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Sam Barnes

Player
52Current ability
60Potential ability
£0Value (calc)
350Reputation (calc)

Personal

Full name
—
First name
Sam
Last name
Barnes
Common name
—
Date of birth
16 Oct 1991 age 28 at game start
Place of birth
Liverpool
Nationality
England
Height
181 cm
Weight
70 kg
Preferred foot
Right Only
Languages
English

Contract

Club
Unattached last club Aberystwyth Town
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
31 Dec 2020
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
—
Needs work permit
—

Player profile

Positions
D (C)
Best position (calc)
Defender (Centre)
Best rated position (calc)
Defender (Centre) · 49
Best role (calc)
Central Defender (Defend) · 52
Best role at potential (calc)
Central Defender (Defend) · 60
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
52
Current reputation
2,000
Home reputation
2,000
World reputation
350
Reputation scope (calc)
Local
Sale value (calc)
—
Caps / goals
0 / 0
Favourite number
—
Injury risk
Below Average
Peak age
30
Development peak age
26
Physical peak age
32
Longevity (1–4)
2

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners·2
  • Crossing·3
  • Dribbling·3
  • Finishing·3
  • First touch·5
  • Free kicks·4
  • Heading·8
  • Long shots·3
  • Long throws·8
  • Marking·9
  • Passing·4
  • Penalty taking·3
  • Tackling·9
  • Technique·7

Mental

  • Aggression·12
  • Anticipation·8
  • Bravery·8
  • Composure·6
  • Concentration·7
  • Decisions·5
  • Determination·12
  • Flair·2
  • Leadership·14
  • Off the ball·3
  • Positioning·10
  • Teamwork·12
  • Vision·2
  • Work rate·9

Physical

  • Acceleration·9
  • Agility·8
  • Balance·6
  • Jumping reach·13
  • Natural fitness·11
  • Pace·8
  • Stamina·10
  • Strength·11

Goalkeeping

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

Hidden

  • Consistency·14
  • Dirtiness·4
  • Important matches·11
  • Injury proneness·5
  • Versatility·12
  • Left foot·6
  • Right foot·20

Personality

  • Adaptability12
  • Ambition9
  • Controversy6
  • Loyalty8
  • Pressure7
  • Professionalism14
  • Sportsmanship12
  • Temperament11
Personality (calc)
Balanced
Media handling (calc)
Media-friendly

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 FM21 21.3.0, 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 58,365 players with the same calculated best position. A spoke is left out where the attribute is not stored.

Positions

  • GK—
  • D (L)—
  • D (C)20
  • D (R)10
  • DM—
  • M (L)—
  • M (C)—
  • M (R)—
  • AM (L)—
  • AM (C)—
  • AM (R)—
  • ST (C)5
  • WB (L)—
  • WB (R)—
Familiarity 1–20. Natural 18+, accomplished 15+, competent 12+, unconvincing 9+, awkward 5+.

Position ratings

PositionNowPotential
Defender (Left)3638
Defender (Centre)4950
Defender (Right)4345
Wing-Back (Left)3234
Wing-Back (Right)3234
Defensive Midfielder3436
Midfielder (Left)2931
Midfielder (Centre)3133
Midfielder (Right)2931
Attacking Midfielder (Left)2931
Attacking Midfielder (Centre)2425
Attacking Midfielder (Right)2931
Striker3739

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

Best roles

RolePositionRatingPotentialStars
Central Defender DefendD (C)5260
Central Defender StopperD (C)5158
No-Nonsense Centre-Back StopperD (C)5159
No-Nonsense Centre-Back DefendD (C)5159
Central Defender CoverD (C)4956
No-Nonsense Centre-Back CoverD (C)4957
Ball-Playing Defender DefendD (C)4551
Ball-Playing Defender StopperD (C)4450
Ball-Playing Defender CoverD (C)4046
No-Nonsense Full-Back DefendD (R)3844
Full-Back DefendD (R)3641
Wing-Back DefendD (R)3338

Calculated by fm-reader on the current-ability scale (1–200); stars as FM shows role suitability.

