What are Regens?

Regens or regenerated players are randomly created players in Football Manager that will start to appear in your save as you play. Regens are created to make sure there is no shortage of players when the real players retire throughout the years. Just like there are some world class real players (Messi, Ronaldo etc), regens are no different and there will be a lot of regens who will become superstars.

The Football Manager 2012 Regen Dates

These dates are the dates in which players from their respective countries will be created. Each country creates their regens on different days, but it is always the same day every year. Knowing these dates can really help you when scouting for wonderkids.

• 26.01(Jan) – Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Is.

• 23.02(Feb) – Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herz., Cyprus, Estonia, FYR Macedonia, Fiji, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Vanuatu

• 03.03(Mar) – Mexico

• 08.03(Mar) – Australia, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, N. Ireland, Russia, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales

• 13.03(Mar) – Austria, England

• 17.03(Mar) – Slovakia

• 18.03(Mar) – Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Indonesia, Italy, Poland, Portugal

• 19.03(Mar) – Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia

• 25.03(Mar) – Holland

• 28.03(Mar) – Serbia, Spain

• 02.04(Apr) – Argentina, India, South Africa

• 19.04(Apr) – Hong Kong, Uruguay

• 07.06(Jun) – Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela

• 19.08(Aug) – Sweden

• 27.08(Aug) – Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Northern Mariana, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

• 02.09(Sep) – Malaysia

• 14.09(Sep) – South Korea

• 19.09(Sep) – Chile

• 20.09(Sep) – Brazil, Ireland

• 23.09(Sep) – Iceland

• 25.09(Sep) – Finland

• 28.09(Sep) – Colombia, Singapore

• 03.10(Oct) – Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep., Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, São Tomé & Príncipe, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe

• 08.10(Oct) – China, Norway

• 16.10(Oct) – Peru

• 02.11(Nov) – Belarus

• 27.12(Dec) – U.S.A.

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This is the best list of wonderkids you will find packed with some of the best players under 21 in Football Manager 2012. I have tried to include a wide range of youngsters ranging from cheap to expensive but all of these kids have the potential to be great!

Football Manager 2012 Wonderkids

Goalkeepers (GK)

Wing Backs (DR/DL/WBR/WBL)

Centre Backs (CB)

Defensive Midfielders (DM)

Central Midfielders (CM)

Attacking Midfielders (AMC)

Right Midfielders (MR/AMR)

Left Midfielders (LM/AML)

Strikers (ST)

There you have it! 118 of the best Football Manager 2012 wonderkids! This is a great resource to have so I suggest you bookmark it. The list will be continually updated as I discover more amazing youngsters on the game, and you can also refer back to it whenever your looking for a certain position for your team.

This list took me ages as I wanted to list only the best of the best for readers of Aid The Boss so I hope you enjoy it!

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• 01.01: Chile

• 02.01: Brazil

• 05.01: Iceland, Republic of Ireland

• 07.01: Finland

• 10.01: Colombia, Singapore

• 15.01: African teams (all but South Africa)

• 20.01: China PR, Norway

• 28.01: Peru

• 14.02: Belarus

• 09.05: Costa Rica

• 10.05: Honduras, Jamaica, Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, St Vincent, Guyana, Grenada, El Salvador, Cuba, Bermuda

• 07.06: Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzeg., Estonia, FYR Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, Georgia, Andorra, Albania, American Samoa, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Armenia, Malta

• 20.06: Australia, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales

• 25.06: Austria, England

• 29.06: Slovakia

• 30.06: Belgium, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Cyprus, Indonesia,

• 01.07: Bulgaria, Slovenia, Romania

• 07.07: Denmark, Netherlands

• 10.07: Serbia, Spain

• 15.07: Argentina, South Africa, India

• 20.07: Mexico

• 29.07: Poland

• 01.08: Uruguay

• 20.08: Mali

• 19.09: Barbados, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago

• 01.12: Sweden, Hong Kong

• 09.12: Canada, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, U.A.E, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Macau, Yemen, Thailand, Tajikistan, Syria, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Palestine, Pakistan, Oman, Northern Mariana Islands, Nepal, N. Korea, Mynamar, Mongolia, Maldives, Macau (China PR), Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Jordan, Guam, East Timor, Chinese Taipei, Cambodia, Brunei, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh,

• 15.12: Malaysia,

• 27.12: Russia, Sth Korea, U.S.A

Hopefully this information will be of good use to you, I am hoping it can help me in my current save to bring in some amazing wonderkids!!

