The FMDB
FM14 14.3.0

D (C) · Real Madrid C.F.

Raphaël Varane

Born 25 Apr 1993 · Lille (age 20)

Best position calc

  • Defender (Centre)

Personality calc

  • Resilient

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2013

Current ability
153 of 200
Potential ability
175
Value (calc)
£13,546,382
Best role (calc)
—
World reputation
7,1003.5 of 5 stars calc
Caps / goals
2 / —
Wage
£0 p/w

Positions

GK — SW 15 D (L) — D (C) 20 D (R) 10 DM 14 M (L) — M (C) — M (R) — AM (L) — AM (C) — AM (R) — ST (C) — WB (L) — WB (R) 6
  • Natural 18–20
  • Accomplished 15–17
  • Competent 12–14
  • Unconvincing 9–11
  • Awkward 5–8
  • Makeshift 2–4
  • Ineffectual 1
  • — Not stored
Position ratings and stored familiarity, best familiarity first
PositionLevelFamiliarityRating calc Potential calc
D (C) Natural 20 82 87
SW Accomplished 15 80 85
DM Competent 14 78 83
D (R) Unconvincing 10 79 84
WB (R) Awkward 6 69 74
GK Not stored — — —
D (L) Not stored — 66 72
M (L) Not stored — 59 65
M (C) Not stored — 62 67
M (R) Not stored — 59 65
AM (L) Not stored — 59 65
AM (C) Not stored — 55 60
AM (R) Not stored — 59 65
ST (C) Not stored — 59 64
WB (L) Not stored — 60 65

Familiarity is stored, 1–20. Position ratings are calculated by fm-reader, 0–100; a dash means the build does not have enough stored attributes to calculate that rating.

Attributes

  • 1–5 poor
  • 6–10 weak
  • 11–14 decent
  • 15–17 good
  • 18–20 excellent
  • — not stored

Technical 14

  • Corners·5
  • Crossing·8
  • Dribbling·9
  • Finishing·6
  • First touch·13
  • Free kicks·6
  • Heading·15
  • Long shots·8
  • Long throws·7
  • Marking·16
  • Passing·13
  • Penalty taking·6
  • Tackling·15
  • Technique·14

Mental 14

  • Aggression·10
  • Anticipation·16
  • Bravery·13
  • Composure·16
  • Concentration·16
  • Decisions·16
  • Determination·16
  • Flair·7
  • Leadership·11
  • Off the ball·8
  • Positioning·17
  • Teamwork·16
  • Vision·11
  • Work rate·15

Physical 8

  • Acceleration·12
  • Agility·12
  • Balance·11
  • Jumping reach·15
  • Natural fitness·14
  • Pace·14
  • Stamina·14
  • Strength·13

Feet

  • Left foot·10
  • Right foot·20

Goalkeeping

All 11 attributes
  • Aerial reach—
  • Command of area—
  • Communication—
  • Eccentricity—
  • Handling—
  • Kicking—
  • One on ones—
  • Punching (tendency)—
  • Reflexes—
  • Rushing out (tendency)—
  • Throwing—

Hidden 5

  • Consistency·15
  • Dirtiness·9
  • Important matches·14
  • Injury proneness▲1016
  • Versatility·10

Personality 8

  • Adaptability—
  • Ambition15
  • Controversy5
  • Loyalty14
  • Pressure17
  • Professionalism16
  • Sportsmanship16
  • Temperament16
Personality (calc)
Resilient
Media handling (calc)
Unflappable

Attributes are stored values, 1–20. Missing attributes stay blank; an out-of-range stored value is displayed without a colour band. Arrows compare with FM14 14.0.0, the previous build of this game: + newly stored, − no longer stored.

Best roles (calc)

No role ratings recorded

Calculated by fm-reader on the current-ability scale (1–200); stars as FM shows role suitability. Up to 60 recorded roles, highest rating first.

Player traits

  • Tries To Play Way Out Of Trouble
  • Does Not Dive Into Tackles

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.

Injuries at game start

InjuryFromExpected return
damaged knee cartilage (right) Severity 0Base occurrence: 0.15 per season in a squad of 5031 Oct 201331 Jan 2014

Personal

Full name
—
First name
Raphaël
Last name
Varane
Common name
—
Date of birth
25 Apr 1993 age 20 at game start
Place of birth
Lille
Nationality
France
Other nationalities
Martinique Eligible For Nation
Height
—
Weight
—
Preferred foot
Right
Languages
Spanish (10/10)

Contract

Club
Real Madrid C.F.
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
—
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
£0
Leaves at end of contract
No
Needs work permit
—

Player profile

Positions
D (C)
Best position (calc)
Defender (Centre)
Best rated position (calc)
Defender (Centre) · 82
Best role (calc)
—
Best role at potential (calc)
—
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
171
Current reputation
7,750
Home reputation
7,750
World reputation
7,100
Reputation scope (calc)
Continental
Fantasy draft estimate (stored)
—
Sale value (calc)
£40,248,000
Caps / goals
2 / —
Favourite number
—
Injury risk
High
Peak age
35
Development peak age
26
Physical peak age
31
Longevity (1–4)
2

Playing career

5
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2012 Real Madrid C.F. LIGA BBVA 150 Unknown fee
2011 Real Madrid C.F. LIGA BBVA 91 Unknown fee
2010 Racing Club de Lens Ligue 1 232 £8,675,728
2009 Racing Club de Lens Youth Ligue 1 00 Unknown fee
2008 Racing Club de Lens Youth Ligue 2 00 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)475/5 recorded35/5 recorded

Up to 200 stored seasons. The site's sums cover the displayed rows only; missing appearances and goals are excluded separately.

