Update: Visit the following link for the list of Football Manager 2012 wonderkids and great youngsters.

One of the things I like to do the most when a Football Manager game is launched – in this case, Football Manager 2011 – is to start scouting the world, searching for wonderkids and great youngsters to help me and the club go forward. It’s never easy to spot the talents and truly promising players, but I did my best and I believe that I’ve created a complete list of Football Manager 2011 Wonderkids and Great Youngsters.

It took me nearly 8 hours to search for the players and 1 1/2 hours to actually sort the list and write this article, so comments are more than welcomed, while stealing the list (without linking to the source) is highly prohibited :) Now enjoy the complete list of FM 2011 wonderkinds and promising youngsters.

Best Football Manager 2011 Young Goalkeepers

David Ospina (21 years old). Value: 3.1 Million Euros. Club: OGC Nice
Matej Delac (17 years old). Value: 3.5 Million Euros. Club: Chelsea
Silviu Lung Jr (21 years old). Value: Cheap. Club: U Craiova

Best Football Manager 2011 Young Central Defenders

Toby Alderweireld (21 years old). Value: €3.4 Million. Club: Ajax
Mikel San Jose (21 years old). Value: €3.9 Million. Club: Athletic
Stefan Reinartz (21 years old). Value: €3,6 Million. Club: Leverkusen
Neven Subotic (21 years old). Value €4,9 Million. Club: Dortmund
Guillermo Burdisso (21 years old). Value: €2,7 Million. Club: Roma
Jorge Pulido (19 years old). Value: €600,000. Club: Athletico
Simon Kjaer (21 years old), Value: €5,75 Million. Club: Wolfsburg
Mats Hummels (21 years old). Value: €4,7 Million. Club: Dortmund
Mateo Mussacchio (19 years old). Value: €4.8 Million. Club: Villareal
Ezequiek Munoz (19 years old). Value: 3.5 Million. Club: Palermo
Ryan Bennet (20 years old). Value: €570,000. Club: Peterborough
Cedric Mongongu (21 years old). Value: €3.4 Million. Club: AS Monaco
Mario Fernandez (19 year old). Value: €4.3 Million. Club: Gremio
Phil Jones (18 years old). Value €4.5 Million. Club: Blackburn
Holger Badstuber (21 years old). Value: €4.5 Million. Club: FC Bayern
Leonel Galeano (18 years old). Value: €1.7 Million. Club: Independiente
Danny Wilson (18 years old). Value: €2.5 Million. Club: Liverpool

Best Football Manager 2011 Young Fullbacks

Cesar Azpilicueta (20 years old). Value: €5.5 Million. Club: OM
Jerome Boateng (21 years old). Value: 12.5 Million. Club: Manchester City
Romario (16 years old). Value: €425,000. Club: Vitoria
Atila Turan (18 years old). Value: €1,2 Million. Club: GF 38

Best Football Manager 2011 Young Central Midfielders (and DMC)

Aaron Ramsey (19 years old). Value: €6 Million. Club: Arsenal
Steven N’Zonzi (21 years old). Value: €500,000. Club: Blackburn
J Rodwell (19 years old). Value: €5,75 Million. Club: Everton
Leroy Fer (20 years old). Value: €3.6 Million. Club: Fiorentina
Milan Badelj (21 yers old). Value: €1.4 Million. Club: Dinamo
Necip Uysal (19 years old). Value: 2.8 Million. Club: Besiktas
Moussa Sissoko (20 years old). Value: €6,25 Million. Club: Toulouse
Yann M’Villa (20 years old). Value: €5 Million. Club: Stade Rennais
Nicolas Nkoulou (20 years old). Value: €4.8 Million. Club: AS Monaco
Josh McEachram (17 years old). Value: €1.8 Million. Club: Chelsea
Ruben Yttergard Jenssen (21 years old). Value: €1.1 Million. Club: Tromso
Samba Sow (21 years old). Value: €3.3 Million. Club: RC Lens
Fabian Delph (20 years old). Value: €5.25 Million. Club: Aston Villa
Sergio Oliveira (18 years old). Value: €800,000. Club: Porto
David Alaba (18 years old). Value: €4.1 Million. Club: FC Bayern
Zakaria Labyad (17 years old). Value: €1.3 Million Club: PSV

Best Football Manager 2011 Young Attacking Midfielders (Centre)

