Whether you're looking for wonderkids or simply the best players in Football Manager, the one thing you don't want to do is sign a player thats injury prone. These lists of Injury Prone Players in FM 16 will help you avoid making that fatal mistake. To be clear, these are lists of players that you DO NOT WANT TO BUY in FM2016. Avoid signing these players in Football Manager 2016 at all costs because they all have a high hidden injury prone attribute.

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These players are some of the best players in Football Manager 2016 but they are all susceptible to injuries and likely to get injured alot in FM16. Avoid signing these players in FM2016.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Arjen Robben 30 AM RL, ST £96k £27m £81m 29-06-2017
Daniel Sturridge 25 ST £130k £30m £80m 29-06-2019
Thomas Vermaelen 29 D LC £104k £14m £22m 29-06-2019
Kevin Strootman 24 DM £67k £27m £71m 29-06-2018
Stevan Jovetic 25 AM LC, F C £85k £27m £27m 01-01-2017
Sami Khedira 27 DM £96k £21m £31m 29-06-2019
Holger Badstuber 25 D C £48k £14m £21m 29-06-2017
Giuseppe Rossi 27 AM/F C £58k £20m £42m 29-06-2016
Jack Wilshere 22 AM C £80k £24m £53m 29-06-2018
Sergio Asenjo 25 GK £34k £8m £14m 29-06-2019
Robin van Persie 31 ST £79k £4m £7m 29-06-2018
Sergio Canales 23 AM C £22k £10m £18m 29-06-2018
Martín Cáceres 27 D RC £48k £14m £20m 29-06-2018
Mirko Vucinic 31 AM LC, F C £72k £2m £1m 29-06-2017
Daniel Agger 30 D C £8k £4m £3m 29-06-2016
Yoann Gourcuff 28 AM LC £12k £12m £20m 29-06-2016
Maicon 33 D/WB R £36k £1m £4m 29-06-2016
Phil Jones 22 D RC, DM £75k £21m £52m 29-06-2019
Daniel Didavi 24 AM LC £11k £9m £16m 29-06-2016
Thiago Neves 29 AM RLC £81k £2m £1m 31-12-2016
Camilo Zúñiga 29 D/WB/M RL £77k £12m £29m 29-06-2016
Riccardo Montolivo 29 DM £84k £11m £15m 29-06-2016
Tomas Rosicky 34 AM RLC £56k £1m £2m 29-06-2016
Maxim Choupo-Moting 25 AM RL, ST £34k £8m £19m 29-06-2017
Fernando Gago 28 DM £7k £2m £3m 29-06-2017
Diego Milito 35 ST £18k £295k £483k 29-06-2016

There are some of the best wonderkids (players with a high potential ability attribute) in Football Manager 2016 who also have a high injury proneness attribute. This means they are very likely to be injured and miss alot of games in your FM 16 career. They may be good young players, but seriously, avoid signing these injury prone wonderkids in Football Manager 2016.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Josip Brekalo 16 AM RL £830 £146k £442k 14-06-2017
Salih Uçan 20 AM C £24k £891k £2m 29-06-2016
Björn Engels 20 D C, DM £13k £1m £3m 29-06-2019
Sebastián Riquelme 18 AM LC, F C £1k £501k £971k 29-06-2019
Samir 20 D C £15k £5m £7m 29-06-2016
Leo Suárez 18 AM RC £700 £45k £105k 29-06-2016
Nicolò Barella 17 DM £600 £190k £480k 29-06-2016
Abner Felipe 18 D/WB L £850 £217k £550k 29-06-2016
Mats Møller Dæhli 19 AM RLC £14k £2m £3m 29-06-2018
Éder Álvarez Balanta 21 D LC £5k £2m £6m 29-06-2020
Carlos Abad 19 GK £2k £399k £903k 29-06-2017
Pedro Silva 17 GK £710 £139k £410k 29-06-2022
David Concha 18 AM RL £5k £1m £3m 29-06-2016
