adam_thomas Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Javier Araujo was my go to player about 10 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik_Dut Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Great player, but not as good as on FM 185 PA in FM14 where abilities are generally tuned down. Look at Özil who has 168 CA. Any sane manager would take Ôzil over Rooney as a AMC.Rooney has both higher PA and CA than Özil in FM14. Coz he's english. Had Rooney been german he would probably have a much lower CA/PA :applause: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vami Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Just signed the legendary Mads Timm for my Nykobing team in FM 14 as a player/assistant manager on non-contract Was top class in CM 01/02, but then injuries got to him: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkev23 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Lebohang Mokoena anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbf Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 *BUMP* Fábio Paim, 2012/2013 season as tv-show pool diving - http://videos.sapo.pt/gZHzHHrTwM3b4taZL45R André Peralta and José Peralta from Gouveia, Tó Madeira's club, in the CM where Cristiano Ronaldo would start as Free-Agent Helder Postiga was also a Free-Agent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandy Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Pretty sure there was massive hype around Dominic Vose .. not sure how he turned out in game though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doruk Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Great player, but not as good as on FM 185 PA in FM14 where abilities are generally tuned down. Look at Özil who has 168 CA. Any sane manager would take Ôzil over Rooney as a AMC.Rooney has both higher PA and CA than Özil in FM14. Coz he's english. Had Rooney been german he would probably have a much lower CA/PA Well Özil is Turkish, so... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Walds Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I remember signing a young lad called Ramon Calliste from Man Utd on CM 01/02, I think it was. He scored bucketfuls (up to 100 goals a season) for me, so I kept an ear out on his actual career. I think he dropped right down the English divisions... very far. http://cardiffyouthfootball.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/ramon-calliste-where-is-he-now/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
besimBHFmufc Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Khouma Babacar. Was it FM 2012 I think, always scored over 50 or 60 goals a season, was basically a perfect striker. Yaya Sanogo was also a beast in the same game but he's at Arsenal now, and is still very young so he might end up a good player yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBrown Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Mathias Jorgensen, the danish defender that was a wonderkid in the FM12 or 11 if i remember correctly. Good shout! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneronaldo Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Khouma Babacar. Was it FM 2012 I think, always scored over 50 or 60 goals a season, was basically a perfect striker. Yaya Sanogo was also a beast in the same game but he's at Arsenal now, and is still very young so he might end up a good player yet. Hardly in obscurity are they? Sanogo is at ARSENAL, that Arsenal who happens to be in the Premier League. And while Babacar has regressed he is hardly playing in obscurity, he is still contracted to Fiorentina and is 'only' playing at Modena in Serie B on loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulscholes18 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 al bangura (FM 07) a beast in midfiled hes now 25 at forest green best striker in fm 06 Sergey Kisliy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thengil Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Yeah I'm kind of aware of what he did at Old Trafford. I think he's referring to Hans Blomqvist, incredibly talented midfielder who unfortunately had a drinking problem coupled with diabetes. His drinking problems made him neglect his diabetes, leading to injuries and a failed career. Very unfortunate, he could have been great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndySummers Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Some great names mentioned here, bringing back a lot of memories! From the same crop of Swedish youngsters that produced Stefan Ishizaki and Kennedy Bakircioglu a decade ago, I had two others that always did really well; Tobias Hysen and Jonas Lundin. I can't remember if he was ever a bona fide FM wonderkid, but I'd be inclined to add Dennis Oliech. Remember watching him in the African Cup Of Nations about ten years ago and he terrorised defences with his raw pace. Has played in France at a decent standard (Nantes, Auxerre Ajaccio) for years now, but, at 28, only has about 35 league goals to his name in that period. Could rarely find him on FM when he broke through, as I couldn't have that many additional nations loaded back then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coady Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Well Özil is Turkish, so... Born in Germany, same as Gundogan. It's just sour grapes from a lot of us English fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknufc Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Bogdan Stancu was a king on 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurferJames Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Freddy Adu biggest failure in his generation, too much pressure on him at young age. