Staff · Unattached

Manu Ferrera

Born 21 Oct 1958 · Huelva (age 66)

Personality calc

  • Fairly Professional

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2025

Current ability
113 of 200
Best job (calc)
120 Head of Youth Development
World reputation
4,2500 / 5 calc
Current reputation
5,500
Wage
—
Contract until
—

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
—
Pressing style
—
Mentality
Adventurous
Coaching style
Tactical

Tactical tendencies

  • Attacking13
  • Directness—
  • Pressing—
  • Sitting back—
  • Tempo—
  • Width—
  • Depth—
  • Flamboyancy—
  • Flexibility—

Team management

  • Free roles—
  • Marking—
  • Offside trap—
  • Set pieces—
  • Squad rotation10
  • 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

  • Attacking9
  • Defending9
  • Fitness3
  • Mental9
  • Tactical15
  • Technical12
  • Working with youngsters14
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping—
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination11
  • Discipline12
  • Man management15
  • Motivating12

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability14
  • Judging player potential14
  • Judging staff ability—
  • Tactical knowledge13
  • Negotiating—
  • Analysing data—
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy1
  • Injury management—

Board 9

  • Business1
  • Buying players—
  • Hardness of training—
  • Interference8
  • Mind games—
  • Patience—
  • Resources1
  • Versatility—
  • Eccentricity—

Personality 8

  • Adaptability17
  • Ambition5
  • Controversy15
  • Loyalty12
  • Pressure15
  • Professionalism15
  • Sportsmanship6
  • Temperament9

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

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

Job ratings (calc)

JobRatingStars calc Preference
Head of Youth Development1203 of 5 stars20
Assistant Manager First Team1193 of 5 stars18
Coach First Team1083 of 5 stars18
Manager First Team260.5 of 5 stars4
Director of football70.5 of 5 stars—
Scout70.5 of 5 stars—
Loan Manager70.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Technical Director60.5 of 5 stars—
Performance Analyst First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Set Piece Coach (First Team)60.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team50.5 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
No qualification
Potential ability
145
Best job (calc)
Head of Youth Development
Home reputation
5,750
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Personality (calc)
Fairly Professional
Media handling (calc)
—

What the best job values

Head of Youth Development: stored job weights
AttributeWeight
Judging player ability4
Judging player potential4
Judging staff ability3
Attacking2
Defending2
Determination2
Man management2
Mental2
Motivating2
Negotiating2
Tactical2
Technical2
Fitness1
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
—
First name
Manu
Last name
Ferrera
Common name
—
Date of birth
21 Oct 1958 age 66 at game start
Place of birth
Huelva
Nationality
Belgium
Other nationalities
Spain Eligible For Nation
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
Spanish, French (10/10), Dutch (5/10), English (2/10)

Contract

Club
Unattached last club Royal Olympic Club Charleroi
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
4 Dec 2025
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
—
Leaves at end of contract
—
Needs work permit
—

Playing career

8
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
1985 Sanfrecce Hiroshima — —— £0
1984 SC Eendracht Aalst Challenger Pro League —— £0
1983 SC Eendracht Aalst Challenger Pro League —— Unknown fee
1982 SC Eendracht Aalst Challenger Pro League —— Unknown fee
1981 SC Eendracht Aalst Challenger Pro League —— Unknown fee
1980 SC Eendracht Aalst Challenger Pro League —— Unknown fee
1979 KCVV Elewijt Derde Klasse B —— £0
1978 KCVV Elewijt Derde Klasse A —— Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)—0/8 recorded—0/8 recorded

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

Honours

WinnerJupiler Pro League1×2008

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

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
Belgium000 / 0

Staff career

14
  1. Royal Olympic Club Charleroi

    30 Sep 2025 – 4 Dec 2025

    Director of football

  2. RAEC Mons

    5 Dec 2024 – 17 Aug 2025

    Director of football

  3. KAA Gent

    15 Mar 2020 – 5 Dec 2024

    Manager (U21 Team)

  4. The Islamic Republic of Iran

    30 May 2019 – 4 Dec 2019

    Assistant Manager First Team

  5. KAA Gent

    4 Jan 2019 – 30 May 2019

    Manager (U21 Team)

  6. KAA Gent

    20 Feb 2014 – 4 Jan 2019

    Head of Youth Development

  7. KAA Gent

    1 Jul 2008 – 20 Feb 2014

    Assistant Manager First Team

  8. Royal Standard de Liège

    1 Sep 2006 – 30 Jun 2008

    Assistant Manager First Team

  9. KV Kortrijk

    28 Sep 2004 – 30 Jun 2006

    Manager First Team

  10. SC Eendracht Aalst

    25 Apr 2001 – 30 Jun 2002

    Manager First Team

  11. Royal Charleroi Sporting Club

    13 Mar 2000 – 30 Nov 2000

    Manager First Team

  12. Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht

    1 Jul 1997 – 12 Mar 2000

    Manager (U18 Team)

  13. Royal FC Seraing

    16 Aug 1995 – 30 Jun 1996

    Manager First Team

  14. Royal FC Seraing

    1 Jul 1992 – 15 Aug 1995

    Manager Reserve Team

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

Career highlights

1

Favourite people

Emilio Ferrera Sibling100
Stan Van den Buijs Backroom Staff95
Yannick Ferrera Sibling90
Bruno Taverne Friend75

Favourite clubs

Disliked clubs

Disliked people

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.