Daniel Parejo (21 years old). Value: €4.4 Million. Club: Getafe
Christian Eriksen (18 years old). Value: €3.3 Million. Club: Ajax
Paulo Henrique (20 years old). Value: €4.3 Million. Club: Santos
Mirdem Pjanic (20 years old). Value: €6 Million. Club: Unigamesity
Javier Pastore (21 years old). Value: €9.5 Million. Club: Palermo
Eden Hazard (19 years old). Value: €6.5 Million. Club: LOSC Lille
Stevan Jovetic (20 years old). Value: €9,25 Million. Club: Fiorentina
Mesut Ozil (21 years old). Value: €10.75 Million. Club: Real Madrid
Thomas Muller (20 years old). Value: €7,5 Million. Club: FC Bayern
Toni Kroos (20 years old). Value: €6,25 Million. Club: FC Bayern
Willian (21 years old). Value: €4.4 Million. Club: Shakthar
Douglas Costa (19 years old). Value: €4.3 Million. Club: Shakthar
Edgar Ivan Pacheco (20 years old). Value: €1 Million. Club: Atals
Martin Galvan (17 years old). Value: €1.1 Million. Club: Cruz Azul
Bryan Rabello (16 years old). Value: €550,000. Club: Colo Colo
Alan Dzagoev (20 years old). Value: €6.75 Million. Club: CSKA Moscow
Camacho (20 years old). Value: €1,5 Million. Club: Flamengo
Georginio Wijnaldum (19 years old). Value: €3.3 Million. Club: Feyenoord
Davide Petrucci (18 years old). Value: €525,000. Club: Manchester UTD
Mateo Kovacic (16 years old). Value: €575,000. Club: Dinamo
Jano (17 years old). Value: €3.3 Million. Club: Spartak Moscow

Best Football Manager 2011 Young Wingers

Andre Schurrle (19 years old) Value: €3.3 Million
Adam Hlousek (21 years old). Value: €1 Million. Club: Slavia Prague
Alexis Sanchez (21 years old). Value: €8 Million. Club: Udinese
Gareth Bale (20 years old). Value: €6,75 Million. Club: Tottenham
Marko Marin (21 years old). Value: €5 Million. Club: Werder Bremen
Xherda Shaqiri (18 years old). Value: €2.7 Million. Club: Basel
Lewis Holtby (19 years old). Value: €4.7 Million Club: Schalke

Best Football Manager 2011 Young Strikers

Sercan Yildirim (20 years old). Value: €4.4 Million. Club: Bursaspor
Marko Livaja (16 years old). FREE
Ahmed Khalil (19 years old), Value: €900,000 Al Ahli
Borja Baston (17 years old). Value: €1.7 Million. Club: At. Madrid
Iker Munian (17 years old). Value: €4.3 Million. Club: Athletic
Khouma Babacar (17 years old). Value: €4.4 Million. Club: Fiorentina
Yaya Sanogo (17 years old). Value: €2.1 Million Club: AJ Auxerre
Neymar (18 years old). Value: €6.25 Million. Club: Santos
Marko Arnautovic (21 years old). Value: €5,25 Million. Club: Werder Bremen
Mario Ballotelli (19 years old). Value: €28 Million. Club: Manchester City
Pato (20 years old). Value: €18 Million Club: AC Milan
Abel Hernandez (19 years old). Value: €10,75 Million. Club: Palermo
Taufic Guarch (18 years old). Value: €925,000. Club: Estudiantes
Piotr Parzyszek (16 years old). Value: €800,000. Club: De Graafschap
Lacina Traore (19 years old). Value: €1,7 Million. Club: CFR Cluj
Cedric Bakambu (19 years old). Value: €900,000. Club: FC Sochaux
Marko Maletic (16 years old). Value: €250,000. Club: FC Utrecht
Connor Wickham (17 years old). Value: €1,9 Million. Club: Ipswich
Sani Emmanuel (17 years old). Value: FREE (you’ll have to pay €20,000 compensation)
Romelu Lukaku (17 years old). Value: €1.4 Million. Club: Anderlecht
Vaclav Kadlec (18 years old). Value: 1.2 Million. Club: Sparta Prague

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46 COMMENTS

  1. Can you look this players:
    Jordi Amat (18) Central Defender (Espanyol)
    Alvaro Vazquez (19) striker (Espanyol)
    Juanmi (17) Striker (Malaga)
    Herrera (21) Midfielder (Zaragoza)
    Pablo Sarabia (17) Winger (Real Madrid)
    Gerard Deulofeu (17) Winger (FC Barcelona)
    Thiago Alcantara (19) Midfielder (FC Barcelona)

    Probably Spain has the league with more Young Talents

  2. So, who are the players that have been given ‘-10’ for potential ability?

    And what are the potential abilities for the wonderkids listed above?

