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200 Best Free Players in FM 2014 — Download Shortlist
There are quite a few good free players in FM 2014, I’ve gone through lots of profiles and eventually managed to pick the best 200 of them, with some help from the in-game Arsenal scouting team. You will be able to download a shortlist with all the best free players in FM 2014, but before that let’s have a look at the best free players for each position.
Obviously these are my picks, some people might have different views :)
Best Free FM 2014 Goalkeepers
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Best Free FM 2014 Right Backs
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Best Free FM 2014 Left Backs
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Best Free FM 2014 Central Defenders
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Best Free FM 2014 Defensive Midfielders
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Best Free FM 2014 Central Midfielders
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Best Free FM 2014 Right Wingers
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Best Free FM 2014 Left Wingers
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Best Free FM 2014 Attacking Midfielders
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Best Free FM 2014 Strikers
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The absolute best of all these free players in FM 2014 is Franco Zuculini, the Argentinian central midfielder. He’s just 22 years old and his profile looks like this:
IMPORTANT — The data in this shortlist is taken from the pre-order beta version, so it might not be accurate when the final version of the game is released on October 31st. If you want to play the beta before game release pre-order here, you will get access to the beta right away!
And now the full FM 2014 free players list, 200 names:
| Player Name | Position | Nationality | Age |
| Franco Zuculini | DM, M (RC) | ARG | 22 |
| Anthony Réveillère | D/WB (R) | FRA | 33 |
| Fabian Himcinschi | ST (C) | ROU | 19 |
| Yossi Benayoun | M (RL), AM (RLC) | ISR | 33 |
| Manuel Giandonato | DM, M (C) | ITA | 21 |
| Abdoulaye Keita | GK | FRA | 22 |
| Adrián Luna | AM (RL), ST (C) | URU | 21 |
| Titus Bramble | D (C) | ENG | 31 |
| Ivan Obradovic | D/WB (L) | SRB | 24 |
| André Luís | D (C) | BRA | 33 |
| Carlos Alberto | M (C), AM (RLC), ST (C) | BRA | 28 |
| Sotiris Kyrgiakos | D (C) | GRE | 34 |
| Khalid Boulahrouz | D (RC) | NED | 31 |
| Maximiliano Arias | D (RC), DM, M (C) | URU | 24 |
| Daniel Niculae | AM (C), ST (C) | ROU | 30 |
| Tommaso Rocchi | ST (C) | ITA | 35 |
| Marko Pantelic | ST (C) | SRB | 34 |
| Gonzalo Pineda | DM, M (C) | MEX | 30 |
| Marvin Esor | D/WB/M (R) | FRA | 24 |
| Milan Jovanovic | M/AM (L), ST (C) | SRB | 32 |
| Sidney Govou | M/AM (RL) | FRA | 33 |
| Heidar Helguson | ST (C) | ISL | 35 |
| Miguel | D/WB (R) | POR | 33 |
| Jay Simpson | AM (R), ST (C) | ENG | 24 |
| Abdeslam Ouaddou | D (C) | MAR | 34 |
| Manuel Friedrich | D (C) | GER | 33 |
| Simon Davies | M (RC), AM (R) | WAL | 33 |
| David Bentley | M/AM (R) | ENG | 28 |
| Charley Fomen | D/WB (L) | CMR | 24 |
| Giorgi Makaridze | GK | GEO | 23 |
| Nuno Gomes | AM (C), ST (C) | POR | 37 |
| William Gallas | D (C) | FRA | 35 |
| John Mensah | D (C) | GHA | 30 |
| Erjon Bogdani | ST (C) | ALB | 36 |
| Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | ST (C) | ENG | 27 |
| Bobo Baldé | D (C) | GUI | 37 |
| Antonio Adán | GK | ESP | 26 |
