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FM18 18.0.0

M/AM (C), ST (C) · Rio Grande Valley Toros

Eric Bird

Born 8 Apr 1993 · Virginia Beach (VA) (age 24)

Best position calc

  • Midfielder (Centre)

Personality calc

  • Balanced

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2017

Current ability
79 of 200
Potential ability
91
Value (calc)
£2,130
Best role (calc)
—
World reputation
7500 / 5 calc
Caps / goals
0 / 0
Wage
£439 p/w

Positions

GK 1 D (L) — D (C) — D (R) — DM 7 M (L) — M (C) 20 M (R) — AM (L) — AM (C) 17 AM (R) — ST (C) 17 WB (L) — WB (R) —
  • 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
M (C) Natural 20 59 62
AM (C) Accomplished 17 55 58
ST (C) Accomplished 17 59 62
DM Awkward 7 54 57
GK Ineffectual 1 27 29
SW Not stored — 45 48
D (L) Not stored — 48 51
D (C) Not stored — 43 45
D (R) Not stored — 48 51
M (L) Not stored — 49 52
M (R) Not stored — 49 52
AM (L) Not stored — 49 52
AM (R) Not stored — 49 52
WB (L) Not stored — 46 48
WB (R) Not stored — 46 48

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

  • Corners8
  • Crossing8
  • Dribbling10
  • Finishing8
  • First touch10
  • Free kicks8
  • Heading7
  • Long shots8
  • Long throws5
  • Marking8
  • Passing10
  • Penalty taking8
  • Tackling6
  • Technique9

Mental 14

  • Aggression8
  • Anticipation10
  • Bravery9
  • Composure11
  • Concentration10
  • Decisions10
  • Determination9
  • Flair8
  • Leadership8
  • Off the ball10
  • Positioning10
  • Teamwork12
  • Vision9
  • Work rate12

Physical 8

  • Acceleration10
  • Agility11
  • Balance10
  • Jumping reach10
  • Natural fitness8
  • Pace11
  • Stamina10
  • Strength10

Feet

  • Left foot13
  • Right foot20

Goalkeeping

All 11 attributes
  • Aerial reach1
  • Command of area1
  • Communication1
  • Eccentricity1
  • Handling1
  • Kicking5
  • One on ones1
  • Punching (tendency)1
  • Reflexes1
  • Rushing out (tendency)1
  • Throwing1

Hidden 5

  • Consistency9
  • Dirtiness5
  • Important matches7
  • Injury proneness5
  • Versatility8

Personality 8

  • Adaptability8
  • Ambition9
  • Controversy8
  • Loyalty8
  • Pressure8
  • Professionalism9
  • Sportsmanship10
  • Temperament10
Personality (calc)
Balanced
Media handling (calc)
Media-friendly

Attributes are stored values, 1–20. Missing attributes stay blank; an out-of-range stored value is displayed without a colour band.

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

No traits recorded

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 41,362 players with the same calculated best position. A spoke is left out where the attribute is not stored.

Personal

Full name
—
First name
Eric
Last name
Bird
Common name
—
Date of birth
8 Apr 1993 age 24 at game start
Place of birth
Virginia Beach (VA)
Nationality
United States
Height
181 cm
Weight
78 kg
Preferred foot
Right
Languages
Spanish (9/10)

Contract

Club
Rio Grande Valley Toros
Job
Player
Contract type
Full Time
Joined club
16 Mar 2016
Contract starts
16 Mar 2016
Contract expires
31 Dec 2017
Weekly wage
£439
Squad numbers
#10 Rio Grande Valley Toros
Leaves at end of contract
No
Needs work permit
—

Player profile

Positions
M/AM (C), ST (C)
Best position (calc)
Midfielder (Centre)
Best rated position (calc)
Striker · 59
Best role (calc)
—
Best role at potential (calc)
—
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
83
Current reputation
3,450
Home reputation
3,450
World reputation
750
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Fantasy draft estimate (stored)
£90,155
Sale value (calc)
£1,917
Caps / goals
0 / 0
Favourite number
—
Injury risk
Below Average
Peak age
33
Development peak age
26
Physical peak age
31
Longevity (1–4)
2

Settling in

WithIntegrationLevel
Rio Grande Valley TorosClub squad23

Stored integration at game start, 0–100. Club and national-team blending are separate from settling into life in a country. Up to 50 recorded entries.

Playing career

2
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2016 Rio Grande Valley Toros American Third Division - Western Conference 237 Unknown fee
2015 Philadelphia Union Major League Soccer 00 SuperDraft
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)232/2 recorded72/2 recorded

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

Honours

Runner-UpUS Cup1×2015

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

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
United States000 / 0

Career highlights

1
2015Runner-UpPhiladelphia UnionUS Cup

Favourite clubs

Liverpool 75

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André BoucaudDagenham and RedbridgeDM, M (C)3270901.56
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Wellington—DM, M (C)34801251.57

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 24.3.0—309898£0
FM23 23.4.0FC Tulsa299898£512,373
FM23 23.3.0FC Tulsa299898£512,373
FM23 23.0.0FC Tulsa299898£173,069
FM22 22.4.0FC Tulsa289898£337,711
FM22 22.3.0FC Tulsa289898£337,711
FM22 22.1.0FC Tulsa289898£337,711
FM22 22.0.1FC Tulsa289898£337,711
FM22 22.0.0FC Tulsa289898£337,711
FM21 21.4.0FC Tulsa279898£457,626
FM21 21.3.0FC Tulsa279898£457,626
FM21 21.1.1FC Tulsa279898£457,626
FM21 21.0.1FC Tulsa279898£457,626
FM21 21.0.0FC Tulsa279898£457,626
FM20 20.4.0Tulsa Roughnecks268591£248,820
FM20 20.3.0Tulsa Roughnecks268591£248,820
FM20 20.1.0Houston Dynamo268591£134,916
FM20 20.0.1Houston Dynamo268591£133,381
FM20 20.0.0Houston Dynamo268591£133,381
FM19 19.3.0Houston Dynamo257991£10,574
FM19 19.1.0Houston Dynamo257991£4,301
FM19 19.0.1Houston Dynamo257991£4,301
FM19 19.0.0Houston Dynamo257991£4,301
FM18 18.3.0Houston Dynamo247991£10,473
FM18 18.1.0Rio Grande Valley Toros247991£2,130
FM18 18.0.0Rio Grande Valley Toros247991£2,130
FM17 17.3.0Rio Grande Valley Toros237896£5,106
FM17 17.0.0Rio Grande Valley Toros237890–120£8,386
FM16 16.3.0Philadelphia Union227680–110£117,439
FM16 16.0.1Philadelphia Union227690–120£117,439
FM16 16.0.0Philadelphia Union227690–120£117,439
FM15 15.3.0Philadelphia Union217690–120£106,761

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 2017.