  3. Ive signed a few good players with Man Utd.

    Eliaquim Mangala from Standard
    Levan Kenia from Schalke
    Onur Kivrak from Trabzonspor
    Michal Svec from SC Heerenveen

    Dieguinho from Fluminense is alo good

  4. Kevin from Zaragoza. He’s labelled the next Xavi. I bought him in FM10 and he became a regular on the spanish national team after about 5 seasons for my FC Lorient team.

  5. I bought the game and I was hugely disappointed with the number of young players being assigned -10 for ‘potential ability’………only 2!!

    The likes of Thomas Mueller, Anders Linegaard and Jordan Henderson, just to name a few, are very much underrated!

    I think one of the main reasons is that the scouts working for SEGA and this FM series are either very LAZY or their scouting abilities have dropped.

    I didn’t regret buying the game but I am open about selling it now at cut price!

  6. Try Mathieu Deschamp..he’s a good striker just like Khouma Babacar..for DC try Ezequel Munoz..for RB try Cesar Jaume..DL try Dodo..GK i used Joe Hart n he’s not dissapointed me :) AMR i used Theo Walcott (he’s stat is not good,but he’s played really well)

    Thanks

  7. Kyriakos Papadopoulos DC
    Sime Vrsaljko D/W/MR
    Sotiris Ninis M/AMCR
    Dean Bouzanis GK
    Sunny DM
    Boakye ST
    Matias Defederico ST
    Marco Verratti M/AMC

  8. just a few i bought in my 1st season playing as liverpool ill try not to note any already said.

    gk – alex smithies – 20y/o – huddersfield (a must in any team)

    lb – dodo – 18y/o – corinthians (very good and cheap)
    cb/rb – jordan spence – 20y/o – west ham (great stats and gets better quickly)
    rb – serge aurier – 17y/o – rc lens (young international and great prospect)

    am – alex teixeira – 20y/o – shakhtar (plays pretty much any possition)
    cm – eyal golasa – 18y/o – maccabi haifa (decent stats and plays almost anywhere in midfield)
    dm – grzegorz krychowiak – 20y/o – *on loan*stade de reims (great prospect)
    lm – xherdan shaqiri – 18y/o – basel (plays either side of midfield very well)

    sc – nassim ben khalifa – 18y/o – wolfsburg (fantastic stats and gets better fast)
    sc – lacina traore – 19y/o – cfr cluj (can also play at am)
    sc – leigh griffiths – 19y/o – birmingham (slow starter but does get better of time)

    there are plenty more good young players but these are cheap and in my opinion good enough for 1st team action from the get-go

    hit me back with your thoughts and opinions

  9. Nathan Eccleston (AM, ST, 18) and Jack Robinson (DR, 16) of Liverpool seem to have pretty good potential, Eccleston scores goals fairly regularly for me.

  10. I think Jack Robinson plays as a left-back, not a right-back. What do you think about Flanagan? Bought him for Manchester City and developed a lot. He became my main right-back about five to six seasons later.

  11. The only youngster in the entire game with a -10 potential is Aaron Ramsey from Arsenal, I’m pretty sure.

  12. Try Ton Schaken, he is a really dynamite on the midfield, and javier hernandez, from barcelona.
    Angel is a very decent striker, he made 37 goal in one season for my FC Copenhagen team in the season 2024/2025.
    Ousman Mane is a very good goalkeeper.
    Why have no one seen Simon Mogotsi, he is truly wonderfull, as a Left midfielder.

  13. I recommend these youngsters.

    Striker, Attacking Midfielder: Erick Torres 17 years old. Club Chivas (Mexico) €1M

    Erick Torres becomes one of the greatest attackers i’ve ever seen on FM.

    Central Defender: Raphael Varane,17 years old. great youngster who puts in a great performance already in the first season.

    I also have to mention that Eden Hazard is the best youngster ever. I have bought him in all my saves and he always perform.

  14. zeli iamail is good from wolves also lucas from sao paulo is brilliant attacking midfielder also christian zapata is one of bst defenders butis 24 yo but very good best ever buy for me

  15. if you need someone to get you goal nolan roux is the player to get i bought him when i was with everton he scored 30 goal in his first season and in his second he scored 36.he only cost £3.2m and Barcelona were looking for him they were giving me 13m for him.

