Have you taken on a difficult save in Football Manager 2021 at a club with no money to spend? If so, you're going to need to find some cheap free players to buy. We have lists of both the best free agents in FM2021 as well as the free players with the highest potential in FM21. Every player on this page is uncontracted and not at a club in FM 21, so you can buy them for completely free.
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These are the best free players in Football Manager 2021 as rated by their current ability. If you're looking for young players with potential that you can still buy on a free, you'll want our list of Best Young Players on a free transfer below.
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England
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Japan
Peru
Germany
Finland
Lithuania
Honduras
Panama
Senegal
Trinidad & Tobago
Ivory Coast
The Gambia
Uruguay
Mali
Austria
Ghana
Czech Republic
Venezuela
Guatemala
Sweden
U.S.A.
Ukraine
Ecuador
Suriname
Benin
Russia
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Cuba
These are the best free players aged under 23 in Football Manager 2021 as rated by their potential ability. Some of these players may not be very good at the start but have the potential to grow still due to their age.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Armindo Sieb | 17 | AM (C), ST (C) | £130k | £19m | ||||
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Nick Breitenbücher | 17 | AM (RL), ST (C) | £130k | £2m | ||||
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Luca Denk | 17 | D (C), DM, M (C) | £88k | £2m | ||||
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Mamin Sanyang | 17 | D/WB/M/AM (R) | £123k | £5m | ||||
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Dennis Lütke-Frie | 17 | DM, M (C) | £45k | £1m | ||||
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Lasse Günther | 17 | M (R), AM (RL), ST (C) | £75k | £2m | ||||
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Kevin Balanta | 23 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nathan Cremillieux | 20 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Kamal Bafounta | 18 | DM, M (C) | £49k | £1m | ||||
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Liam Morrison | 17 | D (C) | £78k | £3m | ||||
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Leo Mazis | 20 | AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Eyad Hammoud | 19 | AM (C), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Philipp Wydra | 17 | M (C), AM (RLC) | £103k | £2m | ||||
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Ardy Mfundu | 17 | D (C), DM | £43k | £461k | ||||
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Samuel Bamba | 16 | AM (R), ST (C) | £8k | £2m | ||||
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Prince Aning | 16 | D/WB (L) | £91 | £58k | £5m | 30-06-2021 | ||
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Divaio Bobson | 16 | M/AM (L), ST (C) | £91 | £92k | £3m | 30-06-2021 | ||
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Bradley Fink | 17 | ST (C) | £58k | £2m | ||||
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Turan Calhanoglu | 16 | AM (L), ST (C) | £98k | £2m | ||||
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Luca Campanile | 17 | D (RC), DM | £83k | £3m | ||||
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Liedson (Liedson Santos de Souza) | 17 | AM (RL) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Peter-Lee Vassell | 22 | M/AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Alisson Borges (Alisson Oliveira Borges) | 22 | D/WB/AM (L) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Diego Talisca (Diego Santana de Souza) | 19 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Geovane (Geovane Menezes De Oliveira Matos) | 21 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Marcelo Olivera | 21 | AM (R), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ronaldo Ariza | 22 | AM (RLC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Rodrigo Amaral | 23 | AM (RC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Mauro Burruchaga | 22 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Facundo Capellino | 21 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Alexandre Nabor (Alexandre da Silva Nabor) | 21 | D (LC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Maktom (Maktom Chaidey da Costa) | 22 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Felipinho (Felipe Matheus Filgueira de Araújo) | 22 | M/AM (LC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Andrés López Román | 22 | DM, M C | £70k | £729k | ||||
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Cleiton (Cleiton de Arquino Grefe) | 21 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Bambo Diaby | 22 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hugo Mesbah | 22 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nsana Simon | 20 | M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Adil Taoui | 18 | AM (L), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hakim Guenouche | 20 | D/WB (L) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jasurbek Jaloliddinov | 18 | M (C), AM (RC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Carl Davordzie | 20 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Bongane Mathabela | 23 | D/WB/M (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Bongolwethu Siyasi | 17 | D (RC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Junior Nare | 18 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nedeljko Stojišić | 22 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Théo Chendri | 23 | M (LC), AM (RLC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Julijan Popović | 21 | D/WB/M (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Gorka Fidalgo | 21 | D/WB (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juan Figueroa | 21 | M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Daniel Rodríguez | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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David Gómez | 21 | D/WB (RL) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Gabriel Arce | 20 | AM (RL) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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José Luis Gamboa | 20 | M/AM (LC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nicolás Vidal | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Germán Meza | 21 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Carlos Sánchez | 20 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Damian Bueno | 20 | M/AM (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juan Zapata | 21 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Johan Jiménez | 22 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Silas Ostrzinski | 16 | GK | £29k | £1m | ||||
