Have you taken on a difficult save in Football Manager 2022 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 FM2022 as well as the free players with the highest potential in FM22. Every player on this page is uncontracted and not at a club in FM 22, so you can buy them for completely free.
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These are the best free players in Football Manager 2022 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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France
Greece
Switzerland
Holland
Ivory Coast
Morocco
Italy
Serbia
Iraq
Peru
Russia
Croatia
Egypt
The Gambia
Australia
Chile
Nigeria
Portugal
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Cameroon
Ukraine
England
Ghana
Algeria
Lithuania
Jamaica
New Caledonia
Finland
New Zealand
Senegal
Mexico
U.S.A.
Madagascar
Sweden
Panama
Ecuador
Iran
Cuba
Benin
Libya
Curaçao
Hungary
Canada
Honduras
Haiti
These are the best free players aged under 23 in Football Manager 2022 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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Stanislav Ivanov | 22 | AM RL, ST | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2023 | ||
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Preslav Borukov | 21 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty | 17 | AM RL | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2021 | ||
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Han Kwang-Song (Kwang-Song Han) | 22 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Aké Loba | 23 | AM R, ST | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2024 | ||
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Martin Graiciar | 22 | AM R, ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nigel Robertha | 23 | ST | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2023 | ||
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Dejan Joveljić | 21 | ST | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Julian Araujo | 19 | D/WB/M R | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Francisco Ginella | 22 | DM | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2022 | ||
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Cristhian Paredes | 23 | DM | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2021 | ||
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Kilian Senkbeil | 22 | D RC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Faruku Miya | 23 | AM RLC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Julián Carranza | 21 | ST | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2022 | ||
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Santiago Sosa | 22 | D C, DM | £0 | £0 | £0 | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Franco Ibarra | 20 | DM | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2023 | ||
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Liedson (Liedson Santos de Souza) | 18 | AM RL | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Efrain Alvarez | 19 | AM RC, F C | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2023 | ||
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Callum Gribbin | 22 | AM RC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Bobby Carroll | 19 | M C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Luca Germoni | 23 | D/WB/M L | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nathan Cremillieux | 21 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Mohamed Bahlouli | 21 | AM LC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Paxton Pomykal | 21 | AM C | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2021 | ||
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Santiago Moreno | 21 | AM RLC | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Alexander Lecaros | 21 | AM RL | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Sergio Díaz | 23 | AM/F C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Erik López | 19 | AM R, ST | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2022 | ||
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Yad Lochereau-Pho | 17 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Pietro Tomaselli | 16 | AM C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Pablo Ruiz | 22 | DM | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Léo Chu (Leonardo Alves Chu Franco) | 21 | AM L, ST | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Pablo Pardal (Pablo Silva de Lara) | 22 | AM RC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Auston Trusty | 22 | D C | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2023 | ||
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Alexander Alvarado | 22 | AM L, ST | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2021 | ||
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Jhon Espinoza | 22 | D/WB R | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2023 | ||
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Loïc Badiashile | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ataberk Dadakdeniz | 21 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Yubeiquer Arenas | 21 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Dandy Choles | 22 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Víctor Brid | 20 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Julián Caro | 21 | AM C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Keiner Angulo | 21 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Lucas Necul | 21 | AM RLC, F C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Marko Zivkovic | 22 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Facundo Capellino | 22 | DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Daniel-Edward Daniliuc | 21 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Oliver Ottesen | 22 | GK | £0 | £0 | 30-06-2021 | |||
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Islom Kenjaboyev | 21 | AM RL | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jeim Botero | 21 | AM R | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Maximiliano Centurión | 22 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Bambo Diaby | 23 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hugo Mesbah | 23 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Dawoud Iraqi | 21 | AM RL, ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Umaru Samura | 22 | AM/F C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Collins Shichenje | 17 | D C, DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Lukman Zakari | 22 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Mario Mandrault | 22 | AM RLC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Mohammed Gadafi | 20 | D L | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Mariano Peralta Bauer | 23 | ST | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2022 | |||
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Alan Picazzo | 22 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nicolás Bardagi | 21 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juan Ángel Vera | 22 | D C, DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Christian Theocharous | 21 | AM L, ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jamie Yayi Mpie | 20 | AM RL, ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Alioune Camara | 23 | D C, DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hebert (Hebert Cristian Ferreira Conceição) | 23 | DM | £0 | £0 | 26-02-2020 | |||
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Caio Emerson (Caio Emerson Pereira Marques da Silva) | 22 | AM RLC, F C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Miguel (Miguel de Alcântara) | 21 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ronald (Ronald Eugênio de Carvalho) | 21 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Mateus Rodrigues (Mateus Rodrigues dos Santos) | 22 | D/WB L | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Marcelinho (Marcelo José de Lima Filho) | 18 | AM LC, F C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Viktor Anker | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Frederik Nørrestrand | 19 | D R, DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Adam Bruce | 21 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Yusuff Ojebode | 20 | AM R | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juanito López (Juan Jesús Núñez) | 22 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Oliver Bosworth | 19 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ethan Dekel-Daks | 19 | AM C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Aaron Skinner | 19 | D RC, DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Basit Umar | 21 | AM R, ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Mamadou Diatta | 20 | M C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jaymillio Pinas | 19 | AM R, ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ibrahima Berete | 18 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Tomer Altman | 23 | DM, AM RC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Reinis Reinholds | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Davide Cipolletti | 20 | D R | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Brijan Ibrahimi | 19 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Alberto Cristiano | 18 | AM R, ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Carl Davordzie | 21 | ST | £0 | £0 | 30-06-2020 | |||