Honours

WinnerLIGA BBVA1×2012

Grouped by the site from the stored career highlights (winners, runners-up, third place, play-off winners).

Awards

1
2013Spanish Most Improved Player of the Year Real Madrid C.F.

Career highlights

2
13 May 2012WinnerReal Madrid C.F.LIGA BBVA
29 May 2011Reached PlayoffsRacing Club de LensLigue 1

Favourite clubs

Racing Club de Lens Player75

Favourite people

Serge Aurier Teammate/Former Teammate75
Geoffrey Kondogbia Teammate/Former Teammate75
Jean-Guy Wallemme Manager/Former Manager50
Eric Chelle Teammate/Former Teammate50
Rio Ferdinand Idol25
Laurent Blanc Idol25

Homegrown status

Hapoel Rishon LeZion3 Years Between 15 and 21
France3 Years Between 15 and 21

Similar players

PlayerClubPositionsAgeCAPAMean difference
Jonny EvansManchester UnitedD (C)251541641.54
Mehdi BenatiaAS RomaD (C)261561581.56
Serdar TasçiSpartak MoscowD (C)261421531.63
Marko BasaLOSC LilleD (C)301451501.66
Ömer ToprakBayer 04 LeverkusenD (C)231451551.66
Marc BartraF.C. BarcelonaD (RC)221531651.66
Steven CaulkerCardiff CityD (C)211421651.68
Chris SmallingManchester UnitedD (RC)231461621.68
Nicolas NkoulouOlympique de MarseilleD (C), DM231501701.68
Laurent KoscielnyArsenalD (C)271581651.68

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 valid 1–20 attributes both players have stored (at least 30).

Across versions

VersionClubAgeCAPAValue calc
FM24 24.3.0Manchester United30161172£44,454,420
FM23 23.4.0Manchester UFC29162172£50,203,800
FM23 23.3.0Manchester UFC29162172£50,203,800
FM23 23.0.0Manchester UFC29160172£48,616,200
FM22 22.4.0Manchester UFC28163172£54,892,076
FM22 22.3.0Manchester UFC28163172£54,892,076
FM22 22.1.0Manchester UFC28165172£56,635,236
FM22 22.0.1Manchester UFC28165172£56,635,236
FM22 22.0.0Manchester UFC28165172£56,635,236
FM21 21.4.0R. Madrid27165172£51,708,288
FM21 21.3.0R. Madrid27165172£51,708,288
FM21 21.1.1R. Madrid27165172£51,708,288
FM21 21.0.1R. Madrid27165172£51,708,288
FM21 21.0.0R. Madrid27165172£51,708,288
FM20 20.4.0R. Madrid26159172£49,518,000
FM20 20.3.0R. Madrid26159172£49,518,000
FM20 20.1.0R. Madrid26159172£49,518,000
FM20 20.0.1R. Madrid26159172£49,518,000
FM20 20.0.0R. Madrid26159172£46,823,400
FM19 19.3.0R. Madrid25159172£46,823,400
FM19 19.1.0R. Madrid25165172£52,626,600
FM19 19.0.1R. Madrid25165172£52,626,600
FM19 19.0.0R. Madrid25165172£52,626,600
FM18 18.3.0R. Madrid24164172£52,626,600
FM18 18.1.0R. Madrid24165172£52,626,600
FM18 18.0.0R. Madrid24165172£52,626,600
FM17 17.3.0R. Madrid23163174£27,531,000
FM17 17.0.0Real Madrid C.F.23163174£24,681,000
FM16 16.3.0Real Madrid C.F.22163178£23,382,000
FM16 16.0.1Real Madrid C.F.22163178£23,382,000
FM16 16.0.0Real Madrid C.F.22163178£27,441,000
FM15 15.3.0Real Madrid C.F.21157173£15,836,981
FM15 15.0.0Real Madrid C.F.21155174£15,787,382
FM14 14.3.0Real Madrid C.F.20153175£13,546,382
FM14 14.0.0Real Madrid C.F.20156178£13,546,382
FM13 13.3.0Real Madrid C.F.19143150–180£6,094,955
FM13 13.0.0Real Madrid C.F.19139150–180£4,705,042
FM12 12.2.0Real Madrid C.F.18134150–180£2,109,521
FM12 12.0.0Real Madrid C.F.18134150–180£2,109,521
FM11 11.0.0RC Lens17102150–180£1,540

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.

About this record

  1. calc marks a calculated figure. Position and role ratings, values, personality, job ratings and stars come from fm-reader.
  2. A dash means this build does not store the value. Numeric zero is shown as stored.
  3. Ages, employment and contracts are at game start, 1 Jul 2013.