Nemanja Maksimovic 19 AM C £2k £121k £274k 29-06-2017
Armando Obispo 15 D C, DM £70 £41k £115k 29-06-2019
Bogdan Sarnavskyi 19 GK £700 £378k £848k 29-06-2018
Ramiro 21 DM £7k £2m £4m 31-12-2016
Alisson 21 AM RL £3k £3m £12m 31-12-2017
Iván Alejo 19 AM RL £2k £260k £526k 29-06-2016
Dawid Kownacki 17 AM R, ST £550 £171k £396k 29-06-2017
Riccardo Ceccarelli 17 DM £110 £27k £50k 29-06-2017
Nathan Aké 19 D LC, DM £20k £8m £24m 30-05-2016
Jefferson Valdeblánquez 16 WB R, DM £10 £19k £25k 31-12-2017
Iñaki Peña 15 GK £50 £29k £86k 29-06-2020
Rodrigo Caio 21 SW, D C, DM £4k £2m £4m 13-10-2018
Jorge Correa 21 AM RLC £4k £2m £6m 29-06-2018
Matheus Pato 19 ST £850 £172k £372k 31-12-2017
José Luis Valdez 16 ST £20 £251k £620k 31-12-2019
Bautista Cascini 17 DM £1k £356k £979k 29-06-2017
Abbubaker Mobara 20 D RC, DM £1k £128k £63k 29-06-2016
Georgy Melkadze 17 AM LC, F C £410 £33k £75k 30-05-2019
Andrey 16 DM £410 £105k £311k 03-09-2018
Lucas Cândido 20 D/WB L, DM, M LC £3k £2m £4m 31-12-2019
Uilson 20 GK £850 £277k £629k 29-06-2019
Antonio Di Nardo 16 ST £180 £15k £32k 29-06-2016
Callum Slattery 15 M C £100 £48k £134k 29-06-2016
Fytos Kyriakou 17 AM RL £510 £72k £154k 30-05-2016
Nogueira 19 D C £260 £188k £409k 29-09-2017
Germán Berterame 16 ST £20 £501k £1m 31-12-2019
Levent Ayçiçek 20 AM RLC £6k £963k £2m 29-06-2016
Rober Ibáñez 21 AM RC £7k £1m £3m 29-06-2016
Diego Llorente 21 D RC £6k £3m £6m 29-06-2016
Jonny Williams 21 AM C £10k £2m £5m 29-06-2017
Michele Troiani 18 D L £180 £157k £339k 29-06-2016
Fernando Dinis 17 D C £130 £25k £55k 30-08-2016
Andrés Mehring 20 GK £760 £651k £975k 29-06-2017
Aaron Reyes 20 D LC £0 £0 £0
Adrian Semper 16 GK £600 £67k £196k 29-06-2021
Vladimir Semerdzhiev 19 DM £190 £123k £221k 29-06-2017
Jonathan Quaye 18 AM RLC £0 £0 £0
Jessy de Jong 15 D C £70 £4k £9k 29-06-2019
Nicolas Haas 18 M C £1k £149k £302k 29-06-2016
Bauyrzhan Islamkhan 21 AM C £8k £959k £467k 31-12-2016
Raúl Antonio Vidal 20 M C £740 £19k £8k 29-06-2016
Mouctar Diakhaby 17 D C, DM £2k £91k £242k 29-06-2019
Filippo Peri 16 M C £110 £5k £9k 29-06-2018
Angus Gunn 18 GK £2k £98k £234k 29-06-2017
Nikolas 17 DM £60 £10k £26k 31-01-2017
Célestin Djim 19 ST £710 £419k £698k 29-06-2016
Thomas Ulimwengu 21 AM R, ST £680 £412k £688k 30-11-2015

You can pick up all of these players as free transfers in Football Manager 2016, but be warned, they each have a high injury proneness rating in Football Manager 2016 which makes them likely to be injured alot. There's a reason they've been left as free agents in real life, because they're always injured. You might think you've picked up a bargain free transfer in FM16 but is it worth the risk? At the very least we recommend not giving these players any longer than a 1 or 2 year contract. They may be free transfer bargains but you don't want to be stuck with these injury prone players.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Júlio Baptista 33 AM/F C £0 £0
Chinedu Obasi 28 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Dagoberto 31 AM L, ST £0 £0
Marat Izmailov 32 AM RLC £0 £0
