Beckham23
Squad number 23, club colours

David Beckham

PlayerENG Contracted to 2007Home-grown —
178 Current ability
190 Potential ability
—Estimated value
£70,000Weekly wage
60Caps

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners— 19
  • Crossing— 20
  • Dribbling— 10
  • Finishing— 12
  • First touch— 18
  • Free kicks— 20
  • Heading— 4
  • Long shots— 18
  • Long throws— 2
  • Marking— 10
  • Passing— 20
  • Penalties— 16
  • Tackling— 6
  • Technique— 18
  • Versatility— 12

Mental

  • Aggression— 14
  • Anticipation— 15
  • Bravery— 12
  • Composure— 16
  • Concentration— —
  • Consistency— 15
  • Decisions— 13
  • Determination— 19
  • Dirtiness— 8
  • Flair— 17
  • Important matches— 16
  • Leadership— 15
  • Off the ball— 16
  • Positioning— 12
  • Team work— 19
  • Vision— 18
  • Work rate— 20

Physical

  • Acceleration— 14
  • Agility— 17
  • Balance— 16
  • Injury proneness— 5
  • Jumping reach— 5
  • Natural fitness— 20
  • Pace— 12
  • Stamina— 19
  • Strength— 11
15–2011–146–101–5Not recorded▲ ▼ change across versions

This is the first version of its game, so there is no earlier database in the same game to compare with. A + marks a value this version records and the earlier one does not; a ! marks a stored value outside the 1–20 scale, which is left unsubtracted.

Positions

  • GKGoalkeeper1awkward
  • SWSweeper1awkward
  • DLDefender Left1awkward
  • DCDefender Central1awkward
  • DRDefender Right1awkward
  • DMDefensive Midfielder1awkward
  • MLMidfielder Left1awkward
  • MCMidfielder Central17accomplished
  • MRMidfielder Right20natural
  • AMLAttacking Midfielder Left1awkward
  • AMCAttacking Midfielder Central10competent
  • AMRAttacking Midfielder Right10competent
  • STStriker1awkward
  • WBLWing Back Left1awkward
  • WBRWing Back Right1awkward
Competency on the game's 1–20 scale. A dashed ring is a position with no recorded competency.
MR 20 MC 17 AMC 10 AMR 10 GK 1 SW 1 DL 1 DC 1 DR 1 DMC 1 ML 1 AML 1 FC 1 WBL 1 WBR 1

Best roles

FMDB calculation
Best roles for the strongest position
Role Duty Suitability
Wide MidfielderMRSupport17.7 / 20
Advanced PlaymakerAMCSupport17.0 / 20
MezzalaMCAttack17.0 / 20
Inverted WingerAMRSupport16.9 / 20
Attacking MidfielderAMCAttack16.8 / 20
Deep-Lying PlaymakerMCSupport16.7 / 20
Box-to-Box MidfielderMCSupport16.5 / 20
Central MidfielderMCSupport15.9 / 20

The FMDB's own figure, not a game scouting star: the weighted mean of the recorded attributes for each role, on the source's own 1–20 scale, with a role's key attributes counted 2× its preferable ones. Roles are offered only for positions with a recorded competency of at least 10, and a role scored from under 70% of its attributes is withheld rather than published from a handful of values.

Personal information

Full name
—
Common name
—
Date of birth
1975-05-02
Nationality
England
Other nationalities
—
Birth city
London
Height and weight
—
Youth club
—
Agent
—
Languages
—

Club contract

Squad number
23
Type
—
Squad status
—
Joined
2003-07-02
Contract start
—
Expires
2007-06-30
Weekly wage
£70,000
Estimated value
—
Transfer status
—
Asking price
—

Joined is the club-join date on the person row. Contract start is the date the current contract was last signed, as the modern export records it; CSV-era versions record only the join date. Type comes from person_contract_detail where the version decodes it.

Player profile

Current ability
178
Potential ability
190
Home reputation
190
Current reputation
190
World reputation
185
Personality
—
Media handling
—
Favourite squad number
—

Ability and reputation are stored on the game's internal scale, which runs to about 200, and shown unchanged; the stars in the header are that figure out of five.

Home-grown and training

Exported; UI pending
Trained in Days Since
———
Home-grown at club
—
Home-grown in nation
—
Trained in the EU
—
Qualifies as
—

Modern exports include training days and recorded trained status. This panel has not integrated them; eligibility must respect the recorded rule and location type.

Personality

  • Adaptability 12
  • Ambition 18
  • Controversy 8
  • Loyalty 20
  • Pressure 17
  • Professionalism 15
  • Sportsmanship 12
  • Temperament 10

Personality is stored on the same 1–20 scale as the attributes. A dash is a value the export did not record.

