I’ve invested/wasted several hours of my life coming to terms with Football Manager 2008 (or Worldwide Soccer Manager) and have identified the following players as stars of the future:
The first grouping have the potential to be the best of the best and if you click the link on their name that will take you to a profile of how they are getting on in real life (these are still being created so bare with me) :
- Aaron – Valencia
- Alexandre Pato – AC Milan
- Anderson – Man Utd
- Banega – Boca
- Bojan – Barcelona
- Dos Santos – Barcelona
- Sebastian Giovinco – Juventus
- Guardado – Deportivo
- Lulinha – Corinthians
- Saivet – Bordeaux
- Ustari – Getafe
- Vela – Arsenal
This second grouping of future stars have the potential to be very, very good:
- Babel – Liverpool
- Jourdren – Montpellier
- Edwards – Millwall
- Hazard – Lille
- Bouzanis – Liverpool
- Johnson – Man City
- Camucho – At. Madrid
I’ll keep this list updated as I discover new ones and feel free to add your own in the comments.
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790 Responses to Football Manager 2008 – Wonderkids
rangers super kid January 14, 2012
naymer 70,00 to 2,000,000
4 years on sell him to real for 76,000,000
blogging November 17, 2011
I do not disagree with this blog!!
Paul Michele September 2, 2011
Arouca and Lulinha midfield with alan kardec up front!
DR GREENLUNGS August 29, 2011
Aquino, when he’s about 22 hes unstoppable upfront same with vela and if you get 10+ seasons in frank baes
liverpool fc is the best August 16, 2011
try nogo and andy carroll upfront after 1 season
Gidra April 26, 2011
Mika Arritalo
Rene Mihelic
Bogdan Stancu
Gabriel Torje
Balazs Dzudzaks
Godzilla April 6, 2011
Patrik Lomski, i signed him for Bury in my second season (got promoted), his stats start off pretty poor but becomes a very talented youngster. I got him on a free but only costs around 45k from a finnish team. Plays better up front
max March 30, 2011
maximiliano moralez
he is amazing in his 2nd seon but not very good in his first but KEEP PLAYING HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is worth it
akis January 3, 2011
Nant…bocungi ca next campiaso
Arthur MacMillan January 2, 2011
Niklas barkroth
Mika aaritalo
Roman eremenko
Alexi eremenko
Lauri dalla valle
Luca sanitinco (celtic u 18)
David goodwillie
Canabas
Castroman
Scott cuthbert
Gary hooper
Anthony stokes
Dorain dervite
Martin olsson
All quality players .
ivan December 24, 2010
play for win
bonbon December 23, 2010
ben sahar
torje
stancu
aaritelo
m.sakho
laktovara
josh p December 17, 2010
bogdan stancu and pablo piatti
Owen Haggett December 10, 2010
Henri Saivet – Girondins de Bordeaux
Mamadou Sakho – PSG
Anderson – Manchester United
Lionel Messi – Barcelona
Jose Baxter – Everton
David Amoo – Liverpool
Rhys Murphy – Arsenal
Karim Benzema – Olympique Lyonnais
Hatem Ben Arfa – Olympique Lyonnais
Bojan Krkic – Barcelona
Alexandre Pato – AC Milan
Mario Balotelli – Inter Milan
Gonzalo Higuain – Real Madrid
Royston Drenthe – Real Madrid
David Luiz – Benfica
Sergio Aguero – Athletico Madrid
David De Gea – Athletico Madrid
Toni Kroos – Bayern Munich
James Vaughan – Everton
Dean Bouzanis – Liverpool
Theo Walcott – Arsenal
Lulinha – Corinthians
Febian Brandy – Manchester United
Fraizer Campbell – Manchester United
Adam Johnson – Middlesbrough
Andy Carroll – Newcastle
Tim Krul – Newcastle
Genaro Zeefuik – PSV
Freddy Adu – Benfica
Scott Sinclair – Chelsea
Gabriel Torje – Poli 1921
Ciprian Marica – Stuttgart
Michael Woods – Chelsea
Mika Aaritalo – Turun Palloseura
Jimmy Briand – Stade Rennais F.C
Steve Mandanda – Le Havre FC
Andre Ayew – Olympique Marseille
Marcelo – Real Madrid
Giuseppe Rossi – Villarreal
Nathan Delfouneso – Aston Villa
Samir Nasri – Olympique Marseille
Cilian Sheridan – Celtic
Klass-Jan Huntelaar – Ajax
Adilson Antonio – PSV
Ben Sahar – Chelsea
…etc
^^ All absouletly world-class youngsters.
