Introduction

Hey, for anyone on here that doesn’t know me, and thats probably most of you,  i’m Jake (Excessive) and i’m going to bring you a massive guide on the backroom staff in FM 2011. Johnny has already gave you a decent outline of the topic but i’m going to expand on that a little, taking you into a little more detail and recommending staff in each role for the elite teams in Football Manager. The backroom staff play a very important part in FM by aiding your players development and generally aiding your decision making for every aspect of the game. If you want to carry a saved game on for a few years atleast, this is a very important part of the game-play and you will need the  very best staff if you want to excel.

In general, what you need to look for is these attributes in the following staff: (Note: DDM = Determination, Discipline, Motivation)

Assistant Manager — (Man Management, Tactical Knowledge, Judging Player Ability, Judging Player Potential)

Strength – (Fitness, DDM)

Aerobic – (Fitness, DDM)

GK Shot Stopping – (Goalkeeping, DDM)

GK Handling – (Goalkeeping, DDM)

Tactics – (Tactical, DDM)

Ball Control – (Mental, Technical, DDM)

Defending – (Defending, Tactical, DDM)

Attacking – (Attacking, Tactical, DDM)

Shooting – (Attacking, Technical, DDM)

Physio – (Physiotherapy, DDM)

Scout – (Judging Player Ability, Judging Player Potential)

 

Aside from these attributes, it is beneficial to have a high ‘Work with Youngsters’ for all the positions aside from scouts. The coaches are obviously to work with youth development and you will see that some of the coaches also work with the youth squad (aside from the youth coaches). A physio will need one because of working with the health of the youth team. It may sound strange, but it works and will get your younger players fitter, faster.

What most people do not know is that, like players, staff have CA (Current ability) and PA (Potential ability). So, a coach that has just come into fruition has a long career ahead of them as a member of the backroom staff and will most likely improve. This to me makes no real difference as I get in the best staff I can regardless but it is nice to know that once players turn into coaches they have the ability to improve. Maybe hanging on to that old player could pay dividend? Shame that you cant ‘scout’ coaches though to determine their CA/PA, but if you could then there would be no need for this guide!

In terms of coaches and their star ratings, it is better to go for ‘Quality over Quantity’ which basically means that you should be gaining as many coaches as you can so they can do a specific job in your training as multiple jobs will decrease their star rating and ultimately have a direct impact on players training.

A good way to develop young potential backroom staff members is through tutoring. Personally, I like to put everyone who is 28+ on a tutoring regime developing a member of the youth or an U21 player. This will be beneficial in the long term development of not only your youth players, but the future coaching stats of the player. The more you develop them now, the better they will be in the future. Also when approaching the age of 30, have a look at your players ‘Personal’ tab. Look to see if he plans a backroom staff role for the future. If so, go into private chat and recommened the role he is looking for. Further down the line when approaching retirement they will obtain Staff Attributes so you can see if they will be beneficial to your setup.

Lastly you have to realise that coaches, like players, differ in CA and PA from every database created. Therefore, the staff that I recommend may differ slightly in your database and as a result could differ in star rating. So appologies if that happens to you.

Ill be going through every position individually, posting 10 of the best on each page. Every league from all six continents will be loaded up with a large database and I will take control of the best teams to ensure that I can get the elite coaches and analyse them fully.

I have included the ‘Unlikely to move’ coaches in this because you might want to manage that club in FM. Also, you might find that they do move when you approach with other clubs I haven’t tried or move in the future!

(Note: I am doing this with the 11.2.1 patch and as a result it is harder to get some coaches that would otherwise move to other teams in the earlier patches. Some I have included purely based on their stats, even though they are reluctant to move)

★ — Star

☆ — Half Star

# — Obtainable in previous patches

Anyway.. Lets get started!