Flávio Ferreira 23 D C, DM £0 £0
Heinz Müller 36 GK £0 £0
Keirrison 26 ST £0 £0
John Mensah 32 D C £0 £0
Borges 34 ST £0 £0
Fabrício 32 DM £0 £0
Nikola Drincic 30 DM £0 £0
Alejandro Martinuccio 27 AM/F C £0 £0
Christian Pander 31 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Amauri 34 ST £0 £0
Timothée Atouba 33 D/WB L £0 £0
Khalid Boulahrouz 32 D RC £0 £0
George McCartney 34 D LC £0 £0
Kalilou Traoré 27 AM RC £0 £0
Claudio Maldonado 34 D C, DM £0 £0
Steven Mouyokolo 28 D C £0 £0
René Lima 29 DM £0 £0
Leandro Bonfim 30 AM C £0 £0
Joshua Gatt 23 AM R £0 £0
Eduardo Morante 27 SW, D C £0 £0
David Distéfano 27 AM LC £0 £0
Maarten Martens 30 AM LC £0 £0
Cidinho 21 AM RLC £0 £0
Garry Bocaly 26 D RC £0 £0
Rodrigo Toloza 30 AM LC £0 £0
Héctor Reynoso 34 D C £0 £0
Oscar Ahumada 32 DM £0 £0
Jairo Castillo 37 ST £0 £0
Hassan Yebda 30 DM £0 £0
Evander Sno 27 DM £0 £0
Jairon Zamora 37 DM £0 £0
Fabián Canobbio 35 AM LC £0 £0
Márcio Richardes 33 AM C £0 £0
Breno 19 D/WB L £0 £0
Giva 21 AM L, ST £0 £0
Abdoulaye Faye 36 D C, DM £0 £0
Jamell Ramos 33 D/WB R £0 £0
Wilman Conde 32 D LC £0 £0
Geovanni García 37 D/WB L £0 £0
Julián Pachón 25 D/WB R £0 £0
Nicolás Torres 33 DM £0 £0
César Carignano 32 ST £0 £0
Cascata 32 AM/F C £0 £0
Jefferson 29 D/WB/M L £0 £0
Wilfried Sanou 31 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Pablo Palacios 32 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Ewerthon 34 ST £0 £0
Mario Bilate 23 AM/F C £0 £0
Rubén Matamoros 32 AM RLC £0 £0
Chris Schuler 27 D C £0 £0
Gabriel 25 D C £0 £0
Dominik Reinhardt 29 D RC, DM £0 £0
Mahamadou Diarra 34 DM £0 £0
Mauro Rosales 33 AM RC £0 £0
Marko Randjelovic 30 D C £0 £0
Oguchi Onyewu 32 D C £0 £0
Lassad 28 AM/F C £0 £0
Derick Ogbu 24 ST £0 £0
Facundo Coria 27 AM C £0 £0
Marcos 31 D/WB R, DM £0 £0
Xavier Pentecôte 28 ST £0 £0
Grégory Bettiol 28 AM L, ST £0 £0
Pedro Portocarrero 38 D C £0 £0
David Eduardo Hernández 33 DM £0 £0
John Eustace 35 DM £0 £0
Hamad Ji 34 AM/F C £0 £0
Pablo Ruiz 32 D LC £0 £0
Dusan Djuric 30 AM LC £0 £0
Rômulo 33 ST £0 £0
Charles Edoa 24 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Robbie Findley 29 ST £0 £0
Adi Rocha 29 ST £0 £0
Alex Silva 29 D C £0 £0
Adil Chihi 26 AM RL £0 £0
José Guadalupe Martínez 31 GK £0 £0
Miguel Torres 32 AM RL £0 £0
Édgar Zapata 35 D C £0 £0
Pablo Barzola 31 D/WB RL £0 £0
Fabiano 30 ST £0 £0
Tressor Moreno 35 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Alejandro Vasco 33 AM L £0 £0
Joe Dudgeon 24 D L £0 £0
Takesure Chinyama 32 ST £0 £0
Simon Cziommer 34 DM £0 £0
David García 33 D/WB L £0 £0
Marcelo 30 GK £0 £0
Jairo Realpe 26 D/WB R £0 £0
Cristian Bud 29 ST £0 £0
Ene Otobong 28 ST £0 £0
Víctor Vargas 29 D/WB R £0 £0
Yssouf Koné 33 ST £0 £0
Sébastien Renouard 30 AM RL £0 £0
Sergio Almirón 34 M C £0 £0
Laryea Kingston 34 DM, AM RC £0 £0
Cristian Álvarez 36 D/WB R £0 £0
Popó 36 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Edu 27 AM/F C £0 £0
Leonardo 29 D/WB/M L £0 £0
John Goossens 26 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Julio Talaviña 25 AM L, ST £0 £0
