Elding
Squad number in club colours

Anthony Elding

Player
73Current ability
100Potential ability
£23,430Value (calc)
1,250Reputation (calc)

Personal

Full name
Anthony Lee Elding
First name
Anthony
Last name
Elding
Common name
—
Date of birth
16 Apr 1982 age 32 at game start
Place of birth
Boston
Nationality
England
Height
—
Weight
—
Preferred foot
Right Only

Contract

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

Player profile

Positions
ST (C)
Best position (calc)
Striker
Best rated position (calc)
Striker · 63
Best role (calc)
—
Best role at potential (calc)
—
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
73
Current reputation
3,650
Home reputation
3,650
World reputation
1,250
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Sale value (calc)
Not for sale
Caps / goals
0 / 0
Favourite number
9
Injury risk
Low
Peak age
—
Development peak age
—
Physical peak age
—
Longevity (1–4)
—

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners7
  • Crossing6
  • Dribbling8
  • Finishing14
  • First touch9
  • Free kicks6
  • Heading13
  • Long shots9
  • Long throws1
  • Marking2
  • Passing7
  • Penalty taking14
  • Tackling6
  • Technique9

Mental

  • Aggression15
  • Anticipation8
  • Bravery17
  • Composure9
  • Concentration6
  • Decisions7
  • Determination12
  • Flair11
  • Leadership12
  • Off the ball12
  • Positioning6
  • Teamwork10
  • Vision6
  • Work rate13

Physical

  • Acceleration10
  • Agility9
  • Balance9
  • Jumping reach11
  • Natural fitness18
  • Pace10
  • Stamina13
  • Strength20

Goalkeeping

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

Hidden

  • Consistency6
  • Dirtiness16
  • Important matches13
  • Injury proneness3
  • Versatility4
  • Left foot6
  • Right foot20

Personality

  • Adaptability—
  • Ambition8
  • Controversy16
  • Loyalty7
  • Pressure7
  • Professionalism10
  • Sportsmanship6
  • Temperament9
Personality (calc)
Balanced
Media handling (calc)
Outspoken

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
Finishing 93.7 pct
Dribbling 24.4 pct
First touch 36.8 pct
Technique 30.6 pct
Passing 20.0 pct
Crossing 25.3 pct
Off the ball 67.5 pct
Composure 39.9 pct
Flair 59.2 pct
Acceleration 27.5 pct
Pace 25.8 pct
Agility 28.3 pct

The site’s own figure: the percentile of each stored attribute among 52,341 players with the same calculated best position. A spoke is left out where the attribute is not stored.

Positions

  • GK—
  • D (L)—
  • D (C)8
  • D (R)—
  • DM—
  • M (L)—
  • M (C)—
  • M (R)—
  • AM (L)8
  • AM (C)14
  • AM (R)10
  • ST (C)20
  • WB (L)—
  • WB (R)—
Familiarity 1–20. Natural 18+, accomplished 15+, competent 12+, unconvincing 9+, awkward 5+.

Position ratings

PositionNowPotential
Sweeper4041
Defender (Left)4041
Defender (Centre)5151
Defender (Right)4041
Wing-Back (Left)4040
Wing-Back (Right)4040
Defensive Midfielder4242
Midfielder (Left)4444
Midfielder (Centre)4242
Midfielder (Right)4849
Attacking Midfielder (Left)5152
Attacking Midfielder (Centre)4848
Attacking Midfielder (Right)5253
Striker6364

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

  • Shoots With Power
  • Likes To Try To Beat Offside Trap
  • Winds Up Opponents
  • Gets Crowd Going

