Looking for the best wonderkids in FM2012? Hunting for those awesome young players who are destined to be the superstars of tomorrow? Well my list of the best young players in Football Manager 2012 is finally done, at least the first draft anyway.
These players all appeared when I set up a game with the English and Scottish leagues and a Medium Database. They all have the potential to be useful, some can slot straight into the top teams, but they mostly have a big price tag. There are also some great prospects you can pick up fairly cheaply and mould into great players.
The values are their starting values on day one in the game. You’ll obviously have to pay more than that for many of them. Quite a few of them can be picked up on loan deals as well so always worth checking out.
Let me know how you get on and please post a comment if you have suggestions for some FM 2012 wonderkids of your own.
Goalkeepers (GK)
Jack Butland, 17, Birmingham, £500k
Laurentiu Branescu, 17, Juventus, £850k
Alphonse Areola, 18, PSG, £900k
Maxym Koval, 18, Dynamo Kyiv, £1.4M
Matej Delac, 18, Ceske Budejovice, £1.5M
Luis Guilherme, 19, Botafogo, £800k
Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 19, Monchengladbach, £2.3M
Thibaut Courtois, 19, Chelsea, £7.75M
Jason Steele, 20, Middlesbrough, £1.2M
Pierrick Cros, 20, Sochaux, £1.6M
David De Gea, 20, Manchester United, £17.25M
Alex Smithies, 21, Huddersfield, £800k
Rafael, 21, Santos, £2.4M
Wojciech Szczesny, 21, Arsenal, £4.1M
Central Defenders (DC)
Nathan Ake, 16, Chelsea, £230k
Daniele Rugani, 16, Empoli, £1.1M
Nathaniel Chalobah, 16, Chelsea, £2.4M
Tobias Figueiredo, 17, Sporting, £425k
Monty Gimpel, 17, Leeds United, £725k
Giuseppe Prestia, 17, Empoli, £1.2M
Tiago Ilori, 18, Sporting, £375k
Ignasi Miguel, 18, Arsenal, £525k
Tomas Kalas, 18, Chelsea, £1.7M
Raphael Varane, 18, Real Madrid, £4M
Siyanda Xulu, 19, Sundowns, £140k
Diego Polenta, 19, Bari, £1.2M
Shane Duffy, 19, Everton, £1.6M
Nicolai Boilesen, 19, Ajax, £1.8M
Marc Muniesa, 19, Barcelona, £2.1M
Danny Wilson, 19, Liverpool, £3.2M
Jon Aurtenetxe, 19, Athletic Bilbao, £3.5M
Grant Hanley, 19, Blackburn, £3.7M
Kyriakos Papadopoulos, 19, Schalke, £4.4M
Joel Matip, 19, Schalke, £4.7M
Phil Jones, 19, Manchester United, £16.5M
Roderick Miranda, 20, Servette, £850k
Sergiy Kryvtsov, 20, Shakhtar Donetsk, £1.8M
Kyle Bartley, 20, Arsenal, £2.7M
Jonathan Mensah, 20, Evian, £3.2M
Dedryck Boyata, 20, Manchester City, £3.6M
Ezequiel Munoz, 20, Palermo, £4M
Marc Bartra, 20, Barcelona, £4.2M
Mateo Musacchio, 20, Villarreal, £4.8M
Stefan Savic, 20, Manchester City, £6M
Sebastian Coates, 20, Liverpool, £7.25M
Ryan Bennett, 21, Peterborough, £275k
Craig Dawson, 21, West Brom, £2.4M
Yaroslav Rakitskyi, 21, Shakhtar Donetsk, £2.5M
Breno, 21, Bayern Munich, £2.7M
Omer Toprak, 21, Leverkusen, £3.4M
Martin Kelly, 21, Liverpool, £3.4M
Ciaran Clark, 21, Aston Villa, £3.7M