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Doublette Cabrera | 18 | AM C | £75k | £360k | ||||
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Anton Kade | 16 | AM (RL) | £50k | £2m | ||||
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Youssouf Guèye | 23 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Mohamed El Kory | 23 | M/AM (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Timothé Rupil | 17 | M (C) | £60k | £768k | ||||
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Jonathan Nsanzimana | 16 | D (RLC) | £33k | £172k | ||||
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Valentín Fascendini | 17 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hamza Gasal | 17 | M (R), AM (RL) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Yuri Backhaus | 17 | D (C) | £57k | £819k | ||||
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Mehdi Loune | 16 | M (C) | £49k | £2m | ||||
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Johannes Schenk | 17 | GK | £39k | £360k | ||||
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Gabriel Marusic | 17 | D (C) | £57k | £248k | ||||
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Kelvin John | 17 | AM (L), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nemanja Motika | 17 | AM (L) | £48k | £1m | ||||
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Mateo Ponce | 17 | AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Temitope Akinjogunla | 17 | D (RC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Kingsley Sarpei | 17 | M (R), AM (RL), ST (C) | £69k | £416k | ||||
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Frans Krätzig | 17 | M/AM (C), ST (C) | £69k | £1m | ||||
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Gabriel Vidovic | 16 | AM (C), ST (C) | £56k | £2m | ||||
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Grant-Leon Mamedova | 17 | GK | £47k | £454k | ||||
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Joshua Klöckner | 16 | M (R), AM (RL) | £48k | £301k | ||||
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Robin Huser | 22 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Meiko Wäschenbach | 16 | DM, M/AM (C) | £36k | £768k | ||||
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Pablo Santana Soares | 18 | D (L), DM, M/AM (C) | £57k | £304k | ||||
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Louis Hiepen | 20 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Enrique Pereira da Silva | 18 | D (R) | £44k | £381k | ||||
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Niklas Harth | 18 | M (R), AM (RL) | £14k | £320k | ||||
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Veldin Subasic | 21 | D (L) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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David Faupala | 23 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jakov Šuver | 17 | D (C) | £72k | £438k | ||||
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Marian Prinz | 20 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Patrick Finger | 19 | D/WB (L), DM, M/AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Mehmet-Can Aydin | 18 | M (C), AM (RC) | £43k | £361k | ||||
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Adi Terzic | 22 | D (RLC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Alexander Abrahamsson | 20 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Moussa Traoré | 21 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ware Pakia | 18 | AM (RL), ST (C) | £7k | £128k | ||||
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Sebastian Müller | 19 | AM (R), ST (C) | £86k | £265k | ||||
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Emincan Tekin | 17 | AM (C), ST (C) | £56k | £1m | ||||
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Oumar Touré | 21 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Alioune Camara | 22 | D (C), DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Amílcar (Amílcar Rosa Neto) | 22 | M/AM (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Guilherme Castilho (Guilherme Castilho Carvalho) | 20 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hebert (Hebert Cristian Ferreira Conceição) | 22 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Lucão (Lucas Henrique dos Santos) | 20 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Diogo Vítor (Diogo Vítor da Cruz) | 23 | AM (RC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nathan Tormey | 20 | AM (RL) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Aidan Barlow | 20 | M (C), AM (RLC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Adam Bruce | 20 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Venâncio Monteiro | 20 | M/AM (RL) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Henri Ogunby | 19 | AM (R), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ben Tricker | 19 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Yusuff Ojebode | 19 | M/AM (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Kian Yari | 20 | M/AM C, ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juanito López (Juan Jesús Núñez) | 21 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jack Leahy | 17 | M/AM (RL) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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André Sødlund | 23 | M (RC), AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Odacir Pérez | 23 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Frederik Nørrestrand | 18 | D (R), DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Kaylen Hinds | 22 | AM (LC), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Josef Neznik | 20 | M (RC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Julián Taverna | 21 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Mohammed Gadafi | 19 | D (L) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nicolás Bardagi | 20 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Lucas Grecco | 22 | D/WB (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Umaru Samura | 21 | AM (C), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Willy Ta Bi | 21 | DM, M C, ST | £202k | £120k | ||||