  16. hey guys i’m italian and obviously played most of my games in italy. well here’s a short list of italian wonderkids you can have for a chip price:

    GOALKEEPERS:
    -Luigi Sepe: Napoli/1991
    -Vincenzo Fiorillo: Sampdoria/1990
    -Andrea Seculin: Fiorentina/1990
    -Mattia Perin: Genoa/1991

    DEFENDERS:
    -Luca Caldirola: Inter/ D(C/L)/ 1989
    -Lorenzo De Silvestri: Fiorentina/ RB/RWB/ 1988
    -Lorenzo Ariaudo: Juventus/ D(C/L)/ 1989
    -Giuseppe Bellusci: Catania/ D(C/R)/ 1989
    -Davide Santon: Inter/ D(R/L)/ 1991
    -Angelo Obinze Ogbonna: Torino/ D(C/L)/ 1989

    MIDFIELDERS:
    -Federico Casarini: Bologna/ M(C)/ 1989
    -Marco Ezio Fossati: Milan/ M(C/D)/ 1992
    -Lorenzo Crisetig: Inter/ DM/ 1993
    -Marco Verratti: Pescara/ AM(C)/M(C)/ 1992
    -Antonino Barilla: Reggina/ M/AM(L)/ 1988
    -Nicolas Viola: Reggina/ AM(C)/ 1989
    -Andrea Bertolacci: Roma/ M(C/D)/ 1991
    -Andrea Poli: Sampdoria/ M(C/D)/ 1989
    -Giovanni Cristofari: Palermo/ M(C)/ 1993
    -Stephan El Shaarawy: Genoa/ AM(R/L)/ 1992
    -Federico Carraro: Fiorentina/ AM(L/C)/ 1992
    -Fabio Sciacca: Catania/ M(C/D)/ 1989
    -Marco D’Alessandro: Roma/ AM (L/R)/ 1991

    STRIKERS:
    -Luca Tremolada: Inter/ ST/AM(C)/ 1991
    -Alberto Paloschi: Milan/ ST / 1990
    -Diego Fabbrini: Empoli/ AM/ST/ 1990
    -Guido Marilungo: Sampdoria/ ST/AM(L)/ 1989
    -Mattia Gallon: Cagliari/ ST / 1992
    -Gianmarco Zigoni: Milan/ ST/ 1991
    -Cristian Pasquato: Juventus/ ST / 1989
    -Stefano Okaka: Roma/ ST / 1989
    -Mattia Destro: Inter/ ST / 1991

  17. the champs (man u) should consider getting marko marin from weder bremen. hes an attacking mid or can play as a winger.

    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ manchester untied

    marko marin has just been signed by manchester untied.

    for 30mil.

    here is a list for glory signings……….

    luka modric 25 mil,mikel arteta 22.5 mil,jack rodwell 25 mil =72.5 mil + a strong midfield.

  18. This Team Is My Arsenal Team That Won 5 Trophies Last Year

    Asenjo
    Sagna David Luiz Sakho Gibbs

    Sanchex Xabi Alonso Fabregas Neymar

    Ballotelli Van Persie

    Subs
    Almunia
    Wilshere
    Lulaku
    Camacho
    Bojan
    Mattock
    Thiago Heleno

  19. yous are all talking about middle of European players but look at scotland
    Greeg whylde Rangers
    Greig Spence Celtic under 19s
    James dayton kilmarnock
    nigel hasselbanik st mirren
    paul McGowan st mirren
    Frazer Fyvie aberdeen
    jamie ness rangers
    mohamed bangura celtic
    adam mathews celtic
    scott allan Dundee utd

  20. This is my Aston Villa squad in 3d season: GK: Smithies (from Huddersfield) DC: Phil Jones (from Blackburn) DC: R.Dunne (already at Aston Villa) DR: V.Corluka (from Tottenham) DL: Baines (from Everton) DM: M’Villa (from Stade Rennais) AM/R: A.Young (already at Aston VIlla) AM/L: Bale (from Tottenahm) AM/C: A.Sanchez (from Udinese) ST: Neymar (from Shakhtar) ST: Lukaku (from Anderlecht) Subs(first 7): Friedel,C.Davies,Vegar Edden Hedenstad(From Stabaek),Reo-Coker,Downing,Ireland,Delphouneso Young-talented players:Kovacic(from Dinamo),Feftatzidis(from Olympiakos),Marco Verratti(from Pescara),Jack Robinson(from Liverpool),Rodney Sneijder(from Ajax),Zeman(from Sparta Prague),Ji Dong WO(Free Transfer) And finally wonderkids who were already in Aston Villa squad: Marc Albringhton,Fabian Delph and Delphouneso

