Smith
Squad number in club colours

Ben Smith

Player
77Current ability
85Potential ability
£2,229Value (calc)
1,200Reputation (calc)

Personal

Full name
Benjamin Smith
First name
Ben
Last name
Smith
Common name
—
Date of birth
5 Sep 1986 age 22 at game start
Place of birth
Newcastle
Nationality
England
Height
—
Weight
—
Preferred foot
Right Only
Languages
Swedish (10/10)

Contract

Job
Player/Assistant Manager First Team
Contract type
Full Time
Joined club
—
Contract starts
31 Jan 2009
Contract expires
30 Jun 2010
Weekly wage
£600
Needs work permit
—

Player profile

Positions
GK
Best position (calc)
Goalkeeper
Best rated position (calc)
—
Best role (calc)
—
Best role at potential (calc)
—
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
77
Current reputation
3,350
Home reputation
3,350
World reputation
1,200
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Sale value (calc)
£2,497
Caps / goals
0 / 0
Favourite number
—
Injury risk
—
Peak age
—
Development peak age
—
Physical peak age
—
Longevity (1–4)
—

Attributes

Goalkeeping

  • Aerial reach12
  • Command of area12
  • Communication9
  • Eccentricity2
  • Handling11
  • Kicking8
  • One on ones11
  • Punching (tendency)5
  • Reflexes14
  • Rushing out (tendency)8
  • Throwing8

Mental

  • Aggression—
  • Anticipation7
  • Bravery6
  • Composure9
  • Concentration8
  • Decisions7
  • Determination14
  • Flair—
  • Leadership—
  • Off the ball—
  • Positioning10
  • Teamwork10
  • Vision6
  • Work rate10

Physical

  • Acceleration9
  • Agility13
  • Balance13
  • Jumping reach11
  • Natural fitness14
  • Pace5
  • Stamina13
  • Strength9

Technical

  • Corners—
  • Crossing—
  • Dribbling—
  • Finishing—
  • First touch—
  • Free kicks—
  • Heading—
  • Long shots—
  • Long throws—
  • Marking—
  • Passing—
  • Penalty taking—
  • Tackling3
  • Technique—

Hidden

  • Consistency8
  • Dirtiness—
  • Important matches—
  • Injury proneness—
  • Versatility1
  • Left foot5
  • Right foot20

Personality

  • Adaptability—
  • Ambition9
  • Controversy5
  • Loyalty10
  • Pressure12
  • Professionalism15
  • Sportsmanship17
  • Temperament16
Personality (calc)
Fairly Professional
Media handling (calc)
Media-friendly, Reserved

A dash is an attribute this database does not store for this player; the game generates those at the start of a new game.

Key attributes in context

Key attributes against players with the same best position Key attributes against players with the same best position: 12 of 12 values recorded, plotted on a 0 to 100 scale. Key attributes against players with the same best position: 12 of 12 values recorded, plotted on a 0 to 100 scale.
12 of 12 recorded
Key attributes against players with the same best position — every value plotted above, plus the ones that are not recorded.
AttributeValue
Reflexes 79.2 pct
Handling 55.7 pct
One on ones 57.9 pct
Aerial reach 72.4 pct
Command of area 80.8 pct
Communication 37.0 pct
Kicking 30.2 pct
Composure 49.0 pct
Concentration 26.7 pct
Positioning 47.1 pct
Agility 78.0 pct
Decisions 17.8 pct

The site’s own figure: the percentile of each stored attribute among 29,173 players with the same calculated best position. A spoke is left out where the attribute is not stored.

Positions

  • GK20
  • SW1
  • D (L)1
  • D (C)1
  • D (R)1
  • DM1
  • M (L)1
  • M (C)1
  • M (R)1
  • AM (L)1
  • AM (C)1
  • AM (R)1
  • ST (C)1
  • WB (L)1
  • WB (R)1
Familiarity 1–20. Natural 18+, accomplished 15+, competent 12+, unconvincing 9+, awkward 5+.

Position ratings

PositionNowPotential

Calculated by fm-reader from the stored attributes (0–100, Genie Scout style). Blank where the database stores too few attributes to rate.

Player traits

  • Gets Crowd Going

Playing career

7
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2008 Doncaster Rovers Coca-Cola Championship 00 Unknown fee
2007 Doncaster Rovers Coca-Cola League 1 20 Unknown fee
2006 Doncaster Rovers Coca-Cola League 1 130 Unknown fee
2005 Stockport County Coca-Cola League 2 00 £0
2005 Newcastle United English Premier Division 00 £0
2004 Newcastle United Youth English Premier Division 00 Unknown fee
2003 Newcastle United Youth English Premier Division 00 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)150

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
England000 / 0

Favourite clubs

Similar players

The site’s own comparison: players with the same calculated best position and current ability within ±15 (at most 300 candidates, so not a whole-database search), ranked by the mean difference over the attributes both players have stored.

Across versions

VersionClubAgeCAPAValue calc
FM15 15.3.0Southport2765105£15,735
FM15 15.0.0Southport2765105£15,735
FM14 14.3.0Southport2665105£15,735
FM14 14.0.0Southport2665105£15,735
FM13 13.3.0Rochdale2574105£18,825
FM13 13.0.0Rochdale2574105£0
FM12 12.2.0Shrewsbury Town247085£7,896
FM12 12.0.0Shrewsbury Town247085£7,896
FM10 10.0.0Doncaster Rovers227785£2,229

The same FM id in each loaded database build. Values are each build's own; potential is shown as stored, value is calculated per build.