Éder Ferreira 31 DM £0 £0
Sebastián Taborda 33 ST £0 £0
Claudio Figueroa 31 D/WB/M L £0 £0
Flávio 30 GK £0 £0
Juan Casado 34 AM/F C £0 £0
Dawid Nowak 30 ST £0 £0
Philipp Bönig 34 D/WB L £0 £0
Andrés Nuñez 38 D/WB R £0 £0
Líbis Arenas 27 GK £0 £0
Milano Koenders 28 D RC £0 £0
Dario Jertec 29 AM RC £0 £0
Ivo Pekalski 24 DM £0 £0
Diego Amaya 29 D/WB R £0 £0
Tomislav Pek 29 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Bruno Fogaça 33 ST £0 £0
Luis Valencia 30 GK £0 £0
Ousmane Sarr 28 AM LC £0 £0
Rodrigo Mannara 34 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Wim Raymaekers 29 D LC, DM £0 £0
Nikola Boranijasevic 22 D/WB R £0 £0
Gustavo Arce 27 D LC £0 £0
Matar Coly 30 ST £0 £0
Lucas Staudt 26 D C £0 £0
Lamine Diawara 28 AM LC £0 £0
Rubén Párraga 30 D/WB L £0 £0
David Rivas 36 D C £0 £0
Benson Mhlongo 34 D C, DM £0 £0
Marcos Aparicio 36 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Julio Martínez 30 SW, D RLC £0 £0
Julio Marchant 34 AM RC £0 £0
Tonny Brochmann 24 AM RC £0 £0
Ahmed Al-Harbi 33 AM RC £0 £0
Wílder Hurtado 31 GK £0 £0
Jair Banguero 31 D C £0 £0
Im Kyung-Hyun 28 AM R £0 £0
Matteo Gentili 25 D C £0 £0
Fabio Sciacca 25 DM £0 £0
Tshiabola Mapanya 31 D RC £0 £0
Vinícius Reis 24 AM LC £0 £0
Walter Yacob 27 D C £0 £0
Merouane Zemmama 31 AM RLC £0 £0
Nsumbu Mazuwa 32 DM £0 £0
Ustaritz 31 D C £0 £0
Vlado Jeknic 31 D C £0 £0
Bae Ki-Jong 31 AM R £0 £0
Eugene Pisotskyi 27 AM R £0 £0
Juan Diego González 34 D C £0 £0
Goran Rubil 34 D/WB/M R £0 £0
Emiliano Dudar 32 SW, D C £0 £0
Cesare Natali 36 D C £0 £0
Karlo Primorac 30 ST £0 £0
Fredrik Stenman 31 D LC £0 £0
Paúl Minda 23 AM/F C £0 £0
Martín Guarino 24 D/WB L £0 £0
Leonardo Araya 32 D/WB R £0 £0
Edgar Acosta 27 AM RLC £0 £0
Rodrigo Silva 33 GK £0 £0
Jashuria Christian Garden 34 GK £0 £0
Stéphen Drouin 30 D C £0 £0
Tim Vincken 28 AM RL £0 £0
Damiano Ferronetti 30 D RC £0 £0
Leandro Rinaudo 31 D C £0 £0
Ivica Dzidic 30 D C £0 £0
Nathan Coe 30 GK £0 £0
Pascal Doubaï 22 DM £0 £0
Emiliano Piedra 22 D/WB/M R £0 £0
Cristian 21 WB L, AM LC £0 £0
Dany Rosero 21 D RC £0 £0
Windell Gabriels 29 ST £0 £0
Simón Pagua 28 AM R, ST £0 £0
Ysmael Regalado 35 D C, DM £0 £0
Carlos Urrego 26 AM/F C £0 £0
Davit Devdariani 27 AM LC £0 £0
Vusumuzi Nyoni 30 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Francesco Scardina 33 D C £0 £0
Andy Johnson 33 ST £0 £0
Renato Dossena 27 GK £0 £0
Wilfried Dalmat 32 AM R £0 £0
Simen Brenne 33 AM C £0 £0
Shervin Radjabali-Fardi 23 D/WB RL, M L £0 £0
Luis Carabalí 24 AM RLC £0 £0
Nikita Chicherin 24 D RC £0 £0
Craig Henderson 27 AM RLC £0 £0
Abdulfatah Al-Agha 30 ST £0 £0
Da Silva 26 D C £0 £0
Diego Núñez 32 ST £0 £0
Elrio van Heerden 31 AM RLC £0 £0
Paulo César 35 SW, D C £0 £0
José Barreto 21 M R £0 £0
Ignacio Gómez 23 D R £0 £0
Jonathan Marchena 30 D C £0 £0
Warner Hernandez Perez 30 D/WB L £0 £0
Djigui Traoré 26 AM RLC £0 £0
Ernest Boakye 31 AM C £0 £0
Mohamed Sylla 28 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Mohamed Ibrahim 30 AM LC £0 £0

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