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VersionFM18 18.3.0
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Botha
Squad number in club colours

Chad Botha

Player
81Current ability
96Potential ability
£850Value (calc)
500Reputation (calc)

Personal

Full name
—
First name
Chad
Last name
Botha
Common name
—
Date of birth
9 Mar 1984 age 33 at game start
Place of birth
Durban
Nationality
South Africa
Height
178 cm
Weight
80 kg
Preferred foot
Right
Languages
Finnish (10/10), Zulu (9/10), Sesotho (6/10), French (2/10)

Contract

Club
Durban Stars
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
1 Jun 2012
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
£77
Needs work permit
—

Player profile

Positions
D (C), DM
Best position (calc)
Defender (Centre)
Best rated position (calc)
—
Best role (calc)
—
Best role at potential (calc)
—
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
81
Current reputation
2,500
Home reputation
1,250
World reputation
500
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Sale value (calc)
Not for sale
Caps / goals
0 / 0
Favourite number
—
Injury risk
Below Average
Peak age
—
Development peak age
—
Physical peak age
—
Longevity (1–4)
—

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners—
  • Crossing·9
  • Dribbling—
  • Finishing—
  • First touch—
  • Free kicks·14
  • Heading·12
  • Long shots·16
  • Long throws—
  • Marking—
  • Passing—
  • Penalty taking·11
  • Tackling·14
  • Technique—

Mental

  • Aggression·14
  • Anticipation—
  • Bravery—
  • Composure—
  • Concentration—
  • Decisions—
  • Determination—
  • Flair—
  • Leadership—
  • Off the ball—
  • Positioning·9
  • Teamwork·10
  • Vision·8
  • Work rate·13

Physical

  • Acceleration·11
  • Agility—
  • Balance—
  • Jumping reach—
  • Natural fitness—
  • Pace·10
  • Stamina—
  • Strength·12

Goalkeeping

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

Hidden

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

Personality

  • Adaptability—
  • Ambition—
  • Controversy—
  • Loyalty—
  • Pressure—
  • Professionalism—
  • Sportsmanship—
  • Temperament—
Personality (calc)
—
Media handling (calc)
—

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

No key attributes against players with the same best position chart: 5 of 12 values are recorded. A chart needs at least 3 values and 60% of the group.

5 of 12 recorded Not recorded: Marking, Anticipation, Concentration, Jumping reach, Passing, Composure, Bravery

The site’s own figure: the percentile of each stored attribute among 49,952 players with the same calculated best position. A spoke is left out where the attribute is not stored.

Positions

  • GK1
  • D (L)—
  • D (C)20
  • D (R)10
  • DM16
  • 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

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

Playing career

9
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2012 Durban Stars — —— Unknown fee
2007 FF Jaro Finnish Premier League 255 Unknown fee
2007 Kokkolan Pallo-Veikot Finnish First Division 00 Unknown fee
2006 Kokkolan Pallo-Veikot Finnish First Division 220 Unknown fee
2005 VG-62 Finnish First Division 120 Unknown fee
2004 VG-62 Loan Finnish First Division 221 Unknown fee
2004 FC Inter Turku Finnish Premier League 10 Unknown fee
2003 FC Kuusankoski Finnish First Division 180 Unknown fee
2002 Stella Club d'Adjamé Ivorian Premier Division —— Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows, 2 with unknown appearances left out)1006

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
South Africa000 / 0

Favourite people

Ryan Botha 75

Across versions

VersionClubAgeCAPAValue calc
FM18 18.3.0Durban Stars338196£850
FM18 18.1.0Durban Stars338196£850
FM18 18.0.0Durban Stars338196£850
FM17 17.3.0Durban Stars328196£1,444
FM17 17.0.0Durban Stars328196£1,444
FM16 16.3.0Durban Stars318196£1,723
FM16 16.0.1Durban Stars318196£1,723
FM16 16.0.0Durban Stars318196£1,723
FM15 15.3.0Durban Stars308096£2,822
FM15 15.0.0Durban Stars308096£2,822
FM14 14.3.0Durban Stars298096£3,135
FM14 14.0.0Durban Stars298096£3,135
FM13 13.3.0Durban Stars288096£4,040
FM13 13.0.0Durban Stars288396£4,040
FM12 12.2.0Durban Stars278596£4,040
FM12 12.0.0Durban Stars278596£4,040
FM10 10.0.0Durban Stars258596£938

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.