TheFMDB
VersionFM14 14.3.0
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Clark
Squad number in club colours

Ben Clark

Player
65Current ability
86Potential ability
£40,419Value (calc)
1,750Reputation (calc)

Personal

Full name
Benjamin Clark
First name
Ben
Last name
Clark
Common name
—
Date of birth
23 Jan 1983 age 30 at game start
Place of birth
Consett
Nationality
England
Height
—
Weight
—
Preferred foot
Right

Contract

Club
Gateshead
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
—
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
£0
Needs work permit
—

Player profile

Positions
D (C), DM
Best position (calc)
Defender (Centre)
Best rated position (calc)
Defender (Centre) · 56
Best role (calc)
—
Best role at potential (calc)
—
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
65
Current reputation
3,750
Home reputation
3,750
World reputation
1,750
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Sale value (calc)
£36,377
Caps / goals
0 / 0
Favourite number
—
Injury risk
Average
Peak age
—
Development peak age
—
Physical peak age
—
Longevity (1–4)
—

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners·3
  • Crossing·3
  • Dribbling·6
  • Finishing·3
  • First touch·8
  • Free kicks·2
  • Heading·13
  • Long shots·4
  • Long throws·2
  • Marking·11
  • Passing·8
  • Penalty taking·2
  • Tackling·9
  • Technique·8

Mental

  • Aggression·12
  • Anticipation·10
  • Bravery·8
  • Composure·8
  • Concentration·10
  • Decisions·8
  • Determination·14
  • Flair·1
  • Leadership·15
  • Off the ball·7
  • Positioning·11
  • Teamwork·11
  • Vision·6
  • Work rate·11

Physical

  • Acceleration·9
  • Agility·10
  • Balance·10
  • Jumping reach·10
  • Natural fitness·12
  • Pace·8
  • Stamina·14
  • Strength·12

Goalkeeping

  • Aerial reach—
  • Command of area—
  • Communication—
  • Eccentricity—
  • Handling—
  • Kicking—
  • One on ones—
  • Punching (tendency)—
  • Reflexes—
  • Rushing out (tendency)—
  • Throwing—

Hidden

  • Consistency·10
  • Dirtiness·8
  • Important matches·11
  • Injury proneness·8
  • Versatility·8
  • Left foot·8
  • Right foot·20

Personality

  • Adaptability—
  • Ambition8
  • Controversy5
  • Loyalty17
  • Pressure14
  • Professionalism16
  • Sportsmanship15
  • Temperament10
Personality (calc)
Fairly Professional
Media handling (calc)
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. Arrows compare with FM14 14.0.0, the previous build of this game: + newly stored, − no longer stored.

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

The site’s own figure: the percentile of each stored attribute among 46,791 players with the same calculated best position. A spoke is left out where the attribute is not stored.

Positions

  • GK—
  • D (L)5
  • D (C)20
  • D (R)10
  • DM15
  • M (L)—
  • M (C)14
  • M (R)—
  • AM (L)—
  • AM (C)—
  • AM (R)—
  • ST (C)—
  • WB (L)—
  • WB (R)—
Familiarity 1–20. Natural 18+, accomplished 15+, competent 12+, unconvincing 9+, awkward 5+.

Position ratings

PositionNowPotential
Sweeper4346
Defender (Left)5154
Defender (Centre)5659
Defender (Right)5356
Wing-Back (Left)4143
Wing-Back (Right)4143
Defensive Midfielder5356
Midfielder (Left)3942
Midfielder (Centre)5053
Midfielder (Right)3942
Attacking Midfielder (Left)3942
Attacking Midfielder (Centre)3437
Attacking Midfielder (Right)3942
Striker4245

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

  • Marks Opponent Tightly
  • Tries To Play Way Out Of Trouble

Injuries at game start

hernia Severity 022 Jul 2009 – 22 Aug 2009

Playing career

15
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2012 Gateshead Skrill Premier 331 Unknown fee
2011 Gateshead Skrill Premier 400 Unknown fee
2010 Gateshead Skrill Premier 442 Unknown fee
2009 Hartlepool United Sky Bet League 1 110 £0
2008 Hartlepool United Sky Bet League 1 352 Unknown fee
2007 Hartlepool United Sky Bet League 1 192 Unknown fee
2006 Hartlepool United Sky Bet League 2 403 Unknown fee
2005 Hartlepool United Sky Bet League 1 320 Unknown fee
2004 Hartlepool United Sky Bet League 1 250 Unknown fee
2004 Sunderland Sky Bet Championship 20 Unknown fee
2003 Sunderland Sky Bet Championship 50 Unknown fee
2002 Sunderland English Premier Division 10 Unknown fee
2001 Sunderland English Premier Division 00 Unknown fee
2000 Sunderland English Premier Division 00 Unknown fee
1999 Manchester United English Premier Division 00 £0
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)28710

Favourite clubs

Hartlepool United 75

Homegrown status

Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace3 Years Between 15 and 21
FSV Frankfurt3 Years Between 15 and 21
England3 Years Between 15 and 21

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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
FM16 16.3.0Gateshead326986£9,233
FM16 16.0.1Gateshead326986£9,233
FM16 16.0.0Gateshead326986£9,233
FM15 15.3.0Gateshead316986£12,829
FM15 15.0.0Gateshead316586£12,829
FM14 14.3.0Gateshead306586£40,419
FM14 14.0.0Gateshead306586£40,419
FM13 13.3.0Gateshead297986£36,228
FM13 13.0.0Gateshead297986£54,559
FM12 12.2.0Gateshead287986£22,914
FM12 12.0.0Gateshead288386£22,914
FM10 10.0.0Hartlepool United2695120£4,730

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.