Feet

  • Left foot 12
  • Right foot 20

Goalkeeping

  • Aerial ability —
  • Command of area —
  • Communication —
  • Gk eccentricity —
  • Handling 1
  • Kicking —
  • One on ones 1
  • Reflexes 1
  • Rushing out —
  • Tendency to punch —
  • Throwing —

Across versions

Recorded
David Beckham current and potential ability across versions0100200 CM0102 RCM0304 UFM06 RFM08 RFM10 RFM11 UFM13 RFM13 UCurrent ability, CM0102 Release: 180 Current ability, CM0203 Release: 180 Current ability, CM0304 Release: 178 Current ability, CM0304 Update: 178 Current ability, FM05 Release: 173 Current ability, FM05 Update: 173 Current ability, FM06 Release: 176 Current ability, FM07 Release: 156 Current ability, FM07 Update: 156 Current ability, FM08 Release: 156 Current ability, FM09 Release: 150 Current ability, FM09 Update: 155 Current ability, FM10 Release: 149 Current ability, FM10 Update: 149 Current ability, FM11 Release: 146 Current ability, FM11 Update: 146 Current ability, FM12 Release: 139 Current ability, FM12 Update: 139 Current ability, FM13 Release: 139 Current ability, FM13 Update: 130 Potential ability, CM0102 Release: 190 Potential ability, CM0203 Release: 190 Potential ability, CM0304 Release: 190 Potential ability, CM0304 Update: 190 Potential ability, FM05 Release: 184 Potential ability, FM05 Update: 184 Potential ability, FM06 Release: 184 Potential ability, FM07 Release: 184 Potential ability, FM07 Update: 184 Potential ability, FM08 Release: 184 Potential ability, FM09 Release: 184 Potential ability, FM09 Update: 184 Potential ability, FM10 Release: 184 Potential ability, FM10 Update: 184 Potential ability, FM11 Release: 179 Potential ability, FM11 Update: 179 Potential ability, FM12 Release: 179 Potential ability, FM12 Update: 179 Potential ability, FM13 Release: 179 Potential ability, FM13 Update: 179
Current ability 178Potential ability 190
Recorded ability in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. Negative potential codes are listed in the data table, not plotted as fixed abilities.
David Beckham current and potential ability across versions
VersionCurrent abilityPotential ability
CM0102 Release180190
CM0203 Release180190
CM0304 Release178190
CM0304 Update178190
FM05 Release173184
FM05 Update173184
FM06 Release176184
FM07 Release156184
FM07 Update156184
FM08 Release156184
FM09 Release150184
FM09 Update155184
FM10 Release149184
FM10 Update149184
FM11 Release146179
FM11 Update146179
FM12 Release139179
FM12 Update139179
FM13 Release139179
FM13 Update130179
David Beckham weekly wage across versions£0£125K CM0102 RCM0304 UFM06 RFM08 RFM10 RFM11 UFM13 RFM13 UWeekly wage, CM0102 Release: £27,500 Weekly wage, CM0203 Release: £70,000 Weekly wage, CM0304 Release: £70,000 Weekly wage, CM0304 Update: £70,000 Weekly wage, FM05 Release: £70,000 Weekly wage, FM05 Update: £70,000 Weekly wage, FM06 Release: £115,000 Weekly wage, FM07 Release: £125,000 Weekly wage, FM07 Update: £125,000 Weekly wage, FM08 Release: £125,000 Weekly wage, FM09 Release: £124,999 Weekly wage, FM09 Update: £124,999 Weekly wage, FM10 Release: £124,574 Weekly wage, FM10 Update: £124,574 Weekly wage, FM11 Release: £124,573 Weekly wage, FM11 Update: £124,573 Weekly wage, FM12 Release: £124,574 Weekly wage, FM12 Update: £124,574 Weekly wage, FM13 Release: £76,923 Weekly wage, FM13 Update: £7,153
Recorded weekly wage (GBP) in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. The table below the chart also carries the recorded estimated value in each of those databases.
David Beckham weekly wage across versions
VersionWeekly wageEstimated value
CM0102 Release£27,500—
CM0203 Release£70,000—
CM0304 Release£70,000—
CM0304 Update£70,000—
FM05 Release£70,000—
FM05 Update£70,000—
FM06 Release£115,000—
FM07 Release£125,000—
FM07 Update£125,000—
FM08 Release£125,000—
FM09 Release£124,999—
FM09 Update£124,999—
FM10 Release£124,574—
FM10 Update£124,574—
FM11 Release£124,573—
FM11 Update£124,573—
FM12 Release£124,574—
FM12 Update£124,574—
FM13 Release£76,923—
FM13 Update£7,153—

