One of the great fascinations that Football Manager causes is the ability to reproduce in a very realistic way the vast majority of real-life players and their potential in football. Not by chance, many football people use the game as a starting point, because sometimes the observation capacity that Football Manager has, around the world, is greater than most medium and small clubs out there. It is no coincidence that coach Wayne Rooney admitted that he uses knowledge of the game in real life.
If reading “Coach Wayne Rooney” is still strange for you, you probably remember and maybe even played Championship Manager, the predecessor of Football Manager, when the game was still a partnership between Sports Interactive and Eidos.
With the separation of the two companies, in 2005, Eidos kept the interface and the name of the game, while SI kept the database. Eidos released new versions of Championship Manager, while SI used the database it inherited and created Football Manager. Do you see any Championship Managers still existing today? Yeah, but Football Manager is out there, thanks to the database. This is his greatest asset and why he is taken seriously even by football professionals.
Football Manager is one of the games most loved by its fans for an aspect that no other football game has managed to capture to date: a spectacular database and the ability to realistically reproduce the transfer market. They seem simple things, but anyone who has played Fifa or eFootball (PES in memorian) knows that is not what happens. Even so, coach Wayne Rooney admitted that he uses scouts hired by the game to scout players especially from South America.
“A lot of the market is South America and we’ve done a deal with Football Manager where we give them some advertising and they give us access to their scouts, 11 or 12 of them, that they use in different places around the world and that help them create the game. José Mourinho has done something similar in the past,” said Rooney.
So, we decided to make a list of some players that are promises in Football Manager 2023, or FM 23, as they call the most intimate. These are names that certainly catch the eye and in the reports of the scouts Wayne Rooney talks to when he talks about the South American market.
Luis Guilherme
Club: Palmeiras
Age: 17 years old
One of the great promises of the Palmeiras academy, Luis Guilherme is a player who has attracted attention since he was 11 years old. Offensive midfielder, left-handed, he can also play on the wings. He has a contract until June 2025 and a release fee of €55m. He is probably the biggest bet for the alviverde base.
Matheus Gonçalves
Club: Flamengo
Age: 17 years old
One of the bets of the red-black base is striker Matheus Gonçalves, 17 years old. Left-handed striker, very fast and who likes to play on the right side, the player has been used in the first team this year 2023 and has shown his value in the games in which he has played, especially in the Campeonato Carioca. He still plays little, but the ability he showed indicates that he has potential.
daniel ruiz
Club: Santos
Age: 21 years old
Formed at the base of Millonarios and already with a call to the main selection of Colombia, Daniel Ruiz transferred to Santos in February and is one of the bets of the club for the season. An attacking midfielder, he can play both in midfield and in attack, playing on both sides of the field. He is left-handed and offers creativity and speed.
Gino Infantino
Club: Rosario Central
Age: 20 years
Gino Infantino is a player who already draws attention because he has shown potential and, moreover, has an Italian passport. That is: for the European market, it is very valuable because it does not count as a foreigner. At the age of 20, he can play both in the center of the field and on the left wing. Left-handed, he played 10 times for the Argentina under-20 team.
Gianluca Prestianni
Club: Velez Sarsfield
Age: 17 years old
At just 17 years old, the young striker from Vélez Sarsfield is one of the small, skillful and magical Argentinians. Right-handed and usually playing on the right wing, he can create good attacking situations with his skill and speed. He is one more on the list that is monitored by Italy to be the next Mateo Retegui.
Agustin Ruberto
Clube: River Plate
Age: 17 years old
Center forward who hasn’t even debuted for River Plate’s first team, Agustín Ruberto is from the under-17 team of Argentina, for which he played 23 times and scored 13 goals. At 1.80, he is a player with good finishing, who offers a lot of danger inside the area. He is a strong player and is expected to be a respectable number 9.
Marcos Leonardo
Club: Santos
Age: 20 years
Marcos Leonardo is nothing new for those who follow Brazilian football. The center forward is only 20 years old, but he has been in Santos’ main team since 2020 and has shown year after year that he has excellent capacity within the area. Even without being tall, at 1.75 meters, he has the body to hold the ball, protect it and always spin with speed to score goals. He was at the 2023 Under-20 World Cup with Brazil and was runner-up in the tournament, with five goals.
Christian Medina
Club: Boca Juniors
Age: 21 years old
A midfielder who can play at the back or forward, Cristian Medina has become a regular player for Boca Juniors. At the age of 21, he is a regular player for the Xeneizes, after being brought up at the club and playing for Argentina’s under-17 team. Right-handed, he is very easy to carry the ball, he always plays with his head held high and is very elegant.