| Sofian Chahed | D/WB (R), DM, M (R) | TUN | 30 |
| Xavier Margairaz | AM (C) | SUI | 29 |
| Lassad | AM (C), ST (C) | TUN | 27 |
| Sidi Keita | DM | MLI | 28 |
| Andrija Delibasic | ST (C) | MNE | 32 |
| Glenn Loovens | D (C) | NED | 29 |
| Dariusz Dudka | D (C), DM, M (C) | POL | 29 |
| Mamadou Bah | DM, M (C) | GUI | 25 |
| Mahamadou Diarra | DM, M (C) | MLI | 32 |
| Jürgen Macho | GK | AUT | 35 |
| Mohamed Sissoko | DM, M (C) | MLI | 28 |
| Ciprian Marica | ST (C) | ROU | 27 |
| John Pantsil | D (R) | GHA | 32 |
| Jean-Alain Boumsong | D (C) | FRA | 33 |
| Carlton Cole | ST (C) | ENG | 29 |
| Oguchi Onyewu | D (C) | USA | 31 |
| Michael Dingsdag | SW, D (C), DM | NED | 30 |
| Keith Fahey | M (C) | IRL | 30 |
| Alexander Madlung | D (C) | GER | 31 |
| Vincent Acapandié | D/WB/M (R) | FRA | 23 |
| Christopher Missilou | DM, M (C) | CGO | 21 |
| Baba Tchagouni | GK | TOG | 22 |
| Hilaire Momi | AM (C), ST (C) | CTA | 23 |
| Geoffrey Lembet | GK | CTA | 24 |
| Maik Taylor | GK | NIR | 41 |
| Amadou Sidibé | D/WB (L) | MLI | 27 |
| Khaled Melliti | M (C) | TUN | 29 |
| Aaron Mokoena | D (C), DM | RSA | 32 |
| Massimo Mutarelli | DM, M (C) | ITA | 35 |
| Iban Zubiaurre | D/WB (R) | ESP | 30 |
| Ahmed Madouni | D (C) | ALG | 32 |
| Fabrice Jau | M (RC) | FRA | 34 |
| Hamilton | DM | TOG | 33 |
| Morgaro Gomis | DM, M (C) | SEN | 28 |
| Kenan Hasagic | GK | BIH | 33 |
| Giourkas Seitaridis | D/WB (R) | GRE | 32 |
| Dani Tortolero | D (C) | ESP | 31 |
| Ricardo Rocha | D (C) | POR | 34 |
| Mathias Abel | D (RC) | GER | 32 |
| Juvenal | DM, M (C) | EQG | 34 |
| Alê | GK | BRA | 31 |
| Davide Somma | ST (C) | RSA | 28 |
| Adriano | D (C) | BRA | 31 |
| Mancini | AM (RLC), ST (C) | BRA | 32 |
| Martin Petrov | M/AM (L) | BUL | 34 |
| Badr El Kaddouri | D/WB (L), DM | MAR | 32 |
| Marco Rossi | D (C) | ITA | 25 |
| Oscar Ewolo | DM | CGO | 34 |
| Cristian Pulhac | D/WB (L) | ROU | 28 |
| Maxwell | D/WB (L) | BRA | 23 |
| Luizão | D (C) | BRA | 26 |
| Florent Rouamba | DM, M (C) | BFA | 26 |
| Vincent Fernandez | GK | FRA | 38 |
| Jody Morris | DM, M (C) | ENG | 34 |
| Danny Murphy | DM, M (C) | ENG | 36 |
| Sylvain Monsoreau | D (LC) | FRA | 32 |
| David Gigliotti | AM (C), ST (C) | FRA | 28 |
| Rodolfo Bodipo | ST (C) | EQG | 35 |
| Fabiano | DM, M (C) | BRA | 35 |
| Renato | M/AM (C), ST (C) | BRA | 28 |
| Moreno | D/WB/M (L) | BRA | 30 |
| Gorka Larrea | DM, M/AM (C) | ESP | 29 |
| Abdoulaye Maïga | D (C), DM | MLI | 25 |
| Jay Bothroyd | ST (C) | ENG | 31 |
| Aïmen Demaï | D/WB (R), DM, M (C) | TUN | 30 |
| Hérita Ilunga | D/WB (L) | COD | 31 |
| Per Krøldrup | D (C) | DEN | 33 |
| Kanga Akalé | M (L), AM (RL) | CIV | 32 |
| Orlando Martínez | AM (RLC) | SLV | 33 |
| Wilfred Bouma | D (LC) | NED | 35 |
| Vicente | M/AM (RLC) | ESP | 32 |
| Patrick Owomoyela | D/WB (R) | GER | 33 |
| Stephen Hunt | M/AM (L) | IRL | 31 |
| Salif Diao | DM, M (C) | SEN | 36 |
| Mineiro | DM, M (C) | BRA | 37 |
| Anderson Polga | D (C) | BRA | 34 |
| Fodé Mansaré | AM (L) | GUI | 31 |
| Ewerthon | ST (C) | BRA | 32 |
| Bernardo Corradi | ST (C) | ITA | 37 |
| Facundo Quiroga | D (C) | ARG | 35 |
| Edu | AM (RLC), ST (C) | BRA | 34 |
| Seyi Olofinjana | M (C) | NGA | 33 |
| Cláudio Caçapa | D (C) | BRA | 37 |
| Hameur Bouazza | M/AM (RL) | ALG | 28 |
| Milan Fukal | D (LC) | CZE | 38 |
| Jürgen Säumel | DM, M (LC) | AUT | 28 |
| Yacine Abdessadki | M/AM (R) | MAR | 32 |
| Pablo Ibáñez | D (C) | ESP | 31 |
| Kandia Traoré | ST (C) | CIV | 33 |
| Marcinho | AM (RLC), ST (C) | BRA | 32 |
