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Download FM 2013 free players shortlist: 206 best free players
Ready for some bargain hunting? Well, you don’t even have to hunt because I’ve already got the prey lined up for you in this free players shortlist for Football Manager 2013. I’ve done some scouting using Arsenal’s top scouting team and I have found 206 free players that are worth signing right at the beginning of the game. Please not that I had most of the major European leagues loaded and a large database.
Out of those 206 FM 2013 free players, 33 names stand out. These players could do well in most top-flight clubs in Europe:
| Name | Position | Nat | Age | Height | Weight |
| Nigel Reo-Coker | DM, M (C) | ENG | 28 | 175 cm | 77 kg |
| Kostas Katsouranis | DM, M (C) | GRE | 33 | 183 cm | 83 kg |
| Edouard Cissé | DM | FRA | 34 | 186 cm | 77 kg |
| Jérémy Berthod | D (L) | FRA | 28 | 180 cm | 76 kg |
| Albin Ebondo | D (R) | FRA | 28 | 183 cm | 85 kg |
| Thomas Hitzlsperger | M (C) | GER | 30 | 181 cm | 75 kg |
| Javier Farinós | DM, M (C) | ESP | 34 | 173 cm | 69 kg |
| Somen Tchoyi | AM (C), ST | CMR | 29 | 190 cm | 87 kg |
| Fernando Meira | SW, D (C), DM | POR | 34 | 190 cm | 85 kg |
| Geoffrey Tulasne | AM (L) | FRA | 24 | 175 cm | 69 kg |
| Malaury Martin | M (C) | FRA | 23 | 178 cm | 73 kg |
| Tal Ben-Haim | D (RLC) | ISR | 30 | 181 cm | 74 kg |
| Royston Drenthe | WB/M/AM (L) | NED | 25 | 168 cm | 67 kg |
| Jurica Buljat | D (C) | CRO | 25 | 187 cm | 81 kg |
| Reynald Lemaître | D (L) | FRA | 29 | 175 cm | 68 kg |
| Mikaël Silvestre | D (LC) | FRA | 34 | 183 cm | 84 kg |
| Ioannis Amanatidis | ST | GRE | 30 | 183 cm | 80 kg |
| Malkhaz Asatiani | D (C) | GEO | 30 | 184 cm | 79 kg |
| Omar Kossoko | AM (R) | BEN | 24 | 186 cm | 72 kg |
| James McFadden | M (L), AM (LC), ST | SCO | 29 | 178 cm | 75 kg |
| Craig Gordon | GK | SCO | 29 | 193 cm | 78 kg |
| Gianluca Zambrotta | D/WB (RL) | ITA | 35 | 181 cm | 76 kg |
| Zdenek Grygera | D (RL) | CZE | 32 | 185 cm | 78 kg |
| Ricardo Rocha | D (C) | POR | 33 | 183 cm | 80 kg |
| John Mensah | D (C) | GHA | 29 | 180 cm | 81 kg |
| Iván Hurtado | SW, D (C) | ECU | 37 | 180 cm | 79 kg |
| Miguel | D/WB (R) | POR | 32 | 179 cm | 78 kg |
| Carlos Ruiz | ST | GUA | 32 | 175 cm | 71 kg |
| Fodé Mansaré | AM (L) | GUI | 30 | 175 cm | 71 kg |
| Hernán Crespo | ST | ARG | 37 | 184 cm | 81 kg |
| Rabiu Afolabi | D (C) | NGA | 32 | 183 cm | 77 kg |
| Papa Bouba Diop | DM, M (C) | SEN | 34 | 194 cm | 93 kg |
| Alex | AM (C), ST | BRA | 34 | 176 cm | 77 kg |
To find out all the names in the best FM 2013 free players shortlist, click the download image below:
How to install the shortlist in FM 2013
1. Put the downloaded file in this folder: Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2013/shortlists
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 — FMS best free players (Johnny Karp, Jul 2012)
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P.S.: In case you were wondering how I played a full season, the answer is I have played it on the review copy I had (read all about that here). The database hasn’t suffered any changes from that version of the game to the public beta.