After weeks of hard work and research, we are finally presenting you with the ULTIMATE list of best players on Football Manager 2010. The list is huge and contains 220 players, grouped in positions for your benefit.
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
- Rene Adler – Bayern Levekusen
- Hugo Lloris – Lyon
- Igor Akinfeev – CSKA Moscow
- Manuel Neuer – Schalke
- Guillermo Ochoa – Club America
- Sergio Asenjo – Atletico Madrid
- Vincenzo Fiorillo – Sampodoria
- Steve Mandanda – Marseille
- Iker Casillas – Real Madrid
- Pepe Reina – Liverpool
- Sebastian Frey – Fiorentina
- Carlos Kameni – Espanyol
- Josh Lambo – FC Dallas
- Marcos – Palmeiras
- Julio Cesar – Inter
- Matej Delac – Chelsea
- Diego Benaglio – Woflsburg
- Rui Patricio – Sporting Lisbon
- Alex Smithies – Huddersfied
- Sinan Bolat – Standard Liege
- Erick Delgado – Juan Aurich
- Vincent Enyeama – Hapoel Tel Aviv
- Yohan Pele – Toulouse
- Oscar Ustari – Getafe
- Cenk Gonen – Denizlispor
- Alphonse Areola – PSG
- Silviu Lung Jr – Universitatea Craiova
- Asmir Begovic – Stoke
- Marco Amelia – Genoa
- Remy Riou – Auxerre
- Andrea Consigli – Atalanta
- Joe Hart – Man City
Left Backs
- Gareth Bale – Tottenham
- Fabio – Man Utd
- Joe Mattock – West Brom
- Diego Renan – Cruziero
- Armand Traore – Arsenal
- Marcelo – Real Madrid
- Pedro Botelho – Arsenal
- Ismail Koybasi – Beskitas
- Joao Paulo – Fluminese
- Emiliano Insua – Liverpool
Right Backs
- 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
Centre Backs
- 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
Left Midfielders
- Danny – Zenit
- Franck Ribery – FC Bayern
- Mesut Ozil – Werder Bremen
- Tranquillo Barnetta – Bayer Leverkusen
- Marcelo – Real Madrid
- Carlos Eduardo – Hoffenheim
- Luka Modric – Tottenham
- Santiago Cazorla – Villareal
- Rodney Sneijder – Ajax
- Angel Di Maria – Benfica
- Andres Guardado – Deportivo
- Antonio Cassano – Sampdoria
- Ibrahim Afellay – PSV
- Sebastian Giovinco – Juventus
- Stefan Jovetic – Fiorentina
- Mirko Vucinic – Roma
- Diego Buonanotte – River Plate
- Juan Angel Albin – Getafe
- Zoran Tosic – Man Utd
- Juan Manuel Vargas – Fiorentina
Right Midfielders
- Jesús Navas – Sevilla
- Yoann Gourcuff – Bourdeaux
- Arjen Robben – FC Bayern
- Piotr Trochowski – HSV
- Guiliano – Internacional
- Eduardo Salvio – Lanus
- Theo Walcott – Arsenal
- Henri Saivet – Bourdeaux
- Marko Marin – Werder Bremen
- Steven Pienaar – Everton
- Stephane Sessegnon – PSG
- Simao – Atletico Madrid
- Aaron Lennon – Tottenham
- Gabriel Obertan – Man Utd
- Ricardo Quaresma – Inter
- Nani – Man Utd
- Darijo Srna – Shakhtar
- Maxi Rodriguez – Liverpool
- Alexis Sanchez – Udinese
- Chinedu Obasi – Hoffenheim
Defensive Midfielders
- Javier Mascherano – Liverpool
- Miguel Veloso – Sporting
- Ignacio Camacho – Atletico Madrid
- Tinga – Ponte Preta
- Sandro – Internacional
- Lorenzo Crisetig – Inter
- Etienne Capoue – Toulouse
- Moussa Sissoko – Toulouse
- Mohammed Sissoko – Juventus
- Francesco Bolzoni – Genoa
- Anthony Annan – Rosenberg
- Sami Khedira – Schalke
- Ognjen Vukojevic – Dinamo Kiev
- Felipe Melo – Juventus
- Claudio Marchisio – Juventus
- Dan Gosling – Everton
- Jack Rodwell – Everton
- Ever Banega – Valencia
- Lars Bender – Leverkusen
- Fernando Gago – Real Madrid
Attacking Midfielders
- Miralem Pjanic – Lyon
- Toni Kroos – FC Bayern
- Diego – Juventus
- Patricio Rodríguez – Independiante
- Eden Hazard – Lille
- Marco Verratti – Pescara
- Renato Augusto Leverkusen
- Jack Wilshere – Arsenal
- Pablo Piatti – Almeria
- Sofiane Feghouli – Grenoble
- Stefan Defour – Standard
- Marek Hamsik – Napoli
- Axel Witsel – Standard
- Joao Moutinho – Sporting
- Martin Galvan – Cruz Azul
- Alan Dzagoev – CSKA Moscow
- Roman Bezus – Vorskla
