Iniesta8
Squad number 8, club colours

Andrés Iniesta Luján

Andrés Iniesta Luján

PlayerESP Contracted to 2020Home-grown —
168 Current ability
183 Potential ability
£69,321,496Estimated value
£276,358Weekly wage
114Caps

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners· 14
  • Crossing· 12
  • Dribbling· 18
  • Finishing· 11
  • First touch· 20
  • Free kicks· 14
  • Heading· 5
  • Long shots· 9
  • Long throws· 5
  • Marking· 5
  • Passing· 18
  • Penalties· 13
  • Tackling· 7
  • Technique· 20
  • Versatility· 16

Mental

  • Aggression· 8
  • Anticipation· 18
  • Bravery· 10
  • Composure· 18
  • Concentration· 15
  • Consistency· 14
  • Decisions· 19
  • Determination· 14
  • Dirtiness· 5
  • Flair· 19
  • Important matches· 18
  • Leadership· 12
  • Off the ball· 15
  • Positioning· 10
  • Team work· 17
  • Vision· 20
  • Work rate· 13

Physical

  • Acceleration· 12
  • Agility· 11
  • Balance· 12
  • Injury proneness▼2 13
  • Jumping reach· 6
  • Natural fitness· 9
  • Pace· 12
  • Stamina· 12
  • Strength· 7
15–2011–146–101–5Not recorded▲ ▼ change across versions

Change against FM18 Release, the previous version of this game. A value the earlier database did not record is marked newly recorded, not an increase from zero. A + marks a value this version records and the earlier one does not; a ! marks a stored value outside the 1–20 scale, which is left unsubtracted.

Positions

  • GKgoalkeeper—not recorded
  • DLdefender_left—not recorded
  • DCdefender_central—not recorded
  • DRdefender_right—not recorded
  • DMdefensive_midfielder9unconvincing
  • MLmidfielder_left16accomplished
  • MCmidfielder_central20natural
  • MRmidfielder_right12competent
  • AMLattacking_mid_left17accomplished
  • AMCattacking_mid_central19accomplished
  • AMRattacking_mid_right13competent
  • STstriker—not recorded
  • WBLwing_back_left—not recorded
  • WBRwing_back_right—not recorded
Competency on the game's 1–20 scale. A dashed ring is a position with no recorded competency.
MC 20 AMC 19 AML 17 ML 16 AMR 13 MR 12 DMC 9

Best roles

FMDB calculation
Best roles for the strongest position
Role Duty Suitability
Advanced PlaymakerAMCSupport18.2 / 20
Attacking MidfielderAMCAttack17.9 / 20
Deep-Lying PlaymakerMCSupport17.8 / 20
Inverted WingerAMLSupport16.8 / 20
MezzalaMCAttack16.3 / 20
Inside ForwardAMLAttack15.9 / 20
Shadow StrikerAMCAttack15.6 / 20
Central MidfielderMCSupport15.0 / 20

The FMDB's own figure, not a game scouting star: the weighted mean of the recorded attributes for each role, on the source's own 1–20 scale, with a role's key attributes counted 2× its preferable ones. Roles are offered only for positions with a recorded competency of at least 10, and a role scored from under 70% of its attributes is withheld rather than published from a handful of values.

Personal information

Full name
Andrés Iniesta Luján
Common name
—
Date of birth
1984-05-11
Nationality
Spain
Other nationalities
—
Birth city
Fuentealbilla
Height and weight
171 cm, 68 kg
Youth club
—
Agent
—
Languages
English

Club contract

Squad number
8
Type
—
Squad status
—
Joined
1999-07-01
Contract start
2017-10-06
Expires
2020-06-30
Weekly wage
£276,358
Estimated value
£69,321,496
Transfer status
—
Asking price
—

Joined is the club-join date on the person row. Contract start is the date the current contract was last signed, as the modern export records it; CSV-era versions record only the join date. Type comes from person_contract_detail where the version decodes it.

Player profile

Current ability
168
Potential ability
183
Home reputation
172
Current reputation
172
World reputation
170
Personality
—
Media handling
—
Favourite squad number
—

Ability and reputation are stored on the game's internal scale, which runs to about 200, and shown unchanged; the stars in the header are that figure out of five.

Home-grown and training

Exported; UI pending
Trained in Days Since
———
Home-grown at club
—
Home-grown in nation
—
Trained in the EU
—
Qualifies as
—

Modern exports include training days and recorded trained status. This panel has not integrated them; eligibility must respect the recorded rule and location type.

