Although climbing up the English league pyramid is tough, it is easily one of the most enjoyable parts of Football Manager. Money is tight, so to maximise your chances, check out our list of the best FM23 League Two Free Agents.
Picking up bargains and cheap players in FM23 could be key to success, so hopefully the list below can help provide an edge.
Below we have listen the best Football Manager 2023 free agents who will sign for teams in SkyBet League Two in FM 2023. We have loaded Every league available in England, all the way down to the Vanarama National North and South with a Large Database on the vanilla set up.
- Every player will sign for Bradford City
- Maximum age of 33 years old
- International caps listed
All the FM 2023 League Two free agents on this list are rated by their current ability compared to each other in the division.
Our best FM23 League Two Free Agents are able to be filtered by position using the ‘search’ bar and below you can download the shortlist straight into your game.
Best FM23 League Two Free Agents
| Rating | Name | Age | Position | Nat | Caps | Personality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Héctor Quiñónes | 30 | D/WB (L) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Jesús Isijara | 32 | M/AM (R) | MEX | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Rudy Cardozo | 32 | M (RL), AM (RLC) | BOL | 44 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Andrés Escobar | 31 | AM (RL), ST (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Jordon Mutch | 30 | M/AM (C) | ENG | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Pablo Ceppelini | 30 | M/AM (C) | URU | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Jonathan Borja | 28 | AM (LC) | ECU | 1 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Alfredo Saldívar | 32 | GK | MEX | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Giovanny Martínez | 32 | DM, M (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | José Alí Meza | 31 | AM (RL) | VEN | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Marc Navarro | 26 | D/WB/M (R) | ESP | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Aibol Äbiken | 26 | D (C), DM | KAZ | 14 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Phakamani Mahlambi | 24 | AM (RC) | RSA | 2 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Luis de la Cruz | 31 | D (R), M (RC) | PAR | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Cristian Palomeque | 28 | AM (RL), ST (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Pier Larrauri | 28 | AM (RC) | PER | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Evgeny Bashkirov | 30 | DM, M (C) | RUS | 0 | Professional |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Nermin Crnkić | 29 | AM (RL), ST (C) | BIH | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Cédric Gogoua | 27 | D (C) | CIV | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Robert Harrys | 26 | AM (RL) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Lino | 21 | GK | GER | 0 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Alcides Peña | 33 | AM (RLC) | BOL | 16 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Donjet Shkodra | 33 | M/AM (C) | KOS | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Amara Baby | 33 | D/WB/M (L), AM (RL) | SEN | 1 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Adrián Zela | 33 | D (C) | PER | 1 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Matthieu Saunier | 32 | D (C) | FRA | 0 | Light-Hearted |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Johan Arango | 31 | AM (RC) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Ernest Nungaray | 30 | DM, M (C) | USA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Bryan Pelé | 30 | AM (RL) | FRA | 0 | Fairly Loyal |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Andre Wisdom | 29 | D (RC), WB (R) | ENG | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Miguel Murillo | 28 | ST (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Léo Sena | 26 | M/AM (C) | BRA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Lampros Kontogiannis | 33 | D (C), DM | MEX | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Orlando Osorio | 32 | D (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Kwadwo Poku | 30 | M (C), AM (RC), ST (C) | GHA | 3 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Juan Daniel Roa | 30 | DM, M (C) | COL | 2 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Héctor Urrego | 29 | D (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Antonio Ríos | 33 | DM, M (C) | MEX | 8 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Karim Azamoum | 32 | DM, M/AM (C) | FRA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Valentín Pimentel | 31 | AM (C), ST (C) | PAN | 28 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Baïssama Sankoh | 30 | DM, M (C) | GUI | 20 | Fairly Loyal |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Josué Albert | 30 | D (C) | GUF | 4 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Diego Mendoza | 29 | ST (C) | ARG | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Patricio Arce | 29 | M (RC), AM (C) | PER | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Srđan Spiridonović | 28 | M (RL), AM (RLC) | AUT | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Kristi Qose | 27 | DM, M (C) | ALB | 2 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Juan Alberto Mosquera | 26 | DM, M (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Ulises Rivas | 26 | DM, M (C) | MEX | 0 | Spirited |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Fabrice Olinga | 26 | AM (RL), ST (C) | CMR | 19 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Nassim Hnid | 25 | D (C) | TUN | 2 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Giovanni Troupée | 24 | D/WB (R) | NED | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | David Querol | 33 | M/AM (R), ST (C) | ESP | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Parfait Mandanda | 32 | GK | COD | 20 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Edwin Rivera | 32 | DM, M (C) | BOL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Bruno Nascimento | 31 | D (C) | BRA | 0 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Julián Cardozo | 31 | AM (LC), ST (C) | ARG | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Leandro Bacuna | 30 | WB (R), DM, M (RC) | CUW | 42 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Patrick Mullins | 30 | ST (C) | USA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Sergio Moreno | 29 | ST (C) | PAN | 1 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | 29 | AM (C) | KAZ | 46 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Jesse Gonzalez | 27 | GK | USA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Iván Cañete | 27 | D (C) | PAR | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Antony Alonso | 24 | ST (C) | URU | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Winston Reid | 33 | D (C) | NZL | 33 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐ | Jesús Paganoni | 33 | D/WB (R) | MEX | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Stefan Živković | 32 | D/WB/M (L) | SRB | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Carlos Rodríguez | 32 | D/WB/M (L) | PAN | 30 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Nill De Pauw | 32 | AM (RLC) | COD | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Wilmar Jordán | 31 | ST (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Andreas Wittwer | 31 | D (L), M (RL) | SUI | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Nick DeLeon | 31 | D (R), M (RLC) | USA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Yulián Mejía | 31 | M/AM (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Matko Obradović | 31 | GK | CRO | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Masahudu Alhassan | 29 | D/WB/M (L) | GHA | 8 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | José Miguel Reyes | 29 | AM (RL), ST (C) | VEN | 2 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Abraham Frimpong | 29 | D (C), DM | GHA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Alexander Jakobsen | 28 | DM, M (C), AM (LC) | EGY | 1 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Diawandou Diagne | 27 | D (RC), WB (R), DM | SEN | 1 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Phumlani Ntshangase | 27 | M (C) | RSA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Seydou Sy | 26 | GK | SEN | 0 | Fairly Sporting |
| ⭐⭐ | Larry Angulo | 26 | DM, M (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Jonah Osabutey | 23 | AM (L), ST (C) | GHA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Sava Čestić | 21 | D (C) | SRB | 2 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Abraham Bahachille | 21 | D (C), DM, M (C) | VEN | 0 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐⭐ | Ivan Obradović | 33 | D (LC), WB (L) | SRB | 27 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Oumar Niasse | 32 | ST (C) | SEN | 6 | Driven |
| ⭐⭐ | Habib Meïté | 31 | DM, M (C) | CIV | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Francisco Silva | 31 | D (C) | PAR | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Esteban Espíndola | 30 | D (RC) | ARG | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Ivan Paurević | 30 | D (C), DM, M (C) | CRO | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Ezequiel Palomeque | 29 | D (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Paul-Georges Ntep | 29 | M/AM (RL) | CMR | 4 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐ | Ibrahim Moro | 28 | DM, M (C) | GHA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Brayan Angulo | 28 | AM (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Felipe Mejía | 27 | ST (C) | ECU | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Ruslan Valiullin | 27 | M (L) | KAZ | 4 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Renzo Alfani | 26 | D (C) | ARG | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Dabney dos Santos Souza | 25 | M/AM (RLC) | NED | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Jerome Sinclair | 25 | AM (RL), ST (C) | ENG | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Guilherme | 33 | AM (LC), ST (C) | BRA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Rodney Ramagalela | 32 | ST (C) | RSA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | José Fernández | 32 | D/WB (R) | ESP | 0 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐ | Thabo Rakhale | 32 | AM (RLC), ST (C) | RSA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Pape Paye | 32 | D/WB (R) | FRA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Stiwar García | 31 | AM (R) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Kamen Hadzhiev | 30 | D (LC), DM | BUL | 1 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Thabo Qalinge | 30 | AM (RL) | RSA | 1 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Achraf Lazaar | 30 | D/WB/M (L) | MAR | 19 | Spirited |
| ⭐ | Alphonse Kódjo | 29 | DM, M (C) | CIV | 0 | Resolute |
| ⭐ | Diego Zamora | 29 | GK | BOL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Jorge Aguilar | 29 | D (C) | PAR | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Noël Soumah | 27 | D (C), DM | SEN | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Josh Harrop | 26 | M (C), AM (RLC) | ENG | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Jeremy Helmer | 24 | DM, M (C), AM (LC) | NED | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Hazem Emam | 33 | D/WB/M/AM (R) | EGY | 10 | Fairly Loyal |
| ⭐ | Anthony Stokes | 33 | ST (C) | IRL | 9 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Leiton Jiménez | 33 | D (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Seidu Yahaya | 32 | DM, M (C) | GHA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Erick Rivera | 32 | AM (L), ST (C) | SLV | 2 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Jon Ander Garrido | 32 | D (C), DM, M (C) | ESP | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Karim Nemdil | 32 | D (RLC) | ALG | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Younousse Sankharé | 32 | M/AM (C) | SEN | 7 | Ambitious |
| ⭐ | Cléber Reis | 31 | D (C) | BRA | 0 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐ | Ramón | 31 | D (RC) | BRA | 0 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐ | Jeferson Collazos | 31 | ST (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Cristiano Figueiredo | 31 | GK | POR | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Stipe Vučur | 30 | D (C) | CRO | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | David Cortés | 30 | AM (RL) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Sebastián Céspedes | 30 | AM (R), ST (C) | CHI | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Mohammed Fatau | 29 | DM, M (C) | GHA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Didier Delgado | 29 | D/WB (R) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Dušan Pantelić | 29 | M/AM (RC) | SRB | 0 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐ | Luis Cuesta | 29 | ST (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Dominik Wydra | 28 | D (C), DM, M (C) | AUT | 0 | Spirited |
| ⭐ | Kevin Romay | 28 | M/AM (R) | BOL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Georgy Tigiev | 27 | D (RL), WB (L) | RUS | 0 | Driven |
| ⭐ | Kwame Bonsu | 27 | DM, M (C) | GHA | 1 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Kadiri Mohammed | 26 | D (C), DM | GHA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Ghazi Ayadi | 25 | DM, M (C) | TUN | 1 | Balanced |
| ⭐ | Martin Graiciar | 23 | AM (R), ST (C) | CZE | 0 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐ | Jonathan Amon | 23 | M/AM (RL) | USA | 2 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐ | Léo Jabá | 23 | M/AM (RL) | BRA | 0 | Balanced |
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Best FM 22 League Two Free Agent Shortlist
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How to install the shortlist
1. For Windows put the downloaded file in this folder: Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/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 2023/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 2023’
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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