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VersionFM26 26.2.0
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Duffy4
Squad number in club colours

Shane Duffy

Player
109Current ability
140Potential ability
£308,394Value (calc)
4,250Reputation (calc)

Personal

Full name
Shane Patrick Michael Duffy
First name
Shane
Last name
Duffy
Common name
—
Date of birth
1 Jan 1992 age 33 at game start
Place of birth
Londonderry
Nationality
The Republic of Ireland
Other nationalities
Northern Ireland Eligible For Nation
Height
193 cm
Weight
—
Build
Ecto-Mesomorph
Preferred foot
Right Only
Languages
English

Contract

Club
Norwich City
Job
Player
Contract type
Full Time
Joined club
1 Jul 2023
Contract starts
1 Jul 2023
Contract expires
30 Jun 2026
Weekly wage
£35,000
Squad numbers
#4 Norwich City

Player profile

Positions
D (C)
Best position (calc)
Defender (Centre)
Best rated position (calc)
Defender (Centre) · 75
Best role (calc)
No-Nonsense Centre-Back · 109
Best role at potential (calc)
No-Nonsense Centre-Back · 140
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
109
Current reputation
5,450
Home reputation
5,450
World reputation
4,250
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Sale value (calc)
£169,616
Caps / goals
61 / 7
Favourite number
—
Injury risk
Very Low
Peak age
35
Development peak age
26
Physical peak age
32
Longevity (1–4)
2

Contract clauses

Promotion Wage Rise 30%
Relegation Wage Drop 30%

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners·3
  • Crossing·4
  • Dribbling·5
  • Finishing·7
  • First touch·8
  • Free kicks·5
  • Heading·16
  • Long shots·6
  • Long throws·7
  • Marking·14
  • Passing·9
  • Penalty taking·6
  • Tackling·16
  • Technique·8

Mental

  • Aggression·15
  • Anticipation▼114
  • Bravery·18
  • Composure·9
  • Concentration·11
  • Decisions▼112
  • Determination·17
  • Flair·4
  • Leadership·15
  • Off the ball·6
  • Positioning·14
  • Teamwork▼114
  • Vision·7
  • Work rate▼114

Physical

  • Acceleration·6
  • Agility·8
  • Balance·10
  • Jumping reach▼116
  • Natural fitness·14
  • Pace·6
  • Stamina▼113
  • Strength·16

Goalkeeping

  • Aerial reach—
  • Command of area—
  • Communication—
  • Eccentricity—
  • Handling—
  • Kicking—
  • One on ones—
  • Punching (tendency)—
  • Reflexes—
  • Rushing out (tendency)—
  • Throwing—

Hidden

  • Consistency·13
  • Dirtiness·13
  • Important matches·14
  • Injury proneness·2
  • Versatility·4
  • Left foot·5
  • Right foot·20

Personality

  • Adaptability13
  • Ambition15
  • Controversy14
  • Loyalty9
  • Pressure14
  • Professionalism7
  • Sportsmanship9
  • Temperament8
Personality (calc)
Fairly Determined
Media handling (calc)
Media-friendly

A dash is an attribute this database does not store for this player; the game generates those at the start of a new game. Arrows compare with FM26 26.0.0, the previous build of this game: + newly stored, − no longer stored.

Key attributes in context

Key attributes against players with the same best position Key attributes against players with the same best position: 12 of 12 values recorded, plotted on a 0 to 100 scale. Key attributes against players with the same best position: 12 of 12 values recorded, plotted on a 0 to 100 scale.
12 of 12 recorded

The site’s own figure: the percentile of each stored attribute among 78,119 players with the same calculated best position. A spoke is left out where the attribute is not stored.

Positions

  • GK—
  • D (L)—
  • D (C)20
  • D (R)—
  • DM—
  • M (L)—
  • M (C)—
  • M (R)—
  • AM (L)—
  • AM (C)—
  • AM (R)—
  • ST (C)—
  • WB (L)—
  • WB (R)—
Familiarity 1–20. Natural 18+, accomplished 15+, competent 12+, unconvincing 9+, awkward 5+.

Position ratings

PositionNowPotential
Defender (Left)5252
Defender (Centre)7575
Defender (Right)5252
Wing-Back (Left)4545
Wing-Back (Right)4545
Defensive Midfielder5252
Midfielder (Left)4242
Midfielder (Centre)4747
Midfielder (Right)4242
Attacking Midfielder (Left)4242
Attacking Midfielder (Centre)3636
Attacking Midfielder (Right)4242
Striker4949

Calculated by fm-reader from the stored attributes (0–100, Genie Scout style). Blank where the database stores too few attributes to rate.

