We all love signing players, but finding the best Football Manager 2020 coaches can be a grind. Unfortunately, without a strong team of backroom staff those new fledglings will never fulfill their potential.
Enter FMS! We have compiled a list of the best FM 2020 coaches across all coaching categories to help.
Best Football Manager 2020 Coaches Explained
This is not a coaching guide but lets go over some basics. You may have heard the term 5-star coaching , this is the star rating you see in the coaching screen. Unless you are top flight and able to hire a seperate coach in every category achieveing 5 star coaching is unlikely.
However, by signing the best Football Manager 2020 coaches and following the steps below you should come close.
Where possible only give each coach one category (High workload deters ratings)
Specialise and find the best FM20 coaches for each category (easy using the lists below)
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FM20 Coaching Categories
With the release of FM19 came an overhaul of training and some new coaching categories. We will split the best FM 2020 coaches list into the following categories and state which sub-category each coach would best specialise in.
Goalkeeping — handling & distribution/shot stopping
Defending — technical/tactical
Possession — technical/tactical
Attacking — technical/tactical
Fitness — quickness/strength
Best Football Manager 2020 Coaches
All coaches require the following attributes; determination , level of discipline and motivation . We should then search by specialist attributes, all key attributes we have filtered by are stated below.
Note: defending, possession and attacking are now split into technical or tactical. Fitness is still split by quickness and strength, goalkeeping by shot stopping, handling and distribution.
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Best FM20 Goalkeeping Coaches
Key attributes: Determination, level of discipline, motivation, handling & distribution/shot stopping
Name Age Nation Club Wage Coach Category
Rui Barbosa 45 Wolves 3000 GK - Both
Flavio Tenius 55 BOT 950 GK - Both
Joel Bats 62 - GK - Both
Alex Brunner 45 Udinese 2900 GK - Both
Andreas Hilfiker 50 Wolfsburg 3600 GK - Both
Hugo Oliveira 40 Everton 6000 GK - Both
Brosco 44 - GK - Both
Danilo Minutti 31 VDG 950 GK - Both
Seamus McDonagh 66 - GK - Both
Gerry Peyton 63 - GK - Both
Eric Steele 65 - GK - Both
Angel Ferez 53 Almeria 1600 GK - Both
Darryl Flahavan 41 Birmingham 1500 GK - Both
Pedro Alba 64 R. Santander 975 GK - Both
Vic Bettinelli 59 Fulham 900 GK - Both
Paulo Di Sarno 51 Torino 1600 GK - Both
Gerald Ehrmann 60 Kaiserslautern 1800 GK - Both
Luis Llopis 54 R. Rociedad 5750 GK - Both
Jorg Sievers 53 Hannover 1800 GK - Both
Jim Stewart 65 - GK - Both
Xavi Valero 46 West Ham 3000 GK - Both
Chris Woods 59 - GK - Both
Alfred Dossou-Yovo 35 Lyon 2900 GK - Both
Sebastien Gerin 45 Lyon 1500 GK - Both
Sebastien Hamel 43 Reims 4100 GK - Both
Arnold Lucas 47 Angers 3700 GK - Both
Mauro Marchisio 59 Empoli 1500 GK - Both
Eduardo Nino 52 Deportivo Cali 240 GK - Both
Best FM20 Fitness Coaches
Key attributes: Determination, level of discipline, motivation, fitness
Name Age Nation Club Wage Coach Category
Eric Bedouet 65 Bordeaux 5000 Fitness - Quick/strength
Kai Braun 52 Leverkusen 1100 Fitness - Quick/strength
Darlan Schneider 55 BTF 1200 Fitness - Quick/strength
Mark Hulse 47 Man United 1500 Fitness - Quick/strength
Christophe Manouvier 48 SM Caen 950 Fitness - Quick/strength
Hendrik Vieth 35 Hertha 1800 Fitness - Quick/strength
Franco Ferrini 57 - Fitness - Quick/strength
Marcos Alvarez 48 Betis 2800 Fitness - Quick/strength
Tony Colbert 56 - Fitness - Quick/strength
Markus Gunther 52 Hamburger 2700 Fitness - Quick/strength
Marcello Iaia 40 - Fitness - Quick/strength
Joelton Urtiga 50 PON 300 Fitness - Quick/strength
Werner Leuthard 57 Eintracht 1800 Fitness - Quick/strength
Gabriel Macaya 56 - Fitness - Quick/strength
Matt Reeves 31 Leicester 1000 Fitness - Quick/strength
Rodolfo Mehl 65 PAR 300 Fitness - Quick/strength
Marjus Zetlmeisl 52 Schalke II 1300 Fitness - Quick/strength
Alfonso Azurza 38 R. Sociedad 1800 Fitness - Quick/strength
Daniel Behlau 30 Leipzig 2700 Fitness - Quick/strength