I have mixed the more well known players, with some young stars, so you get a good selection of players old and young. I did make a shortlist, but it was deleted from FM for some reason. However, check back this post in a couple of days and the shortlist will be up!

Football Manager 2011 Best Players

Goalkeepers

• Rene Adler – Bayern Levekusen
• Hugo Lloris – Lyon
• Igor Akinfeev – CSKA Moscow
• Manuel Neuer – Schalke
• Guillermo Ochoa – Club America
• Sergio Asenjo – Atletico Madrid
• Doni – Roma
• Salvatore Sirigu – Palermo
• Joe Hart – Man City
• Samir Handanovic – Udinese
• Ralf Fahrmann – Wolfsburg
• Stephane Ruffier – Monaco
• Andrea Consigli – Atalanta
• Matej Delac – Vitesse
• David De Gea – Atletico Madrid
• Vincenzo Fiorillo – Spezia

Left Backs

• Aleksandar Kolarov – Man City
• Gareth Bale – Tottenham
• Federico Balzaretti – Palermo
• Domenico Criscito – Genoa
• Marcelo – Real Madrid
• Fabio – Man Utd
• Luca Antontini – Milan
• Mattia Cassani – Palermo
• Michael Bastos – Lyon
• Diego Renan – Cruziero
• Joe Mattock – West Brom

Right Backs

• Davide Santon – Inter
• Rafinha – Genoa
• Darijo Srna – Shakhtar
• Lassana Diarra – Real Madrid
• Lorenzo De Silvestri – Fiorentina
• Rafael – Man Utd
• Cesar Azpilicueta – Marseille
• Alexandr Anyukov – Zenit
• Daniele Bonera – Milan
• Sebastian Corchia – PSG

Centre Backs

• Nicolas Otamendi – Porto
• Mamadou Sakho – PSG
• Jan Vertonghen – Ajax
• Lucio – Inter
• Giorgio Chillieni – Juventus
• Nedum Onuoha – Sunderland
• Filipe – Deportivo
• Mirel Radoi – Al Hilal
• Federico Fazio – Sevilla
• Sami Khedira – Stuttgart
• Marc Muniesa – Barcelona
• Micah Richards – Man City
• Gerard Pique – Barcelona
• Breno – Bayern Munich
• Thiago Heleno – Cruzeiro
• Cristian Zapata – Udinese
• Simon Kjaer – Wolfsburg
• Rafael Miranda – Maritimo
• David Luiz – Benfica
• Thiago Silva – AC Milan
• Gerson – Gremoio
• Kyriakos Papadopoulos – Olympiakos
• Nelson Rivas – Livorno
• Jeremy Toulalan – Lyon
• Naldo – Werder Bremen
• Felipe – Fiorentina
• Vincent Kompany – Man City
• Gonzalo Rodriguez – Villarreal

Left Midfielders

• Juan Angel Albin – Getafe
• Zoran Tosic – CSKA Moscow
• Juan Manuel Vargas – Fiorentina
• Antonio Cassano – Sampdoria
• Ibrahim Afellay – PSV
• Sebastian Giovinco – Parma
• Stevan Jovetic – Fiorentina
• Mirko Vucinic – Roma
• Diego Buonanotte – River Plate
• Danny – Zenit
• Franck Ribery – FC Bayern
• Mesut Ozil – Real Madrid
• Angel Di Maria – Real Madrid
• Adam Johnson – Man City
• Santiago Cazorla – Villareal