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Alan Picazzo | 21 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hennos Asmelash | 21 | D (RC), WB (R), DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ricardo Dinanga | 18 | AM (RLC), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Andrew Carleton | 20 | AM (RLC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Lucas Sales (Lucas Pires Sales) | 20 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Gabriel (Gabriel de Paula Souza) | 20 | AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Rafael (Rafael Furlani Ferreira) | 19 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Favorito (Pedro Favorito Demarchi) | 18 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Matías Pesallaccia | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Agustín González | 23 | DM, M/AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Geoffrey Acheampong | 23 | M/AM (L) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Rodrigo Angelotti (Rodrigo Luiz Angelotti) | 22 | AM (RLC), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Christian Luzardo | 23 | M/AM (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Diego Riechelmann (Diego Riechelmann Andrade) | 20 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Carlinhos (Carlos Henrique Ustulin Neves) | 21 | D/WB (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Edimundo (Edimundo Miranda Silva) | 21 | D/WB (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Eduardo Kunde (Eduardo Kunde) | 22 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Júnior Ramos (Waltencir da Silva Ramos Júnior) | 22 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Cleuber (Cleuber Matias Salatiel) | 21 | D/WB (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ryan Bidounga | 23 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ibrahim Hajtic | 22 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Dominik Sollfrank | 22 | D (RLC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Emiliano Ancheta | 21 | D (RLC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hélder Baldé | 21 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jorge Gonzalez | 21 | AM (RL), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Alexis Rojas | 23 | AM (RL), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Brecc Evans | 20 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Federico Peralta | 23 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Matías Rosales | 21 | M/AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Luca Lobo (Luis Carlos Ramos Lobo Filho) | 21 | D/WB (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juliano Chade (Juliano Marlon Chade) | 22 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Rafael França (Rafael de Carvalho França) | 22 | D/WB (R), DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Enzo (Enzo Mateus Bastos de Oliveira) | 20 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Willian Gaúcho (Willian Leonardo Machado dos Santos) | 21 | D (C), DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Anes Durakovic | 23 | D (RLC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nicolás Stella | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Alexander Bolaños | 20 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Briam Acosta | 22 | AM (R), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Antony Lavalle | 22 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Sebastián La Torre | 21 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Cristian de Santiago | 23 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Habib Oueslati | 22 | M/AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jhojan Valbuena | 23 | AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Omar Molina | 22 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Felipe Gómez | 20 | M/AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Darwin Moreno | 23 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Duvan Sánchez | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juan García | 22 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Adriano Freitas (Adriano Freitas Dos Santos) | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Esteban Orozco | 22 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juan José Torres | 21 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Javier Barrios | 22 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nicolás Cañizales | 22 | M C | £12k | £67k | ||||
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Yan Rico | 21 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jhon Ríos | 21 | M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jhon Mena | 20 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Marlon Herrera | 21 | M/AM (L) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jesús Marimón | 21 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Eduardo Manjarrés | 22 | M/AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Shane Saralina | 23 | D (LC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Keagan Mitchell | 18 | M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Victor Díaz | 22 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Chef (Éric Tia) | 23 | AM (RL), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Sergio Tagua | 23 | M/AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Adnan Catic | 20 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Cristian Santana | 20 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Sincere Seth | 22 | D (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Anthony Swolfs | 23 | GK | £40k | £1m | ||||
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Tyron Ivanof | 23 | M/AM (RLC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Pablo Albano | 22 | DM, M C | £60k | £661k | ||||
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César Silva | 23 | AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Iván López | 23 | D (L) | £0 | £0 |
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