Best roles

RolePositionRatingPotentialStars
No-Nonsense Centre-BackD (C)109140
Centre-BackD (C)108139
Wide Centre-BackD (C)106137
Ball-Playing Centre-BackD (C)101130
Advanced Centre-BackD (C)97125
Overlapping Centre-BackD (C)95122
Inside Full-BackD (R)3747
Defensive MidfielderDM3545
Full-BackD (R)3342
Target ForwardST (C)3342
Box-to-Box MidfielderDM3241
Central MidfielderM (C)3241

Calculated by fm-reader on the current-ability scale (1–200); stars as FM shows role suitability.

Out-of-possession roles

RolePositionRatingStars
Centre-BackD (C)109
Stopping Centre-BackD (C)107
Wide Centre-BackD (C)107
Stopping Wide Centre-BackD (C)105
Covering Centre-BackD (C)99
Covering Wide Centre-BackD (C)97
Defensive MidfielderDM35
Dropping Defensive MidfielderDM35

Calculated by fm-reader (FM26+ out-of-possession roles), on the current-ability scale.

Player traits

  • Argues With Officials
  • Dives Into Tackles

Injuries at game start

partially torn hamstring Severity 019 Dec 2025 – 25 Feb 2026
calf strain Severity 09 Sep 2025 – 30 Sep 2025
calf strain Severity 03 Feb 2024 – 27 Mar 2024
tight calf Severity 016 Mar 2023 – 26 Mar 2023
moderate thigh strain Severity 03 Apr 2022 – 22 Apr 2022
moderately sprained ankle ligaments Severity 014 Jan 2022 – 2 Feb 2022
virus Severity 016 Dec 2021 – 28 Dec 2021
moderate calf muscle strain Severity 023 Jan 2020 – 5 Feb 2020
tight groin Severity 012 Jan 2020 – 16 Jan 2020
moderate calf muscle strain Severity 026 Sep 2019 – 10 Oct 2019
partially torn groin Severity 011 Jun 2018 – 9 Jul 2018
groin strain Severity 015 Oct 2017 – 19 Oct 2017
foot stress fracture (left) Severity 04 Mar 2017 – 8 May 2017
moderate groin strain (right) Severity 59 Jan 2016 – 24 Jan 2016
torn knee ligaments (right) Severity 1412 Feb 2015 – 1 Jul 2015

Playing career

26
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2024 Norwich City Sky Bet Championship 454 Unknown fee
2023 Norwich City Sky Bet Championship 361 Unknown fee
2022 Fulham Premier League 10 £0
2022 Fulham Loan Premier League 40 £2,000,000
2022 Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League 00 £0
2021 Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League 181 Unknown fee
2020 Celtic Loan William Hill Premiership 183 £2,000,000
2020 Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League 00 Unknown fee
2019 Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League 191 Unknown fee
2018 Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League 355 Unknown fee
2017 Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League 370 Unknown fee
2016 Brighton & Hove Albion Sky Bet Championship 312 Unknown fee
2016 Blackburn Rovers Sky Bet Championship 30 £4,000,000
2015 Blackburn Rovers Sky Bet Championship 414 Unknown fee
2014 Blackburn Rovers Sky Bet Championship 191 Unknown fee
2014 Everton Premier League 00 £1,250,000
2013 Yeovil Town Loan Sky Bet Championship 231 Unknown fee
2013 Yeovil Town Loan Sky Bet Championship 140 Unknown fee
2013 Everton Premier League 00 Unknown fee
2012 Everton Premier League 10 Unknown fee
2011 Scunthorpe United Loan Sky Bet League One 181 Unknown fee
2011 Everton Premier League 40 Unknown fee
2010 Burnley Loan Sky Bet Championship 10 Unknown fee
2010 Everton Premier League 00 Unknown fee
2009 Everton Premier League 00 Unknown fee
2008 Everton Youth Premier League 00 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)36824

Honours

WinnerScottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup1×2020
Runner-UpSky Bet Championship1×2017

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

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
The Republic of Ireland61718 / 1

Awards

2
2018FAI Senior International Player of the Year—
2017FAI Senior International Player of the Year—

Career highlights

5
20 Dec 2020WinnerCelticScottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup
29 Oct 2011First Senior Club GoalScunthorpe UnitedSky Bet League One v Tranmere Rovers
2 Dec 2009Senior Club DebutEvertonUEFA Europa League v AEK Athens
2017Runner-UpBrighton & Hove AlbionSky Bet Championship
2014RelegatedYeovil TownSky Bet Championship