| Tiago Silva | D (LC), WB (L), DM, M (L) | BUL | 34 |
| Ernane | M/AM (RC) | BRA | 28 |
| Yamith Cuesta | D (C) | COL | 24 |
| Gustavo Aprile | WB/M/AM (L) | URU | 24 |
| Nconco | ST (C) | GNB | 22 |
| Jermaine Grandison | D (RC) | GUY | 22 |
| Amiran Sanaia | D/WB (L) | GEO | 23 |
| Henry | ST (C) | NGA | 24 |
| Papa Bouba Diop | DM, M (C) | SEN | 35 |
| Prince Buaben | M (C) | GHA | 25 |
| Didier Ovono | GK | GAB | 30 |
| Vasilis Pliatsikas | D/WB (R), DM, M (C) | GRE | 25 |
| Sacha Petshi | DM | FRA | 21 |
| Dean Parrett | M (RC) | ENG | 21 |
| Hamadi Ayari | D/WB (R) | FRA | 22 |
| Yassine Haddou | D/WB (R), DM | MAR | 24 |
| Mathieu Berson | DM, M (C) | FRA | 33 |
| Yven Moyo | M/AM (L) | CGO | 21 |
| Germain Sanou | GK | BFA | 21 |
| Ousmane Baldé | D (C), DM, M (C) | FRA | 23 |
| Bira Dembelé | D (C) | FRA | 25 |
| Tomas Repka | D (C) | CZE | 39 |
| Adriano | ST (C) | BRA | 31 |
| Reinaldo | ST (C) | BRA | 29 |
| Joël Kouassi | D (C) | BFA | 31 |
| Emile Mpenza | ST (C) | BEL | 35 |
| Kévin Parienté | M/AM (L) | FRA | 26 |
| Kuami Agboh | DM | TOG | 35 |
| Mikaël Germain | GK | FRA | 31 |
| Marius Zaliukas | D (C) | LTU | 29 |
| Abdou Fofana | AM (RC) | GUI | 29 |
| Alejandro Correa Rodríguez | DM, M (C) | URU | 33 |
| MacBeth Sibaya | DM, M (C) | RSA | 35 |
| Andriy Vorobey | AM (RL), ST (C) | UKR | 34 |
| Amadou Coulibaly | D/WB (R) | BFA | 28 |
| Jean-Vivien Bantsimba | M/AM (R) | CGO | 31 |
| Ibrahim Rachidi | D (C) | COM | 33 |
| Jari Litmanen | AM (C), ST (C) | FIN | 42 |
| Rocky Siberie | AM (L), ST (C) | CUW | 31 |
| Leandro Gomes | ST (C) | AZE | 36 |
| Kader Touré | ST (C) | TOG | 34 |
| Gaël Germany | D/WB/M/AM (L) | FRA | 28 |
| Andreas Dober | D/WB (R) | AUT | 27 |
| Ricardo Gardner | M (L), AM (LC) | JAM | 34 |
| Ronan | D (LC) | EQG | 28 |
| Sylvain N’Diaye | DM, M (C) | SEN | 37 |
| Jason Brown | GK | WAL | 31 |
| Haidar Al-Shaïbani | GK | CAN | 29 |
| Darius Vassell | ST (C) | ENG | 33 |
| Mickaël Marsiglia | M/AM (C) | FRA | 37 |
| Oliveira | M/AM (LC) | BRA | 30 |
| Diego Placente | D/WB (L) | ARG | 36 |
| Luís Boa Morte | M (L), AM (LC) | POR | 35 |
| Craig Gordon | GK | SCO | 30 |
| Albert Baning | DM | CMR | 28 |
| Nicolas Gillet | D (C) | FRA | 36 |
| Ludovic Delporte | M/AM (L) | FRA | 33 |
| Vincenzo Iaquinta | ST (C) | ITA | 33 |
| Martin Woods | M (LC), AM (C) | SCO | 27 |
| Valeri Bojinov | AM (RL), ST (C) | BUL | 27 |
| Milton Melgar | D/WB/M (L) | BOL | 27 |
| Walid Regragui | D/WB/AM (R) | MAR | 37 |
| Léandre Griffit | M/AM (RL) | FRA | 29 |
| Peter Leven | DM, M (C) | SCO | 29 |
| Lee Croft | M/AM (R) | ENG | 28 |
| Carlão | D/WB (L) | BRA | 26 |
| Kepa | ST (C) | ESP | 29 |
| Andy Griffin | D (RL) | ENG | 34 |
| Vlado Smit | D/WB/M (L) | SRB | 33 |
| Henri Ewané Elong | DM | CMR | 27 |
| Michele Ferri | D (RLC), WB (RL) | ITA | 32 |
| Chimi | ST (C) | ANG | 25 |
| Délis Ahou | D/WB (L) | NIG | 28 |
Download the FM 2014 free players shortlist by clicking the download button below:
How to install the free players shortlist in FM 2014
1. Put the downloaded file in this folder: Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2014/shortlists. If the «shortlists» folder doesn’t exist you will have to create it.
2. Start your game and go to shortlists.
3. In the shortlists screen click the “shortlists” menu, just above the players list, on the right side.
4. Select “load shortlist” from the menu and then select the respective file — free players (Johnny Karp, Jul 2013).slf
That’s about it, enjoy!
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