FIFA 12 Best Young Players

Here is the new list of the best young players for FIFA 12. It should be accurate for current-gen machines (PC, XBOX360 and PS3) and at least a good guide for those on previous-gen machines.

Players ages are calculated at the start of a manager mode season with a Premier League club (1 July 2011), and for a player to be included on this list they must be under 25 and have a potential overall of 75+.

Many of you have players whose overall has exceeded their potential. This is because a player should naturally reach his potential, but by playing them often you can boost their overall potential. In the past this boost has been anywhere from 1 to 10, but more likely 3 or 4. This is an overly simplistic view of things but it tends to hold true in most cases.

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FIFA 11 ReGens

WTF is a ReGen?

In FIFA 11 they have removed the youth scouting system from the career mode entirely and switched to a system of regenerating retired players.

Basically when a player retires they will be reincarnated in the form of a youth player with a pseudo-random name but with the identical attributes of the retired player. You can spot them in the transfer screen because they do not have a player picture.

If you have difficulty finding a certian player it may be because they have already been traded to another team. To help with finding them you should search for young players with their position / nationality and then check that their weight matches.

Eligibility

  • Must retire within the first 5 seasons of CM. Because a regen starts young (<18) they need time to fully develop to the potential of the player they are based on.
  • Have a theoretical potential overall of 75+, because there is not point of buying a regen’d version of Paul Crichton

This post by rusayne on the EA forums better explains and discusses how regens work so have a look if you want more information.

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FIFA 11 Best Young Players

Until I have time to properly investigate how the FIFA 11 manager mode works here is some raw player data extracted from the FIFA database. The potentials are to be used as a rough guide to player growth but may be some way off. Generally the younger players on this list are more likely to reach their potential than those 23+. These values were taken from the PC database but should also be accurate for finding the best players on xbox360 and ps3. As always, feel free to leave a comment if you find any awesome new players or good bargains.

View the new updated list of FIFA 2011 Best Young Players Here!

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FIFA 10 Best Young Players

Seeing as though people seemed to find my info for FIFA 09 useful I decided I would do the same again for FIFA 10. If you are playing on a portable device or current-gen console then you may not find all players listed here on your device due to the limited squad size. If you are playing on a next-gen console then you will not find any of the players from the Russian league, that is why their transfer and price is blank.

As of 8 November 2009 I have completely updated all players info and stats (version 2). If you have visited this site before you will notice quite a few things have changed, hopefully for the better.

Eligibility

  • Be 23 or under at the start of the 2009/2010 Premier League season
  • Attain an overall skill of 85 or greater at some point in their career

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