Playing career

17
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2020 Aberystwyth Town JD Cymru Premier 10 Unknown fee
2019 Newtown JD Cymru Premier 161 Unknown fee
2018 Newtown JD Cymru Premier 90 Unknown fee
2018 Bangor City Welsh First Division 183 Unknown fee
2017 Colwyn Bay English Northern Premier League Division One North 353 Unknown fee
2016 Colwyn Bay English Northern Premier League Division One North 141 Unknown fee
2016 Glossop North End English Northern Premier League Division One North 00 Unknown fee
2015 Glossop North End English Northern Premier League Division One North 180 Unknown fee
2015 Colwyn Bay English Northern Premier League Premier Division —— Unknown fee
2014 Witton Albion English Northern Premier League Premier Division 342 Unknown fee
2013 Marine English Northern Premier League Premier Division —— Unknown fee
2013 Hednesford Town Vanarama National League North 10 Unknown fee
2012 Hednesford Town English Northern Premier League Premier Division 211 Unknown fee
2011 Marine English Northern Premier League Premier Division 211 Unknown fee
2010 Marine English Northern Premier League Premier Division 100 Unknown fee
2009 Stockport County Sky Bet League One 20 Unknown fee
2008 Stockport County Youth Sky Bet League One 00 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows, 2 with unknown appearances left out)20012

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
England000 / 0

Favourite clubs

Everton Supporter100

Favourite people

Louis Barnes Sibling100
John Terry Idol25

Homegrown status

Stockport County3 Years Between 15 and 21
England3 Years Between 15 and 21

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Bekir İrtegün—D (C)36601282.10
Andy McLeanBox Hill UnitedD (C), ST (C)3051702.13
Aaron CunninghamHartlepool UnitedD (C)2260842.15
Ciprian ToporanCS PăuleştiD (C)4140602.19
Igor Alexeev—D (C)3563732.19
András DienesPécsi VSKD (C)4555972.20
Curtis Da CostaMoneyfieldsD (C)2444502.20

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
FM24 24.3.0—315260£0
FM23 23.4.0—305260£0
FM23 23.3.0—305260£0
FM23 23.0.0—305260£0
FM22 22.4.0—295260£0
FM22 22.3.0—295260£0
FM22 22.1.0—295260£0
FM22 22.0.1—295260£0
FM22 22.0.0—295260£0
FM21 21.4.0—285260£0
FM21 21.3.0—285260£0
FM21 21.1.1Aberystwyth Town285260£405
FM21 21.0.1Aberystwyth Town285260£405
FM21 21.0.0Aberystwyth Town285260£405
FM20 20.4.0Newtown275260£450
FM20 20.3.0Newtown275260£450
FM20 20.1.0Newtown275260£450
FM20 20.0.1Newtown275260£450
FM20 20.0.0Newtown275260£450
FM19 19.3.0Newtown264060£450
FM19 19.1.0Bangor265060£0
FM19 19.0.1Bangor265060£0
FM19 19.0.0Bangor265060£0
FM18 18.3.0Colwyn Bay253560£0
FM18 18.1.0Colwyn Bay253560£0
FM18 18.0.0Colwyn Bay253660£0
FM17 17.3.0Colwyn Bay243860£3,791
FM17 17.0.0Glossop North End243860£3,791
FM16 16.3.0Glossop North End234260£3,591
FM16 16.0.1Colwyn Bay234260£3,591
FM16 16.0.0Colwyn Bay234260£3,591
FM15 15.3.0Witton Albion224260£3,591
FM15 15.0.0Witton Albion224260£3,591
FM14 14.3.0Hednesford Town214260£2,204
FM14 14.0.0Hednesford Town214160£2,204
FM13 13.3.0Hednesford Town2046(-6)—
FM13 13.0.0Hednesford Town2040(-6)—
FM12 12.2.0Marine1940(-6)—
FM12 12.0.0Marine1940(-6)—
FM10 10.0.0Stockport County1745(-5)—

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.