Personality

  • Adaptability —
  • Ambition 14
  • Controversy 4
  • Loyalty 20
  • Pressure 17
  • Professionalism 19
  • Sportsmanship 16
  • Temperament 16

Personality is stored on the same 1–20 scale as the attributes. A dash is a value the export did not record.

Feet

  • Left foot 15
  • Right foot 20

Goalkeeping

No goalkeeping attributes recorded

Shown only when at least one value in player_goalkeeper_attributes is recorded.

Across versions

Recorded
Andrés Iniesta Luján current and potential ability across versions0100200 CM0203 RFM06 RFM09 UFM12 RFM14 UFM17 RFM19 UFM22 RFM24 RCurrent ability, CM0203 Release: 90 Current ability, CM0304 Release: 100 Current ability, CM0304 Update: 100 Current ability, FM05 Release: 148 Current ability, FM05 Update: 151 Current ability, FM06 Release: 155 Current ability, FM07 Release: 175 Current ability, FM07 Update: 175 Current ability, FM08 Release: 175 Current ability, FM09 Release: 171 Current ability, FM09 Update: 173 Current ability, FM10 Release: 180 Current ability, FM10 Update: 180 Current ability, FM11 Release: 178 Current ability, FM11 Update: 179 Current ability, FM12 Release: 182 Current ability, FM12 Update: 182 Current ability, FM13 Release: 183 Current ability, FM13 Update: 185 Current ability, FM14 Release: 180 Current ability, FM14 Update: 175 Current ability, FM15 Release: 175 Current ability, FM15 Update: 172 Current ability, FM16 Release: 168 Current ability, FM16 Update: 168 Current ability, FM17 Release: 175 Current ability, FM17 Update: 175 Current ability, FM18 Release: 166 Current ability, FM18 Update: 168 Current ability, FM19 Release: 155 Current ability, FM20 Release: 155 Current ability, FM21 Release: 150 Current ability, FM24 Release: 130 Potential ability, FM05 Update: 170 Potential ability, FM06 Release: 170 Potential ability, FM07 Release: 187 Potential ability, FM07 Update: 187 Potential ability, FM08 Release: 187 Potential ability, FM09 Release: 181 Potential ability, FM09 Update: 181 Potential ability, FM10 Release: 187 Potential ability, FM10 Update: 187 Potential ability, FM11 Release: 187 Potential ability, FM11 Update: 187 Potential ability, FM12 Release: 187 Potential ability, FM12 Update: 187 Potential ability, FM13 Release: 187 Potential ability, FM13 Update: 187 Potential ability, FM14 Release: 187 Potential ability, FM14 Update: 187 Potential ability, FM15 Release: 182 Potential ability, FM15 Update: 182 Potential ability, FM16 Release: 182 Potential ability, FM16 Update: 182 Potential ability, FM17 Release: 183 Potential ability, FM17 Update: 183 Potential ability, FM18 Release: 183 Potential ability, FM18 Update: 183 Potential ability, FM19 Release: 183 Potential ability, FM20 Release: 183 Potential ability, FM21 Release: 183 Potential ability, FM24 Release: 185
Current ability 168Potential ability 183
Recorded ability in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. Negative potential codes are listed in the data table, not plotted as fixed abilities.
Andrés Iniesta Luján current and potential ability across versions
VersionCurrent abilityPotential ability
CM0203 Release90-2
CM0304 Release100-2
CM0304 Update100-2
FM05 Release148-9
FM05 Update151170
FM06 Release155170
FM07 Release175187
FM07 Update175187
FM08 Release175187
FM09 Release171181
FM09 Update173181
FM10 Release180187
FM10 Update180187
FM11 Release178187
FM11 Update179187
FM12 Release182187
FM12 Update182187
FM13 Release183187
FM13 Update185187
FM14 Release180187
FM14 Update175187
FM15 Release175182
FM15 Update172182
FM16 Release168182
FM16 Update168182
FM17 Release175183
FM17 Update175183
FM18 Release166183
FM18 Update168183
FM19 Release155183
FM19 Update——
FM20 Release155183
FM20 Update——
FM21 Release150183
FM21 Update——
FM22 Release——
FM23 Release——
FM24 Release130185
Andrés Iniesta Luján weekly wage across versions£0£500K CM0203 RFM06 RFM09 UFM12 RFM14 UFM17 RFM19 UFM22 RFM24 RWeekly wage, CM0304 Release: £0 Weekly wage, CM0304 Update: £0 Weekly wage, FM07 Release: £44,000 Weekly wage, FM07 Update: £44,000 Weekly wage, FM08 Release: £44,000 Weekly wage, FM09 Release: £44,000 Weekly wage, FM09 Update: £95,826 Weekly wage, FM10 Release: £95,826 Weekly wage, FM10 Update: £134,157 Weekly wage, FM11 Release: £134,157 Weekly wage, FM11 Update: £134,157 Weekly wage, FM12 Release: £134,157 Weekly wage, FM12 Update: £134,157 Weekly wage, FM13 Release: £134,157 Weekly wage, FM13 Update: £134,157 Weekly wage, FM14 Release: £256,815 Weekly wage, FM14 Update: £256,815 Weekly wage, FM15 Release: £256,815 Weekly wage, FM15 Update: £256,815 Weekly wage, FM16 Release: £256,815 Weekly wage, FM16 Update: £310,000 Weekly wage, FM17 Release: £310,000 Weekly wage, FM17 Update: £310,000 Weekly wage, FM18 Release: £310,000 Weekly wage, FM18 Update: £276,358 Weekly wage, FM19 Release: £500,000 Weekly wage, FM20 Release: £500,000 Weekly wage, FM21 Release: £500,000 Weekly wage, FM24 Release: £131,556
Recorded weekly wage (GBP) in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. The table below the chart also carries the recorded estimated value in each of those databases.
Andrés Iniesta Luján weekly wage across versions
VersionWeekly wageEstimated value
CM0203 Release——
CM0304 Release£0—
CM0304 Update£0—
FM05 Release——
FM05 Update——
FM06 Release——
FM07 Release£44,000—
FM07 Update£44,000—
FM08 Release£44,000—
FM09 Release£44,000—
FM09 Update£95,826—
FM10 Release£95,826—
FM10 Update£134,157—
FM11 Release£134,157—
FM11 Update£134,157—
FM12 Release£134,157—
FM12 Update£134,157—
FM13 Release£134,157—
FM13 Update£134,157—
FM14 Release£256,815—
FM14 Update£256,815—
FM15 Release£256,815—
FM15 Update£256,815—
FM16 Release£256,815—
FM16 Update£310,000—
FM17 Release£310,000—
FM17 Update£310,000—
FM18 Release£310,000—
FM18 Update£276,358£69,321,496
FM19 Release£500,000—
FM19 Update——
FM20 Release£500,000—
FM20 Update——
FM21 Release£500,000—
FM21 Update——
FM22 Release——
FM23 Release——
FM24 Release£131,556£950,000