Nicolas Nkoulou, 21, Olympique Marseilles, £4.2M
Chris Smalling, 21, Manchester United, £4.7M
Mamadou Sakho, 21, PSG, £6.25M
Left Backs (DL, WBL)
Jack Robinson, 17, Liverpool, £1.9M
Alex Sandro, 20, Porto, £3.6M
Fabio, 20, Manchester United, £4.7M
Kevin Theophile-Catherine, 21, Stade Rennais, £2.1M
Arman Traore, 21, Q.P.R., £2.8M
Ryan Bertrand, 21, Chelsea, £3.3M
Kieran Gibbs, 21, Arsenal, £4.1M
Jose Angel, 21, Roma, £4.9M
Right Backs (DR, WBR)
Romario, 17, Vitoria, £1.1M
Serge Aurier, 18, Lens, £1.9M
John Flanagan, 18, Liverpool, £3M
Nika Kvekveskiri, 19, Dinamo Tibilisi, £725k
Sime Vrsaljko, 19, Dinamo, £1M
Adam Matthews, 19, Celtic, £1M
Lee Hodson, 19, Watford, £1.2M
James Hurst, 19, Blackpool, £1.6M
Sebastien Corchia, 20, Sochaux, £2.9M
Martin Montoya, 20, Barcelona, £3.2M
Mario, 20, Villarreal, £3.4M
Mario Fernandes, 20, Gremio, £3.7M
Davide Santon, 20, Newcastle, £5.25M
Rafael, 20, Manchester United, £7M
Jordan Spence, 21, Bristol City, £1M
Michel, 21, Almeria, £2.1M
Dennis Diekmeier, 21, HSV, £3.1M
Timothy Chandler, 21, Nurnberg, £3.5M
Kyle Walker, 21, Tottenham, £3.8M
Cesar Azpilicueta, 21, Olympique Marseilles, £4M
Defensive Midfielders (DMC)
Emre Can, 17, Bayern Munich, £1.3M
Lorenzo Crisetig, 18, Inter, £1.6M
George Thorne, 18, West Brom, £2.3M
Emmanuel Frimpong, 19, Arsenal, £2.4M
Casemiro, 19, Sao Paolo, £3.7M
Oriol Romeu, 19, Chelsea, £4.3M
Kamohelo Mokotjo, 20, Feyenoord, £1.3M
Josuha Guilavogui, 20, Saint-Ettiene, £1.9M
Eliaquim Mangala, 20, Porto, £2.1M
Romulo, 20, Vasco, £2.7M
Francis Coquelin, 20, Arsenal, £2.9M
Kara, 21, Tromso, £975k
Amine Linganzi, 21, Blackburn, £2M
Christoph Moritz, 21, Schalke, £2.9M
Taras Stepanenko, 21, Shakhtar Donetsk, £3M
Andrea Poli, 21, Inter, £3M
Dan Gosling, 21, Newcastle, £3.1M
Havard Nordtveit, 21, Gladbach, £3.3M
Ignacio Camacho, 21, Malaga, £3.5M
Yann M’Vila, 21, Stade Rennais, £4.8M
Central Midfielders (MC)
Tomas Podstawski, 16, Porto, £375k
Robbie Cotton, 16, Blackburn, £950k
Amato Ciciretti, 17, Roma, £750k
Ross Barkley, 17, Everton, £3.2M
Ryan Tunnicliffe, 18, Peterborough, £750k
Florent Cuvelier, 18, Stoke, £975k
Zakaria Labyad, 18, PSV, £1.4M
Felipe Anderson, 18, Santos, £2.8M
Paul Pogba, 18, Manchester United, £2.7M
Josh McEachran, 18, Chelsea, £4.6M
Liam Palmer, 19, Sheffield Wednesday, £240k
Tolga Cigerci, 19, Wolfsburg, £2.8M
Jonjo Shelvey, 19, Liverpool, £3.3M
Danilo, 19, Santos, £3.6M
Pajtim Kasami, 19, Fulham, £3.6M
David Alaba, 19, Bayern Munich, £3.8M
Tom Cairney, 20, Hull, £1.5M
Lukman Haruna, 20, Dynamo Kyiv, £1.5M
Jordi Clasie, 20, Feyenoord, £1.6M
Korey Smith, 20, Norwich, £2.1M
Andrea Bertolacci, 20, Roma, £2.5M
Henri Lansbury, 20, West Ham, £2.9M
Mubarak Wakaso, 20, Villarreal, £3.2M
James McCarthy, 20, Wigan, £3.6M
Ilkay Gundogan, 20, Dortmund, £4.6M
Jack Rodwell, 20, Everton, £5.25M
Aaron Ramsey, 20, Arsenal, £5.25M
Andile Jali, 21, Orlando Pirates, £350k