- Paulo Henrique – Santos
- Ismael Aissati – Ajax
- Riccardo Montolivo – Fiorentina
Strikers
- Lisandro López – Lyon
- Romelu Lukaku – Anderlecht
- Ezequiel Lavezzi – Napoli
- Gonzalo Higuaín – Real Madrid
- Neymar – Santos
- Giuseppe Rossi – Villareal
- Karim Benzema – Real Madrid
- Diego Forlan – Atletico Madrid
- Carlos Tevez – Man City
- Antonio Di Natale – Udinese
- Pato – AC Milan
- David Villa – Valencia
- Fabio Quagliarella – Napoli
- Alberto Gilardino – Fiorentina
- Giampaolo Pazzini – Sampdoria
- Eren Derdiyok – Bayer Leverkusen
- Hugo Almeida – Werder Bremen
- Wayne Rooney – Man Utd
- Mario Gomez – FC Bayern
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Barcelona
- Bojan – Barcelona
- Didier Drogba – Chelsea
- Robert Acquafresca – Genoa
- Carlos Vela – Arsenal
- Dentinho – Corinthians
- Yannis Tafer – Lyon
- Keirrison – Fiorentina
- Mattia Destro – Inter
- Denis Albec – Inter
- Guilherme – CSKA Moscow
- Jonathon Cristaldo -Vélez
- Edin Dzeko – Wolfsburg
- Luis Suarez – Ajax
- Javier Saviola – Benfica
- Marouane Chamakh – Bordeaux
- Welliton – Spartak Moscow
- Vaclav Kadlec – Sparta Prague
- Tomas Necid – CSKA Moscow
- Nilmar – Villareal
- Mario Balotelli – Inter
- Hulk – Porto
- Rolando Bianchi – Torino
- Adriano – Flamengo
- Demba Ba – Hoffenheim
- Eduardo – Arsenal
- Iker Muniain – Athletic
- Luis Fabiano – Sevilla
- Mamadou Niang – Marseille
- Daniel Sturridge – Chelsea
- Andrej Kramaric – Dinamo
- Nathan Delfouneso – Aston Villa
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!
Hey!
You forgot to add the GK’s shortlist!
Where is Fernando Torres??
avereage list…
Subotic (cb) ?
Vukcevic (AML) ?
Sergio Romero (GK)?
Ronaldo & Messi? all missing to name but a few PLUS:
Chivu plays for INTER MILAN not Juventus
Mirel Radoi plays for AL-HILAL not Steaua
Palombo
Fabregas
Cech
John Terry
Ashley Cole…
poor list overall
I tried to avoid as many obvious suggestions as I could. I mean every football fan in the world knows how good Messi and Ronaldo are on the game surely?
Of course, there are some known suggestions in there, but not everyone knows if somebody like Higuain is as good on FM as he is in real life etc.
With so many it’s tough to remember players such as Subotic and Sergio Romero, but to compensate we had asked for any suggestions at the end of every post in relation to this final list. If you had told us we missed these players out we would have added them, that would have been far more constructive than an attempt to attack this post. But thanks for the feedback all the same.
I’m sorry if my post seemed like an attack because it wasn’t. I think you did a great job compiling this list. I think the reason we throw so many established names in is because you titled the shortlists “Ultimate list Best Players”. You should have been more clear that the obvious names was omitted. Just my opinion. And again great job guys!
cant find lung jr. anymore any more
Hi Rene, sorry to be misunderstood I was referring more to the, ‘avereage post’ and ‘poor list overall’ comments. Thanks again.
Rory is there any chance you put a shortlist that’s downloadable for the keeper
BTW Good Job
I will create the Goalkeeper shortlist now and add it to the post.
Thanks
404 forbidden it says
U is ace man.
Glad to see you have there Hugo Almeida, he is not a complete forward but a beast if you put him on the right role.
And the DC/DMC Fazio plays for Sevilha not Atl. Madrid.
Good list, must have been hard work to compile all this players.
Good list..but you should also list the brazilian striker named Kleber to your Ultimate List..I buy him in every game I start and he scores 25-40 goals a season
Could you re-upload the defenders SLF file again, thanks. Great list btw.