johnson December 1, 2010
coelho in brazil also very nice…can score hat trick when facing arsenal first time
AndyT November 25, 2010
Bojan – Different level all together. This guy is amazing and anyone who doesnt buy him is stupid.
I get him everytime, Tutor him using an older player who he looks up to, and in 2 season he goes from 3.4mill – 23.5mill. His stats increase ALOT from tutoring. By by the time he is 19 he will be an asset to the team.
Another player who is REDICULOUSLY good. Thiago, 17 y/o. Best midfielder you will ever purchase, again his value increases allot over 2 seasons and he is also very influential to tutoring. But his stats just go up and up and up. He has 19 Tackling yet also 18/19/20 Dribbling/Shooting/Finishing. This guy is a prodegy. Can only expect the best from him.
Now if your in for a long term game and gonna play for 4/5 season + With the same team then Lago is the guy you want to get straight away. Stick him in your B team for the first 2 season’s with tutoring from an A team player. after the 1st 2 season’s are done bring him into your first team and start rotating him. Keep the tutoring going. This guy will be amazing in 4/5 Seasons into the game.
pompeylad November 21, 2010
i can’t remember where he’s from but guillaumme portier (1st name may be spelt wrong) is a fantastic youngster so is steve carter. both can be signed on youth contracts but get very good ratings in most games and can easily play for a top flight side
C.Easty November 12, 2010
wijnaldum from feyenoord – quality player – very composed at a young age also sakho – centre back from PSG very good youth.
Fliddy black chink October 23, 2010
3 VERY VERY good players to sign.
Mark Burke – free agent. poor stats. plays like scholes.
Guentchev-plays for Hendon. again poor stats but fantastic player
Yankov – Kameno. young, poor stats again but in 1 season he goes from Titus Bramble to Carlos Puyol.
A kid October 22, 2010
i love young good players and iv got a good one here his name is federico laurito he is only 17 and he get goals for your team he is posable to get for a championship or above team because i got him for cardiff.
name September 26, 2010
silva, the very best
Rickie Lambert September 20, 2010
There is this amazing player called Gabriel Michelle. For some reason my friends cannot find him on their games but I got him from AS Monaco his birthday is 16.9.1989. I got him for 725k after three seasons 88aps with 57goals he is worth 27.5m.
If you are lucky to get him GET HIM!!
Moleman September 18, 2010
Lulinha of corinthians is the best wonderkid
Johnny August 26, 2010
Gk Hector Plaza
Adrian Murcia
After a few seasons this player called Barbosa,from sao paolo signed and he was amazing. CAVANI is good too!
connor avossa August 22, 2010
i love football manager and i know a great wonderkid nickalas milan of colo colo
connor avossa August 22, 2010
i love football manager it is great can not wait till football manager 2011 xx
jim saivet August 18, 2010
ben dover
dan gleeballs
arthur bullock
stinky vangeeta
craig david
ryan googliyhtury
jim saivet August 18, 2010
buy mytur banisdirty
jim saivet August 18, 2010
buy celestine babayaro
jim saivet August 18, 2010
or maybe you could go for the cheeky signing of
josua lindeman south africas rising star
jack taylor hammers through and through
bradley mcbride little faggot
or
luke busby fat head nob
jim saivet August 18, 2010
a great player i would consider purchasing is ronnie ginno
jim saivet August 18, 2010
buy ian mackrill
taiwo August 17, 2010
I signed tomasso rocchi and pandev from lazio and they both gave me 33 goals each.best midfielder cesc fabregas and silva
Vincent August 17, 2010
Im on 4th season, after 2 years with inter they didnt renew my contract (won champions league,italian super cup 1st yr and 2nd in serie a + euro super cup in 2nd yr) i applied for milan after they where 16th place with 2 wins 2 draws and 8 losses, i signed Gordan (scotland goalkeeper, and finished 2nd place only 4 pts behind juve only conceding 8 goals in my games for milan. a player that helped me alot was carlos tevez which milan bought when i was still with milan he finished top scorer with 38 goals in seria a only!