Right Midfielders

• Jesús Navas – Sevilla
• Yoann Gourcuff – Bourdeaux
• Arjen Robben – FC Bayern
• Pedro – Barcelona
• Simone Pepe – Juventus
• Jose Sosa – Napoli
• Theo Walcott – Arsenal
• Henri Saivet – Bourdeaux
• Marko Marin – Werder Bremen
• Steven Pienaar – Everton
• Stephane Sessegnon – PSG
• Simao – Atletico Madrid
• Aaron Lennon – Tottenham
• Darijo Srna – Shakhtar
• Maxi Rodriguez – Liverpool
• Alexis Sanchez – Udinese
• Chinedu Obasi – FC Bayern

Defensive Midfielders

• Daniele De Rossi – Roma
• Felipe Melo – Juventus
• Miguel Veloso – Genoa
• Etienne Capoue – Toulouse
• Moussa Sissoko – Toulouse
• Mohammed Sissoko – Juventus
• Lorenzo Crisetig – Inter
• Bastian Schweinsteiger – Bayern
• Ever Banega – Valencia
• Lars Bender – Leverkusen
• Fernando Gago – Real Madrid
• Claudio Marchisio – Juventus
• Ignacio Camacho – Atletico Madrid
• Tinga – Palmeiras
• Sandro – Tottenham

Attacking Midfielders

• Pablo Piatti – Almeria
• Sofiane Feghouli – Grenoble
• Stefan Defour – Standard
• Diego – Wolfsburg
• Marek Hamsik – Napoli
• Axel Witsel – Standard
• Joao Moutinho – Sporting
• Paulo Henrique – Santos
• Ismail Aissati – Ajax
• Riccardo Montolivo – Fiorentina
• Alan Dzagoev – CSKA Moscow
• Miralem Pjanic – Lyon
• Toni Kroos – FC Bayern
• Renato Augusto – Leverkusen

Strikers

• Gonzalo Higuain – Real Madrid
• Sergio Aguero – Atletico Madrid
• Mario Balotelli – Man City
• Pato – Milan
• Karim Benzema – Real Madrid
• Chinedu Obasi – Bayern
• Goran Pandev – Inter
• Edinson Cavani – Napoli
• Mirko Vucinic – Roma
• Marco Borriello – Roma
• Bojan – Barcelona
• Ezequiel Lavezzi – Napoli
• Edin Dzeko – Wolfsburg
• Fabio Quagliarella – Juventus
• Alexandr Kerzhakov – Zenit
• Juan Manuel Mata – Valencia
• Thomas Muller – FC Bayern
• Lisandro Lopez – Lyon
• Robert Acquafresca – Cagilari
• Amauri – Juventus
• Mario Gomez – FC Bayern
• Jeremy Menez – Roma
• Rodrigo Palacio – Genoa
• Alexis Sanchez – Udinese

Do you agree with the players on the list? Have you got any suggestions of your own? Let us know, and we will work to add more players to the list and make it even bigger! We appreciate your contributions, so comment on this post with your suggestions!

This list will be constantly added to, so don’t forget to bookmark!

Football Manager 2011 Wonderkids

Goalkeepers

• Matej Delac
• David De Gea
• Vincenzo Fiorillo
• Alphonse Areola
• Luis Guilherme
• David Ospina
• Josh Lambo
• Zacharie Boucher

Defenders

• Davide Santon
• Cesar Azpilicueta
• Fabio
• Diego Renan
• Mamadou Sakho
• Nicolas Otamendi
• Gareth Bale
• Chris Smalling
• Rafael
• Marc Muniesa
• Phil Jones
• Mark Beevers
• Marek Suchy
• Daniel Opare
• Sebastian Corchia
• Loic Nestor
• Breno
• Mario Fernandes
• Ezequiel Munoz
• Tamas Kadar
• Kyriakos Papadopoulos
• Danny Wilson
• Joe Mattock
• Serge Aurier

