, Onur	32	Schalke 04	M
4	Lemos Filho, Quintiliano Francisco	52	Cruzeiro	FC	0.56
4	Dolcetti, Aldo	5	Juventus	C	2.41
4	Bernal, Salvador	44	Sevilla	C	2.18
4	Critchley, Neil	38	Liverpool	M
4	Carlinhos Neves	61	At. Mineiro	FC	0.47
4	Alves Azizi, Marco Antonio	38	Fluminense	C
4	De Leo, Emilio	39	Torino	C	2.02
4	Cauet, Benoît	48	Inter	S	2.86
4	Whelan, Tony	64	Man Utd	C	1.5
4	Ruiz, Toni	47	Eibar	FC	2.05
4	Inglethorpe, Alex	45	Liverpool	HoYD	12
4	Speakman, Kristjaan	36	Birmingham	HoYD	1
4	Sale, Mark	45	Derby County	C	1.5
4	Sallaberry, Pedro	48	San Lorenzo	C	0.61
4	Marco Biasotto	47	Flamengo	C	0.82
4	Frade, Vítor	72	Porto	YC	4.03
4	Kirsten, Ulf	51	-	C
4	Luiz Carlos	52	Emirates	FC	0.38
4	Martagón, Juan	49	Sevilla	C	5.08
4	Solabarrieta, Aritz	33	Athletic Club	M
4	Krawietz, Peter	45	Liverpool	C	12
4	Brady, Liam	61	-	C
4	Corti, Gianmario	44	Inter	M
4	Francisco Cersósimo	5	At. Mineiro	GC	0.8
4	Cecchi, Mario	47	Lazio	C	3.87
4	Joélson Correia	49	Santa Cruz	FC	0.38
4	Flávio Tênius	53	Botafogo	GC	0.71
4	Eickel, Sascha	42	Braunschweig	M
4	Salzarulo, Michele	34	Inter	DA	2.02
4	Garrity, Mike	37	Liverpool	C	1.6
4	Carcedo, Juan Carlos	43	PSG	C	4.18
4	Primorac, Boro	62	Arsenal	C	35
4	Gómez, Marcelo	46	Vélez	C	0.6
4	Martusciello, Giovanni	45	Inter	C	2.02
4	Klauß, Robert	32	Leipzig	M

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FM2018 Shooting Coaching

Stars	Name	Age	Club	Role	Wage (K)	Nat
4.5	Borrell, Rodolfo	46	Man City	C	10
4.5	Mahseredjian, Fábio	5	-	C
4.5	Trombetta, Maurizio	54	Juventus	C	3.61
4.5	Flávio Tênius	53	Botafogo	GC	0.71
4.5	Axionov, Andrey	36	CSKA Moscow	M
4	Nikolaou, Lakis	67	A.E.K	C
4	Brychczy, Lucjan	83	Legia	C
4	Lemos Filho, Quintiliano Francisco	52	Cruzeiro	FC	0.56
4	Vio, Gianni	64	-	C
4	Sosa, Rubén	51	Club Nacional	C	0.33
4	Cauet, Benoît	48	Inter	S	2.86
4	van Dijk, Jos	6	-	C
4	Tralhão, João	36	Benfica	M
4	Bernal, Salvador	44	Sevilla	C	2.18
4	Francisco Cersósimo	5	At. Mineiro	GC	0.8
4	Weijs, Willem	3	NAC	M
4	Marco Biasotto	47	Flamengo	C	0.82
4	Pavoni, Luca	43	Sassuolo	C	0.5
4	Cinel, Onur	32	Schalke 04	M
4	Critchley, Neil	38	Liverpool	M
4	Carlinhos Neves	61	At. Mineiro	FC	0.47
4	Alves Azizi, Marco Antonio	38	Fluminense	C
4	Sale, Mark	45	Derby County	C	1.5
4	Frade, Vítor	72	Porto	YC	4.03
4	Pierini, Danilo	62	Roma	C	2.02
4	Murtough, John	46	Man Utd	C	5
4	Cerrone, Salvatore	57	Inter	S	3.16
4	Whelan, Tony	64	Man Utd	C	1.5
4	Inglethorpe, Alex	45	Liverpool	HoYD	12
4	Martagón, Juan	49	Sevilla	C	5.08
4	Primorac, Boro	62	Arsenal	C	35
4	Beardsley, Peter	56	Newcastle	M
4	Louro, Silvino	58	Man Utd	GC	10
4	Borrelli, Juan José	46	River Plate	C	0.63
4	Bruno Lage	41	Sheff Wed	FC	0.8
4	Quaresma, Miguel	63	Sporting CP	C	5.37
4	Gómez, Marcelo	46	Vélez	C	0.6
4	Elgert, Norbert	6	Schalke 04	M
4	Garner, Ben	36	West Brom	C	5
4	Scheuermann, Jonas	31	Augsburg	C	1.34
4	Neri, Massimo	59	Wuhan Zall	FC	0.11
4	Mlinaric, Marko	56	Dinamo Zagreb	C	0.33
4	Dolcetti, Aldo	5	Juventus	C	2.41
4	Brady, Liam	61	-	C
4	Solabarrieta, Aritz	33	Athletic Club	M
4	McDermott, John	49	Tottenham	HoYD	5
4	Claudiomir Rates	41	Cruzeiro	C	0.94
4	Schlösser, Ingo	44	Wolfsburg	C	0.4
4	Castro, Fabián	51	Tigre	HoYD	0.67
4	Serginho Chulapa	64	Santos	C	0.96
4	Barbarà, Joan	5	Barcelona	C	5.78
4	Lulinha	32	-	C
4	Moss, David	48	-	C
4	Luiz Carlos	52	Emirates	FC	0.38
4	Martusciello, Giovanni	45	Inter	C	2.02
4	Joélson Correia	49	Santa Cruz	FC	0.38
4	Carcedo, Juan Carlos	43	PSG	C	4.18
4	Lowe, David	51	Blackburn	C	2.5
4	Larsen, Jacob F	37	-	C
4	Cannon, Phil	57	-	C
4	Carminati, Ivan	62	Zenit	FC	0.27
4	Ferguson, Duncan	45	Everton	C	4
4	Banfield, Neil	55	Arsenal	C	18
4	Edwards, Joe	3	Chelsea	M
4	Márcio Corrêa	51	Criciuma	FC	0.26
4	Rossi, Rubén	43	San Lorenzo	C	0.53
4	Graef, Maurice	47	-	C
4	Chihab, Rachid	55	-	C
4	Martin, Tommy	54	Man Utd	C	1.5
4	Grishin, Alexandr	45	-	C
4	Johanesson, Peter	43	FC Midtjylland	C	0.96
4	Canedo, Felipe	47	Independiente Rivadavia	C	0.29
4	Bengtsson, Jesper	45	Elfsborg	M
4	Bongaerts, Roger	5	Venlo	HoYD	0.98
4	Correia, Daniel	4	Sharjah	GC	0.73

FAQ

I can't find all coaches of this list on my savegame. Why?

I loaded the entire database in-game to produce this list of FM18 best coaches. Your savegame probably has less staff loaded.

Where is the downloadable shortlist to import in-game?

In recent years I would not share a downloadable shortlist because people would steal them and post on other sites without my consent. However, I'm planning to release a few shortlists with my favorite picks this year. Stay tuned for that!