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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Italy
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Mexico
Croatia
Switzerland
Chile
Uzbekistan
Colombia
Nigeria
England
Slovakia
Cameroon
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Japan
Peru
Germany
Finland
Lithuania
Panama
Honduras
Senegal
Trinidad & Tobago
Ivory Coast
The Gambia
Uruguay
Mali
Austria
Ghana
Czech Republic
Venezuela
Guatemala
U.S.A.
Sweden
Ukraine
Suriname
Benin
Russia
Guinea-Bissau
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Haiti
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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Kamal Bafounta | 18 | DM, M (C) | £49k | £1m | ||||
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Nathan Cremillieux | 20 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Bradley Fink | 17 | ST (C) | £58k | £2m | ||||
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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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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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Samuel Bamba | 16 | AM (R), ST (C) | £8k | £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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Bongane Mathabela | 23 | D/WB/M (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Gorka Fidalgo | 21 | D/WB (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Bongolwethu Siyasi | 17 | D (RC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Théo Chendri | 23 | M (LC), AM (RLC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Junior Nare | 18 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Carl Davordzie | 20 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jasurbek Jaloliddinov | 18 | M (C), AM (RC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nedeljko Stojišić | 22 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Julijan Popović | 21 | D/WB/M (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Johan Jiménez | 22 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nicolás Vidal | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Daniel Rodríguez | 23 | GK | £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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Damian Bueno | 20 | M/AM (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juan Zapata | 21 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Carlos Sánchez | 20 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Germán Meza | 21 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juan Figueroa | 21 | M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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David Gómez | 21 | D/WB (RL) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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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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Nemanja Motika | 17 | AM (L) | £48k | £1m | ||||
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Anton Kade | 16 | AM (RL) | £50k | £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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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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Silas Ostrzinski | 16 | GK | £29k | £1m | ||||
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Kingsley Sarpei | 17 | M (R), AM (RL), ST (C) | £69k | £416k | ||||
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Yuri Backhaus | 17 | D (C) | £57k | £819k | ||||
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Jonathan Nsanzimana | 16 | D (RLC) | £33k | £172k | ||||
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Doublette Cabrera | 18 | AM C | £75k | £360k | ||||
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Timothé Rupil | 17 | M (C) | £60k | £768k | ||||
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Mehdi Loune | 16 | M (C) | £49k | £2m | ||||
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Kelvin John | 17 | AM (L), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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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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Hamza Gasal | 17 | M (R), AM (RL) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Valentín Fascendini | 17 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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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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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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Niklas Harth | 18 | M (R), AM (RL) | £14k | £320k | ||||
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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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Moussa Traoré | 21 | DM, M (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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Ware Pakia | 18 | AM (RL), ST (C) | £7k | £128k | ||||
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Adi Terzic | 22 | D (RLC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Emincan Tekin | 17 | AM (C), ST (C) | £56k | £1m | ||||
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Alexander Abrahamsson | 20 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Sebastian Müller | 19 | AM (R), ST (C) | £86k | £265k | ||||
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Robin Huser | 22 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Joshua Klöckner | 16 | M (R), AM (RL) | £48k | £301k | ||||
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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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Hebert (Hebert Cristian Ferreira Conceição) | 22 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Amílcar (Amílcar Rosa Neto) | 22 | M/AM (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Lucão (Lucas Henrique dos Santos) | 20 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Guilherme Castilho (Guilherme Castilho Carvalho) | 20 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Diogo Vítor (Diogo Vítor da Cruz) | 23 | AM (RC) | £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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Nathan Tormey | 20 | AM (RL) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Josef Neznik | 20 | M (RC) | £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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Alan Picazzo | 21 | ST (C) | £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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Mohammed Gadafi | 19 | D (L) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Julián Taverna | 21 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Willy Ta Bi | 21 | DM, M C, ST | £202k | £120k | ||||
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Umaru Samura | 21 | AM (C), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ricardo Dinanga | 18 | AM (RLC), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hennos Asmelash | 21 | D (RC), WB (R), DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Andrew Carleton | 20 | AM (RLC) | £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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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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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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Ryan Bidounga | 23 | D (C) | £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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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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Diego Riechelmann (Diego Riechelmann Andrade) | 20 | GK | £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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Ibrahim Hajtic | 22 | D (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Dominik Sollfrank | 22 | D (RLC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Alexis Rojas | 23 | AM (RL), ST (C) | £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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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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Sebastián La Torre | 21 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Antony Lavalle | 22 | D (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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Shane Saralina | 23 | D (LC) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Victor Díaz | 22 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Keagan Mitchell | 18 | M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Chef (Éric Tia) | 23 | AM (RL), ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Eduardo Manjarrés | 22 | M/AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jesús Marimón | 21 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Adriano Freitas (Adriano Freitas Dos Santos) | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juan García | 22 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Omar Molina | 22 | DM, M (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Darwin Moreno | 23 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nicolás Cañizales | 22 | M C | £12k | £67k | ||||
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Javier Barrios | 22 | DM, M (C) | £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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Marlon Herrera | 21 | M/AM (L) | £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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Duvan Sánchez | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Yan Rico | 21 | ST (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jhojan Valbuena | 23 | AM (C) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Felipe Gómez | 20 | M/AM (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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César Silva | 23 | AM (C) | £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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Sincere Seth | 22 | D (R) | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Laureano Colazo | 20 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Maximiliano Grosso | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 |
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