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Attacking midfielder Profiles

The number ten lives in the half-space behind the striker. Trequartista, Enganche, Shadow Striker, AP: each variant trades creativity for off-ball discipline differently, and your midfield pivot has to pick up the slack accordingly.

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Alessandro Pelusi

AMC • Attacking Midfielder • Attack

High Dribbling and First Touch make him effective in tight spaces.

Strong Vision and Passing allow him to create opportunities.

Runs With Ball Through Centre

JuventusItalian

Joel

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Attack

High flair and vision make him excellent at creating opportunities.

Strong passing and technique support playmaking duties.

Comes Deep To Get BallDoes Not Dive Into Tackles

Mihai Toma

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

Strong passing and vision for playmaking

Good dribbling and first touch for controlling the ball

Cuts Inside From Left Wing

Unknown Player

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

High Passing and Vision make him effective in creating chances.

Good First Touch and Technique allow him to control the ball well.

EvertonArgentina

Iván

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

High Dribbling and Technique for creating chances.

Excellent Vision and Passing for playmaking.

OlympiakosSpain

Figueredo

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

High Vision and Passing for playmaking

Strong Dribbling and Technique for maintaining possession

Tries Killer Balls OftenTries To Play Way Out Of TroubleLikes To Switch Ball To Wide Areas

HartlepoolArgentina

Nikola Iliev

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

High Dribbling and Technique for creating chances

Good Vision and Passing for playmaking

Tries Killer Balls OftenPlays One-TwosRuns With Ball Often

Unknown Player

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

High Dribbling and Technique make him effective in tight spaces.

Strong Passing and Vision support playmaking duties.

Plays One-TwosDictates TempoLooks For Pass

SV WerderNorwegian

Enzo Millot

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

High Dribbling and First Touch for maintaining possession.

Excellent Passing and Vision for creating opportunities.

Tries Killer Balls Often

FC PortoMTQ/FRA

Unknown Player

AMC • Inside Forward • Attack

High Dribbling and Finishing make him effective in attacking roles.

Strong Flair and Off the Ball movement enhance his ability to create and exploit space.

Unknown Player

AMC • Inside Forward • Attack

High Dribbling and Finishing make him effective in attacking roles.

Strong Flair and Off the Ball movement enhance his ability to create and exploit space.

Jefinho

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

Strong passing and vision for playmaking

Good anticipation and decision-making

Mokhothu

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Attack

High Vision and Passing for playmaking

Strong Flair and Technique for creativity

Tries Killer Balls OftenPlays One-TwosLikes To Lob Keeper

Sekhukhune UtdSouth African

Maurice Krattenmacher

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

High Dribbling and First Touch for controlling the ball.

Strong Passing and Vision for creating opportunities.

Comes Deep To Get Ball

Arda Güler

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

High Technique and Passing for playmaking

Strong Vision and Flair for creating opportunities

Tries Killer Balls OftenArgues With OfficialsComes Deep To Get Ball

Christian Cipriani

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

High Dribbling and Passing make him effective in creating chances.

Good Vision and Flair support playmaking duties.

Argues With OfficialsComes Deep To Get Ball

Sascha Abendroth

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

High Technique and First Touch for controlling the ball.

Good Flair and Vision for creating opportunities.

Tries First Time Shots

Hajduk 1932Croatia, Germany

Unknown Player

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

High Passing and Vision for playmaking

Strong First Touch and Technique

Gets Forward Whenever PossibleTries Killer Balls OftenDictates Tempo

Unknown Player

AMC • Enganche • Support

High Technique and Passing make him effective in linking play.

Good Vision and Decisions enhance his playmaking abilities.

GloucesterEnglish

Liam McDonald

AMC • Advanced Playmaker • Support

High Technique and Passing for playmaking

Good Vision and Decisions for creating chances

Manchester CityEnglish

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Pick a position, read the role theory first

The cards above are uploaded player profiles. If you're trying to figure out which role a player should be playing (or which type of player your tactic actually needs), start with the articles below. Each bucket links to the guides that explain the role distribution, the pairings that work, and the antipatterns that don't. Recent community uploads in each position are listed underneath.

