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Squad number —, club colours

Clayton Donaldson

PlayerJAM Contracted to 2024Home-grown —
58 Current ability
122 Potential ability
£30,000Estimated value
£250Weekly wage
10Caps

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners— 5
  • Crossing— 8
  • Dribbling— 8
  • Finishing— 9
  • First touch— 12
  • Free kicks— 5
  • Heading— 10
  • Long shots— 8
  • Long throws— 14
  • Marking— 6
  • Passing— 11
  • Penalties— 14
  • Tackling— 9
  • Technique— 10
  • Versatility— 9

Mental

  • Aggression— 6
  • Anticipation— 9
  • Bravery— 12
  • Composure— 8
  • Concentration— 9
  • Consistency— 11
  • Decisions— 9
  • Determination— 11
  • Dirtiness— 4
  • Flair— 11
  • Important matches— 11
  • Leadership— 12
  • Off the ball— 12
  • Positioning— 8
  • Team work— 9
  • Vision— 11
  • Work rate— 9

Physical

  • Acceleration— 8
  • Agility— 8
  • Balance— 10
  • Injury proneness— 11
  • Jumping reach— 13
  • Natural fitness— 10
  • Pace— 8
  • Stamina— 6
  • Strength— 12
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_central—not recorded
  • DRdefender_right—not recorded
  • DMdefensive_midfielder—not recorded
  • MLmidfielder_left—not recorded
  • MCmidfielder_central—not recorded
  • MRmidfielder_right—not recorded
  • AMLattacking_mid_left10competent
  • AMCattacking_mid_central12competent
  • AMRattacking_mid_right12competent
  • STstriker20natural
  • 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.
FC 20 AMC 12 AMR 12 AML 10

Best roles

FMDB calculation
Best roles for the strongest position
Role Duty Suitability
Target ForwardFCAttack11.1 / 20
Deep-Lying ForwardFCSupport10.3 / 20
Attacking MidfielderAMCAttack10.3 / 20
Advanced PlaymakerAMCSupport10.1 / 20
Complete ForwardFCSupport10.1 / 20
PoacherFCAttack9.8 / 20
Inside ForwardAMLAttack9.8 / 20
Inverted WingerAMLSupport9.5 / 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
—
Common name
—
Date of birth
1984-02-07
Nationality
Jamaica
Other nationalities
England (second · eligible for nation), England (resident · eligible for nation)
Birth city
Bradford
Height and weight
185 cm, 80 kg
Youth club
—
Agent
—
Languages
English

Club contract

Squad number
—
Type
Part-time
Squad status
—
Joined
2023-05-19
Contract start
2023-06-07
Expires
2024-06-30
Weekly wage
£250
Estimated value
£30,000
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
58
Potential ability
122
Home reputation
60
Current reputation
60
World reputation
50
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 11
  • Ambition 14
  • Controversy 13
  • Loyalty 11
  • Pressure 10
  • Professionalism 10
  • Sportsmanship 15
  • Temperament 14