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherno Mokouko Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Alot of the ones I thought of have already been mentioned but one i've never heard discussed on forums is a guy from around 2004(ish) called Toledo. He played for (I think) Catanzaro, or some other Italian team, was a right winger and was amazing. Opponents couldn't get the ball off him and he was first signing i'd have (albeit if work permits allowed). Would love to hear that someone else had had him do well! Around the same time i'd also sign Walsall's Kris Taylor (DL) and Justin Hoyte (DR) - they would get 8 a game in pretty much any team they played in. Anyone else had any outstanding players, on multiple records, that only they seem to have 'discovered'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan13L Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I think he was a semi-fake player the researcher(s) added just for fun... He is indeed a real person (or at least the tax register has a Sindre Løe Bing born in 1989 in the Kongsvinger area) but his football history is so sparse, and frankly irrelevant, I suppose he was put into the db just because.I remember even in more recent CM (post-split) games there were a couple of young and completely unknown Norwegian players with good potential and ridiculous nicknames... Totlandinho (aka Jørgen Totland) and something like Tiggi, can't remember. So I suppose they were either the researchers themselvs or some friends of theirs. Not fake players per se, a la To Madeira, Mascio or Cascio, but still... Not fair to include a guy with limited youth background and no professional pedigree among the list of overrated and overhyped players, in both FM and real life, who didn't deliver. BING!!! Couldn't he play in pretty much every position on the field to one extent or another? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan13L Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Cesar Delgado perhaps, did fantastic in Mexico but never quite lived up to his hype in Europe.... He was amazing for me in CM4, he scored 50 goals for me in one season and I think 200 odd goals in about 6-7 seasons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 No-one has mentioned Tommy Høiland? Legendary FM06 Norwegian striker! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13xForever Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Federico Macheda Cant remember what CM version he was amazing on. Anyway he signed for championship Brighton on my game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL94 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 What about Adam Hammill? Swear you could poach him from the Liverpool squad on like 05 or 06 and he was class. Either that or I've dreamt this for the last 7/8 year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyhill75 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Anyone remember Sharbel Touma? A Swedish ML.... always bought him for around the £200k mark.... Mr Assist.... but never seen him mentioned by anyone other than me and my flat mate at the time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotzemazza Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Anatoli Todorov of Litex Lovech was an absolute god in CM 03/04. Actually, he played for my favourite club Lokomotiv Plovdiv for a while (2008-09). He failed miserably, but then again, the the whole team wasn't doing well at all during that season. Interestingly enough, there was another Lokomotiv player whos FM reputation also contrasted drastically IRL - Dimitar Iliev, who was just as equally bad at the football pitch as Anatoly Dimitar was never on the same FM level as Anatholy though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
av3ry Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 John Bostock Wonderkid at palace, went to Spurs and has since disappeared to either Belgium or Toronto or San Jose or somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdanio Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Tommy Svindal Larsson Kennedy Bakircioglu Teddy Lucic Cherno Samba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipoli Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Evandro Roncatto is the first one that pops to mind. Francismar also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DietSpam Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 What about clubs dipping the Cm/FM database and snapping these guys up? Didn't Bolton do that with Elmander? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adhikapp Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I had Daniel Bierofka as a worldbeater in FM05. Had a few caps for Germany though, but playing the rest of your career in 2. Bundesliga must be considered as obscure, right? Amaury Bischoff, Daniel Ljuboja, Luke Moore, Stephen Hindmarch, and probably to an extent Gael Kakuta is worth a shout as the other better players have already been mentioned. Afraid that Jack Butland or Carlos Fierro would end up in this category in a few years time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenomenon Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Not mentioned yet : Adrian Mihalcea Sindre Loe Bing Ronald Gomez Hugo Pinheiro Mark Kerr Willie Howie Andy Burgess Aaron Cable Mark Tyler Tom Youngs Matthew Etherington Bojan Djordjic Tomas Pekhart Fabio Paim Nacer Barazite Sherman Cardenas Kabba Samura (Emmanuel Olisadebe) ... Antonio Da Silva ; Ferrah Orosco (good ole times ^^) Saw this thread and was racking my brains for the name of the player who was accomplished in almost every position on the field and did a job anywhere! Sindre Loe Bing.. you legend! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerbhoy67 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Pedro Adrian Guede from Malaga around 2000. Pure goalscorer and that obscure that he cant even be found on Wikipedia. Yannis Tafer as well from 2 - 3 years back has disappeared Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterOfSuspense Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Javier Saviola never reached the heights promised in FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vassilis82 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Peter Prospar from 98-99 version... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kccircle Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Thread could have been great if OP had chosen one player and given a bio as to how/why they fell from FM grace + what they are up to now etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ademac Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Pedro Adrian Guede from Malaga around 2000. Pure goalscorer and that obscure that he cant even be found on Wikipedia.Yannis Tafer as well from 2 - 3 years back has disappeared I remember Guede, always had him and andreij sigporsson upfront. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Thread could have been great if OP had chosen one player and given a bio as to how/why they fell from FM grace + what they are up to now etc. If you mean where they are in real life, you can google that yourself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Has Kurniawan been mentioned yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelewasgood Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Javier Saviola never reached the heights promised in FM So you don't think that scoring 50 goals for Barcelona is a decent accomplishment? Add in playing for Benfica, Real Madrid and Olympiakos and I think you're seriously misjudging what "obscurity" means. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollyh Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Andy Burgess He had a fantastic career with Rushden and Diamonds I'll have you know But which CM/FM (I assume CM) was he a wonderkid? And when we say wonderkid, I assume we mean potential Premier League or International star do we? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik_Dut Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Has Kurniawan been mentioned yet? Oh, puhlease... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teeblatt Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Nii Lamptey!! :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greymane78 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Freddy William Thompson Guatamala -legend ,he had around 7 ,20 ratings and was a amazing dm at the start in cm03/04. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyid89 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 So you don't think that scoring 50 goals for Barcelona is a decent accomplishment? Add in playing for Benfica, Real Madrid and Olympiakos and I think you're seriously misjudging what "obscurity" means. Although Saviola is hardly 'obscure', it is fair to say he never reached the highest promised in FM a few years ago. Basically, you wouldn't have seen that FM representation of Saviola falling out of the limelight and playing for smaller reputation teams like he did in real life. I think that the same thing can be said for most of the 'not obscure' comments made on this thread. Although the player isn't obscure, the poster is usually just stating that they are not playing at the top of the top as they were in the version of FM where they were familiar sights for world player of the year. Which I understand is not the thread title, but it's still interesting to see which players who were absolute world beaters in an older FM failed to be world class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macshimmy Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 One to watch - I'm gutted - he was a crucial part of my FA Cup winning Derby County team last year. Glasgow Herald Sunday 22 December 2013 CELTIC outcast Tony Watt looks certain to have his season-long loan deal cut short in Belgium after again being slated by his manager at Lierse, Stanley Menzo. The striker, who shot to stardom last season with a memorable goal against Barcelona at Parkhead in the Champions League, has seen his career nosedive after being sent on loan in August. Watt, who will be 20 on December 29, was ditched entirely from Lierse's 18-man squad for last night's crucial Pro League relegation clash with Waasland-Beveren. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterOfSuspense Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Although Saviola is hardly 'obscure', it is fair to say he never reached the highest promised in FM a few years ago. Exactly what I meant - in FM he was Pele, Maradona and Best rolled into one .. but did he win a CL or a Balon D'or IRL? - he hasn't even been picked for his country since he was about 27 (supposedly a players peak) Look at some of the players touted as the next big thing at United - Mulryne, Brebner, Djordic - all world beaters in FM - some people have never even heard of them For every Giggs and Scholes there are 10 Luke Chadwicks or Michael Twiss's that are vastly over-rated in the game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannahrr Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Not really sure this belongs here, but I've had a Everton regen midfielder called Ross Barclay in FM11 that was listed as a wonderkid. AC Milan bought him for 30 million, and he scored in two successive world cup finals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterOfSuspense Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Not really sure this belongs here, but I've had a Everton regen midfielder called Ross Barclay in FM11 that was listed as a wonderkid. AC Milan bought him for 30 million, and he scored in two successive world cup finals. Turned out to be rubbish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtuck01 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 .. but did he win a CL or a Balon D'or IRL? Loads of players haven't won the Champions League or the Ballon D'or, so that's a bit of high level to be measuring a players success. Christ. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokes_83 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Oscar Trejo. FM 08 I had him at Bayern and turned him into a world class striker. Never heard from him again in either Football Manager or real life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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