Attribute summary

Attribute summary Attribute summary: 6 of 6 values recorded, plotted on a 1 to 20 scale. Attribute summary: 6 of 6 values recorded, plotted on a 1 to 20 scale.
6 of 6 recorded Derived by thefmdb by averaging the attributes listed below. The Football Manager database stores no such summary.
Attribute summary — every value plotted above, plus the ones that are not recorded.
AttributeValueCoverage
Pace 13.0 2 of 2 recorded
Physical 14.7 6 of 6 recorded
Technical 17.2 5 of 5 recorded
Mental 17.0 8 of 9 recorded
Defending 8.8 5 of 5 recorded
Shooting 15.3 3 of 3 recorded
Axis Mean Coverage
Pace13.02 of 2 recorded
Physical14.76 of 6 recorded
Technical17.25 of 5 recorded
Mental17.08 of 9 recorded
Defending8.85 of 5 recorded
Shooting15.33 of 3 recorded

Percentile wheel

Percentile wheel Percentile wheel: 6 of 6 values recorded, plotted on a 0 to 100 scale. Percentile wheel: 6 of 6 values recorded, plotted on a 0 to 100 scale.
6 of 6 recorded Each wedge is the mean of its attributes' percentiles against Midfielder Right at tier 1 clubs in this version — derived by thefmdb from the same six groups as the summary above. The Football Manager database stores no such figure. A wedge reaching the rim is the top of the cohort; the centre is the bottom.
Percentile wheel — every value plotted above, plus the ones that are not recorded.
AttributeValueMeasured against
Pace 42.7 pct 2 of 2 attributes
Physical 75.8 pct 6 of 6 attributes
Technical 86.0 pct 5 of 5 attributes
Mental 94.4 pct 8 of 9 attributes
Defending 43.7 pct 5 of 5 attributes
Shooting 90.4 pct 3 of 3 attributes
Axis Percentile Measured against
Pace42.7 pctMidfielder Right at tier 1 clubs · 2 of 2 attributes
Physical75.8 pctMidfielder Right at tier 1 clubs · 6 of 6 attributes
Technical86.0 pctMidfielder Right at tier 1 clubs · 5 of 5 attributes
Mental94.4 pctMidfielder Right at tier 1 clubs · 8 of 9 attributes
Defending43.7 pctMidfielder Right at tier 1 clubs · 5 of 5 attributes
Shooting90.4 pctMidfielder Right at tier 1 clubs · 3 of 3 attributes

Injuries

0 recorded
Injury history from player_injury, most recent first
Injury From Returned Side Severity Flags
——————

Bars are the recorded absence; amber is over three weeks, red over two months. severity is a raw number from the source.

Clauses and bonuses

None recorded
Clause Amount Applies
———

Recorded clauses come from person_contract_clause and clause_type. Modern person_contract_bonus rows, where a contract has them, are counted here and wait for clause-specific interpretation before any amount is shown.

International

Youth level pending
Senior caps and goals
60 caps
Under-21
—
Youth
—
Declared for
—
Eligible for
—
Debut
—
First goal
—

Caps, goals, previous nations, debut and first goal come from person_international_record where the version exports it; debut and first-goal dates are decoded in FM24 and rarely elsewhere. Versions without the table show senior caps from the player row only. Eligibility lists the nations person_nationality marks eligible-for. No export establishes youth-level records. Missing fields stay blank.

Honours

Partial export
—

FM24 exports achievements with event codes and date precision in starting_person_history and starting_person_history_date. Other versions remain unsupported, and this panel still needs validated event interpretation. A club spell during a winning season does not prove a personal medal. The awards panel below shows recorded placings.

Career

0 marked current
Career spells from staff_history
Club Role From To Status
—————
Career apps and goals
239 (57)
Clubs
—
Loans
0
First professional contract
—

Career appearances and goals combine the recorded player_history rows this page has checked do not overlap: every detail row, plus a summary row only where no detail row covers the same season at the same club. The clubs count is the distinct clubs in the career spells above. The date of a first professional contract is not derivable from the earliest history row.

Season record

Season record

One row per season as the export recorded it. A transfer fee is shown where a figure was stored; where the source recorded only a sentinel — "Undisclosed fee", "Unknown fee" — that sentinel is printed instead. A fee of zero is a fee of zero, not a missing one.

