Manager First Team · Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895

Markus Anfang

Born 12 Jun 1974 · Köln (age 51)

  • Germany
  • Continental Pro License
  • Staff

Personality calc

  • Fairly Ambitious

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2025

Current ability
120 of 200
Best job (calc)
122 Manager First Team
World reputation
4,1000 / 5 calc
Current reputation
6,100
Wage
£9,944 p/w
Contract until
30 Jun 2027

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
Standard
Pressing style
More Urgent
Mentality
Balanced
Coaching style
General

Tactical tendencies

  • Attacking12
  • Directness10
  • Pressing17
  • Sitting back—
  • Tempo13
  • Width8
  • Depth5
  • Flamboyancy—
  • Flexibility8

Team management

  • Free roles—
  • Marking—
  • Offside trap—
  • Set pieces10
  • Squad rotation10
  • Use of playmaker—
  • Use of substitutes—
  • Dirtiness allowance16

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

Staff attributes

Coaching 12

  • Attacking12
  • Defending12
  • Fitness6
  • Mental12
  • Tactical12
  • Technical8
  • Working with youngsters13
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping1
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination14
  • Discipline14
  • Man management14
  • Motivating14

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability13
  • Judging player potential13
  • Judging staff ability7
  • Tactical knowledge12
  • Negotiating7
  • Analysing data12
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy1
  • Injury management1

Board 9

  • Business—
  • Buying players10
  • Hardness of training16
  • Interference—
  • Mind games12
  • Patience—
  • Resources—
  • Versatility5
  • Eccentricity16

Personality 8

  • Adaptability8
  • Ambition15
  • Controversy16
  • Loyalty14
  • Pressure10
  • Professionalism8
  • Sportsmanship8
  • Temperament6

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

Coaching stars (calc)

  • Overall3 of 5 stars3
  • Quickness2.5 of 5 stars2.5
  • Strength2.5 of 5 stars2.5
  • GK shot stopping2 of 5 stars2
  • GK handling——
  • Defending (tactical)3.5 of 5 stars3.5
  • Defending (technical)3.5 of 5 stars3.5
  • Possession (tactical)3.5 of 5 stars3.5
  • Possession (technical)3 of 5 stars3
  • Attacking (tactical)3.5 of 5 stars3.5
  • Attacking (technical)3.5 of 5 stars3.5

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

Job ratings (calc)

JobRatingStars calc Preference
Manager First Team1223.5 of 5 stars20
Scout300.5 of 5 stars5
Assistant Manager First Team70.5 of 5 stars—
Loan Manager70.5 of 5 stars—
Director of football60.5 of 5 stars—
Coach First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Head of Youth Development60.5 of 5 stars—
Performance Analyst First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Set Piece Coach (First Team)60.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team50.5 of 5 stars—
Technical Director50.5 of 5 stars—
Physio First Team40.5 of 5 stars—
Sports Scientist First Team40.5 of 5 stars—

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

Staff profile

Coaching badge
Continental Pro License
Potential ability
130
Best job (calc)
Manager First Team
Home reputation
6,100
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Personality (calc)
Fairly Ambitious
Media handling (calc)
Outspoken, Volatile

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
Markus
Last name
Anfang
Common name
—
Date of birth
12 Jun 1974 age 51 at game start
Place of birth
Köln
Nationality
Germany
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
German, English (9/10)

Contract

Job
Manager First Team
Contract type
Full Time
Joined club
6 Oct 2025
Contract starts
6 Oct 2025
Contract expires
30 Jun 2027
Weekly wage
£9,944
Leaves at end of contract
No
Needs work permit
—
Retired
30 Jun 2010 (Total player retirement)

Contract clauses

Promotion Wage Rise 50%
Relegation Wage Drop 50%

Playing career

20
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2009 SV Eintracht Trier 05 Regionalliga West 141 Unknown fee
2008 SV Eintracht Trier 05 Regionalliga West 90 Unknown fee
2008 FC Wacker Innsbruck ADMIRAL 2. Liga 60 £0
2007 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Regionalliga Nord 220 £0
2006 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Regionalliga Nord 213 Unknown fee
2005 MSV Duisburg Bundesliga 120 £0
2004 MSV Duisburg 2. Bundesliga 111 Unknown fee
2003 FC Energie Cottbus 2. Bundesliga 80 £0
2003 1. FC Kaiserslautern II Regionalliga Südwest 20 £0
2003 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bundesliga 80 Unknown fee
2002 1. FC Kaiserslautern II Regionalliga Südwest 10 Unknown fee
2002 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bundesliga 190 Unknown fee
2001 Fussballclub Tirol Innsbruck ADMIRAL Bundesliga 171 £0
2000 Fussballclub Tirol Innsbruck ADMIRAL Bundesliga 291 Unknown fee
1999 Fussballclub Tirol Innsbruck ADMIRAL Bundesliga 271 Unknown fee
1998 Fussballclub Tirol Innsbruck ADMIRAL Bundesliga 342 Unknown fee
1997 FC Schalke 04 Bundesliga 30 £67,198
1996 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Bundesliga 260 £0
1995 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Bundesliga 110 Unknown fee
1994 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bundesliga —— £0
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)28019/20 recorded1019/20 recorded

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

Honours

Runner-Up3. Liga1×2017
Third Place2. Bundesliga1×2018

Grouped by the site from the stored career highlights (winners, runners-up, third place, play-off winners).

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
Germany000 / 0

Staff career

12
  1. Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895

    6 Oct 2025 – —

    Manager First Team

  2. 1. FC Kaiserslautern

    1 Jul 2024 – 22 Apr 2025

    Manager First Team

  3. SG Dynamo Dresden

    1 Jul 2022 – 20 Apr 2024

    Manager First Team

  4. SV Werder Bremen

    1 Jun 2021 – 20 Nov 2021

    Manager First Team

  5. SV Darmstadt 98

    1 Jul 2020 – 1 Jun 2021

    Manager First Team

  6. 1. FC Köln

    1 Jul 2018 – 27 Apr 2019

    Manager First Team

  7. Holstein Kiel

    31 Aug 2016 – 30 Jun 2018

    Manager First Team

  8. Bayer 04 Leverkusen

    1 Jul 2016 – 30 Aug 2016

    Manager (U19 Team)

  9. Bayer 04 Leverkusen

    1 Jul 2013 – 30 Jun 2016

    Manager (U18 Team)

  10. Bayer 04 Leverkusen

    1 Jan 2013 – 30 Jun 2013

    Coach (Youth Teams)

  11. SC Kapellen-Erft

    1 Jul 2011 – 31 Dec 2012

    Manager First Team

  12. SV Eintracht Trier 05

    1 Mar 2010 – 30 Jun 2010

    Player/Scout

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

Career highlights

3
22 Apr 2025Manager Left Club1. FC Kaiserslautern
2018Third PlaceHolstein Kiel2. Bundesliga
2017Runner-UpHolstein Kiel3. Liga

Favourite people

Florian Junge Backroom Staff95
Stefan Ruthenbeck Relation90
Timon Klasen Backroom Staff80
Daniel Hanslik Player80
Nicolai Rapp Player80
Tom Cichon Backroom Staff75
Lukas Mai Player75
Rafael Czichos Player65
Dominick Drexler Player65
Serdar Dursun Player60
Marvin Ducksch Player60
Iliya Gruev Backroom Staff60
Ben Manga Friend60
Frank Baumann Backroom Staff50
Ahmet Arslan Player25

Disliked people

Favourite clubs

Bans

Global ban— until 10 Jun 2022

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.