Lyon 4 EveR! August 17, 2010
saivet is a good player, i signed him with lyon 1st season and scored 29 goals in 16 games (not including half times) lulinha is rlly good too
Fabian August 10, 2010
Mika Aaritalo and Niklas Barkroth top class also preston edwards and dean bouzanis
misko August 9, 2010
Best wonderkids:
GK:De Gea
DR:Eduardo Ratinho
DC:Breno
DC:Sakho
DL:Bale
MR:Torje
MC:Banega
MC:Lulinha
ML:Wijnaldum
ST:Saivet
ST:Cavani
Chamakh 93 August 1, 2010
The best young goalkeeper is jukka lehtovaara,and adrian murcia!!!
Dunc July 7, 2010
Yessu Cabrera has to be my favourite along with dor malul
MenaGER BOSS June 28, 2010
Angulo Marvin,Mika Aaritalo,Dzsudzsak,Rajcevic(koper),Stancu Bogdan,Juri Judt,Kose Tevtik,Polanski,Zajc,Eduardo(bahia,marcone,ramon),Mardare,Sepsi(gloria),Hererra,Borges,Waselovski,Pawel,Saivet,Sakho,Duplus,Pjanic,Wijnaldum,Leonardo(ajax-2)Cordos,Yegor Filipenko,Sulima,Kiril Pavlychek,Anton Putilo,Ibricic,Pryol(vitesse)…….that pleyers are AMAZING
Faizur June 26, 2010
if you manage team from italy, try to friendly with your reverse club, and find list of player from reverse than offer a contract to him, a lot player good
Poljo June 23, 2010
saivet, bruno formigoni (best DM ever!!!), damien le tallec, kwabena agouda, hugo lloris, amelia, wijnaldum, lavezzi, pazzini, breno, djourou, danny simpson, armand traore, sometimes yoann gouffran and cabaye
Camm May 23, 2010
Big names! Second season, january transfer window. Signed Jeremy Menez – 11.75 mill from valencia.
Hatem Ben Arfa – 13 mill from Marseilles
Hugo Lloris – 14 mill from nancy or something
Jose San Roman – 1.6 mill from some weird club.
18 months on, all world class, all worth 25mill+
ads May 19, 2010
3 key buys
Marvin Angula. Best right back on the game. Racks up the assists.
Fernandez-chillian! awesome attacking left sided player
Palombo-italian. Rock hard central defensive midfielder.
Serbia May 18, 2010
John Bostock
New Lampard!!
Daniel May 18, 2010
I'm Luton Town and Jose Baxter (Everton) and Jack Hobbs (Liverpool) are brilliant players with 5 seasons gone Tommy Spurr (Sheffield Wednesday) is also a good Player.
Cokin May 13, 2010
Saivet on free
Bogdan Stancu for 300,000$
Cabral on free
Michael Woods from Chelsea
Michael Mancienne from Chelsea
POMPEY!!!!! May 10, 2010
Silva,Aguero,Ustari,Pandev,Edwards,pato,Anderson,Obi Mikel,Garay,Albiol,Babel,Fabregas,De rossi,Bojan,Lulinha,Saivet and Micah Richards are very good young players!!!!!
joe May 9, 2010
torres beckam messi aron bojan!
KyleM-Sco April 30, 2010
Hi. After 1 season on pc, if your lucky john baldwin from aston villa and bob whyte from motherwell turn amazin!!!! baldwin with inter just now in my game and hes worth £90mil!! Bob whyte scores at least 20 goals a season.
Some great players- Bogdan Stancu,Joe Mattock,Lewis Stevenson,Andy Carroll,Carlos Vela,Henri Saivet.
To get money without editor add as many users as you like to rich teams except the team u want to manage and bid for players for £0 and accept for players and for money bid for one of your crap players for lots of money and accept.