Aron Gunnarsson, 21, Cardiff, £975k
Denys Garmash, 21, Dynamo Kyiv, £1.3M
Kevin Strootman, 21, PSV, £2.9M
Marco Hoger, 21, Schalke, £3.3M
Barry Bannan, 21, Aston Villa, £3.7M
Sebastian Rudy, 21, Hoffenheim, £3.9M
Mehmet Ekici, 21, Werder Bremen, £4.3M
Fabian Delph, 21, Aston Villa, £4.4M
Leroy Fer, 21, Twente, £4.8M
Ander Herrera, 21, Athletic, £5M
Moussa Sissoko, 21, Toulousse, £5.75M
Andre Ayew, 21, Olympique Marseilles, £7M
Toni Kroos, 21, Bayern Munich, £8M
Jordan Henderson, 21, Liverpool, £16M
Left Midfielders (ML, AML)
Ricardo Kishna, 16, Ajax, £650k
Joel Campbell, 19, Arsenal, £2.9M
Pablo Sarabia, 19, Getafe, £3.5M
Gokhan Tore, 19, HSV, £3.8M
Adem Ljajic, 19, Fiorentina, £4.8M
Yassine El Ghanassy, 20, Gent, £600k
Jerson Cabral, 20, Feyenoord, £1.8M
Frederic Bulot, 20, Caen, £2.3M
Magaye Gueye, 20, Everton, £3.5M
Gaston Ramirez, 20, Bologna, £4.4M
Antoine Griezmann, 20, Real Sociedad, £5.5M
Andre Schurrle, 20, Leverkusen, £5.75M
Martin Zeman, 21, Admira, £400k
Nacer Chadli, 21, Twente, £2.4M
Yohan Mollo, 21, Granada, £2.9M
Konstantin Rausch, 21, Hannover, £3.8M
Andriy Yarmolenko, 21, Dynamo Kyiv, £4.1M
Eugene Konoplyanka, 21, Dnipro, £4.3M
Gareth Bale, 21, Tottenham, £10M
Right Midfielders (MR, AMR)
Adnan Januzaj, 16, Manchester United, £600k
Bruma, 16, Sporting, £650k
Raheem Sterling, 16, Liverpool, £1.8M
Zeli Ismail, 17, Wolves, £1.4M
Gerard Deulofeu, 17, Barcelona, £3.8M
Alex Chamberlain, 17, Arsenal, £12M
Juan Iturbe, 18, Porto, £1.2M
Stephan El Shaarawy, 18, Milan/Genoa, £2.8M
James Forrest, 19, Celtic, £1.2M
Xherda Shaqiri, 19, Basel, £2.5M
Christian Clemens, 19, Koln, £3.8M
Bebe, 20, Besiktas, £2.3M
Henri Saivet, 20, Bordeaux, £2.3M
Kiko Femenia, 20, Barcelona, £4.2M
Ivan Tomecak, 21, Dinamo, £875k
Junior Stanislas, 21, Burnley, £1.2M
Younes Belhanda, 21, Montpellier, £2.7M
Marcel Risse, 21, Mainz, £3.3M
Vladimir Weiss, 21, Manchester City, £3.3M
Junior Hoilett, 21, Blackburn, £4.2M
Eduardo Salvio, 21, Atletico Madrid, £4.3M
Ryad Boudebouz, 21, Sochaux, £4.4M
Marc Albrighton, 21, Aston Villa, £4.5M
Gabriel Torje, 21, Udinese, £4.6M
Attacking Midfielders (AMC)
Tony Trindade de Vilhena, 16, Feyenoord, £625k
Muhammed Demirci, 16, Besiktas, £800k
Adryan, 16, Flamengo, £925k
Lorenzo Tassi, 16, Inter/Brescia, £1.3M
Bryan Rabello, 17, Colo Colo, £750k
Denis, 17, Manchester City, £875k
Abdallah Yaisien, 17, PSG, £925k
Mateo Kovacic, 17, Dinamo, £1M
Viktor Fischer, 17, Ajax, £1.1M
Suso, 17, Liverpool, £1.7M
Julian Draxler, 17, Schalke, £4.5M
Erick Torres, 18, Chivas, £900k
Haris Vuckic, 18, Newcastle, £1.9M
Rafinha, 18, Barcelona, £2.6M
Jano, 18, Spartak Moscow, £2.8M
Lucas Moura, 18, Sao Paolo, £5.25M
Eyal Golasa, 19, Maccabi Haifa, £250k
John Fleck, 19, Rangers, £1.1M
Filip Djuricic, 19, Heerenveen, £1.8M
Christian Eriksen, 19, Ajax, £3.4M
Oscar, 19, Internacional , £4M
Roberto Firmino, 19, Hoffenheim, £4.2M
Eric Lamela, 19, Roma, £4.3M
