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Download FM 2013 Wonderkids shortlist: 264 players included
This post hardly needs an introduction. All I’m going to say is that after reading it you will be able to download a shortlist containing the best 264 under 21 prospects in Football Manager 2013. The probably are more FM 2013 wonderkids to be discovered, depending on the leagues you load when starting a game, but you have to know that I have compiled this shortlist after playing and scouting for a full season in FM 2013 with all the major European leagues loaded.
This post hardly needs an introduction. All I’m going to say is that after reading it you will be able to download a shortlist containing the best 264 under 21 prospects in Football Manager 2013. The probably are more FM 2013 wonderkids to be discovered, depending on the leagues you load when starting a game, but you have to know that I have compiled this shortlist after playing and scouting for a full season in FM 2013 with all the major European leagues loaded.
As I said, there are 264 under 21 players included, with potential ability ratings ranging from 2.5 stars (fairly good Premier League player) to 5 stars (world class player). The scouting was done using Arsenal’s top notch scouting team. As always, you will find detailed profiles of these lads and their future profiles on the FMS Scouting Network.
In case you were wondering which players got 5 stars for potential ability, here’s the list of the very best FM 2013 wonderkids:
| Name | Position | Club | Nat | Height | Weight | Age | Value |
| Romelu Lukaku | ST | West Brom | BEL | 191 cm | 97 kg | 19 | £5M |
| Moritz Leitner | M/AM (RLC) | Dortmund | GER | 174 cm | 65 kg | 19 | £4.4M |
| Bertrand Traoré | M (L), AM (RL) | Chelsea | BFA | 178 cm | 71 kg | 16 | £22K |
| Marc-André ter Stegen | GK | Gladbach | GER | 189 cm | 84 kg | 20 | £6M |
| Eden Hazard | M (C), AM (LC) | Chelsea | BEL | 172 cm | 72 kg | 21 | £13M |
| Mario Götze | AM (RLC) | Dortmund | GER | 176 cm | 64 kg | 20 | £15.25M |
| Rubén Pardo | M (C) | R. Sociedad | ESP | 182 cm | 70 kg | 19 | £1.4M |
| Gianluca Caprari | AM (RL), ST | Pescara | ITA | 167 cm | 66 kg | 18 | £1.9M |
| Óliver | M/AM (C) | Atlético B | ESP | 178 cm | 70 kg | 17 | £325K |
| Álvaro Vadillo | M (L), AM (RL) | Betis B | ESP | 180 cm | 63 kg | 17 | £375K |
| Isco | M (C), AM (RLC) | Málaga | ESP | 176 cm | 74 kg | 20 | £8.75M |
| James Ward-Prowse | M/AM (C) | Southampton | ENG | 173 cm | 66 kg | 17 | £275K |
| Stephan El Shaarawy | AM (RLC) | A.C. Milan | ITA | 178 cm | 72 kg | 19 | £3.5M |
| Mattia De Sciglio | D/WB (RL), M (R) | A.C. Milan | ITA | 181 cm | 70 kg | 19 | £1.9M |
| Gerard Deulofeu | AM (RL) | Barcelona ‘B’ | ESP | 179 cm | 73 kg | 18 | £3.9M |
| Coutinho | AM (LC) | Inter | BRA | 172 cm | 71 kg | 20 | £4M |
| Jesé | AM (LC), ST | Castilla | ESP | 178 cm | 73 kg | 19 | £1.7M |
| Ilkay Gündogan | M/AM (C) | Dortmund | GER | 180 cm | 78 kg | 21 | £10M |
| David Alaba | D/WB (L), M (LC) | FC Bayern | AUT | 178 cm | 72 kg | 20 | £8M |
| Oscar | M (C), AM (RC) | Chelsea | BRA | 179 cm | 66 kg | 20 | £13.5M |
| Angelo Henríquez | ST | Man Utd | CHI | 180 cm | 71 kg | 18 | £3M |
| Fabrice Olinga | ST | At. Malagueño | CMR | 187 cm | 78 kg | 16 | £80K |
| Jean-Marie Dongou | ST | Barcelona | CMR | 170 cm | 72 kg | 17 | £300K |
| Ross Barkley | M (C), AM (RC) | Everton | ENG | 186 cm | 77 kg | 18 | £2M |
| Kyriakos Papadopoulos | D (C), DM | Schalke | GRE | 182 cm | 79 kg | 20 | £6M |
| Raphaël Varane | D (C), DM | R. Madrid | FRA | 191 cm | 78 kg | 19 | £3.9M |
| Leonardo Bittencourt | M/AM (RLC) | Dortmund | GER | 171 cm | 60 kg | 18 | £2M |
| Matija Nastasic | D (C) | Man City | SRB | 187 cm | 79 kg | 19 | £2.9M |
| Phil Jones | D (RC), DM, M (C) | Man Utd | ENG | 180 cm | 71 kg | 20 | £7M |
| David De Gea | GK | Man Utd | ESP | 188 cm | 71 kg | 21 | £6M |
| Erik Lamela | M (L), AM (LC) | Roma | ARG | 183 cm | 73 kg | 20 | £4.2M |
| Kurt Zouma | D (C) | AS Saint-Etienne | FRA | 187 cm | 85 kg | 17 | £4M |
| Iker Muniain | AM (LC), ST | Athletic | ESP | 169 cm | 63 kg | 19 | £10.5M |
| Maximilian Meyer | AM (RLC) | Schalke | GER | 169 cm | 60 kg | 16 | £80K |
| Mario Balotelli | AM (RL), ST | Man City | ITA | 189 cm | 88 kg | 21 | £14.5M |
| Niklas Süle | D (C) | Hoffenheim | GER | 194 cm | 91 kg | 16 | £95K |
| André Schürrle | AM (L), ST | Leverkusen | GER | 184 cm | 74 kg | 21 | £10.75M |
| Raheem Sterling | AM (RL) | Liverpool | ENG | 171 cm | 69 kg | 17 | £4.4M |
| Sergio Canales | M/AM (C) | Valencia | ESP | 176 cm | 70 kg | 21 | £7.25M |
| Bernard | AM (LC), ST | Atlético Mineiro | BRA | 168 cm | 63 kg | 19 | £4.4M |
| Sebastián Sosa | ST | Palermo | URU | 183 cm | 71 kg | 18 | £475K |
For the full FM 2013 wonderkids 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 under 21 wonderkids (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 version.