Attribute summary

Attribute summary Attribute summary: 6 of 6 values recorded, plotted on a 1 to 20 scale. Attribute summary: 6 of 6 values recorded, plotted on a 1 to 20 scale.
6 of 6 recorded Derived by thefmdb by averaging the attributes listed below. The Football Manager database stores no such summary.
Attribute summary — every value plotted above, plus the ones that are not recorded.
AttributeValueCoverage
Pace 12.0 2 of 2 recorded
Physical 9.5 6 of 6 recorded
Technical 17.6 5 of 5 recorded
Mental 16.6 9 of 9 recorded
Defending 7.4 5 of 5 recorded
Shooting 11.0 3 of 3 recorded
Axis Mean Coverage
Pace12.02 of 2 recorded
Physical9.56 of 6 recorded
Technical17.65 of 5 recorded
Mental16.69 of 9 recorded
Defending7.45 of 5 recorded
Shooting11.03 of 3 recorded

Percentile wheel

Percentile wheel Percentile wheel: 6 of 6 values recorded, plotted on a 0 to 100 scale. Percentile wheel: 6 of 6 values recorded, plotted on a 0 to 100 scale.
6 of 6 recorded Each wedge is the mean of its attributes' percentiles against midfielder_central at tier 0 clubs in this version — derived by thefmdb from the same six groups as the summary above. The Football Manager database stores no such figure. A wedge reaching the rim is the top of the cohort; the centre is the bottom.
Percentile wheel — every value plotted above, plus the ones that are not recorded.
AttributeValueMeasured against
Pace 59.2 pct 2 of 2 attributes
Physical 25.9 pct 6 of 6 attributes
Technical 94.9 pct 5 of 5 attributes
Mental 91.0 pct 9 of 9 attributes
Defending 17.3 pct 5 of 5 attributes
Shooting 62.8 pct 3 of 3 attributes
Axis Percentile Measured against
Pace59.2 pctmidfielder_central at tier 0 clubs · 2 of 2 attributes
Physical25.9 pctmidfielder_central at tier 0 clubs · 6 of 6 attributes
Technical94.9 pctmidfielder_central at tier 0 clubs · 5 of 5 attributes
Mental91.0 pctmidfielder_central at tier 0 clubs · 9 of 9 attributes
Defending17.3 pctmidfielder_central at tier 0 clubs · 5 of 5 attributes
Shooting62.8 pctmidfielder_central at tier 0 clubs · 3 of 3 attributes

