Most unlikely place you've seen a good player come from

So, what's the most unlikely place you've seen a good regen come from.

I've currently got this young defender/midfielder called Mohamed Haule who I signed from Siofok, a Hungarian Club. They apparently picked him up from Mafunzo FC in Zanzibar and he plays for his native Zanzibar with pride whenever he can. He is in fact their captain and only player in the game and is a solid Champions League quality player who a host of clubs including [but not limited to] Werder, Palermo and Shakhtar are after. For those who don't know, Zanzibar is an semi-autonomous island of Tanzania and are only an associate member of CAF and so do not play any matches for the ACN or World Cup.

I had player from uzbekistan in FM9

He was a striker and he was amazing, really good stats but i cant remember what club i got him from

Uzbekistan actually have some really good players. Made the semi finals of the Asian Cup as well.

Uzbekistan actually have some really good players. Made the semi finals of the Asian Cup as well.

not when you dont have any players loaded from that nation n he was the only player in the national team

Weston-super-Mare

England

Most of the mixed french players come from no-mans land but end up in the French int. team.

I had a centre back from Uzbekistan in FM07. I also had a world class winger/attacking midfielder/striker from Bosnia, though that isn't that odd.

Play-anywhere advanced playmaker from Netherlands Antilles in FM2010.

I wish I could remember his name so I could see if he's still in the game.

In FM2007 (or maybe 08), I had two players in consecutive years show up in Mozambique who were stunning. A Drogba-esque wrecking ball of a forward, and a silky smooth MC playmaker. Never seen any other player from there with any talent at all.

I remember having a bunch of 3-4 Cape Verdian lads in 2011 - found at least 1 a year, all went on to be awesome

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But really, the most shocking of them all:

In FM2011 playing as Lens I had an excellent DMC that I picked up from some club side in Burkina Faso.

Back in FM11 I had the best centre back in the world who was half St Vincentian, half English, in the end he chose England over St. Vincent. Gutted!

A few years back I had a little battle (and lost) trying to sign a kid from Myanmar. Back in FM08 I also had a defensive mid from Papua New Guinea.

Got to love the Cape Verde and Netherlands Antilles players though!

I had a player from Mayotte way back on CM03/04. Signed him from Leeds, dont know where the hell they managed to pick him up from. Probably France. He played for Mayotte rather than France the silly boy.

I signed a player for Gladbach from a Croatian amateur team. Hasn't been good enough to get into my first team but is wanted by some smaller clubs in my league.

Had an Ethiopian right back, went to Pelotas in Brazil then signed him on a free for my world-conquering Southampton side when his contrat expired. Wasn't world-class by any means, but had great pace/stamina/acceleration and would occasionally have 'god games' where he'd score a hattrick from right back. Used to feel sorry for him when he got called up, the rest of the Ethiopian team was so far behind him it just seemed a pointless exercise travelling.

Got to love the Cape Verde and Netherlands Antilles players though!

Don't think Netherlands Antilles even exist anymore

The little island nation of Vanuatu. Different, I know, but for a regen who scored consistently in the Premier League and managed to get Vanuatu in the World Cup, I thought he was pretty amazing.

Had an amazing right winger from New Zealand in FM08. He was one of the best players in the game and he was black having a Maori-like name.

Don't think Netherlands Antilles even exist anymore

Ah! You're right! My most capped player ever came from nowhere!

Took over the Nepalese job in FM07 and was amazed to see a 17yo CB with fantastic stats already there who i signed for my club team. He went on to play for Man u and was world class. Few years later a midfielder appeared as well who became world class.

Alan Dick, a regen from New Zealand I bought at 16 when I was at Man Utd. I'm always curious about elite player CA/PA, he was a 200/200 when I looked.

my scout found one rated 4 1/2 star... at middlesborough

I had the best player in the world come from the USA. Nearly 900 appearances for Liverpool, 650 goals. Which is impressive enough for a striker, but if you consider he slowed down and converted to a CM in his latter years, it's even better. Played until he was 38 at a very high level. For his first 8 years at Liverpool I managed him, then someone else took over.

Him in his prime....consider that he played for over 10 more years too after this.

His goalscoring record for most of his career, don't actually have one for his last 3-4 years. It was still good though.

His final goal tally in the overall team after he'd retired.

That whole team was amazing though, not just him. Him and Taylor up front, with Withe and Lawless on the wings as inside forwards also scoring bucketloads. Was sad to actually leave them but thought the time had come.

I had the best player in the world come from the USA. Nearly 900 appearances for Liverpool, 650 goals. Which is impressive enough for a striker, but if you consider he slowed down and converted to a CM in his latter years, it's even better. Played until he was 38 at a very high level. For his first 8 years at Liverpool I managed him, then someone else took over.

Him in his prime....consider that he played for over 10 more years too after this.

His goalscoring record for most of his career, don't actually have one for his last 3-4 years. It was still good though.

His final goal tally in the overall team after he'd retired.

That whole team was amazing though, not just him. Him and Taylor up front, with Withe and Lawless on the wings as inside forwards also scoring bucketloads. Was sad to actually leave them but thought the time had come.