Assistant Manager

I feel Assistant managers play the most pivotal role in the backroom staff. They literaly do everything, from coaching to team reports, to make your life in FM easier. Its therefore in your best interests that you lookout for a decent one with a large number of high stats due to the significance they hold in the gameplay. Invest in this guy!

 

Valter Di Salvo

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £15,000 p/w

 

Tord Grip

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £4,000 p/w

 

Semen Altman

Initial Club — Unemployed
Wages — £11,000 p/w (Differs alot between clubs, but you can get him down to this figure)

 

Bryan Robson

Initial Club — Chelsea (England)

Wages — £14,200 p/w (1.09M Compensation)

 

Olyxiy Mikhailichenko

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £ 5,750 p/w

 

Benito Floro

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £2,900 p/w

 

Walter Aristizabal

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £4,200 p/w

 

Marcelino

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £8,250 p/w

 

 

Fitness Coach

Fitness coaches work on your players Physical attributes which are key core attributes that a player must have. They focus on the Strength and Aerobic sectors of the training and for ultimate success you must have atleast two, assigning them both specifically for one of each.

 

Bruno Demichelis — ★★★★★ (#)

Initial Club — Chelsea (England)

Wages — £10,000 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Valter Di Salvo — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Unemployed
Wages — £4,000 p/w

 

Paul Winsper — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £800 p/w

 

Gian Nicola Bisciotti— ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £1,500 p/w

 

Walmir Cruz — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £1,600 p/w

 

Jose Mario Campeiz— ★★★★★

Initial Club — Santos (Brazil)

Wages — £800 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Omar Feitosa — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Palmeiras (Brazil)

Wages — £800 p/w (210K Compensation)

 

Darlan Schneider — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Palmeiras (Brazil)

Wages — £925 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

 

Goalkeeping Coach

Again these coaches have to work on both GK handling and GK Shot Stopping which you should assign both of your coaches to one of each to get the best out of the keepers. In terms of training, I feel that you can near max out their training schedules because they rarely loose much energy in a match.

 

Harald Schumacher — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages —  £2,600 p/w

 

Pedro Jaro — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Dnipro (Ukraine)

Wages — £525 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Silvino Louro — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Real Madrid (Spain)

Wages — £5,250 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Jose Manuel  Ochotorena — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Valencia (Spain)

Wages — £2,000 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Ze Mario — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £??? p/w (Unwilling to sign)

 

Carlos Pracidelli — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Palmeiras (Brazil)

Wages — £1,100 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Christophe Lollichon — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Chelsea (England)

Wages — £8,500 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Fernando Moraes — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Palmeiras (Brazil)

Wages — £1,000 p/w

Tactics Coach

Tactical coaches are beneficial to the players mental attributes. They help the ‘tactical mind’ of the players so if you want to increase the players mental attributes, increase their tactical training.

 

Bernhard Peters — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Hoffenheim (Germany)

Wages — £5,700 p/w (123K Compensation)

 

Marco Rota — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £3,500 p/w

 

Semen Altman — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £11,000 p/w (Differs alot between clubs, but you can get him down to this figure)

 

Bryan Robson — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Chelsea (England)

Wages — £14,200 p/w (1.09M Compensation)

 

Paulo Cesar  Batista  dos Santos — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Cruzeiro (Brazil)

Wages — £1,000 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

 

Ball Control Coach

Ball control coaches work on a range on player skills across the technical attributes section.

 

Ricardo Moniz — ★★★★★

Initial Club — RC RB Salzburg (Austria)

Wages — £675 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Rene Meulensteen — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Manchester United (England)

Wages — £8,000 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Bruno Demichelis — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Chelsea (England)

Wages — £10,000 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Massimo Neri — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — England (England)

Wages — £3,900 p/w

 

Quintiliano Lemos Filho — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Cruzeiro (Brazil)

Wages — £1,400 p/w (Unlikely to move)

Defensive Coach

Defensive coaches are their to develop a players defensives attributes such as Tackling/Marking. Excessive training on this is a must if you are developing any defensive talent.

