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FM26 26.0.0

Staff · Unattached

John Anderson

Born 2 Oct 1972 · Greenock (age 52)

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2025

Current ability
105 of 200
Best job (calc)
—
World reputation
1,0000 / 5 calc
Current reputation
5,250
Wage
—
Contract until
—

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
—
Pressing style
—
Mentality
—
Coaching style
—

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 youngsters—
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping—
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination—
  • Discipline—
  • Man management—
  • Motivating—

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability—
  • Judging player potential—
  • Judging staff ability—
  • Tactical knowledge—
  • Negotiating—
  • Analysing data—
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy—
  • Injury management—

Board 9

  • Business—
  • Buying players—
  • Hardness of training—
  • Interference—
  • Mind games—
  • Patience—
  • Resources—
  • Versatility—
  • Eccentricity—

Personality 8

  • Adaptability14
  • Ambition10
  • Controversy—
  • Loyalty16
  • Pressure14
  • Professionalism15
  • Sportsmanship12
  • Temperament13

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
Director of football—0.5 of 5 stars—
Manager First Team—1 of 5 stars8
Assistant Manager First Team—2 of 5 stars15
Coach First Team—3 of 5 stars20
Scout—0.5 of 5 stars—
Physio First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Head of Youth Development—0.5 of 5 stars—
Sports Scientist First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Technical Director—0.5 of 5 stars—
Loan Manager—0.5 of 5 stars—
Performance Analyst First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Set Piece Coach (First Team)—0.5 of 5 stars—

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

Staff profile

Coaching badge
Continental A License
Potential ability
130
Best job (calc)
—
Home reputation
5,250
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Personality (calc)
—
Media handling (calc)
—

Personal

Full name
—
First name
John
Last name
Anderson
Common name
—
Date of birth
2 Oct 1972 age 52 at game start
Place of birth
Greenock
Nationality
Scotland
Other nationalities
England Eligible For Nation
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
English

Contract

Club
Unattached last club Hull City
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
28 Jul 2023
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
—
Leaves at end of contract
—
Needs work permit
—

Playing career

14
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2005 Bristol Rovers Sky Bet League Two 101 £0
2004 Bristol Rovers Sky Bet League Two 341 Unknown fee
2003 Bristol Rovers Sky Bet League Two 80 Unknown fee
2003 Hull City Sky Bet League Two 00 £0
2002 Hull City Sky Bet League Two 431 Unknown fee
2001 Livingston William Hill Premiership 110 £0
2000 Livingston William Hill Championship 303 Unknown fee
1999 Greenock Morton William Hill Championship 346 £0
1998 Greenock Morton William Hill Championship 336 Unknown fee
1997 Greenock Morton William Hill Championship 334 Unknown fee
1996 Greenock Morton William Hill Championship 314 Unknown fee
1995 Greenock Morton William Hill Championship 304 Unknown fee
1994 Greenock Morton William Hill League 1 303 Unknown fee
1993 Greenock Morton William Hill Championship 192 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)34614/14 recorded3514/14 recorded

Up to 200 stored seasons. The site's sums cover the displayed rows only; missing appearances and goals are excluded separately.

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
Scotland000 / 0

Staff career

6

  1. Hull City

    1 Jul 2017 – 28 Jul 2023

    Manager (U18 Team)

  2. Leeds United

    1 Jul 2015 – 30 Jun 2016

    Manager (U18 Team)

  3. Hull City

    21 Nov 2013 – 30 Jun 2015

    Coach (U18 Team)

  4. North Ferriby United

    21 Oct 2010 – 1 Sep 2011

    Manager First Team

  5. Bristol Rovers

    1 Jul 2009 – 21 Oct 2010

    Scout

  6. North Ferriby United

    5 Mar 2008 – 21 Oct 2010

    Assistant Manager First Team

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

Favourite clubs

Greenock Morton Player75

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 2025.