Injuries

1 recorded
2009
damaged knee cartilage

Each bar runs from the recorded start date to the recorded return date; bars of 30 days or more and of 90 days or more are coloured.

Injury history from player_injury, most recent first
Injury From Returned Side Severity Flags
damaged knee cartilage2009-05-202009-08-30not set0—

Bars are the recorded absence; amber is over three weeks, red over two months. severity is a raw number from the source.

Clauses and bonuses

None recorded
Clause Amount Applies
———

Recorded clauses come from person_contract_clause and clause_type. Modern person_contract_bonus rows, where a contract has them, are counted here and wait for clause-specific interpretation before any amount is shown.

International

Youth level pending
Senior caps and goals
114 caps
Under-21
—
Youth
—
Declared for
—
Eligible for
—
Debut
—
First goal
—

Caps, goals, previous nations, debut and first goal come from person_international_record where the version exports it; debut and first-goal dates are decoded in FM24 and rarely elsewhere. Versions without the table show senior caps from the player row only. Eligibility lists the nations person_nationality marks eligible-for. No export establishes youth-level records. Missing fields stay blank.

Honours

Partial export
—

FM24 exports achievements with event codes and date precision in starting_person_history and starting_person_history_date. Other versions remain unsupported, and this panel still needs validated event interpretation. A club spell during a winning season does not prove a personal medal. The awards panel below shows recorded placings.

Career

3 marked current
Career spells from staff_history
Club Role From To Status
BarcelonaPlayer——Current
Barcelona BPlayer——Current
BarcelonaPlayer——Current
Career apps and goals
466 (40)
Clubs
2
Loans
0
First professional contract
—

Career appearances and goals combine the recorded player_history rows this page has checked do not overlap: every detail row, plus a summary row only where no detail row covers the same season at the same club. The clubs count is the distinct clubs in the career spells above. The date of a first professional contract is not derivable from the earliest history row.

Season record

Season record

One row per season as the export recorded it. A transfer fee is shown where a figure was stored; where the source recorded only a sentinel — "Undisclosed fee", "Unknown fee" — that sentinel is printed instead. A fee of zero is a fee of zero, not a missing one.

Season-by-season record from player_history.
Season Club Division Apps Goals Transfer fee Joined Left
1999–00 Barcelona Spanish First Division 0 0 Unknown fee — —
2000–01 Barcelona B Spanish Second Division B3 10 0 Unknown fee — —
2001–02 Barcelona B Spanish Second Division B2 30 3 Unknown fee — —
2002–03 Barcelona B Spanish Second Division B3 14 3 Unknown fee — —
2002–03 Barcelona Spanish First Division 6 0 Unknown fee — —
2003–04 Barcelona Spanish First Division 11 1 Unknown fee — —
2004–05 Barcelona Spanish First Division 37 2 Unknown fee — —
2005–06 Barcelona Spanish First Division 33 0 Unknown fee — —
2006–07 Barcelona Spanish First Division 37 6 Unknown fee — —
2007–08 Barcelona Spanish First Division 31 3 Unknown fee — —
2008–09 Barcelona Spanish First Division 26 4 Unknown fee — —
2009–10 Barcelona Spanish First Division 29 1 Unknown fee — —
2010–11 Barcelona Spanish First Division 34 8 Unknown fee — —
2011–12 Barcelona Spanish First Division 27 2 Unknown fee — —
2012–13 Barcelona Spanish First Division 31 3 Unknown fee — —
2013–14 Barcelona Spanish First Division 35 3 Unknown fee — —
2014–15 Barcelona Spanish First Division 24 0 Unknown fee — —
2015–16 Barcelona Spanish First Division 28 1 Unknown fee — —
2016–17 Barcelona Spanish First Division 23 0 Unknown fee — —

Similar players

FMDB calculation

Nearest recorded attribute profiles among 40 players in Spanish First Division within 15 current ability, compared on the attributes both record. Not a whole-database search. The match is the mean absolute difference over those attributes expressed against the 1–20 scale; an attribute only one of the two records is left out rather than counted as a gap of fourteen.

