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Scout · Excelsior Rotterdam

Bert Ebbens

Born 20 Aug 1953 · Winschoten (age 69)

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2023

Current ability
105 of 200
Best job (calc)
51 Scout
World reputation
1,7500 / 5 calc
Current reputation
4,250
Wage
£0 p/w
Contract until
30 Jun 2024

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
—
Pressing style
—
Mentality
—
Coaching style
General

Tactical tendencies

  • Attacking—
  • Directness—
  • Pressing—
  • Sitting back—
  • Tempo—
  • Width—
  • Depth—
  • Flamboyancy—
  • Flexibility—

Team management

  • Free roles—
  • Marking—
  • Offside trap—
  • Set pieces—
  • Squad rotation—
  • Use of playmaker—
  • Use of substitutes—
  • Dirtiness allowance—

Stored preferences and tactical tendencies. Each tendency uses the game’s 1–20 scale.

Staff attributes

Coaching 12

  • Attacking—
  • Defending—
  • Fitness—
  • Mental—
  • Tactical—
  • Technical—
  • Working with youngsters8
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping—
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination—
  • Discipline10
  • Man management6
  • Motivating5

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability11
  • Judging player potential12
  • Judging staff ability8
  • Tactical knowledge9
  • Negotiating—
  • Analysing data—
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy2
  • Injury management—

Board 9

  • Business—
  • Buying players10
  • Hardness of training8
  • Interference—
  • Mind games8
  • Patience—
  • Resources—
  • Versatility6
  • Eccentricity—

Personality 8

  • Adaptability—
  • Ambition—
  • Controversy—
  • Loyalty—
  • Pressure—
  • Professionalism—
  • Sportsmanship—
  • Temperament—

Stored staff attributes, 1–20. A dash means the attribute is not recorded for this person in this build.

Coaching stars (calc)

  • Overall——
  • Quickness——
  • Strength——
  • GK shot stopping——
  • GK handling——
  • Defending (tactical)——
  • Defending (technical)——
  • Possession (tactical)——
  • Possession (technical)——
  • Attacking (tactical)——
  • Attacking (technical)——

Calculated by fm-reader per training category, as FM shows them. Missing ratings remain blank.

Job ratings (calc)

JobRatingStars calc Preference
Scout510.5 of 5 stars—
Coach First Team450.5 of 5 stars—
Manager First Team390.5 of 5 stars—
Assistant Manager First Team390.5 of 5 stars—
Physio First Team230.5 of 5 stars—
Head of Youth Development230.5 of 5 stars—
Director of football220.5 of 5 stars—
Loan Manager220.5 of 5 stars—
Performance Analyst First Team50.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team40.5 of 5 stars—
Technical Director40.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team30.5 of 5 stars—
Set Piece Coach (First Team)30.5 of 5 stars—
Sports Scientist First Team20.5 of 5 stars—

Calculated by fm-reader (1–200); preference is the stored 1–20 wish for the job.

Staff profile

Coaching badge
—
Potential ability
115
Best job (calc)
Scout
Home reputation
4,250
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Personality (calc)
—
Media handling (calc)
—

What the best job values

Scout: stored job weights
AttributeWeight
Judging player ability4
Judging player potential4
Tactical knowledge4
Determination2
Judging staff ability2
Negotiating1

The game’s stored attribute weights for the job type of this person’s calculated best job. Weights are 1–10; these are weighting inputs, not attribute or job ratings.

Personal

Full name
—
First name
Bert
Last name
Ebbens
Common name
—
Date of birth
20 Aug 1953 age 69 at game start
Place of birth
Winschoten
Nationality
The Netherlands
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
Dutch, English (4/10), German (2/10)

Contract

Club
Excelsior Rotterdam
Job
Scout
Contract type
Full Time
Joined club
28 Nov 2022
Contract starts
28 Nov 2022
Contract expires
30 Jun 2024
Weekly wage
£0
Leaves at end of contract
No
Needs work permit
—

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
The Netherlands000 / 0

Staff career

3

  1. Excelsior Rotterdam

    28 Nov 2022 – —

    Scout

  2. PEC Zwolle

    1 Jul 2018 – 31 Jul 2022

    Chief Scout

  3. PEC Zwolle

    1 Aug 2010 – 30 Jun 2018

    Head of Youth Development

Up to 200 stored career entries. A missing departure date remains unknown.

About this record

  1. calc marks a calculated figure. Position and role ratings, values, personality, job ratings and stars come from fm-reader.
  2. A dash means this build does not store the value. Numeric zero is shown as stored.
  3. Ages, employment and contracts are at game start, 1 Jul 2023.