  21. my team is celtic and i have gk fraser foster rb adam mathews lb kieran gibbs
    cb chris smalling cb jordan mcmillian lm greeg whylde rm james forrest cm ki sung yeung cm jamie ness st gary hooper st anthonay stokes

  22. Hi! Try these young players:

    GK: Alex Smithies, Huddersfield, England

    DEF: Tamas Kadar, Newcastle, England
    Simen Wangberg, Rosenborg, Norway
    Joakim Våge Nilsen, Haugesund, Norway

    MID: Denis Abdulahi, Orebro, Sweden
    Markus Henriksen, Rosenborg, Norway
    Mohamed Bangura (also an attacker), AIK, Sweden
    Josmar Zambrano, Tenerife, Spain
    Christian Eriksen, Ajax, Holland

    ATT: Mushaga Bakenga, Rosenborg, Norway
    Joshua King, Manchester United, England

  23. Nélson Oliveira – Benfica
    João Pereira – Sporting
    Baba – Maritimo
    Capel – Sevilla
    Neymar – Santos
    Paulo Henrique – Santos
    Hulk – Porto
    Pastore – Palermo
    Baxter – Everton

  24. I used ManCity fpr the first 4 seasons. I don’t think I need to mention anyone since money is aplenty. But special mention must go to Javier Pastore (36 million pound) from Palermo. Big clubs must purchase him. A great playmaker and scorer. At 22, he’s a good long term key player. Also Boyata will turn out to be a world class CB.

    After winning the league, I quit and I signed for Juventus which were 10th in January when I took over. I signed Jese for free (wonderkid from Real Madrid). Play him as Advanced Forward and he does wonder – scoring and assists. Vaclac Kadlec is famous, but useful to Juventus. Seydou Doumbia is decent on first season, signing him for 7.5 million pound from CSKA Moscow, but comes good on 2nd and 3rd season scoring around 15-25 goals per season.

    Existing players in Juventus which has average stats but comes really good is Milos Krasic (M/AM R), Sebastian Giovinco (M/AM C/L) and Caludio Marchisio (DM/M C). I already have Moussa Sissoko (DM /M C) in the team which is a phenomenal player, but doesn’t suit my team and sold him off to ManCity for 30.5 million pound.

    I found Gylfi Sigurosson (AMC) from Zenit which is as good as Pastore and signed him for 20 million pound. Already a key player. Alberto Botia (DC) – 7 million pound, Hector Rodas (DC) – 4.5 million pound and Massimo Volta (DC) – 4 million pound are decent CBs.

    GK – Viviano, Muller

    DL – Renzetti / Siano, DC – Botia / Volta, DC- Hector Rodas / Albiol, DR – Rafinha / Gaston Diaz

    ML – Holtby, Giovinco, MC – de Jong, Mohamed Sissoko, MC – Gylfi Sigurosson / Marchisio, MR – Krasic, Vladimir Weiss

    ST – Jese / Kadlec, ST – Doumbia

    On my way to winning my first Serie A. Now 1st in January 2017.

  25. Best players I’ve signed:

    1. Javier Pastore (AM C) from Palermo
    2. Karim Benzema (ST) from Real Madrid
    3. Hulk (ST) from Porto

    Best low / free transfer:

    1. Jese
    2. Srna
    3. Vaclac Kadlec

    Bad players:

    1. Rossi
    2. Sneijder
    3. Adler

  26. I manage Chelsea and i have cleared the decks and this is my new team:
    Its really young and am on the 3 year have won evrything the League, UCL
    the club world cup.

    nORMALLY I play 4- 2-3-1 or 4-3-1-2

    keepers
    matej delac,turnbull,areola

    defence
    papadopoulos, munoz. david luiz, betrand, digne,danilo,denis appiah
    are my make up of the bak line

    midfield
    cASEMIRO, JUCILEI,KOVACIC,ROMEU,ESSEIN, RAMIRES, JOSH MAc Carean,vidal

    Wingers
    sHAQIRI,lUCAS,Dentinho, spas delev,douglas costa,

    trequartista
    hazard, moura lucas, coutinho, guidetti

    fwds
    lukaku,dedyoke,sanogo on loan,got coutinho on loan from inter. I have spent 208 million usd to build this team and got good deals in selling of previous chelsea greats.which ammsed a total 100 million usd.

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