FM26 - ManagerPortrait Plugin

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Replace your FM26 manager's generated portrait with your own.

As this runs via BepInEx, only Windows is supported. This may work via Crossover on macOS but this is not tested.

 

Downloads

ManagerPortrait-1.0_FULL.zip
Includes ManagerPortrait + BepInEx setup.
Use this if you do not already have BepInEx installed.

 

ManagerPortrait-1.0_PLUGIN-ONLY.zip
Includes ManagerPortrait only.
Use this if you already use BepInEx (for example via Stadiums, Scoreboards, etc.).

 

Installation

Put the files in your Football Manager installation folder, next to fm.exe (not your Documents user data - graphics, games, tactics etc.)

 

Typical Windows paths (your drive letter may differ):

Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26
Epic: C:\Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager26
Game Pass: C:\XboxGames\Football Manager 26


If the folder does not contain fm.exe, you are in the wrong place.
 

FULL
Download ManagerPortrait-1.0_FULL.zip
Extract into your game folder
Launch the game once to confirm plugin load


PLUGIN-ONLY
Make sure BepInEx is already installed and working
Download ManagerPortrait-1.0_PLUGIN-ONLY.zip
Extract plugin files into your existing BepInEx setup, into your /Plugins folder.
Launch the game

 

Using ManagerPortrait

Put PNGs here:
BepInEx\plugins\ManagerPortrait\managers\

Recommended image size: 256x256 PNG.

 

Use these filenames:

manager.png = fallback portrait for anyone without a specific file
<id>.png (example: 2002072965.png, -572685185.png) = portrait for that exact manager ID
 

How it works:

Plugin looks for <id>.png
If not found, it uses manager.png


Find manager IDs in BepInEx logs or in-game with the “Show screen IDs in Title Bar to assist skinning” option checked (Preferences → Audio & Visual).

Note: IDs can differ between the Manager Profiles screen and in-save, so you may need two ID files for the same manager.

 

Credits

TheFearedBeard/Adam B - Initial Research

Matt
20 years ago
7 hours ago
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Date Created
08 Apr 2026 11:05:23
Date Updated
08 Apr 2026 11:05:23
Last Comment
15 Jul 2026 11:44:33
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lembergman
10 years ago
2 hours ago
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15 Jul 2026 11:36:25
By fmgenesisarchitect 15 July 2026 - 10:11 AM UTC 

Didn't Sports Interactive said in a post that due to licensing there'd be no pictures

https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/601503-international-management-faq/

So I'm basically wondering if this or something like this can be used to circumvent that? I mean if it's already been resolved disregard the comment, but it was just a thought I had working on my own projects.

 

So then there was an update and they opened up all the rosters. In any case, if you create a player or manager through the editor, you can add a photo through the config.

fmgenesisarchitect
3 years ago
8 minutes ago
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15 Jul 2026 11:44:33
By lembergman 15 July 2026 - 11:36 AM UTC 

So then there was an update and they opened up all the rosters. In any case, if you create a player or manager through the editor, you can add a photo through the config.

 

Fair enough. To be fair I've not jumped in-game for a while so my bad

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