Welcome to our best FM 2021 Vanarama National League players list, the second in our FM21 lower league free agents series. Some call it the Conference others the National Premier, one thing is for sure finding great free players at this level can be a task.
This list proceeds the popular FM20 National League Players.
I found the best Football Manager 2021 National League players abroad. But with a limited scouting reach they are hard to track down, that is where we come in.
Best FM 2021 Vanarama National League Players Search Criteria
We have taken the below into account when researching these FM21 Conference players.
- Every player will sign for Chesterfield
- No work permits are required
- Maximum age of 31.
Our best FM 2021 Vanarama National League players are rated by ability and our favourites are highlighted using the FMS star. Filter our list by position using the ‘search’ bar, just type in the required position. You can also download all 73 free agents as part of a shortlist further down.
FMS Favourite: 
Please note: The only way to see each one of these FM20 Conference players listed below is to load a large database with the following as playable. England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Argentina and Brazil. This is the minimum I usually load.
Best FM 2021 Vanarama National League Players List
| PR | Name | Age | Position | Wage p/w | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.2 | Kian Flanagan  | 20 | MC AMC | £1,100 |  |
| 8.8 | Helder Balde | 21 | DC | £1,200 |  |
| 8.7 | Jordan Cox | 21 | AMR AML | £850 |  |
| 8.5 | Charlie Gilmour | 21 | MC | £1,100 | |
| 8.4 | Jack Lee | 21 | DC DM | £500 | |
| 8.3 | Jarvis Edobor | 21 | DC DL | £450 | |
| 8.3 | Paco Craig | 27 | DC | £875 | |
| 8.3 | Eric Llopis | 26 | AMR AML AMC | £900 |  |
| 8.3 | Victor Benito | 24 | MC | £1,700 | |
| 8.3 | Amine Lingazi | 30 | DM MC AMC | £625 |  |
| 8.2 | Sam Habergham | 28 | DL WBL | £1,200 | |
| 8.1 | Yannick Loemba | 30 | AML AMC | £1,700 |  |
| 8.1 | Egli Kaja | 23 | AMR AMC ST | £900 |  |
| 8.1 | Onua Obasi | 31 | DC DL | £675 | |
| 8.0 | Benjamin Gleditsch | 24 | DR WBR DL | £975 |  |
| 8.0 | Carlos Madruga | 29 | GK | £1,100 | |
| 8.0 | Ash Kigbu | 21 | DC | £1,400 | |
| 8.0 | Alex Pike | 23 | DR | £725 | |
| 7.9 | Franco Petracca | 23 | ST | £975 |  |
| 7.9 | Bakary Sissoko | 21 | DC DM | £875 |  |
| 7.9 | Simone Potop | 20 | DC | £900 |  |
| 7.9 | Maziar Kouhyar | 22 | MR ML AMR AML | £500 |  |
| 7.9 | Toufik Guerabis | 28 | DM MC AMC | £1,000 | |
| 7.9 | Manolo | 26 | ST | £900 | |
| 7.8 | Cristian Pelouro | 30 | DR | £775 | |
| 7.8 | Adan Ravelo | 24 | AMC ST | £900 | |
| 7.7 | Denzeil Boadu | 23 | MC AMC | £950 | |
| 7.7 | Keiran Evans | 21 | AMC AMR AML | £850 |  |
| 7.7 | Nathan Tormey | 20 | AMR AML | £875 | |
| 7.7 | Dion McGhee | 19 | AMC MC AMR | £700 | |
| 7.7 | Colin Odutayo | 19 | AMR AML ML | £875 |  |
| 7.7 | Gregor Zabret | 24 | GK | £800 |  |
| 7.7 | Callum Semple | 21 | DC | £1,400 | |
| 7.7 | Basiru Mbye | 20 | ST | £700 |  |
| 7.6 | Bondz N'Gala | 30 | DC | £600 | |
| 7.6 | Tom Brewitt | 23 | DM MC DC DR | £1,000 | |
| 7.6 | Reece Brown | 28 | DC DR WBR | £700 | |
| 7.6 | Luca Godioli | 19 | AML ST | £800 | |