Favourite people

Conor McAleny Friend100
Jon Taylor Friend100
Adam Davies Friend100
Darren Coyle Player60
Seamus Coleman Teammate/Former Teammate40
Darron Gibson Teammate/Former Teammate40

Favourite clubs

Celtic Supporter75
Everton Player60
Yeovil Town Player50

Bans

Medical— until 22 Jul 2010

Homegrown status

Everton3 Years Between 15 and 21
England3 Years Between 15 and 21

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PlayerClubPositionsAgeCAPAMean difference
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Marcos Cabrera—D (C)4094961.88
Tin KulenovićNK SesveteD (RC)2894951.95
Andrzej NiewulisZagłębie SosnowiecD (C)36941111.95
Víctor EspinozaSantiago WanderersD (C)26941121.97
Will BoyleShrewsbury TownD (C)29941182.00
Juho Pirttijoki—D (C)2894992.02
Luca OrozcoTiro Federal y Club Atlético PuanD (C)30941012.03
Kalen Ryden—D (LC)3494962.03
Christophe DiedhiouUS Lusitanos Saint-MaurD (C)37941202.05

The site’s own comparison: players with the same calculated best position and current ability within ±15 (at most 300 candidates, so not a whole-database search), ranked by the mean difference over the attributes both players have stored.

Across versions

VersionClubAgeCAPAValue calc
FM27 27.0.0—34107140£0
FM26 26.2.0Norwich City33109140£308,394
FM26 26.0.0Norwich City33113140£622,175
FM24 24.3.0Norwich City31124140£4,335,831
FM23 23.4.0Fulham30128140£7,892,278
FM23 23.3.0Fulham30128140£7,892,278
FM23 23.0.0Brighton and Hove Albion30128140£7,892,278
FM22 22.4.0Brighton and Hove Albion29128140£8,241,795
FM22 22.3.0Brighton and Hove Albion29128140£8,241,795
FM22 22.1.0Brighton and Hove Albion29128140£8,241,795
FM22 22.0.1Brighton and Hove Albion29128140£8,241,795
FM22 22.0.0Brighton and Hove Albion29128140£8,241,795
FM21 21.4.0Brighton and Hove Albion28125140£7,180,146
FM21 21.3.0Brighton and Hove Albion28125140£7,180,146
FM21 21.1.1Brighton and Hove Albion28130140£7,180,146
FM21 21.0.1Brighton and Hove Albion28130140£13,959,918
FM21 21.0.0Brighton and Hove Albion28130140£13,190,840
FM20 20.4.0Brighton and Hove Albion27133140£11,325,600
FM20 20.3.0Brighton and Hove Albion27133140£11,325,600
FM20 20.1.0Brighton and Hove Albion27133140£18,882,000
FM20 20.0.1Brighton and Hove Albion27133140£18,882,000
FM20 20.0.0Brighton and Hove Albion27133140£18,882,000
FM19 19.3.0Brighton and Hove Albion26136140£15,286,500
FM19 19.1.0Brighton and Hove Albion26135140£14,611,500
FM19 19.0.1Brighton and Hove Albion26135140£14,611,500
FM19 19.0.0Brighton and Hove Albion26135140£14,611,500
FM18 18.3.0Brighton and Hove Albion25135140£14,611,500
FM18 18.1.0Brighton and Hove Albion25136140£15,286,500
FM18 18.0.0Brighton and Hove Albion25130140£11,263,500
FM17 17.3.0Brighton and Hove Albion24130140£7,092,225
FM17 17.0.0Brighton and Hove Albion24128140£6,133,050
FM16 16.3.0Blackburn Rovers23129140£3,368,250
FM16 16.0.1Blackburn Rovers23115125£1,179,225
FM16 16.0.0Blackburn Rovers23115125£1,179,225
FM15 15.3.0Blackburn Rovers22116142£1,280,475
FM15 15.0.0Blackburn Rovers22111142£1,179,225
FM14 14.3.0Everton—112142—
FM14 14.0.0Everton—112142—
FM13 13.3.0Everton20111(-8)£903,600
FM13 13.0.0—20111(-8)£0
FM12 12.2.0Everton19108(-8)£193,306
FM12 12.0.0Everton19100(-8)£60,604
FM10 10.0.0Everton1775(-8)£938

The same FM id in each loaded database build. Values are each build's own; potential is shown as stored, value is calculated per build.