Season-by-season record from player_history.
Season Club Division Apps Goals Transfer fee Joined Left
1997–98 Manchester United — 37 9 — — —
1998–99 Manchester United — 34 6 — — —
1992–93 Manchester United — 0 0 — — —
1993–94 Manchester United — 0 0 — — —
1994–95 Manchester United — 4 0 — — —
1994–95 Preston North End — 5 2 — — —
1995–96 Manchester United — 33 7 — — —
1996–97 Manchester United — 36 7 — — —
2000–01 Manchester United — 31 9 — — —
1999–00 Manchester United — 31 6 — — —
2001–02 Manchester United — 28 11 — — —

Similar players

FMDB calculation

Nearest recorded attribute profiles among 42 players in Spanish First Division within 15 current ability, compared on the attributes both record. Not a whole-database search. The match is the mean absolute difference over those attributes expressed against the 1–20 scale; an attribute only one of the two records is left out rather than counted as a gap of fourteen.

National-team spells

No national-team spells recorded

Nothing in person_nation_contract for this person, although 60 international appearances are recorded on the player row.

Bans and absences

Bans and absences from person_ban
Type From To Matches Competition Nation
——————

Awards

0 recorded
Season Award Placed
———

Likes and dislikes

In the export
Favoured clubs
—
Disliked clubs
—
Favoured people
—
Disliked people
—

Other relations

Typed relations from person_other_relation
Target type Target Rating
———

Familiarity

Familiarity from person_familiarity
Target type Target Level Linked
————

Preferred moves

Needs mapping

The source records preferred moves as bits. Names need a validated export mapping.

Data wishlist for this page

18 data pointsWhole site
  • person_days_at_location, person_trained_status Training days and recorded home-grown status Exported; UI pendingThe modern schema includes days, age bands and trained-at-club or trained-in-nation relationships. Rule codes and target kinds must be respected; these rows do not prove eligibility under every competition rule.
  • person names, date_of_birth, height_cm, weight_kg Names, birth date, height and weight Now liveRecorded identity and measurements are displayed; missing values stay blank.
  • export_meta.reference_date Age at the in-game date No reference dateThe base .dat source does not store an authoritative reference date. Birth year alone cannot establish an exact age.
  • person_nationality, person.declared_nation_uid Additional nationalities and declared nation Now liveSecond, third and resident nationalities with their source relationship labels, and the declared nation, are displayed where the version exports them; CSV-era versions say so.
  • person_contract_detail, person_club_status Contract type, squad status and explicit unattached status Partial exportContract type is displayed where contract_status is decoded (FM24); the FM26 exports carry the column as NULL on every row. squad_status has no lookup table and has_no_club is not yet used; a missing contract is not evidence of free agency.
  • playing-time promises and market status Playing-time promise, transfer or loan listing and asking price Needs source dataThese facts are not established by the current contract-detail or club-status columns.
  • person_contract_clause, person_contract_bonus Contract clauses and bonuses Partial exportRecorded clauses are displayed. Starting-contract bonus rows are counted with their raw type codes; cash and misc need clause-specific interpretation before any amount or condition is shown.
  • agent identity and representation Agent Needs source dataThe current catalog has no agent identity or representation relation.
  • player attribute tables and PlayerRoles Role suitability Now liveFMDB calculates its own weighted attribute scores for competent positions, with coverage thresholds; these are not stored scouting stars.
  • attribute tables in the previous version of the same game Attribute changes since the previous version Now liveComparisons distinguish a changed value, newly recorded data, missing data and off-scale values.
  • player and person_club_contract across versions Ability, potential, value and wage across versions Now liveCharts use recorded values after identity checks in each target database. Missing values and coded potential are not invented chart points.
  • person personality attributes; preferred_move.bit_index Personality, media handling and preferred-move labels Needs validationPersonality scores and move bits are recorded. Validated labels and era-specific mappings are still missing.
  • person_international_record Senior and under-21 goals, caps and debut details Now liveSenior and under-21 caps and goals, previous nations, debut and first goal are displayed where the version exports them; CSV-era versions fall back to senior caps from the player row. Youth categories are not established.
  • starting_person_history, starting_person_history_date Personal honours and milestones Partial exportFM24 achievements include record_type, job, flags and date precision. Other versions remain unsupported; the page still needs validated event interpretation. Club membership in a winning season does not prove a medal.
  • player_history Career totals and recorded season history with fees Now liveTotals use bounded history and exclude overlapping summary rows. Coverage depends on the selected player and version.
  • player attribute vectors within a bounded division cohort Similar players Now liveFMDB compares shared recorded attributes within the documented ability band and candidate cap; this is not a whole-database search.
  • award_history_winner and person relationship tables Recorded awards, liked and disliked clubs and people Now liveOnly resolving identities are linked; missing relationships remain missing.
  • explicit youth and first-professional-contract events Youth club and first professional contract Needs source dataAn earliest career row, current contract start or forced initial contract date does not establish either fact.

Reviewed 30 September 2026 against the current schema and page implementation. “Now live” means implemented where data is recorded; “Exported; UI pending” means the schema has data this page does not yet use. Tables and coverage vary by version. Missing values stay blank.