Then Retire from the teams who you just bought players from ur team.
GABRIEL86VX April 29, 2010
ledesma
butchers87 April 27, 2010
my line up for glasgow rangers consists of just youngsters really but cos in scotland they get grumpy and wanna leave defo get joao carlos Bouzanis and a 15 y.o. from fiorentina GK bacciosi(a must) also miolli my defence was cassani from italy cuellar cahais from boca l8r got alex pearce musacchio and gallego midfield i have vailatti amazing from torino angel reyna from cska i think also richard kemp arsenal crosas(take a while to develop) victor diaz and a spanaird iriome my forwards for my 3 years have been david amoo liverpool kid nazarith from america the team castano seville and nery castillo a must buy also have saviet and willdjium but they are mentioned on every1s list lol
Nico Roggen April 26, 2010
A name I never see in these topics is Karadeniz Batuhan.
You cannot buy him in English leaugue due to WP.
Get him for free, and enjoy 20-30 goals from this 16 YO
ashley clarke April 24, 2010
sign bojon from barcalona b team for 4 mill as soon as he joins he is worth 7.5 mill
Barqa April 23, 2010
the best atacker is ARON he plays at xerez he is the BEST he scored 32 goals in 23 matches.
biks April 22, 2010
try Breno,renato augusto,sergio mota,marko marin,ramon,nyatanga,foriestri trust em guyz they re wicked ballers.
Kosta_bsk borca April 19, 2010
I play with BSK Borca from SERBIAN First Divison…
Vojo Ubiparip (Vojvodina-Serbia) I bought him from Vojvodina for 375k and after one year I sold him to Deportivo for 4,5M..
Patrik Lomski (TPS – Finland) I bought him on a free transfer and after 1,5 year i sold him to Fulham for 2M…
Georginho Wijinaldum (Feyenoord – Holland) is also good player….Greets from Serbia
Zarnica April 13, 2010
Hello , thery good players indeed but try this to :
Jeremy Menez ( good winger , i buy him evert time )
Samir Nasri ( good for atacking tactic AMC , the only who can be playmaker in arsenal squad if fabregas is injury )
Henry Saivet ( Striker , at 19 he will be the best striker in the squad , first team player at 19 years for sure )
Michael Owen ( Striker , in Arsenal squad is incredible )
Mika Aaritalo ( Left Winger , buy him for only 150-300 k , after 1 year in my first team on arsenal he's value reach 9 mil
, but is not a first team player after 1 year )
Sergio Aguero ( Atacker , wonderkid good if you play him in important matches , has this talent to win hard games )
Theo Walcott ( Right Winger , wonderkid very good at 21 years , use him after min 60 , he strike the defense with his running )
Fernando Belluschi ( Right Winger , thery good indeed )
Guilherme ( Left Winger Back , very very good and cheap )
Hugo Lloris ( Good goalkeeper , amazing reflexes )
Igor Akinfeev ( the best keeper
, try him you will not regret )
Andres Guardado ( Right Winger , better than Jeremy Menez , very good if you can buy him )
Micah Richards ( very good Centre back , i use him in my arsenal squad as Right Winger Back , great performance , amazing player ! )
Chelsea.fc April 11, 2010
Mika Aaritalo-thun poulaseura,Thiago-barcelona
GABRIEL86VX April 10, 2010
gk-hart vidal / richard(man city) / kompany / alexis maybe the best defence in the game 15 goals in 43 matches
Jordan April 5, 2010
Victor Moses From C Palace-25k
Lauri Dalla Valle From JIPPO-30k (Best Player) 15 Finland
Rene Mihelic From Maribor-70k
John Bostock From Palace Stats Not The Best But After 1 Season In Champ Easily Good Enough For Prem-26k
Zoltan Steiber-Aston Villa- 40k
Cicero-Fluminense(Loan) Contracted To Tombense- 1m Unbeievble Value
George Boyd- Peterborough-300k Unbelievable AMLC/FC
Stevenage Team 2nd Season League
GK:Hart
DR:Peltier(L'Pool)DC:Shawcross(Man U) Arber (Stev) DL:Elokobi/Gilbert
MR:McKenna(Spurs) MC:Bostock/Palacios ML:Boyd (P'Boro) AMC:Dalla Valle
FC:Moses(C Pal) Folan/Dalla Valle
Steiber I Dalla Valle Unavailable . Captain: Arber Star Player:Dalla Valle. Good Luck
craigibhoy April 3, 2010
ricky is right i bought arouca and played him nearly every game and i sold him for 44 mil and dzeko for 25 mil
GABRIEL86VX March 30, 2010
ELANO from man city is a good playmaker ,i buy him whit 15 mil and sold next year whit 35 to Ac Milan
ilham March 27, 2010
in the early years I used the club manchester united
I buy Rafinha, pablo piatti, Aguero, kasper shcemaicel, and Matteo Ferrari
My formation is 3-4-1-2:
GK-kasper
DC-ferdinand–DC-ferarri–DC-neville
MR-nani MC-p.piatti MC-anderson ML-aguero
AMC-c.tevez
FC-m.owen FC-rooney
in 10 games course, I can print club 30goal !!!!!!!!!!
