Staff · Unattached

John Veldman

John Fitzgerald Veldman · Born 24 Feb 1968 · Paramaribo (age 57)

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2025

Current ability
— of 200
Best job (calc)
79 Coach First Team
World reputation
—
Current reputation
—
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 stopping1
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination14
  • 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

  • Adaptability10
  • Ambition7
  • Controversy—
  • Loyalty8
  • Pressure7
  • Professionalism15
  • Sportsmanship10
  • Temperament7

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
Coach First Team790.5 of 5 stars—
Manager First Team760.5 of 5 stars—
Assistant Manager First Team760.5 of 5 stars—
Scout700.5 of 5 stars—
Physio First Team700.5 of 5 stars—
Director of football350.5 of 5 stars—
Head of Youth Development350.5 of 5 stars—
Loan Manager350.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team70.5 of 5 stars—
Sports Scientist First Team70.5 of 5 stars—
Technical Director70.5 of 5 stars—
Performance Analyst First Team70.5 of 5 stars—
Set Piece Coach (First Team)70.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team30.5 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
—
Best job (calc)
Coach First Team
Home reputation
—
Reputation scope (calc)
—
Personality (calc)
—
Media handling (calc)
—

What the best job values

Coach First Team: stored job weights
AttributeWeight
Attacking4
Defending4
Mental4
Tactical4
Technical4
Judging player ability3
Judging player potential3
Determination2
Motivating2
Fitness1
Judging staff ability1
Man management1
Negotiating1
Tactical knowledge1

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
John Fitzgerald Veldman
First name
John
Last name
Veldman
Common name
—
Date of birth
24 Feb 1968 age 57 at game start
Place of birth
Paramaribo
Nationality
The Netherlands
Other nationalities
Suriname Eligible For Nation
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
Dutch, English (10/10), German (6/10)

Contract

Club
Unattached
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
1 Jun 1999
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
—
Leaves at end of contract
—
Needs work permit
—

Playing career

14
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
1998 Vitesse Arnhem VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 170 Unknown fee
1997 Vitesse Arnhem VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 100 Unknown fee
1996 AFC Ajax VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 170 Unknown fee
1995 Sparta Rotterdam VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 290 Unknown fee
1994 Sparta Rotterdam VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 320 Unknown fee
1993 Sparta Rotterdam VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 330 Unknown fee
1992 Sparta Rotterdam VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 270 Unknown fee
1991 Sparta Rotterdam VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 310 Unknown fee
1990 Willem II VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 320 Unknown fee
1989 PSV VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 00 Unknown fee
1989 Willem II VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 270 Unknown fee
1988 PSV VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 90 Unknown fee
1987 PSV VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 10 Unknown fee
1986 PSV VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 10 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)26614/14 recorded014/14 recorded

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

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
The Netherlands102 / 0

Favourite people

Myles Veldman Child100

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.