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VersionFM18 18.3.0
Light
Salama
Squad number in club colours

Paulo

Player
100Current ability
115Potential ability
£15,427Value (calc)
1,000Reputation (calc)

Personal

Full name
Hossam Salama
First name
Hossam
Last name
Salama
Common name
Paulo
Date of birth
15 Nov 1983 age 33 at game start
Place of birth
Cairo
Nationality
Egypt
Height
180 cm
Weight
—
Preferred foot
Either

Contract

Club
Zamalek Sporting Club
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
31 Jan 2017
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
£874
Needs work permit
—

Player profile

Positions
ST (C)
Best position (calc)
Striker
Best rated position (calc)
Striker · 68
Best role (calc)
—
Best role at potential (calc)
—
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
100
Current reputation
5,000
Home reputation
5,000
World reputation
1,000
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Sale value (calc)
£8,484
Caps / goals
0 / 0
Favourite number
—
Injury risk
Low
Peak age
30
Development peak age
26
Physical peak age
32
Longevity (1–4)
2

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners·2
  • Crossing·2
  • Dribbling·6
  • Finishing·13
  • First touch·7
  • Free kicks·3
  • Heading·11
  • Long shots·8
  • Long throws·2
  • Marking·2
  • Passing·9
  • Penalty taking·9
  • Tackling·2
  • Technique·11

Mental

  • Aggression·4
  • Anticipation·12
  • Bravery·9
  • Composure·14
  • Concentration·15
  • Decisions·10
  • Determination·16
  • Flair·9
  • Leadership·3
  • Off the ball·7
  • Positioning·14
  • Teamwork·8
  • Vision·3
  • Work rate·10

Physical

  • Acceleration·12
  • Agility·13
  • Balance·15
  • Jumping reach·15
  • Natural fitness·13
  • Pace·13
  • Stamina·13
  • Strength·16

Goalkeeping

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

Hidden

  • Consistency·11
  • Dirtiness·6
  • Important matches·5
  • Injury proneness·3
  • Versatility·2
  • Left foot·18
  • Right foot·20

Personality

  • Adaptability10
  • Ambition14
  • Controversy3
  • Loyalty16
  • Pressure17
  • Professionalism14
  • Sportsmanship14
  • Temperament11
Personality (calc)
Resilient
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 FM18 18.1.0, 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 52,646 players with the same calculated best position. A spoke is left out where the attribute is not stored.

Positions

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

Position ratings

PositionNowPotential
Sweeper5050
Defender (Left)4747
Defender (Centre)4949
Defender (Right)4747
Wing-Back (Left)4545
Wing-Back (Right)4545
Defensive Midfielder4848
Midfielder (Left)4949
Midfielder (Centre)4747
Midfielder (Right)4949
Attacking Midfielder (Left)4949
Attacking Midfielder (Centre)4646
Attacking Midfielder (Right)4949
Striker6868

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

  • Tries First Time Shots

Playing career

5
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2016 Smouha Sporting Club Egyptian Premier League —— Undisclosed fee
2015 Smouha Sporting Club Egyptian Premier League —— Unknown fee
2014 El Dakhleya FC Egyptian Premier League 3520 £0
2013 El Dakhleya FC — 133 Unknown fee
2012 Al-Shams Egyptian Second Division - Group 3 —— Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows, 3 with unknown appearances left out)4823

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
Egypt000 / 0

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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
FM27 27.0.0Samannoud Sporting Club4280100£1,849
FM26 26.2.0Samannoud Sporting Club4180100£1,053
FM26 26.0.0Shubra El Kheima Sporting Club4180100£852
FM24 24.3.0Shubra El Kheima Sporting Club3980100£1,568
FM23 23.4.0Shubra El Kheima Sporting Club3880100£1,571
FM23 23.3.0Shubra El Kheima Sporting Club3880100£1,571
FM23 23.0.0Shubra El Kheima Sporting Club3880100£1,571
FM22 22.4.0Shubra El Kheima SC3780100£3,382
FM22 22.3.0Shubra El Kheima SC3780100£3,382
FM22 22.1.0Shubra El Kheima SC3780100£3,382
FM22 22.0.1Shubra El Kheima SC3780100£3,382
FM22 22.0.0Shubra El Kheima SC3780100£1,434
FM21 21.4.0Tersana Sporting Club368585£16,581
FM21 21.3.0Tersana Sporting Club368585£16,581
FM21 21.1.1Tala'e Al-Gaish368585£16,581
FM21 21.0.1Tala'e Al-Gaish368585£16,581
FM21 21.0.0Tala'e Al-Gaish368585£16,581
FM20 20.4.0Tala'e Al-Gaish358585£5,256
FM20 20.3.0Tala'e Al-Gaish358585£5,256
FM20 20.1.0Tala'e Al-Gaish358585£5,256
FM20 20.0.1Tala'e Al-Gaish358585£5,256
FM20 20.0.0Tala'e Al-Gaish358585£5,256
FM19 19.3.0Zamalek Sporting Club34100115£5,256
FM19 19.1.0Zamalek Sporting Club34100115£5,256
FM19 19.0.1Zamalek Sporting Club34100115£5,256
FM19 19.0.0Zamalek Sporting Club34100115£5,256
FM18 18.3.0Zamalek Sporting Club33100115£15,427
FM18 18.1.0Zamalek Sporting Club33100115£15,427
FM18 18.0.0Zamalek Sporting Club33100115£15,427
FM17 17.3.0Zamalek Sporting Club32100115£26,917
FM17 17.0.0Smouha Sporting Club25115115£508,711
FM16 16.3.0Smouha Sporting Club2488123£33,654
FM16 16.0.1Smouha Sporting Club2488123£33,654
FM16 16.0.0Smouha Sporting Club2488123£33,654

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.