Howson16
Squad number 16, club colours

Jonathan Mark Howson

Jonathan Mark Howson

PlayerENG Contracted to 2023Home-grown —
122 Current ability
142 Potential ability
£1,710,000Estimated value
£20,000Weekly wage
0Caps

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners— 12
  • Crossing— 9
  • Dribbling— 8
  • Finishing— 11
  • First touch— 12
  • Free kicks— 12
  • Heading— 7
  • Long shots— 13
  • Long throws— 9
  • Marking— 12
  • Passing— 13
  • Penalties— 8
  • Tackling— 12
  • Technique— 13
  • Versatility— 16

Mental

  • Aggression— 12
  • Anticipation— 12
  • Bravery— 15
  • Composure— 14
  • Concentration— 12
  • Consistency— 14
  • Decisions— 12
  • Determination— 14
  • Dirtiness— 12
  • Flair— 9
  • Important matches— 15
  • Leadership— 14
  • Off the ball— 13
  • Positioning— 14
  • Team work— 14
  • Vision— 13
  • Work rate— 14

Physical

  • Acceleration— 12
  • Agility— 9
  • Balance— 11
  • Injury proneness— 7
  • Jumping reach— 9
  • Natural fitness— 14
  • Pace— 10
  • Stamina— 15
  • Strength— 11
15–2011–146–101–5Not recorded▲ ▼ change across versions

This is the first version of its game, so there is no earlier database in the same game to compare with. 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_central16accomplished
  • DRdefender_right16accomplished
  • DMdefensive_midfielder17accomplished
  • MLmidfielder_left—not recorded
  • MCmidfielder_central20natural
  • MRmidfielder_right12competent
  • AMLattacking_mid_left—not recorded
  • AMCattacking_mid_central12competent
  • AMRattacking_mid_right11competent
  • STstriker—not recorded
  • WBLwing_back_left—not recorded
  • WBRwing_back_right15accomplished
Competency on the game's 1–20 scale. A dashed ring is a position with no recorded competency.
MC 20 DMC 17 DC 16 DR 16 WBR 15 MR 12 AMC 12 AMR 11

Best roles

FMDB calculation
Best roles for the strongest position
Role Duty Suitability
Box-to-Box MidfielderMCSupport13.2 / 20
Central MidfielderMCSupport13.1 / 20
Inverted Wing BackDRSupport13.1 / 20
Defensive MidfielderDMCDefend13.1 / 20
Deep-Lying PlaymakerDMCSupport12.8 / 20
Wide MidfielderMRSupport12.7 / 20
LiberoDCSupport12.7 / 20
Anchor ManDMCDefend12.5 / 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
Jonathan Mark Howson
Common name
—
Date of birth
1988-05-21
Nationality
England
Other nationalities
—
Birth city
Leeds
Height and weight
181 cm, 81 kg
Youth club
—
Agent
—
Languages
English

Club contract

Squad number
16
Type
Full-time
Squad status
—
Joined
2017-07-07
Contract start
2022-06-21
Expires
2023-06-30
Weekly wage
£20,000
Estimated value
£1,710,000
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
122
Potential ability
142
Home reputation
122
Current reputation
122
World reputation
75
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 8
  • Ambition 13
  • Controversy 2
  • Loyalty 15
  • Pressure 12
  • Professionalism 16
  • Sportsmanship 15
  • Temperament 15