Benjamin Dominguez
Club: Gymnastics La Plata
Age: 19 years old
Still very young, Benjamín Domínguez already draws attention in Argentine football. He likes to play on the left wing, where he is more productive playing with the inverted foot, but he can also play on the right wing and centered in attack, especially as a second striker. Even at a young age he is a starter for the team and has been an important player playing on the left side of the field.
Arthur Wenderroscky
Club: Fluminense
Age: 18 years old
Offensive midfielder Arthur Wenderroscky is considered one of the great promises of Fluminense’s base, Xerém, which is known for training players. Left-handed, he plays with shirt number 10 and can also play from the right wing to the middle, using the inverted foot. He has good fundamentals and has appeared in the main team of Tricolor das Laranjeiras He has already been in youth teams, passing through the under-15, under-17 and under-20.
beraldo
Club: Sao Paulo
Age: 19 years old
Beraldo has become such an important starter for São Paulo that he even looks older than he is. At 19 years old, 1.86 meters tall, the left-handed defender proved to be very technical and capable not only of marking the opponent well, but of being comfortable with the ball. He was already in the under-20 team and is a player targeted for the future abroad, and can even play as a defensive midfielder in certain situations.
Valentine Boat
Club: Boca Juniors
Age: 18 years old
At the age of 18, Valentin Barco is considered one of the best revelations of Argentine football. Left winger, he can also play on the left side of midfield. He is a player for the Argentine under-20 national team and is usually in the starting line-up on the left flank, but he has also been used in attack, due to his good offensive capacity.
Guilherme Biro
Club: Corinthians
Age: 19 years old
A player that Corinthians fans have started to get used to seeing is Guilherme Biro. At the age of 19, he is a player for the under-20 team and has been gaining chances to play for Corinthians’ first team as well. His main position is right winger, using the inverted foot, as he is left-handed, but he can also act as a left winger and as an offensive midfielder.
Exequiel Zeballos
Club: Boca Juniors
Age: 21 years old
Still looking for space, Exequiel Zeballos is a striker who likes to play on the left wing, where he plays with his foot inverted. Destro, 1.70 meters tall, started to appear in Boca Juniors’ first team in 2020, but failed to establish himself. He featured for Argentina’s under-15 and under-17 teams, as well as being called up to the under-20 team.
Matheus Martinelli
Club: Fluminense
Age: 21 years old
A midfielder who gained a lot of space in 2022, Matheus Martinelli became a starter for Fluminense, a club for which he rose from the base. A central midfielder, he can play further back, as a defensive midfielder, in the center of the field or even having more freedom to attack. He has played frequently, only interrupted by injury.
praxedes
Clube: Red Bull Bragantino
Age: 21 years old
Hired from Internacional in 2021, Praxedes has a spell at Fluminense’s base, before also playing at Inter’s base and rising to Colorado’s main team. He already cost € 6 million to Red Bull Bragantino in 2021 and it was not by chance. The midfielder is quite complete, playing in the area and in the area, with good driving on the left foot.
Nathanael
Club: Coritiba
Age: 21 years old
A right-back trained at Coritiba, Natanael is 21 years old and has played more than 100 games for Coritiba. He is a player who has shown offensive ability and has a contract until 2025 with Coxa. He is seen as a player to be highlighted and even eventually sold to generate cash for the club.
John Ignatius Nardoni
Clube: Racing
Age: 21 years old
At the age of 21, Nardoni has shown himself to be a good midfielder, who can both play a more defensive role and play in the center of the field, helping to distribute plays. Formed by Unión, he joined Racing in 2023 and has proven to be a great signing. Due to his potential, it is to be imagined that he will not stay in Argentine football for long.
Young
Club: Corinthians
Age: 21 years old
A 19-year-old striker, measuring 1.84 meters, Giovani is considered a promise for the number 9 shirt. Formed by Capivariano, he arrived at Corinthians in 2021 to finish his training. He’s tall and left-handed. He’s also played on the wings, but it’s inside the area where he feels best and where he can do the most damage to the opponent’s defence.
Deivid Washington
Club: Santos
Age: 18 years old
Marcos Leonardo hasn’t even left Santos yet, but his replacement is ready to join. Deivid Washington is 18 years old, 1.87 meters tall and graduated from the Vila Belmiro club. He shows immense potential to be a player to watch for years to come. This season, he has already replaced Marcos Leonardo himself and managed to score goals.
2023-07-18 22:35:00
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