This is a poor list tbh, Carlos Vela doesn’t turn out great, Botehlo is decent at best same for Armand Traore, and that’s just the Arsenal players…
Yes indeed, to my advice Carlos Vela is a rip-off as well as Chavez and in a way, if not trained or observed properly, Neymar, Nasri nad Pektovic
great list lads, dont take notice of the negative comments, but i would advise you to shorten the list somewhat
add Landon Donovan (and he is free at starts)
since i got him, i cant loose
Toni Kroos
Karim Aint Fana
Jonas
Juan Arango
Ryan Shawcross
Christian Ansaldi
By the way give the lad a break. He has put together a list of players for our benefit.So what if some turn out crap or some are missing on the list overall mate you have done a good job.This is a good list keep up the good work.
arshavin,valdes,xavi,iniesta,messi,ronaldo,maicon,lahm missing. i have an amazing real one where ive won all the trophies poss 4 3 year in a row by signing lahm, maicon,thiago silva,montolivo,sanchez and ayew. i reccomend all these players plus chris gadi who is free on the second season. vidal,kacar,tasci and santana are good too. btw buy opare he is really good
Mirel Radoi is at Al Hilal, not at Steaua for at least 1 year
joe hart isn’t in the game
mouassa dembelle from AZ is really good as attacking mid & stricker and lichstiner from lazio
Arda Turan will be a very good sign for every attacking team..
well done on the list mate, lot of good names! i would say add arturo Vidal from Bayer Leverkusen is the ultimate squad player can play many positions and scores a good amount of goals if you play him box to box!
felipe dias is awesome. Bought him for 5.5 mil, 3 threes later he’s worth 35 mil. Better than ribery, snjieder, ozil and most others!
sorry three years later.
Raul Meireles is a very good player as is Ramires. Dzeko is the man up front. Guaranteed 30 goals a season!!
Anyone know if Marco Verratti is as good in 2010 as in previous game?? He was awesome in my Celtic team.
Sergio Aguero, Messi, Ronaldo, Pato, Torres, Ashley Cole, Fabregas etc…. Best players in the game!!!
2 craig scott – verratti is amazing!
Great list guys
I have a game with aston villa, here are a few of my best players anyone who sees this should consider buying:
pato
aguero
MOUSSA SISSOKO *definite purchase*
Akinfeev *free after 2/3 seasons*
Thiago SIlva
Subotic
Di Maria
all affordable should you have a half decent budget with a premier league team.
Kaka, Torres, Ronaldo, Robinho, Rooney, MESSI IS A LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Improve this crap list guys
Sorry did you make a list that is better than this one? unless you cheat heavily it is virtually impossible to have all those players in one team (cost etc) and none of them are defenders…..
untill you come up with something better i would shut the fuck up
Hi guys Charlie is in da house……… bye FOOTY MANAGER IS ACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me bored byez lolz
Honestly best attacker is YAYA SANOGO wen hes 20 wil score 40 goals hes skilful decent pace good in the air and a very powerful finisher!!! trust
Zaraté – Can play up top, AMR, AMC, AML. Bags of assists and goals. Cost me £31m, worth it though… No one will buy Crouch or Keane off me lol. I’ve won the PL twice, FA Cup, CC and made the semi’s of the CL (aka Champions cup), but Modric still wants to acheive more at a bigger club lol!!! I can’t get him to stay, losses moral, scores, happy again, then hands in another tranfser request. Been going on for 3 seasons now
DID U KNOW FEDERICO LAURITO’S ????
in FM 09 he’s vey ood signing …!!!
Alex texeira,Marquinhos,Sirgy Krsytov,steven defour,romelu lukaku,….
they would be a good signing ….
http://www.banchouse.net/en/index.php
http://www.banchouse.net/en/index.php
Great List, Yes There Are Some That Dont Turn Out Great But Nobody’s Perfect, btw i’m guessing the reason you havent put down people like fabregas etc, is because everyone knows them, so it would just make the list longer, well done(:
I wish people would learn how to use all aspects of the FM games….. They come with an editor!!! In these editors you can find out exactly who’s who!!!
Good work on the list pal!
Run the editor in windowed and check against the list… FM 10. The -10 players I’ve found thus far are Salvio Ath madrid. Kroos Bayern. Otamendi……. Ramsey……(wilsheres -9 btw)
Gr8 list guys! what about mezut ozil??
man the best player is Dzeko ,and Tim krul really good goalkeeper from Newcastle.
C.ronaldo
KaKa
Torres
Messi
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