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 9
  • Right foot 20

Goalkeeping

No goalkeeping attributes recorded

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

Across versions

Recorded
Jonathan Mark Howson current and potential ability across versions0100200 FM05 RFM08 RFM11 RFM13 UFM16 RFM18 UFM21 RFM26 RFM26 UCurrent ability, FM06 Release: 70 Current ability, FM07 Release: 81 Current ability, FM07 Update: 81 Current ability, FM08 Release: 81 Current ability, FM09 Release: 111 Current ability, FM09 Update: 104 Current ability, FM10 Release: 102 Current ability, FM10 Update: 102 Current ability, FM11 Release: 102 Current ability, FM11 Update: 108 Current ability, FM12 Release: 119 Current ability, FM12 Update: 119 Current ability, FM13 Release: 131 Current ability, FM13 Update: 131 Current ability, FM14 Release: 130 Current ability, FM14 Update: 137 Current ability, FM15 Release: 139 Current ability, FM15 Update: 135 Current ability, FM16 Release: 132 Current ability, FM16 Update: 136 Current ability, FM17 Release: 138 Current ability, FM17 Update: 139 Current ability, FM18 Release: 135 Current ability, FM18 Update: 132 Current ability, FM19 Release: 128 Current ability, FM19 Update: 128 Current ability, FM20 Release: 126 Current ability, FM20 Update: 118 Current ability, FM21 Release: 118 Current ability, FM21 Update: 120 Current ability, FM22 Release: 120 Current ability, FM23 Release: 122 Current ability, FM24 Release: 123 Current ability, FM26 Release: 108 Current ability, FM26 Update: 108 Potential ability, FM10 Release: 140 Potential ability, FM10 Update: 140 Potential ability, FM11 Release: 140 Potential ability, FM11 Update: 140 Potential ability, FM12 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM12 Update: 142 Potential ability, FM13 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM13 Update: 142 Potential ability, FM14 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM14 Update: 142 Potential ability, FM15 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM15 Update: 142 Potential ability, FM16 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM16 Update: 142 Potential ability, FM17 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM17 Update: 142 Potential ability, FM18 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM18 Update: 142 Potential ability, FM19 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM19 Update: 142 Potential ability, FM20 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM20 Update: 142 Potential ability, FM21 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM21 Update: 142 Potential ability, FM22 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM23 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM24 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM26 Release: 142 Potential ability, FM26 Update: 142
Current ability 122Potential ability 142
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.
Jonathan Mark Howson current and potential ability across versions
VersionCurrent abilityPotential ability
FM05 Release——
FM05 Update——
FM06 Release70-7
FM07 Release81-8
FM07 Update81-8
FM08 Release81-8
FM09 Release111-8
FM09 Update104-8
FM10 Release102140
FM10 Update102140
FM11 Release102140
FM11 Update108140
FM12 Release119142
FM12 Update119142
FM13 Release131142
FM13 Update131142
FM14 Release130142
FM14 Update137142
FM15 Release139142
FM15 Update135142
FM16 Release132142
FM16 Update136142
FM17 Release138142
FM17 Update139142
FM18 Release135142
FM18 Update132142
FM19 Release128142
FM19 Update128142
FM20 Release126142
FM20 Update118142
FM21 Release118142
FM21 Update120142
FM22 Release120142
FM23 Release122142
FM24 Release123142
FM26 Release108142
FM26 Update108142
Jonathan Mark Howson weekly wage across versions£0£27K FM05 RFM08 RFM11 RFM13 UFM16 RFM18 UFM21 RFM26 RFM26 UWeekly wage, FM05 Release: £70 Weekly wage, FM05 Update: £70 Weekly wage, FM06 Release: £70 Weekly wage, FM07 Release: £400 Weekly wage, FM07 Update: £400 Weekly wage, FM08 Release: £800 Weekly wage, FM09 Release: £4,500 Weekly wage, FM09 Update: £4,500 Weekly wage, FM10 Release: £4,000 Weekly wage, FM10 Update: £4,000 Weekly wage, FM11 Release: £4,500 Weekly wage, FM11 Update: £4,500 Weekly wage, FM12 Release: £4,500 Weekly wage, FM12 Update: £4,500 Weekly wage, FM13 Release: £10,000 Weekly wage, FM13 Update: £10,000 Weekly wage, FM14 Release: £14,999 Weekly wage, FM14 Update: £19,999 Weekly wage, FM15 Release: £16,999 Weekly wage, FM15 Update: £17,000 Weekly wage, FM16 Release: £26,999 Weekly wage, FM16 Update: £26,999 Weekly wage, FM17 Release: £24,999 Weekly wage, FM17 Update: £24,999 Weekly wage, FM18 Release: £25,000 Weekly wage, FM18 Update: £25,000 Weekly wage, FM19 Release: £25,000 Weekly wage, FM19 Update: £25,000 Weekly wage, FM20 Release: £25,000 Weekly wage, FM20 Update: £25,000 Weekly wage, FM21 Release: £25,000 Weekly wage, FM21 Update: £25,000 Weekly wage, FM22 Release: £25,000 Weekly wage, FM23 Release: £20,000 Weekly wage, FM24 Release: £25,000 Weekly wage, FM26 Release: £5,000 Weekly wage, FM26 Update: £5,000
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.
Jonathan Mark Howson weekly wage across versions
VersionWeekly wageEstimated value
FM05 Release£70—
FM05 Update£70—
FM06 Release£70—
FM07 Release£400—
FM07 Update£400—
FM08 Release£800—
FM09 Release£4,500—
FM09 Update£4,500—
FM10 Release£4,000—
FM10 Update£4,000—
FM11 Release£4,500—
FM11 Update£4,500—
FM12 Release£4,500—
FM12 Update£4,500—
FM13 Release£10,000—
FM13 Update£10,000—
FM14 Release£14,999—
FM14 Update£19,999—
FM15 Release£16,999—
FM15 Update£17,000—
FM16 Release£26,999—
FM16 Update£26,999—
FM17 Release£24,999—
FM17 Update£24,999—
FM18 Release£25,000—
FM18 Update£25,000£9,481,000
FM19 Release£25,000—
FM19 Update£25,000£3,982,400
FM20 Release£25,000—
FM20 Update£25,000£854,050
FM21 Release£25,000—
FM21 Update£25,000£475,950
FM22 Release£25,000£475,950
FM23 Release£20,000£1,710,000
FM24 Release£25,000£2,090,000
FM26 Release£5,000£0
FM26 Update£5,000£0