Midfielders

• Coutinho
• Adem Ljajic
• Franco Zuculini
• Bebe
• Lewis Holtby
• Georginio Wijnaldum
• Sandro
• Steven Defour
• Martin Galvan
• Marko Marin
• Carlos Eduardo
• Giuliano
• Diego Buonanotte
• Sotiris Ninis
• Henri Saivet
• Rodney Sneijder
• Misrolav Stoch
• Zezinho
• Sergio Canales
• Fabian Delph
• Clement Grenier
• Gael Kakuta
• Miralem Pjanic
• Oscar
• Toni Kroos
• Aaron Ramsey
• Lorenzo Crisetig
• Fausto Rossi
• Jonjo Shelvey
• Jack Rodwell
• Haris Vuckic
• David Petrucci
• Jack Wilshere
• Gai Assulin

Strikers

• Neymar
• Mario Balotelli
• Victor Moses
• Nile Ranger
• Nathan Delfouneso
• Jonathan Cristaldo
• Bojan
• Daniel Pacheco
• Aaron
• Iker Muniain
• Guilherme
• Yannis Tafer
• Andrej Kramaric
• Dentinho
• Keirisson
• Mattia Destro
• Romelu Lukaku
• Eden Hazard
• Son Heung-Min
• Borja Baston
• Khouma Babacar
• Yaya Sanogo
• Wellington Silva
• Abel Hernandez
• Thomas Muller
• Alberto Paloschi
• Federico Macheda
• Pato
• Daniel Sturridge

>> Download Football Manager 2011 Wonderkids Shortlist <<

To install the shortlist, place the .slf file in my documents > sports interactive > fm2011 > shortlists, then load up FM11 and navigate to your manager shortlist and import the .slf file.

Of course, this is just my opinion on some of the hottest youngsters in the game, feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments section below, and they will be added to the list. The bigger the better!

We have six of the best shortlists for you to download, these include position specific lists, as well as wonderkid shortlists. The wonderkid shortlists are grouped by PA (Potential Ability) & Fixed PA. Potential Ability basically means the ability (out of 200) a player could develop to, however development relies on many things such as coaching, regular games, training etc. If a player has -10 PA, every time you start a new game he will be randomly assigned a PA between 180-200. Fixed PA is where a player is set a PA and will always have that potential ability in every game you start!

Anyway, now that’s explained, here are the six shortlists:

Download Goalkeepers Shortlist – A selection of the best Goalkeepers in Football Manager 2010

Download Defenders Shortlist – Some of the hottest players (young & old) to booster your defence!

Download Midfielders Shortlist – Dominant players that will power your team in the middle of the pitch

Download Strikers Shorlist – Killer strikers that will destroy opposition

Download -10 Wonderkids – Players under 21 with a random PA between 180-200

Download u23 Fixed PA (180-200) – Youngsters with a fixed PA between 180-200

Once you have downloaded the shortlists, place them in My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > Shortlists. Now load up your FM game and go to manager, then find players. Click the shortlist button and press import shortlist, chose the one you want and it should be loaded into your game

We have selected who we think are the best players for each position, mixed with some potential wonderkids who can lead your club to glory in future years. Not only this, but we have also made shortlists for your comfort that can be easily installed into your game.

Note: We will always be adding to this list, so it would be in your interests to keep hold of it or check back every so often to find new players and updated shortlists!

Goalkeepers

Left Backs

Right Backs

Centre Backs

Left Midfielders

Right Midfielders

Defensive Midfielders

Attacking Midfielders

Strikers

SHORTLISTS

>> CLICK TO DOWNLOAD BEST GOALKEEPERS FM10 SHORTLIST<<

>> CLICK TO DOWNLOAD BEST DEFENDERS ON FM10 SHORTLIST <<

>> CLICK TO DOWNLOAD BEST MIDFIELDERS ON FM10 SHORTLIST<<

>> CLICK TO DOWNLOAD BEST STRIKERS ON FM10 SHORTLIST <<

To install the shortlists, download the above files and drag each .slf file into My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > Shortlists. Now load up FM, go to manager, then find players, click the shortlist button and press import shortlist. It’s that easy!

Note: You may need to load the large database option to be able to view all players.

