TheFMDB
VersionFM15 15.3.0
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Preece
Squad number in club colours

David Preece

Player
50Current ability
90Potential ability
£564Value (calc)
1,250Reputation (calc)

Personal

Full name
—
First name
David
Last name
Preece
Common name
—
Date of birth
26 Aug 1976 age 37 at game start
Place of birth
Sunderland
Nationality
England
Height
—
Weight
—
Preferred foot
Right Only
Languages
Danish (10/10)

Contract

Club
Lincoln City
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
—
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
£0
Needs work permit
—
Retired
30 Jun 2015 (Total player retirement)

Player profile

Positions
GK
Best position (calc)
Goalkeeper
Best rated position (calc)
Goalkeeper · 50
Best role (calc)
—
Best role at potential (calc)
—
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
50
Current reputation
2,500
Home reputation
2,500
World reputation
1,250
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Sale value (calc)
£0
Caps / goals
0 / 0
Favourite number
1
Injury risk
Average
Peak age
—
Development peak age
—
Physical peak age
—
Longevity (1–4)
—

Attributes

Goalkeeping

  • Aerial reach·11
  • Command of area·7
  • Communication▲111
  • Eccentricity·9
  • Handling·10
  • Kicking·5
  • One on ones·8
  • Punching (tendency)·10
  • Reflexes▼18
  • Rushing out (tendency)·11
  • Throwing·10

Mental

  • Aggression·16
  • Anticipation·11
  • Bravery▼114
  • Composure·8
  • Concentration·8
  • Decisions·9
  • Determination·14
  • Flair·1
  • Leadership·13
  • Off the ball·1
  • Positioning·8
  • Teamwork—
  • Vision·2
  • Work rate—

Physical

  • Acceleration·4
  • Agility·8
  • Balance·12
  • Jumping reach·12
  • Natural fitness·14
  • Pace·5
  • Stamina·10
  • Strength·10

Technical

  • Corners—
  • Crossing—
  • Dribbling—
  • Finishing—
  • First touch·4
  • Free kicks—
  • Heading·1
  • Long shots—
  • Long throws—
  • Marking—
  • Passing·8
  • Penalty taking—
  • Tackling—
  • Technique·4

Hidden

  • Consistency·12
  • Dirtiness·7
  • Important matches·14
  • Injury proneness·8
  • Versatility—
  • Left foot·6
  • Right foot·20

Personality

  • Adaptability18
  • Ambition12
  • Controversy10
  • Loyalty15
  • Pressure10
  • Professionalism13
  • Sportsmanship15
  • Temperament14
Personality (calc)
Fairly Loyal
Media handling (calc)
Level-headed

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 FM15 15.0.0, 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 30,971 players with the same calculated best position. A spoke is left out where the attribute is not stored.

Positions

  • GK20
  • D (L)—
  • D (C)—
  • D (R)—
  • DM—
  • M (L)—
  • M (C)—
  • 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
Goalkeeper5050

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

Injuries at game start

damaged elbow (right) Severity 027 Feb 2008 – 20 Jul 2008

Playing career

21
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2013 Lincoln City Vanarama Conference 10 Unknown fee
2013 Keflavík Icelandic Premier Division 90 £0
2012 Lincoln City Vanarama Conference 80 £0
2011 Barnsley Sky Bet Championship 10 £0
2010 Barnsley Sky Bet Championship 00 Unknown fee
2009 Barnsley Sky Bet Championship 60 Unknown fee
2008 Odense Boldklub Danish Superliga 00 £0
2007 Silkeborg Idrætsforening Danish First Division 150 £0
2006 Silkeborg Idrætsforening Danish Superliga 250 Unknown fee
2005 Silkeborg Idrætsforening Danish Superliga 310 Unknown fee
2004 Aberdeen Scottish Premiership 170 £0
2003 Aberdeen Scottish Premiership 360 Unknown fee
2002 Aberdeen Scottish Premiership 150 Unknown fee
2001 Aberdeen Scottish Premiership 80 Unknown fee
2000 Aberdeen Scottish Premiership 20 Unknown fee
1999 Aberdeen Scottish Premiership 100 Unknown fee
1998 Darlington Sky Bet League 2 460 £300,000
1997 Darlington Sky Bet League 2 450 Unknown fee
1996 Sunderland English Premier Division 00 £0
1995 Sunderland Sky Bet Championship 00 Unknown fee
1994 Sunderland Sky Bet Championship 00 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)2750

Honours

Third PlaceDanish First Division1×2008

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

Staff career

2
FromToClub / nationJob
8 Aug 2013—Lincoln CityPlayer/Gk Coach First Team
5 Dec 201228 Apr 2013Lincoln CityPlayer/Gk Coach First Team

Career highlights

2
9 Aug 1997Senior Club DebutDarlington v Colchester United
2008Third PlaceSilkeborg IdrætsforeningDanish First Division

Favourite clubs

Sunderland 100
Aberdeen 80
Silkeborg Idrætsforening 75

Favourite people

Luke Steele 60

Homegrown status

Sunderland3 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
FM15 15.3.0Lincoln City375090£564
FM15 15.0.0Lincoln City375252£674
FM14 14.3.0Lincoln City365370£731
FM14 14.0.0Lincoln City365375£731
FM13 13.3.0Lincoln City355682£0
FM13 13.0.0Barnsley3596107£46,526
FM12 12.2.0Barnsley—96107—
FM12 12.0.0Barnsley3496107£14,064
FM10 10.0.0Barnsley32101112£6,963

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.