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 8
  • Right foot 20

Goalkeeping

No goalkeeping attributes recorded

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

Across versions

Recorded
Clayton Donaldson current and potential ability across versions0100200 CM0304 RFM07 RFM10 RFM12 UFM15 RFM17 UFM20 RFM23 RFM24 RCurrent ability, FM05 Release: 55 Current ability, FM05 Update: 55 Current ability, FM06 Release: 60 Current ability, FM07 Release: 108 Current ability, FM07 Update: 108 Current ability, FM08 Release: 104 Current ability, FM09 Release: 104 Current ability, FM09 Update: 82 Current ability, FM10 Release: 82 Current ability, FM10 Update: 80 Current ability, FM11 Release: 78 Current ability, FM11 Update: 82 Current ability, FM12 Release: 82 Current ability, FM12 Update: 82 Current ability, FM13 Release: 96 Current ability, FM13 Update: 107 Current ability, FM14 Release: 114 Current ability, FM14 Update: 117 Current ability, FM15 Release: 119 Current ability, FM15 Update: 120 Current ability, FM16 Release: 124 Current ability, FM16 Update: 124 Current ability, FM17 Release: 124 Current ability, FM17 Update: 123 Current ability, FM18 Release: 114 Current ability, FM18 Update: 114 Current ability, FM19 Release: 116 Current ability, FM19 Update: 108 Current ability, FM20 Release: 96 Current ability, FM20 Update: 97 Current ability, FM21 Release: 97 Current ability, FM21 Update: 85 Current ability, FM22 Release: 85 Current ability, FM23 Release: 75 Current ability, FM24 Release: 58 Potential ability, FM05 Release: 70 Potential ability, FM05 Update: 70 Potential ability, FM07 Release: 130 Potential ability, FM07 Update: 130 Potential ability, FM08 Release: 130 Potential ability, FM09 Release: 130 Potential ability, FM09 Update: 109 Potential ability, FM10 Release: 109 Potential ability, FM10 Update: 109 Potential ability, FM11 Release: 109 Potential ability, FM11 Update: 109 Potential ability, FM12 Release: 109 Potential ability, FM12 Update: 109 Potential ability, FM13 Release: 109 Potential ability, FM13 Update: 116 Potential ability, FM14 Release: 125 Potential ability, FM14 Update: 125 Potential ability, FM15 Release: 125 Potential ability, FM15 Update: 125 Potential ability, FM16 Release: 128 Potential ability, FM16 Update: 128 Potential ability, FM17 Release: 128 Potential ability, FM17 Update: 128 Potential ability, FM18 Release: 125 Potential ability, FM18 Update: 125 Potential ability, FM19 Release: 125 Potential ability, FM19 Update: 122 Potential ability, FM20 Release: 122 Potential ability, FM20 Update: 122 Potential ability, FM21 Release: 122 Potential ability, FM21 Update: 122 Potential ability, FM22 Release: 122 Potential ability, FM23 Release: 122 Potential ability, FM24 Release: 122
Current ability 58Potential ability 122
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.
Clayton Donaldson current and potential ability across versions
VersionCurrent abilityPotential ability
CM0304 Release——
CM0304 Update——
FM05 Release5570
FM05 Update5570
FM06 Release60-6
FM07 Release108130
FM07 Update108130
FM08 Release104130
FM09 Release104130
FM09 Update82109
FM10 Release82109
FM10 Update80109
FM11 Release78109
FM11 Update82109
FM12 Release82109
FM12 Update82109
FM13 Release96109
FM13 Update107116
FM14 Release114125
FM14 Update117125
FM15 Release119125
FM15 Update120125
FM16 Release124128
FM16 Update124128
FM17 Release124128
FM17 Update123128
FM18 Release114125
FM18 Update114125
FM19 Release116125
FM19 Update108122
FM20 Release96122
FM20 Update97122
FM21 Release97122
FM21 Update85122
FM22 Release85122
FM23 Release75122
FM24 Release58122
Clayton Donaldson weekly wage across versions£0£10K CM0304 RFM07 RFM10 RFM12 UFM15 RFM17 UFM20 RFM23 RFM24 RWeekly wage, CM0304 Release: £70 Weekly wage, CM0304 Update: £70 Weekly wage, FM05 Release: £400 Weekly wage, FM06 Release: £350 Weekly wage, FM07 Release: £1,300 Weekly wage, FM07 Update: £1,300 Weekly wage, FM08 Release: £1,300 Weekly wage, FM09 Release: £1,100 Weekly wage, FM09 Update: £1,100 Weekly wage, FM10 Release: £1,100 Weekly wage, FM10 Update: £1,100 Weekly wage, FM11 Release: £1,100 Weekly wage, FM11 Update: £1,100 Weekly wage, FM12 Release: £1,100 Weekly wage, FM12 Update: £1,100 Weekly wage, FM13 Release: £1,500 Weekly wage, FM13 Update: £1,500 Weekly wage, FM14 Release: £2,000 Weekly wage, FM14 Update: £2,000 Weekly wage, FM15 Release: £4,000 Weekly wage, FM15 Update: £4,000 Weekly wage, FM16 Release: £5,000 Weekly wage, FM16 Update: £5,000 Weekly wage, FM17 Release: £5,000 Weekly wage, FM17 Update: £5,000 Weekly wage, FM18 Release: £5,000 Weekly wage, FM18 Update: £5,000 Weekly wage, FM19 Release: £10,000 Weekly wage, FM19 Update: £10,000 Weekly wage, FM20 Release: £3,000 Weekly wage, FM20 Update: £3,000 Weekly wage, FM21 Release: £3,000 Weekly wage, FM21 Update: £3,000 Weekly wage, FM22 Release: £1,500 Weekly wage, FM23 Release: £250 Weekly wage, FM24 Release: £250
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.
Clayton Donaldson weekly wage across versions
VersionWeekly wageEstimated value
CM0304 Release£70—
CM0304 Update£70—
FM05 Release£400—
FM05 Update——
FM06 Release£350—
FM07 Release£1,300—
FM07 Update£1,300—
FM08 Release£1,300—
FM09 Release£1,100—
FM09 Update£1,100—
FM10 Release£1,100—
FM10 Update£1,100—
FM11 Release£1,100—
FM11 Update£1,100—
FM12 Release£1,100—
FM12 Update£1,100—
FM13 Release£1,500—
FM13 Update£1,500—
FM14 Release£2,000—
FM14 Update£2,000—
FM15 Release£4,000—
FM15 Update£4,000—
FM16 Release£5,000—
FM16 Update£5,000—
FM17 Release£5,000—
FM17 Update£5,000—
FM18 Release£5,000—
FM18 Update£5,000£699,000
FM19 Release£10,000—
FM19 Update£10,000£479,800
FM20 Release£3,000—
FM20 Update£3,000£369,800
FM21 Release£3,000—
FM21 Update£3,000£249,800
FM22 Release£1,500£250,000
FM23 Release£250£150,000
FM24 Release£250£30,000