As always our generosity astonishes all! Again we give you the option of downloading a shortlist. To install the list, drag the .slf into My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > Shortlists. Now load up your FM game and go to manager, then find players. Click the shortlist button and press import shortlist.

>> Click to Download FM2010 Strikers Shortlist <<

As mentioned this is the 4th out of 5 in the series, the next will be the complete shortlist – indeed all of the best of this years’ game!!

So who are your favourite strikers on FM2010?  Feel free to discuss – any suggestions will be added onto the list.

This is the third in the series and follows on from Dan’s post about the best defenders on football manager 2010.

Note: You may need to load the large database option to be able to view all players.

Left Midfielders (LM/AML)

Right Midfielders (RM/AMR)

Defensive Midfielders (DM)

Central Midfielders (CM/AMC)

Being the helpful people we are we give you the option of downloading a shortlist. To install the list, drag the .slf into My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > Shortlists. Now load up your FM game and go to manager, then find players. Click the shortlist button and press import shortlist.

>> CLICK TO DOWNLOAD FM2010 MIDFIELDERS SHORTLIST <<

As mentioned this is the 3rd out of 5 in the series, look out for the best forwards list next, it’s soon coming.

So who are the midfielders you go out of your way to sign? Feel free to discuss – any suggestions will be added onto the list.

I have put together this huge resource of players for your benefit incase you are ever in need of a good defender to sign and you can refer back to this always. This list follows on from my previous post about the best goalkeepers on football manager 2010. Note: You may need to load the large database option to be able to view all players.

Left Defenders (DL/WBL)

Right Defenders (DR/WBR)

• Davide Santon – Inter Milan
• Dani Alves – Barcelona
• Bacary Sagna – Arsenal
• Cesar Azpilicueta – Osasun
• Darijo Srna – Shakhtar
• Rafael – Man Utd
• Rafinha – Schalke
• Sebastian Corchia – Le Mans
• Raul – Atletico Paranaence
• Loic Nestor – Havre
• Kyle Naughton – Tottenham
• Daniel Opare – Real Madrid
• Maicon – Inter

Central Defenders (SW/DC)

• Nicolas Otamendi – Velez
• Martin Cacares – Barcelona
• John Heitinga – Everton
• Thiago Silva – AC Milan
• David Luiz – Benfica
• Henrique – Racing Santander
• Rafael Miranda – Maritimo
• Patricio Aruajo – America Mexico
• Jack Rodwell – Everton
• Mirel Radoi – Steaua
• Christian Chivu – Juventus
• Federico Fazio – Atletico Madrid
• Domenico Criscito – Genoa/Juventus
• Filipe – Deportivo
• Gerson – Gremoio
• Simon Kjaer – Palmero
• Sami Khedira – Stuttgart
• Nelson Rivas – Livorno
• Kyriakos Papadopoulos – Olympiakos
• Sidnei – Benfica
• Dodo – Corinthians
• Marc Muniesa – Barcelona
• Micah Richards – Man City
• Nedum Onuoha – Man City
• Mamadou Sakho – PSG
• Gerard Pique – Barcelona
• Cristian Zapata – Udinese
• Marek Suchy – Slavia Prague
• Breno – Bayern Munich
• Mathias Jorgenson – FC Kobenhavn
• Danny Wilson – Rangers
• Mark Beevers – Sheffield Wednesday
• Thiago Heleno – Cruzeiro
• Mats Hummels – Dortmund

Incase a list on the internet is too much for you, I have created a shortlist for you to import into football manager 2010 so you have the list in game. To install the list, drag the .slf into My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > Shortlists. Now load up your FM game and go to manager, then find players. Click the shortlist button and press import shortlist.

>> CLICK TO DOWNLOAD BEST DEFENDERS FM2010 SHORTLIST <<

This list took me a lot of time to compile, so I will be glad if it helps as many of you as possible. I will be covering the best midfielders in more depth in the coming days as well as the best forwards so look out for them!

Tell me, do you have any more suggestions for this list? and who are your favourite defenders in football manager 2010? I would love to hear your comments!