National-team spells

No national-team spells recorded

Nothing in person_nation_contract for this person, although 114 international appearances are recorded on the player row.

Bans and absences

Bans and absences from person_ban
Type From To Matches Competition Nation
——————

Awards

11 recorded

Likes and dislikes

In the export

Other relations

Typed relations from person_other_relation
Target type Target Rating
clubBarcelona1
nationSpain1

Familiarity

Familiarity from person_familiarity
Target type Target Level Linked
clubBarcelona86No
nationSpain96No

Preferred moves

Needs mapping
Bit 7—Bit 22—Bit 24—Bit 44—Bit 47—

The source records preferred moves as bits. Names need a validated export mapping.

Data wishlist for this page

18 data pointsWhole site
  • person_days_at_location, person_trained_status Training days and recorded home-grown status Exported; UI pendingThe modern schema includes days, age bands and trained-at-club or trained-in-nation relationships. Rule codes and target kinds must be respected; these rows do not prove eligibility under every competition rule.
  • person names, date_of_birth, height_cm, weight_kg Names, birth date, height and weight Now liveRecorded identity and measurements are displayed; missing values stay blank.
  • export_meta.reference_date Age at the in-game date No reference dateThe base .dat source does not store an authoritative reference date. Birth year alone cannot establish an exact age.
  • person_nationality, person.declared_nation_uid Additional nationalities and declared nation Now liveSecond, third and resident nationalities with their source relationship labels, and the declared nation, are displayed where the version exports them; CSV-era versions say so.
  • person_contract_detail, person_club_status Contract type, squad status and explicit unattached status Partial exportContract type is displayed where contract_status is decoded (FM24); the FM26 exports carry the column as NULL on every row. squad_status has no lookup table and has_no_club is not yet used; a missing contract is not evidence of free agency.
  • playing-time promises and market status Playing-time promise, transfer or loan listing and asking price Needs source dataThese facts are not established by the current contract-detail or club-status columns.
  • person_contract_clause, person_contract_bonus Contract clauses and bonuses Partial exportRecorded clauses are displayed. Starting-contract bonus rows are counted with their raw type codes; cash and misc need clause-specific interpretation before any amount or condition is shown.
  • agent identity and representation Agent Needs source dataThe current catalog has no agent identity or representation relation.
  • player attribute tables and PlayerRoles Role suitability Now liveFMDB calculates its own weighted attribute scores for competent positions, with coverage thresholds; these are not stored scouting stars.
  • attribute tables in the previous version of the same game Attribute changes since the previous version Now liveComparisons distinguish a changed value, newly recorded data, missing data and off-scale values.
  • player and person_club_contract across versions Ability, potential, value and wage across versions Now liveCharts use recorded values after identity checks in each target database. Missing values and coded potential are not invented chart points.
  • person personality attributes; preferred_move.bit_index Personality, media handling and preferred-move labels Needs validationPersonality scores and move bits are recorded. Validated labels and era-specific mappings are still missing.
  • person_international_record Senior and under-21 goals, caps and debut details Now liveSenior and under-21 caps and goals, previous nations, debut and first goal are displayed where the version exports them; CSV-era versions fall back to senior caps from the player row. Youth categories are not established.
  • starting_person_history, starting_person_history_date Personal honours and milestones Partial exportFM24 achievements include record_type, job, flags and date precision. Other versions remain unsupported; the page still needs validated event interpretation. Club membership in a winning season does not prove a medal.
  • player_history Career totals and recorded season history with fees Now liveTotals use bounded history and exclude overlapping summary rows. Coverage depends on the selected player and version.
  • player attribute vectors within a bounded division cohort Similar players Now liveFMDB compares shared recorded attributes within the documented ability band and candidate cap; this is not a whole-database search.
  • award_history_winner and person relationship tables Recorded awards, liked and disliked clubs and people Now liveOnly resolving identities are linked; missing relationships remain missing.
  • explicit youth and first-professional-contract events Youth club and first professional contract Needs source dataAn earliest career row, current contract start or forced initial contract date does not establish either fact.

Reviewed 30 September 2026 against the current schema and page implementation. “Now live” means implemented where data is recorded; “Exported; UI pending” means the schema has data this page does not yet use. Tables and coverage vary by version. Missing values stay blank.