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 8.0 2 of 2 recorded
Physical 9.8 6 of 6 recorded
Technical 9.8 5 of 5 recorded
Mental 9.7 9 of 9 recorded
Defending 9.0 5 of 5 recorded
Shooting 10.3 3 of 3 recorded
Axis Mean Coverage
Pace8.02 of 2 recorded
Physical9.86 of 6 recorded
Technical9.85 of 5 recorded
Mental9.79 of 9 recorded
Defending9.05 of 5 recorded
Shooting10.33 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 striker at tier 5 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 15.2 pct 2 of 2 attributes
Physical 49.9 pct 6 of 6 attributes
Technical 74.6 pct 5 of 5 attributes
Mental 60.2 pct 9 of 9 attributes
Defending 79.2 pct 5 of 5 attributes
Shooting 59.6 pct 3 of 3 attributes
Axis Percentile Measured against
Pace15.2 pctstriker at tier 5 clubs · 2 of 2 attributes
Physical49.9 pctstriker at tier 5 clubs · 6 of 6 attributes
Technical74.6 pctstriker at tier 5 clubs · 5 of 5 attributes
Mental60.2 pctstriker at tier 5 clubs · 9 of 9 attributes
Defending79.2 pctstriker at tier 5 clubs · 5 of 5 attributes
Shooting59.6 pctstriker at tier 5 clubs · 3 of 3 attributes

Injuries

2 recorded
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
broken toe
torn calf muscle

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
broken toe2019-10-122020-01-31not set0—
torn calf muscle2016-12-102017-04-10right15—

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
10 caps, 2 goals
Under-21
0 caps, 0 goals
Youth
—
Declared for
Jamaica
Eligible for
England
Debut
2015-11-13 v Panama
First goal
2015-11-17 v Haiti