 

Txus Pinedo — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £1,500 p/w

 

John Versleeuwen — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — VVV (Netherlands)

Wages — £2,300 p/w (178K Compensation)

 

Paulo Cesar  Batista  dos Santos — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Cruzeiro (Brazil)

Wages — £1,000 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

 

Attacking Coach

Again, attacking coaching is a must for any attacking minded player and should be used in abundance when training anywhere from the players in Attacking Midfield, right up until Striker. These coaches work on the players Finishing and Dribbling.

 

Tony Carr — ★★★★

Initial Club — West Ham (England)

Wages — £5,750 p/w (54K Compensation)

 

Kevin Ball — ★★★★

Initial Club — Sunderland (England)

Wages — £8,250 p/w (54K Compensation)

 

Fausto  Salsano — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Manchester City (England)

Wages — £8,750 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Quintiliano Lemos Filho — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Cruzeiro (Brazil)

Wages — £1,400 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

 

Shooting Coach

Lastly, its the shooting coaches. They are like minded and work in tangent with the Attacking Coaches but also work on things like Composure to get the best mentally put of the attackers too!

 

Brian McClair — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Manchester United (England)

Wages — £9,000 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Rene Meulensteen — ★★★★☆

Initial Club — Manchester United (England)

Wages — £8,000 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

Quintiliano Lemos Filho — ★★★★★

Initial Club — Cruzeiro (Brazil)
Wages — £1,400 p/w (Unlikely to move)

 

 

Physiotherapists

A very important backroom staff figure and one that is vital to ensure your players health and well-being. I would max out the boardroom allowance for these guys and it’s worth asking your board for more of these. Will benefit you a lot in the long term!

 

Lieven Maesschalck

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £4,100 p/w

 

Marco Frigerio

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £2,400 p/w

 

Salvatore Libra Daniele Casalini

Initial Club — Catania (Italy)

Wages — £4,700 p/w (745K Compensation)

 

Daniele Casalini

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £1,600 p/w

 

Marcos Walczak

Initial Club — Parana (Brazil)

Wages — £475 p/w (135K Compensation)

 

Andre Paraiso Forti

Initial Club — Ponte Preta (Brazil)

Wages — £400 p/w (74.19K Compensation)

 

Alexandre Ceolin

Initial Club — Atletico Mineiro (Brazil)

Wages — £800 (Unlikely to move)

 

Andre Andrade

Initial Club — Guarani (Brazil)

Wages — £800 p/w (147K Compensation)

 

 

Scouts

Finally, the scouts. These are your brains behind your signings and will need good judging skills to get the most out of them, so you can find that gem of a player that will become a club legend. Listen to what they have to say, they might not always be right however so you have to take it upon your own judgment too so that you get the right players for the club.

 

John Park

Initial Club — Celtic (Scotland)

Wages — £3,500 p/w (160K Compensation)

 

Hans-Martin Kleitsch

Initial Club — Stuttgart (Germany)

Wages — £2,500 p/w (124K Compensation)

 

Jimmy Hampson

Initial Club — West Ham (England)

Wages — £1,800 p/w (526K Compensation)

 

Roberto Bettega

Initial Club — Unemployed

Wages — £12,200 p/w

 

Alexandre Ceolin

Initial Club — Atletico Mineiro (Brazil)

Wages — £800 p/w (186K Compensation)

 

Gilmar Francisco

Initial Club — Cruzeiro (Brazil)

Wages — £400 p/w (91.26K Compensation)

 

 

 

So thats about it I guess, if you have any more suggestions feel free to post some on here so i can add them to the list!

Credits:
Fm Base thread for inspiration: http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/f103/4-or-greater-coach-list-t55678.html
Coach Calculator: http://bonzollm.net.tc/

Hope thats helped some of you who are stuggling to find the right backroom staff.

Excessive