Playing career

27
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2014 Cork City Irish Premier Division 20 £0
2013 Sligo Rovers Irish Premier Division 2412 £0
2012 Grimsby Town Vanarama Conference 162 £0
2011 Grimsby Town Vanarama Conference 4312 Unknown fee
2010 Stockport County Loan Sky Bet League 2 213 Unknown fee
2010 Rochdale Sky Bet League 1 173 £10,000
2009 Ferencvárosi Torna Club Hungarian Division I 158 £0
2009 Kettering Town Loan Vanarama Conference 83 Unknown fee
2009 Crewe Alexandra Sky Bet League 2 100 £0
2008 Lincoln City Loan Sky Bet League 2 153 Unknown fee
2008 Crewe Alexandra Sky Bet League 1 161 Unknown fee
2007 Leeds United Sky Bet League 1 91 £175,000
2007 Stockport County Sky Bet League 2 2513 £50,000
2006 Stockport County Sky Bet League 2 2011 Unknown fee
2006 Boston United Sky Bet League 2 195 £55,000
2005 Kettering Town Vanarama Conference North 144 £0
2005 Stevenage Vanarama Conference 177 £40,000
2004 Stevenage Vanarama Conference 4419 Unknown fee
2003 Stevenage Vanarama Conference 3617 Unknown fee
2002 Stevenage Vanarama Conference 147 Unknown fee
2002 Gainsborough Trinity Loan English Northern Premier League Premier Division 10 Unknown fee
2002 Boston United Sky Bet League 2 80 £0
2001 Bedford Town Loan English Isthmian League Premier Division 41 Unknown fee
2001 Boston United Vanarama Conference 196 Unknown fee
2000 Boston United Vanarama Conference 90 Unknown fee
1999 Boston United Youth English Southern League Premier Division 00 Unknown fee
1998 Boston United Youth English Southern League Premier Division 00 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)426138

Honours

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

Career highlights

2

Favourite people

Favourite clubs

Disliked people

Disliked clubs

Woking 75

Homegrown status

Boston United3 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
FM22 22.4.0Manulla F.C.3963100£4,041
FM22 22.3.0Manulla F.C.3963100£4,041
FM22 22.1.0Manulla F.C.3963100£4,041
FM22 22.0.1Manulla F.C.3963100£4,041
FM22 22.0.0Manulla F.C.3963100£4,041
FM21 21.4.0Manulla F.C.3863100£4,306
FM21 21.3.0Manulla F.C.3863100£4,306
FM21 21.1.1Manulla F.C.3863100£4,306
FM21 21.0.1Manulla F.C.3863100£4,306
FM21 21.0.0Manulla F.C.3863100£4,306
FM20 20.4.0Manulla F.C.3763100£4,535
FM20 20.3.0Manulla F.C.3763100£4,535
FM20 20.1.0Manulla F.C.3763100£4,535
FM20 20.0.1Manulla F.C.3763100£4,727
FM20 20.0.0Manulla F.C.3763100£4,727
FM19 19.3.0Manulla F.C.3663100£4,714
FM19 19.1.0Manulla F.C.3663100£4,714
FM19 19.0.1Manulla F.C.3663100£4,714
FM19 19.0.0Manulla F.C.3663100£4,714
FM18 18.3.0Manulla F.C.3563100£1,955
FM18 18.1.0Manulla F.C.3563100£1,955
FM18 18.0.0Manulla F.C.3563100£1,955
FM17 17.3.0Sligo Rovers3463100£17,706
FM17 17.0.0Sligo Rovers3463100£17,706
FM16 16.3.0Sligo Rovers3363100£33,276
FM16 16.0.1Sligo Rovers3363100£33,276
FM16 16.0.0Sligo Rovers3363100£33,276
FM15 15.3.0Ballinamallard United3273100£23,430
FM15 15.0.0Ballinamallard United3273100£23,430
FM14 14.3.0Cork City3176100£57,623
FM14 14.0.0Sligo Rovers3173100£5,762
FM13 13.3.0Grimsby Town3068100£19,648
FM13 13.0.0Grimsby Town3068100£13,781
FM12 12.2.0Grimsby Town2968100£9,484
FM12 12.0.0Grimsby Town2965100£6,915
FM10 10.0.0Crewe Alexandra2778105£4,973

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.