Ismael Fernandez 42 - Fitness - Quick/strength
Bruno Dominci 47 - Fitness - Quick/strength
Paulo Gaudino 32 Man United 750 Fitness - Quick/strength
Eduardo Pimenta 45 - Fitness - Quick/strength
Nicandro Vizoco 40 - Fitness - Quick/strength
Jose Alfonso Morcillo 48 Watford 3000 Fitness - Quick/strength
Nogueira de Souza 47 CTB 300 Fitness - Quick/strength
Stefano Rapetti 47 - Fitness - Quick/strength
Best FM20 Defending Coaches
Key attributes: Determination, level of discipline, motivation, defending, technical/tactical
Name Age Nation Club Wage £ p/week Coach Category
Daniele Baldini 55 - Defending - Tactical
Wally Downes 58 - Defending - Tactical
Norbert Elgert 62 Schalke 3600 Defending - Technical
Martin Hunter 58 - Defending - Tech/Tac
David Lowe 53 Blackburn 2500 Defending - Tech/Tac
Stefano Nava 50 - Defending - Tactical
Neil Wood 36 Man United 1200 Defending - Tech/Tac
Stefano Firicano 48 Traponi 1000 Defending - Tactical
Heiko Gerber 46 Stuttgart 725 Defending - Tactical
Jamie McAllister 41 Bristol City 2000 Defending - Tactical
Gunther Metz 51 - Defending - Tactical
Sergey Shtanyuk 45 - Defending - Tactical
Augusto Ocampo 38 - Defending - Technical
Manuel Dos Santos 45 Monaco 3700 Defending - Tactical
Patrick Muller 42 Servette 725 Defending - Tactical
Renato Baldi 40 Bologna 4400 Defending - Tactical
David Garcia 47 At. Pamplona 2900 Defending - Tactical
Eddie Niedzwiecki 60 - Defending - Technical
Gabriel Raimondi 41 Bologna 4100 Defending - Tactical
Ingo Schlosser 46 Wolfsburg 400 Defending - Technical
Vladimir Gudelj 52 Vigo 4500 Defending - Technical
Martin Minella 39 Colon 525 Defending - Technical
Best FM20 Possession Coaches
Key attributes: Determination, level of discipline, motivation, mental, tactical/technical
Name Age Nation Club Wage Coach Category
Tommy Martin 55 Man United 1500 Possession - Technical
Ivan Moretto 49 Cagliari 4100 Possession - Tactical
Maurizio Trombetta 56 - Possession - Technical
Daniele Baldini 55 - Possession - Tactical
Mark Dempsey 55 Man United 2500 Possession - Tactical
Fabio Micarelli 54 - Possession - Tac/Tec
Neil Wood 36 Man United 1200 Possession - Tac/Tec
Danilo Pierini 64 - Possession - Technical
Joao Tralhao 38 - Possession - Technical
Tony Whelan 66 Man United 1000 Possession - Technical
Mark Chamberlain 57 Portsmouth 1000 Possession - Technical
Martin Hunter 58 - Possession - Tac/Tec
Aldo Dolcetti 52 - Possession - Tactical
Rossano Casoni 55 SPAL 500 Possession - Tactical
Dave Watson 57 - Possession - Tactical
Renato Baldi 40 Bologna 4400 Possession - Tactical
Denis Arnaud 46 Angers 3200 Possession - Tactical
Stefano Bonaccorso 57 Atalanta 2700 Possession - Technical
Nathaniel Weiss 31 Nurnberg 900 Possession - Technical
Wally Downes 52 - Possession - Tactical
Patrick Muller 42 Servette 725 Possession - Tactical
John Cooke 58 Man United 1000 Possession - Tactical
Andreas Schumacher 38 - Possession - Technical
Best FM20 Attacking Coaches
Key attributes: Determination, level of discipline, motivation, attacking, tactical/technical
Name Age Nation Club Wage Coach Category
Duncan Ferguson 47 Everton 6000 Attacking - Technical
Pedro Sallaberry 50 San Lorenzo 800 Attacking - Tactical
Paulo Riela 36 Fiorentina 2900 Attacking - Technical
Joao Tralhao 38 - Attacking - Technical
Maurizio Trombetta 56 - Attacking - Technical
Tony Whelan 66 Man United
1000 Attacking - Technical
Norberto Batista 57 - Attacking - Tactical
Neil Wood 36 Man United
1200 Attacking - Tac/Tec
Fabio Micarelli 54 - Attacking - Tac/Tec
Tommy Martin 55 Man United
1500 Attacking - Technical
Colin Little 46 Man United
1200 Attacking - Technical
Mark Sale 47 - Attacking - Technical
Keith Bertschin 62 - Attacking - Technical
Gabriel Medina 48 Lanus 725 Attacking - Technical
Emilio De Leo 41 Bologna 4500 Attacking - Tactical
Egidio Acuna 59 Talleres 700 Attacking - Technical
David Lee 51 Bolton 1400 Attacking - Technical
Martin Hunter 58 - Attacking - Tac/Tec
Nicolas Jover 35 - Attacking - Technical
David Lowe 53 Blackburn 2500 Attacking - Tac/Tec
Stefano Melandri 55 - Attacking - Technical
Mark Robson 50 - Attacking - Technical
Your backroom staff are nearly assembled, now complete the task using our lists below.
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