Centre-backs

Stopper, Cover, BPD: every back four is a triangulation between aggression, recovery, and progression. Pairings here decide how high your line can hold and whether you keep clean sheets against pace.

Player pairings

Centre-Back Pairings

Stopper-Cover, BPD-CD, two BPDs. How centre-back duties shape your defensive shape.

12 min readRead

Defensive Line and Line of Engagement

The pairing rule for Defensive Line and Line of Engagement, all 9 combinations, and the gap that costs goals.

12 min readRead

Reading FM Attributes for Tactical Fit

The 13/15/17 working tiers in FM, hidden attributes that scouting won't show, and the per-role priorities that actually matter.

12 min readRead

Recruitment by Tactical Fit

Scout for system fit, not stat stars. The shortlist filters in FM that map to your tactic, and the role-attribute matrix to use.

12 min readRead

Recent centre-backs from the community

Semir Salahovic — Sassuolo
Matteo Rosati — Galatasaray
Sergio Ramos — Slavia
Martin Harrison — Millwall

Browse all (77) centre-backs

Full-backs and wing-backs

The position whose duty changes the entire shape of the team. Attacking full-backs turn 4-4-2 into 2-4-4 in possession; defensive full-backs let your front three stay aggressive without leaving the centre-backs alone.

Player pairings

Full-Back and Winger Pairings

Overlap, underlap, IF + attacking WB. The same-channel rule for full-back and winger pairings, and the cases where it doesn't apply.

12 min readRead

Wing Play vs Central Play

Build through the wide areas or through the middle? A working framework for picking the right one for your squad.

10 min readRead

Defensive midfielders

Anchor, Half-Back, DLP, Regista, BWM. Each one solves a different problem and creates a different gap. Pick the wrong one and your back four has nobody screening them.

Player pairings

Midfield Pairs in 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2

Double pivots and flat pairs in 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2: when each pairing works, when it collapses, and the AMC unicorn that rescues both.

12 min readRead

Player pairings

Midfield Trios

Holder, runner, creator: the role distribution rule for three-man midfields, the AMC variants, and the antipatterns that break them.

12 min readRead

Central midfielders

The role that does the most invisible work. Box-to-Box, Mezzala, Carrilero, Roaming Playmaker: the right pick depends on what the players around them are doing as much as the player's own attributes.

Player pairings

Midfield Trios

Holder, runner, creator: the role distribution rule for three-man midfields, the AMC variants, and the antipatterns that break them.

12 min readRead

Player pairings

Midfield Pairs in 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2

Double pivots and flat pairs in 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2: when each pairing works, when it collapses, and the AMC unicorn that rescues both.

12 min readRead

Attacking midfielders

The number ten lives in the half-space behind the striker. Trequartista, Enganche, Shadow Striker, AP: each variant trades creativity for off-ball discipline differently, and your midfield pivot has to pick up the slack accordingly.

Player pairings

Midfield Trios

Holder, runner, creator: the role distribution rule for three-man midfields, the AMC variants, and the antipatterns that break them.

12 min readRead

Player pairings

Midfield Pairs in 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2

Double pivots and flat pairs in 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2: when each pairing works, when it collapses, and the AMC unicorn that rescues both.

12 min readRead

Wingers and wide midfielders

Inside Forward, Inverted Winger, traditional Winger, Wide Playmaker. The choice is whether the wide player attacks the half-space or hugs the touchline, and whether your full-back is the one providing width or not.

Player pairings

Full-Back and Winger Pairings

Overlap, underlap, IF + attacking WB. The same-channel rule for full-back and winger pairings, and the cases where it doesn't apply.

12 min readRead

Wing Play vs Central Play

Build through the wide areas or through the middle? A working framework for picking the right one for your squad.

