Herzig
Squad number in club colours

Nico Herzig

Player
98Current ability
121Potential ability
£61,945Value (calc)
2,250Reputation (calc)

Personal

Full name
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First name
Nico
Last name
Herzig
Common name
—
Date of birth
10 Dec 1983 age 31 at game start
Place of birth
Pößneck
Nationality
Germany
Height
—
Weight
—
Preferred foot
Right

Contract

Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
29 Jan 2015
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
£0
Needs work permit
—

Player profile

Positions
D (C)
Best position (calc)
Defender (Centre)
Best rated position (calc)
Defender (Centre) · 69
Best role (calc)
—
Best role at potential (calc)
—
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
98
Current reputation
4,900
Home reputation
4,900
World reputation
2,250
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Sale value (calc)
Not for sale
Caps / goals
0 / 0
Favourite number
—
Injury risk
—
Peak age
—
Development peak age
—
Physical peak age
—
Longevity (1–4)
—

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners·6
  • Crossing·7
  • Dribbling·8
  • Finishing·7
  • First touch·10
  • Free kicks·6
  • Heading·13
  • Long shots·5
  • Long throws·9
  • Marking·13
  • Passing·10
  • Penalty taking·7
  • Tackling·13
  • Technique·10

Mental

  • Aggression·14
  • Anticipation·13
  • Bravery·14
  • Composure·12
  • Concentration·12
  • Decisions·11
  • Determination·14
  • Flair·9
  • Leadership·15
  • Off the ball·7
  • Positioning·12
  • Teamwork·12
  • Vision·7
  • Work rate·14

Physical

  • Acceleration·8
  • Agility·8
  • Balance·11
  • Jumping reach·13
  • Natural fitness·11
  • Pace·7
  • Stamina▼111
  • Strength·14

Goalkeeping

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

Hidden

  • Consistency·13
  • Dirtiness·9
  • Important matches·12
  • Injury proneness—
  • Versatility·8
  • Left foot·9
  • Right foot·20

Personality

  • Adaptability13
  • Ambition15
  • Controversy11
  • Loyalty13
  • Pressure13
  • Professionalism13
  • Sportsmanship10
  • Temperament8
Personality (calc)
Fairly Ambitious
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 FM16 16.0.1, 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
Key attributes against players with the same best position — every value plotted above, plus the ones that are not recorded.
AttributeValue
Tackling 80.4 pct
Marking 80.7 pct
Heading 69.3 pct
Positioning 69.4 pct
Anticipation 87.9 pct
Concentration 79.5 pct
Jumping reach 60.7 pct
Strength 79.4 pct
Pace 8.7 pct
Passing 70.5 pct
Composure 84.2 pct
Bravery 79.9 pct

The site’s own figure: the percentile of each stored attribute among 45,517 players with the same calculated best position. A spoke is left out where the attribute is not stored.

Positions

  • GK—
  • D (L)10
  • D (C)20
  • D (R)10
  • 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
Sweeper5253
Defender (Left)6364
Defender (Centre)6970
Defender (Right)6364
Wing-Back (Left)4748
Wing-Back (Right)4748
Defensive Midfielder5253
Midfielder (Left)4749
Midfielder (Centre)4950
Midfielder (Right)4749
Attacking Midfielder (Left)4749
Attacking Midfielder (Centre)4244
Attacking Midfielder (Right)4749
Striker5051

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

torn knee ligaments Severity 04 Sep 2015 – 31 Dec 2015
back strain Severity 08 Apr 2014 – 13 Apr 2014
virus Severity 021 Feb 2014 – 25 Feb 2014
back strain Severity 03 Sep 2013 – 16 Sep 2013
torn knee ligaments Severity 04 Sep 2010 – 1 Nov 2010
virus Severity 010 Apr 2009 – 22 Apr 2009
broken foot (left) Severity 03 Sep 2007 – 5 Dec 2007

Playing career

22

Honours

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

Career highlights

4

Favourite people

Homegrown status

FC Carl Zeiss Jena3 Years Between 15 and 21
Germany3 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
FM23 23.4.0—388891£0
FM23 23.3.0—388891£0
FM23 23.0.0—388891£0
FM22 22.4.0—378891£0
FM22 22.3.0—378891£0
FM22 22.1.0—378891£0
FM22 22.0.1—378891£0
FM22 22.0.0—378891£0
FM21 21.4.0—368891£0
FM21 21.3.0—368891£0
FM21 21.1.1—368891£0
FM21 21.0.1—368891£0
FM21 21.0.0—368891£0
FM20 20.4.0TSV Steinbach Haiger358891£4,240
FM20 20.3.0TSV Steinbach Haiger358891£4,240
FM20 20.1.0TSV Steinbach Haiger3591121£5,025
FM20 20.0.1TSV Steinbach Haiger3591121£5,237
FM20 20.0.0TSV Steinbach Haiger3591121£5,237
FM19 19.3.0TSV Steinbach Haiger3491121£5,223
FM19 19.1.0TSV Steinbach Haiger3491121£5,223
FM19 19.0.1TSV Steinbach Haiger3491121£5,223
FM19 19.0.0TSV Steinbach Haiger3491121£5,223
FM18 18.3.0TSV Steinbach3397121£20,597
FM18 18.1.0TSV Steinbach3397121£20,597
FM18 18.0.0TSV Steinbach3397121£20,597
FM17 17.3.0TSV Steinbach3297121£43,907
FM17 17.0.0TSV Steinbach3297121£43,907
FM16 16.3.0FC Würzburger Kickers3198121£61,945
FM16 16.0.1FC Würzburger Kickers3199121£89,823
FM16 16.0.0FC Würzburger Kickers3199121£89,823
FM15 15.3.0FC Würzburger Kickers30102121£145,397
FM15 15.0.0SV Wehen Wiesbaden30102121£165,334
FM14 14.3.0SV Wehen Wiesbaden29104123£220,257
FM14 14.0.0SV Wehen Wiesbaden29104123£220,257
FM13 13.3.0SV Wehen Wiesbaden28104123£182,794
FM13 13.0.0SV Wehen Wiesbaden28106123£211,203
FM12 12.2.0SV Wehen Wiesbaden27106123£261,821
FM12 12.0.0SV Wehen Wiesbaden27106123£261,821
FM10 10.0.0DSC Arminia Bielefeld25120132£53,591

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.