Wow, looks like a beefed up version of C. Ronaldo. I guess you can only get stats like that when the player is one sided though, because if a player is two-footed it 'eats up' a lot of CA points and a world class player ends up with loads of 15s rather than 18s - 20s for most stats.

I had a save on FM10 where Arsenal were the top team in the world in about 2040. Their best player was a world-class striker from Burundi.

Interestingly, I also once had a save (might've even been the same one) where Arsenal's captain was an Italian named Giovanni Ingleterre - Italian for 'Johnny English' (almost). I'm still not sure if it was a ****-take by SI.

World class striker from Eq Guinea on FM11

DR Congo had about 5-6 top quality talents in their squad, the reached the confederations cup final beating Brazil on the way and won the African Nations twice on the trot.

Had a awesome player from North Korea. and a world class midfielder from India.

The best winger in the world on my FM11 save is from Zambia - 25yo with 65 caps & 13 goals.

Started at Green Buffaloes before moving to Lech (£675k), Monaco (£4.2m) & finally Chelsea (£25m).

Don't think Netherlands Antilles even exist anymore

It's called Curaçao nowadays

England

Haha. I came in to say this!

Haha. I came in to say this!

Likewise hehe

I had the best player in the world come from the USA. Nearly 900 appearances for Liverpool, 650 goals. Which is impressive enough for a striker, but if you consider he slowed down and converted to a CM in his latter years, it's even better. Played until he was 38 at a very high level. For his first 8 years at Liverpool I managed him, then someone else took over.

Him in his prime....consider that he played for over 10 more years too after this.

His goalscoring record for most of his career, don't actually have one for his last 3-4 years. It was still good though.

His final goal tally in the overall team after he'd retired.

That whole team was amazing though, not just him. Him and Taylor up front, with Withe and Lawless on the wings as inside forwards also scoring bucketloads. Was sad to actually leave them but thought the time had come.

A bit off topic but I had an American regen with the same name come through on my FM11 long term save. He was a ST and signed for Chelsea I think, was nowhere near as good as this guy though. Freaky, unless its hard coded in?

in last year's edition i had a centre back from Mauritania, was 6 foot 5 and was aerially unstoppable, easily get 15-20 goals a season from corners

think i got him from a swiss club, can't remember

In FM08 I had a GK named Rob Lee from the Seychelles. He only got about 30 caps despite wining everything going.

I had a dmc from comoros once, he was decent in the champioship. I still consider him the dirtiest player i've owned on an fm game with red cards all over the place...

found an SPL potential player.... with current ability of scottish DIV 1..... at queens park in scottish DIV3.. needless to say i signed him very quickly on my east stirlingshire save, he was already playing in thier first team as well. it was march 2012 so quite impressive.

In FM10 I had the best Left Defender In the world from Cape Verde. Cost me 500k when he was 17

Back in either 07 or 08, in one of my games, Luxembourg produced a string of decent regens - none were world class, but there were at least 4 solid premiership level players, and about the same number who would've done well in the Championship. Sadly for them, they were still using a greyed out goalkeeper...

A bit off topic but I had an American regen with the same name come through on my FM11 long term save. He was a ST and signed for Chelsea I think, was nowhere near as good as this guy though. Freaky, unless its hard coded in?

That is a bit weird. Though I do notice regens with the same names as previous saved games come through, who get to a similar level. My guy was on FM10 I think.

In FM08, my star striker at A.C. Milan was Maltese. Patrick Agius...signed him for next to nothing from Birkirkara as a 17-year old, and then he just destroyed Serie A for about a decade.

In my long term Fm10 save, the worlds best left back and 2-3rd best player in the world was from Zambia. Felt sorry for him when he went to play for the national team.

my scouts found a world class 16 year old regen playing in the Northern Irish 2nd division. Signed him immediately of course.

In an FM11 save I had some very promising players from Madagascar. FM12 came out before they reached their peak but I still have the save.

my scouts found a world class 16 year old regen playing in the Northern Irish 2nd division. Signed him immediately of course.

my scouts found a world class 16 year old regen playing in the Northern Irish 2nd division. Signed him immediately of course.

I love how cheap the players in the Irish leagues are.

I once picked up a player from Swaziland (if I spelled that right) who was in my first team the first and only time ever I won the Champions League in a FM game. He was in the Champions League 'dream team.'

Great midfielder. I've only had a few better than him over the years. Not sure what his name was again though.

Gintaras Pinkevicius is, easily, my best player ever. A player from Lithuania and the only one of intense quality. I picked him up from Kaunas, a Lithuanian club. He ended up being the best striker I've ever had, counting all FMs.

And in my lower leagues saves, I've once had a central defender from Pakistan. He was a regen at a English LL team in the BSN/BSS. He was good enough to hold onto his first team position all the way up to League 1. He became a back up player when I got in the Championship -- and he retired during my spell in the Championship.

Don't think Netherlands Antilles even exist anymore

Indeed not. Curaçao and Sint Maarten became independant countries while the remaining islands joined Netherlands are municipalities. Aruba had already become independant back in 1986.