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Silly Sankharé | 20 | AM L, ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ferhat Çogalan | 19 | AM RC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ibrahim Mandefu | 20 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Junah Zucculotto | 18 | M C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Alessio Andreottola | 17 | AM C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Yoan Zouma | 23 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Nikolay Sysuev | 22 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ranko Veselinović | 22 | D C, DM | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2022 | ||
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Khanyisile Mayo | 20 | AM L, ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Bongolwethu Siyasi | 18 | D RC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Junior Nare | 19 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ylias Zouaoui | 17 | AM L | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Temitope Akinjogunla | 18 | D RC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Cristhian Canizales | 22 | AM/F C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Kevin Viveros | 21 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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José Luis Gamboa | 21 | AM LC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Daniel Mera | 21 | D/WB R | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juan Figueroa | 22 | M C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Breyner Zapata | 21 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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David Gómez | 22 | D/WB RL | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Felipe Caballero | 20 | AM/F C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Carlos Sánchez | 21 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Darío Castro | 21 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juan Zapata | 22 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juan David Montaño | 21 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Daniel Triviño | 22 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Diego Gómez | 22 | M C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Yeisson Mosquera | 21 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Rodney Redes | 21 | AM RL | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2022 | ||
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João Moutinho | 23 | D LC, DM | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2021 | ||
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Veldin Subasic | 22 | D L | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Julien Serrano | 23 | D LC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Tobias Heiland | 21 | D RL, DM, AM C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Moritz-Broni Kwarteng | 23 | AM RLC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Louis Hiepen | 21 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Dimitar Mitrovski | 22 | AM LC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Marian Prinz | 21 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Patrick Finger | 20 | D/WB L, DM, AM C | £0 | £0 | 30-06-2021 | |||
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Elian Villalobos | 21 | M C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Bandiougou Diallo | 17 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ange N'Guessan | 17 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ismael Escobar | 18 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Luis Miguel Andrade | 21 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hamza Gasal | 18 | AM RL | £0 | £0 | 31-05-2021 | |||
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Vinícius (Vinícius Fávero Taquini) | 19 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Mila (Lucas Eduardo Müller) | 18 | DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Brian Gyan | 18 | D C, DM | £0 | £0 | 30-06-2021 | |||
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Wikelman Carmona | 18 | AM RLC | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2022 | ||
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Gustavo Bagatini (Gustavo Bagatini Prudêncio) | 17 | AM RLC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Juan Camilo Ruiz | 17 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Kauê (Kauê Vinícius de Souza Camargo) | 17 | GK | £0 | £0 | 08-06-2022 | |||
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Yanis Beghdadi | 16 | AM L | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Isaiah Okafor | 16 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Yaya Koné | 22 | AM RL, ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ousseynou Cavin Diagne | 22 | DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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César (César Nunes da Costa) | 21 | D/WB L | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Julian Dunn | 21 | D C | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2021 | ||
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Pierluigi Pinto | 22 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Andrea Bianchini | 22 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ángel Alonzo | 21 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Giorgi Chochishvili | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Manuel Felizzola | 21 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Mateo Sierra | 21 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Luis Ferreira | 21 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Edimundo (Edimundo Miranda Silva) | 22 | D/WB R | £0 | £0 | 27-02-2020 | |||
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Diego Riechelmann (Diego Riechelmann Andrade) | 21 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Guilherme Teixeira (Guilherme Pinto Teixeira) | 23 | AM C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Cleuber (Cleuber Matias Salatiel) | 22 | D/WB R | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Elvis Bwomono | 22 | D/WB R | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Riccardo Santovito | 21 | D LC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hakim El Mokeddem | 22 | AM RLC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jhonatan Urrutia | 21 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hani Amamou | 23 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Alan Luque | 22 | D RC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Matías Rosales | 22 | AM C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Matheus Rocha (Matheus Victor de Araujo Rocha) | 22 | D/WB R | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Luca Lobo (Luis Carlos Ramos Lobo Filho) | 22 | D/WB R | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Brooks Lennon | 23 | D/WB/AM R | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2023 | ||
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Dominik Sollfrank | 23 | D RLC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Luis Klante | 22 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Momo (Mamadou Mbaye) | 23 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jahmal Hector-Ingram | 22 | AM RC, F C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Rayan Souici | 23 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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José Calderón | 21 | D/WB/AM L | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jean-Christophe Koffi | 23 | M C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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José Martínez | 21 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Andrés Dussan | 20 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Antony Lavalle | 23 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Emre Aslan | 21 | AM RL, ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Martin Ako | 21 | AM LC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Sincere Seth | 23 | D R | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Gouné Niangadou | 23 | AM RLC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Sebastián Uzzante | 21 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Tyron Ivanof | 23 | AM RLC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Rick Sena (Rick Sena Leal Noleto) | 23 | AM RLC, F C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Matheus Santana (Matheus Henrique Santana Ferreira) | 23 | AM C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Gabriel Oliveira (Gabriel Souza Lima de Oliveira) | 22 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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João Pedro Ribeiro (João Pedro da Silva Ribeiro) | 21 | D/WB R | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Rafinha (Rafael Baldini Massola) | 21 | AM RLC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Marcos Paulo (Marcos Paulo Honório Alves Júnior) | 21 | DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Fred Opoku | 23 | AM RL | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Bilal Ould-Chikh | 23 | AM RLC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hachim Mastour | 23 | AM RLC, F C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Dominik Smékal | 23 | AM RL | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Riccardo Leoni | 23 | GK | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Maroine Mihoubi | 21 | D C, DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Andrés Berrio | 21 | ST | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Ibrahima Sory | 23 | DM | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Zimo Brenner | 22 | D L | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Keagan Mitchell | 19 | M C | £0 | £0 |
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