10 min readRead

Strikers

Poacher, Complete Forward, False 9, Pressing Forward, Target Man. The striker role is the load-bearing piece for everything else: a False 9 changes what your wide forwards have to do, a Pressing Forward changes what your defensive line is allowed to be.

Player pairings

Striker Partnerships in FM

Target Man and Poacher, False 9 and Inside Forward: the striker partnerships that solve isolation, plus the pairings that contradict.

12 min readRead

Gegenpressing: A Full Guide

Klopp-style gegenpressing in FM, including squad profile, line-and-press pairing, sustainable workload, and the antipatterns to avoid.

12 min readRead

Foundations

Mentality, Duty & Roles

How Mentality, Duty, and Role interact in FM, why duty trumps mentality every time, and the role-on-top-of-duty composition rules.

12 min readRead

Recruitment by Tactical Fit

Scout for system fit, not stat stars. The shortlist filters in FM that map to your tactic, and the role-attribute matrix to use.

12 min readRead

Recent full-backs and wing-backs from the community

Clinton Bassong — ADO Den Haag
Lee Jung-Hyung — Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
David Kalem — Osijek
Francisco Ortega — Olympiacos

Browse all (62) full-backs and wing-backs

Foundations

Mentality, Duty & Roles

How Mentality, Duty, and Role interact in FM, why duty trumps mentality every time, and the role-on-top-of-duty composition rules.

12 min readRead

Pressing Triggers and Intensity

Counter-Press, Regroup, Stand Off, Trigger Press: what each pressing instruction does in FM and how to pair them without contradicting.

12 min readRead

Recent defensive midfielders from the community

Samuel Gustafson — Galatasaray SK
Đorđe Stojković — Empoli
Michael Macrory — Millwall Reserves
Benjamin de Boer — Vaduz

Browse all (72) defensive midfielders

Foundations

Mentality, Duty & Roles

How Mentality, Duty, and Role interact in FM, why duty trumps mentality every time, and the role-on-top-of-duty composition rules.

12 min readRead

Recruitment by Tactical Fit

Scout for system fit, not stat stars. The shortlist filters in FM that map to your tactic, and the role-attribute matrix to use.

12 min readRead

Recent central midfielders from the community

Iban Arroyo — Athletic Club
Fabien Girard — AFC Metz
Hugo Sorbetky — SK Slavia Prague
Andrés Iniesta — Barcelona

Browse all (94) central midfielders

Playing styles

Tiki-Taka vs Positional Play

Why circulation density and zonal occupation aren't the same thing in FM, and the half-space occupation rule that decides build-up.

12 min readRead

Reading FM Attributes for Tactical Fit

The 13/15/17 working tiers in FM, hidden attributes that scouting won't show, and the per-role priorities that actually matter.

12 min readRead

Recent attacking midfielders from the community

Francisco Costa
Unknown Player — Chelsea
Rodrigo Amaral — Univ. de Chile
Shohei Kawada — Fukushima

Browse all (50) attacking midfielders

Playing styles

Gegenpressing: A Full Guide

Klopp-style gegenpressing in FM, including squad profile, line-and-press pairing, sustainable workload, and the antipatterns to avoid.

12 min readRead

Recruitment by Tactical Fit

Scout for system fit, not stat stars. The shortlist filters in FM that map to your tactic, and the role-attribute matrix to use.

12 min readRead

Recent wingers and wide midfielders from the community

Thiago Messi — Inter Miami
Craig Tudor — Burton
Szymon Garbacz — AS Roma
Daniel Rotllan — AS Roma

Browse all (127) wingers and wide midfielders

Playing styles

Counter-Attacking Excellence

Sit deep, win the ball, and break in three passes. The roles, instructions, and squad profile that make it work.

11 min readRead

Recruitment by Tactical Fit

Scout for system fit, not stat stars. The shortlist filters in FM that map to your tactic, and the role-attribute matrix to use.

12 min readRead

Recent strikers from the community

Jeffrey de Haan — Barcelona B
Unknown Player — Barcelona
Harvey Hall
Vitor Roque — ATP

Browse all (108) strikers