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 11.0 2 of 2 recorded
Physical 11.5 6 of 6 recorded
Technical 11.0 5 of 5 recorded
Mental 13.1 9 of 9 recorded
Defending 12.0 5 of 5 recorded
Shooting 10.7 3 of 3 recorded
Axis Mean Coverage
Pace11.02 of 2 recorded
Physical11.56 of 6 recorded
Technical11.05 of 5 recorded
Mental13.19 of 9 recorded
Defending12.05 of 5 recorded
Shooting10.73 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 1 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 48.0 pct 2 of 2 attributes
Physical 62.9 pct 6 of 6 attributes
Technical 58.2 pct 5 of 5 attributes
Mental 85.0 pct 9 of 9 attributes
Defending 80.9 pct 5 of 5 attributes
Shooting 72.8 pct 3 of 3 attributes
Axis Percentile Measured against
Pace48.0 pctmidfielder_central at tier 1 clubs · 2 of 2 attributes
Physical62.9 pctmidfielder_central at tier 1 clubs · 6 of 6 attributes
Technical58.2 pctmidfielder_central at tier 1 clubs · 5 of 5 attributes
Mental85.0 pctmidfielder_central at tier 1 clubs · 9 of 9 attributes
Defending80.9 pctmidfielder_central at tier 1 clubs · 5 of 5 attributes
Shooting72.8 pctmidfielder_central at tier 1 clubs · 3 of 3 attributes

Injuries

5 recorded
2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
hernia
sprained knee ligaments
damaged knee cartilage
back strain
damaged knee cap

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
hernia2019-08-252019-09-25not set0—
sprained knee ligaments2016-05-072016-06-30not set0—
damaged knee cartilage2014-07-152014-09-15not set0—
back strain2013-12-212014-02-23not set0—
damaged knee cap2011-12-142012-03-14not 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

Clause Amount Applies
dated fee£1,000,000Middlesbrough 2018-06-30

Recorded clauses come from person_contract_clause and clause_type. This contract also carries 2 rows with type codes 4, 5 in person_contract_bonus. Those codes are not the clause_type lookup and their cash and misc values are dual-purpose, so no amount or condition is shown until the exporter documents them.

International

Youth level pending
Senior caps and goals
0 caps, 0 goals
Under-21
1 cap, 0 goals
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

1 marked current
Career spells from staff_history
Club Role From To Status
Leeds UnitedPlayer—2012-01-24Ended
Norwich CityPlayer2012-01-242017-07-07Ended
MiddlesbroughPlayer2017-07-07—Current
Career apps and goals
580 (51)
Clubs
3
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
2004–05 Leeds United Sky Bet Championship 0 0 Unknown fee — —
2005–06 Leeds United Sky Bet Championship 0 0 Unknown fee — —
2006–07 Leeds United Sky Bet Championship 9 1 Unknown fee — —
2007–08 Leeds United Sky Bet League One 26 3 Unknown fee — —
2008–09 Leeds United Sky Bet League One 40 4 Unknown fee — —
2009–10 Leeds United Sky Bet League One 44 4 Unknown fee — —
2010–11 Leeds United Sky Bet Championship 46 10 Unknown fee — —
2011–12 Leeds United Sky Bet Championship 19 1 £2,000,000 — 2012-01-24
2011–12 Norwich City English Premier Division 11 1 Unknown fee 2012-01-24 —
2012–13 Norwich City English Premier Division 30 2 Unknown fee — —
2013–14 Norwich City English Premier Division 27 2 Unknown fee — —
2014–15 Norwich City Sky Bet Championship 36 8 Unknown fee — —
2015–16 Norwich City English Premier Division 36 3 Unknown fee — —
2016–17 Norwich City Sky Bet Championship 38 6 £6,000,000 — 2017-07-07
2017–18 Middlesbrough Sky Bet Championship 43 3 Unknown fee 2017-07-07 —
2018–19 Middlesbrough Sky Bet Championship 46 1 Unknown fee — —
2019–20 Middlesbrough Sky Bet Championship 43 0 Unknown fee — —
2020–21 Middlesbrough Sky Bet Championship 41 1 Unknown fee — —
2021–22 Middlesbrough Sky Bet Championship 45 1 Unknown fee — —

Similar players

FMDB calculation

Nearest recorded attribute profiles among 120 players in Sky Bet Championship 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 0 international appearances are recorded on the player row.

Bans and absences

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

Awards

0 recorded
Season Award Placed
———

Likes and dislikes

In the export
Disliked clubs
—
Favoured people
—
Disliked people
—

Other relations

Typed relations from person_other_relation
Target type Target Rating
competitionSky Bet Championship40
clubLeeds United1
clubLeeds United10
nationEngland1

Familiarity

Familiarity from person_familiarity
Target type Target Level Linked
clubMiddlesbrough75No

Preferred moves

Needs mapping
Bit 3—Bit 6—Bit 10—Bit 37—

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.