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

2 marked current
Career spells from staff_history
Club Role From To Status
Hull CityPlayer2000-07-012005-06-23Ended
ScarboroughPlayer2003-07-012004-01-01Ended
Halifax TownPlayer2003-07-01—Current
Harrogate TownPlayer2004-05-302005-06-01Ended
Harrogate TownPlayer2004-07-012005-06-01Ended
York CityPlayer2005-06-232007-06-30Ended
HibernianPlayer2007-06-302008-08-18Ended
Crewe AlexandraPlayer2008-08-182011-06-30Ended
BrentfordPlayer2011-06-302014-06-30Ended
Birmingham CityPlayer2014-07-012017-08-31Ended
Sheffield UnitedPlayer2017-08-312018-06-26Ended
Bolton WanderersPlayer2018-06-262019-06-14Ended
Bradford CityPlayer2019-06-142021-06-21Ended
York CityPlayer2021-06-212022-06-30Ended
Gainsborough TrinityPlayer2022-06-302023-05-19Ended
Farsley CelticPlayer / Manager2023-05-19—Current
Career apps and goals
691 (227)
Clubs
14
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
2000–01 Hull City Sky Bet League Two 0 0 Unknown fee 2000-07-01 —
2001–02 Hull City Sky Bet League Two 0 0 Unknown fee — —
2002–03 Hull City Sky Bet League Two 2 0 Unknown fee — —
2003–04 Hull City Sky Bet League Two 0 0 Unknown fee — —
2003–04 Scarborough Vanarama National League 2 0 Unknown fee 2003-07-01 2004-01-01
2003–04 Halifax Town Vanarama National League 4 0 Unknown fee 2003-07-01 —
2004–05 Harrogate Town Vanarama National League North 16 6 Unknown fee 2004-05-30 2005-06-01
2004–05 Hull City Sky Bet League One 0 0 £0 — 2005-06-23
2004–05 Harrogate Town Vanarama National League North 8 3 Unknown fee 2004-07-01 2005-06-01
2005–06 York City Vanarama National League 42 17 Unknown fee 2005-06-23 —
2006–07 York City Vanarama National League 43 24 £0 — 2007-06-30
2007–08 Hibernian cinch Premiership 18 6 Unknown fee 2007-06-30 —
2008–09 Hibernian cinch Premiership 0 0 Undisclosed fee — 2008-08-18
2008–09 Crewe Alexandra Sky Bet League One 37 6 Unknown fee 2008-08-18 —
2009–10 Crewe Alexandra Sky Bet League Two 37 13 Unknown fee — —
2010–11 Crewe Alexandra Sky Bet League Two 43 28 £0 — 2011-06-30
2011–12 Brentford Sky Bet League One 46 11 Unknown fee 2011-06-30 —
2012–13 Brentford Sky Bet League One 44 20 Unknown fee — —
2013–14 Brentford Sky Bet League One 46 17 £0 — 2014-06-30
2014–15 Birmingham City Sky Bet Championship 46 15 Unknown fee 2014-07-01 —
2015–16 Birmingham City Sky Bet Championship 40 11 Unknown fee — —
2016–17 Birmingham City Sky Bet Championship 23 6 Unknown fee — —
2017–18 Birmingham City Sky Bet Championship 4 0 Undisclosed fee — 2017-08-31
2017–18 Sheffield United Sky Bet Championship 26 5 £0 2017-08-31 2018-06-26
2018–19 Bolton Wanderers Sky Bet Championship 31 1 £0 2018-06-26 2019-06-14
2019–20 Bradford City Sky Bet League Two 20 4 Unknown fee 2019-06-14 —
2020–21 Bradford City Sky Bet League Two 35 4 £0 — 2021-06-21
2021–22 York City Vanarama National League North 36 8 Unknown fee 2021-06-21 2022-06-30
2022–23 Gainsborough Trinity English Northern Premier League Premier Division 42 22 £0 2022-06-30 2023-05-19

Similar players

FMDB calculation

Nearest recorded attribute profiles among 120 players in Vanarama National League North 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 10 international appearances are recorded on the player row.

Bans and absences

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

Awards

3 recorded

Likes and dislikes

In the export
Favoured clubs
York City, Bradford City
Disliked clubs
—
Disliked people
—

Other relations

Typed relations from person_other_relation
Target type Target Rating
nation (object type 8)England100
nation (object type 8)England100
clubHull City1
nation (object type 8)England1

Familiarity

Familiarity from person_familiarity
Target type Target Level Linked
clubYork City18No
clubGainsborough Trinity42No
clubFarsley Celtic2No
nationJamaica0No

Preferred moves

Needs mapping
Bit 2—Bit 10—Bit 13—

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.