| 7.6 | Marcel Langer | 23 | DM MC DR DL | £975 |  |
| 7.5 | Kalvin Kalala | 22 | MR AMR ML AML | £800 | |
| 7.5 | Nathan Vigneron | 21 | AMC MC AMR AML | £1,000 | |
| 7.5 | Marvin Kokos | 19 | AMR | £700 | |
| 7.5 | Jairo | 26 | GK | £225 |  |
| 7.5 | J. Adebayo-Smith | 19 | ST AML | £850 |  |
| 7.5 | Gorka Fidalgo | 21 | DR WBR | £775 | |
| 7.5 | Reiss Awuah | 24 | DL DC | £725 | |
| 7.5 | Sacha Bastien | 26 | GK | £875 | |
| 7.5 | Sean Graham | 19 | DL WBL ML | £550 |  |
| 7.5 | Gold Omotayo | 26 | ST | £1,700 |  |
| 7.5 | Zeus de la Paz | 25 | GK | £775 |  |
| 7.5 | Marvin Temp | 20 | AML ML AMR | £1,100 | |
| 7.4 | Brad Watkins | 25 | GK | £700 | |
| 7.4 | Nick Arnold | 29 | DR WBR DL WBL | £800 | |
| 7.4 | Medy Elito | 30 | ML AML | £900 | |
| 7.4 | Ricky Miller | 31 | ST | £1,200 | |
| 7.3 | Jamie Gray | 22 | ST | £975 | |
| 7.3 | Florian Tilloloy | 19 | DM MC | £500 | |
| 7.3 | Ousmane Sylla | 21 | DR | £700 | |
| 7.3 | Grant Smith | 26 | GK | £675 | |
| 7.3 | Adam Barton | 29 | DM MC DC | £1,000 | |
| 7.3 | Moustapha Bokoum | 20 | ST AML | £650 | |
| 7.3 | Okera Simmonds | 20 | ST AMR AMC | £500 | |
| 7.3 | Jake Kenyon | 21 | DL WBL ML | £500 | |
| 7.3 | Noor Husin | 23 | DM MC | £750 | |
| 7.3 | Ivan De Stefano | 19 | AMR AML | £500 | |
| 7.3 | Joe Kobo | 21 | MC | £675 | |
| 7.3 | Jack Parkinson | 31 | DC DM MC | £600 | |
| 7.3 | Michael Kyeremeh | 21 | MR AMR ML AML | £950 | |
| 7.3 | Remi Cabral | 21 | ST | £775 | |
| 7.3 | Matthis Rambo | 20 | ST AMR | £775 | |
| 7.2 | Henri Ogunby | 19 | AMR ST | £500 | |
| 7.2 | Franck Djoulou | 21 | ST AMR AML | £300 |  |
| 7.2 | James Bailey | 31 | MC DM | £825 | |
| 7.2 | Tom Heardman | 24 | ST | £950 | |
| 7.2 | Ugo Castro | 21 | DC DM | £375 | |
| 7.2 | Trevor Zwetsloot | 20 | DM MC DC DR | £600 |  |
| 7.2 | Jan Hempel | 19 | DL WBL ML | £875 | |
Every year we test countless tactics and review the very best. For FM21 these systems will be ranked and listed within our tactics index linked below.
Best FM21 Conference Players Shortlist
To download every player above simply use the download button below and follow the instructions further down:
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How to install the shortlist
1. For Windows put the downloaded file in this folder: Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2021/shortlists. If the «shortlists» folder doesn’t exist you will have to create it. Windows users skip to step 2, Mac users read below.
Mac users put file in this folder: Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2021/shortlists. If «shortlists» folder doesn’t exist create it. To access your files on Mac open ‘Finder’, click ‘Go’ from the menubar, press and hold the ‘alt’ key to show ‘library’ in your menu, while still holding ‘alt’ click it, then go to ‘Application Support’ > ‘Sports Interactive’ > ‘Football Manager 2021’
2. Start your game and go to shortlists.
3. In game click ‘scouting’ on the sidebar, then ‘shortlist’ within the top tabs. Click the settings icon next to ‘shortlist’ at the top right of your screen.
4. Select “load shortlist” from the menu and then select the respective file
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