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FM26 26.0.0

Staff · Unattached

Jon Beale

Born 5 Sep 1985 · London (age 39)

  • England
  • Continental A License
  • Staff

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2025

Current ability
128 of 200
Best job (calc)
140 Manager First Team
World reputation
—
Current reputation
—
Wage
—
Contract until
—

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
—
Pressing style
—
Mentality
Adventurous
Coaching style
Attacking

Tactical tendencies

  • Attacking13
  • Directness—
  • Pressing—
  • Sitting back—
  • Tempo—
  • Width14
  • Depth11
  • 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

  • Attacking15
  • Defending11
  • Fitness9
  • Mental12
  • Tactical14
  • Technical9
  • Working with youngsters18
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping—
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination—
  • Discipline—
  • Man management11
  • Motivating14

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability15
  • Judging player potential15
  • Judging staff ability—
  • Tactical knowledge14
  • 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

  • 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)

  • Overall3.5 of 5 stars3.5
  • 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
Manager First Team1403.5 of 5 stars20
Coach First Team1393.5 of 5 stars20
Assistant Manager First Team1353.5 of 5 stars19
Head of Youth Development1313.5 of 5 stars20
Director of football70.5 of 5 stars—
Scout70.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team70.5 of 5 stars—
Loan Manager70.5 of 5 stars—
Performance Analyst First Team70.5 of 5 stars—
Physio First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Sports Scientist First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Technical Director60.5 of 5 stars—
Set Piece Coach (First Team)60.5 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
145
Best job (calc)
Manager First Team
Home reputation
—
Reputation scope (calc)
—
Personality (calc)
—
Media handling (calc)
—

What the best job values

Manager First Team: stored job weights
AttributeWeight
Judging player ability4
Man management4
Motivating4
Tactical knowledge4
Attacking3
Defending3
Determination3
Judging player potential3
Judging staff ability3
Mental3
Negotiating3
Tactical3
Technical3

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
Jon
Last name
Beale
Common name
—
Date of birth
5 Sep 1985 age 39 at game start
Place of birth
London
Nationality
England
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
English

Contract

Club
Unattached
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
30 May 2023
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
—
Leaves at end of contract
—
Needs work permit
—

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
England000 / 0

Staff career

4

  1. Pure Swansea FC

    6 Sep 2022 – 30 May 2023

    Manager First Team

  2. Pure Swansea FC

    1 Jul 2022 – 6 Sep 2022

    Coach First Team

  3. Swansea City

    15 Jun 2022 – 12 Aug 2022

    Manager First Team

  4. Hull City

    1 May 2014 – 30 Jun 2020

    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 2025.