Coutinho, 19, Inter, £4.4M
James Rodríguez, 19, Porto, £4.5M
Jack Wilshere, 19, Arsenal, £8M
Mario Gotze, 19, Dortmund, £10.5M
Clement Grenier, 20, Lyon, £1.8M
Levan Kenia, 20, Schalke, £2.2M
Douglas Costa, 20, Shakhtar Donetsk, £3.4M
Gael Kakuta, 20, Chelsea, £3.9M
Georginio Wijnaldum, 20, PSV, £4.3M
Lewis Holtby, 20, Schalke, £5.5M
Sergio Canales, 20, Valencia, £5.75M
Thiago, 20, Barcelona, £5.75M
Eden Hazard, 20, Lille, £7.25M
Iago Falque, 21, Juventus, £2.4M
Alex Teixeira, 21, Shakhtar Donetsk, £2.8M
Jan Moravek, 21, Schalke, £3.2M
Sofiane Feghouli, 21, Valencia, £3.3M
Giuliano, 21, Dnipro, £4M
Gylfi Sigurdsson, 21, Hoffenheim, £4.1M
Alan Dzagoev, 21, CSKA Moscow, £5M
Miralem Pjanic, 21, Roma, £5.5M
Tom Cleverley, 21, Manchester United, £5.5M
Ganso, 21, Santos, £6M
Thomas Muller, 21, Bayern Munich, £14.75M
Forwards (FC, ST)
Andy Polo, 16, Universitario, £275k
Jean Marie Dongou, 16, Barcelona, £325k
Carlos Fierro, 16, Chivas, £700k
Hervin Ongenda, 16, PSG, £1.2M
Adam Campbell, 16, Newcastle, £1.2M
Souleymane Coulibaly, 16, Tottenham, £1.5M
Mbaye Niang, 16, Caen, £1.9M
Vitinho, 17, Botafogo, £425k
Marco Antonio Bueno, 17, Pachuca, £650k
Anass Achahbar, 17, Feyenoord, £800k
Lucas Piazon, 17, Sao Paolo, £950k
Lenny Nangis, 17, Caen, £1.1M
Marko Livaja, 17, Cesena, £1.5M
Miguel Medina, 18, Udinese, £1.5M
Yaya Sanogo, 18, Auxerre, £1.7M
Kevin Volland, 18, Hoffenheim, £3.1M
Ryo Miyaichi, 18, Arsenal, £3.2M
Leandro, 18, Gremio, £3.3M
Luc Castaignos, 18, Inter, £3.5M
Alvaro Morata, 18, Real Madrid, £4.5M
Son Heung-Min, 18, HSV, £4.9M
Iker Muniain, 18, Athletic, £5.5M
Connor Wickham, 18, Sunderland, £8M
Romelu Lukaku, 18, Chelsea, £10.5M
Vaclav Kadlec, 19, Sparta Prague, £1.2M
Jose Baxter, 19, Everton, £1.5M
Nelson Oliveira, 19, Benfica, £2.2M
Vincent Aboubakar, 19, Valenciennes, £3M
Chris Wood, 19, West Brom, £3.2M
Jordan Ayew, 19, Olympique Marseilles, £4.3M
Federico Macheda, 19, Manchester United, £4.6M
Neymar, 19, Santos, £6.75M
Leigh Griffiths, 20, Wolves, £150k
Shane Sutherland, 20, Inverness CT, £500k
Andre, 20, Dynamo Kyiv, £1.7M
Yannis Tafer, 20, Lyon, £1.8M
Luuk de Jong, 20, Twente, £2M
Ji Dong-Won, 20, Sunderland, £2M
Fode Koita, 20, Montpellier, £2.2M
Rodrigo, 20, Benfica, £2.5M
Nile Ranger, 20, Newcastle, £2.7M
Lacina Traore, 20, Kuban, £3M
Mattia Destro, 20, Genoa, £3.2M
Nathan Delfouneso, 20, Aston Villa, £3.4M
Alvaro, 20, Espanyol, £4.2M
Abel Hernandez, 20, Palermo, £6.5M
Danny Welbeck, 20, Manchester United, £7M
Bojan, 20, Roma, £7.75M
Mario Balotelli, 20, Manchester City, £9M
Jay Rodriguez, 21, Burnley, £2.5M
Jozy Altidore, 21, AZ, £3M
Guido Marilungo, 21, Atalanta, £3.6M
Kleber, 21, Porto, £3.9M
Leandro Damiao, 21, Internacional, £4.6M
Emilio Nsue, 21, Mallorca, £4.8M
Daniel Sturridge, 21, Chelsea, £5.5M
Stevan Jovetic, 21, Fiorentina, £9.25M
Pato, 21, Milan, £27.5M
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