FM 2014 Player Profile — Mario Pugliese

Mario Pugliese

Age: 17

Position: MC/DMC

Role: central midfielder / box to box midfielder / ball winning midfielder / deep lying playmaker

Club: Atlanta

Nationality: Italian

Value: £325K

Price tag: £625K (in patch 14.3)

CA: 81/ PA: -9 (between 150-180)

Mario Pugliese profile in 2013 (after starting new game, patch 14.3)

Mario Pugliese profile aged 24 in the year 2021

Mario Pugliese career history until 2021

This FM 2014 player profile of Mario Pugliese shows a dirt cheap central midfielder with great physical attributes and incredible potential. During our test save the Italian wonderkid developed two fold, I seriously had to double take and make sure it was the same player. His technical attributes go through the roof, Pugliese can not only control the ball and make his own chances, but he can pick a pass better than most. I think the role of box to box midfielder would suit best, on top of those physical stats long shots and work rate seem to develop well which can be key.

It can be tough to develop wonderkids like this due to the struggle of offering quality first team Football without sacrificing results, but there seems to be  many, many gamers who have done this with relative ease. For £625K Pugliese is worth the risk.