and in any fighting game trophies, I always get it
so you all can copy this formation
thank you
i4ever March 25, 2010
Cesar Lindado…( colombia) is one of the best wonderkids.
Ricky March 12, 2010
try arouca from brazil he is the dogs!! got him for 13m and all clubs want to buy him for 30-40million next season!!
Nikos March 11, 2010
Take in your team Sotiris Ninis (AM RC)from Panathinaikos in Greece is very good player and he is also 17 years old
Adam March 7, 2010
Try Nicholas Barkroth in the game he's from IFK Goteborg i'm in the 7th season and he's scored 35 goals for me already i only signed him for 100k as well
mohammed March 5, 2010
it sicklike it man i fuckin
Chay Clarkson February 22, 2010
Luka Modric is sick on the game. Soon as you log in, put an offer of £3.8-£4.1m and it should be accepted. Offer double his asking. He can play left mid, centre mid, left attack, centre attack. He's quality. Mamadou Sakho's quite good. Henri Saivet is a monster. Sidnei from Internacional is alright, it takes time for him to learn. Set his training schedule differentally, put his new position as right back and send him on loan somewhere. When he comes back he's quality. Signed him for £2.5m for Spurs, sent him on loan to Rotherham and when he came back, he was immense. Andy Carrol is good, use him as a sole striker tho or he'll get selfish. IF you can get him, get Alexandre Pato from Milan. He is amazing! I played Milan in a pre-season friendly and lost 6-3. Pato scored 5 of them. Also get Wagner, can't remember what team he's from but that's his only name and he's an attacking midfielder. He's too good. Got him for £5.2m which was a bargain and a half. He's too good. Andrei Arshavin has on and off days. I play him right attacking mid. But mostly now I just use Aaron Lennon. He's amazing too.
JASON ELGIE February 14, 2010
I RECKOMEND ANITA DUMPALOT BUY HIM FOR 1.5 MILL 20 YEARS OLD AND SCORED 20 FOR MY MAN U TEAM
JASON ELGIE January 30, 2010
i won the championship with west brom gt 110 points second season gt promoted and straight away won the premeirship. its is 10 games in of the 09/10 season and i am top and it is all down to wonderkids i recenty bought eros carradini on a free from parma he is 0 years old and is already gt 20 handling, 19 reflex , 18 one on one and and 17 on accelaration, kicking and commanding area ( must buy ).
JASON ELGIE January 28, 2010
I WOULD RECKOMEND DEFENETLY AARITALO AS I BOUGHT HIM FOR 90K WON PROMOTION AND SOLD HIM FOR 15 MILLION TO WEST HAM. SECONDLY STANCU IS BRILL 20 GOALS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND 15 ALREADY IN THE PREM. I ALSO BOUGHT MATTOCK, TORJE, CUTHBERT, AGUILAR, BLAS PEREZ, ENYEAMA, SANTAMARIA, LANSBURY, KERRISON, BUONANOTTE AND TEO WALLCOTT. I HAVNT SIGNED SILVIO AND VINICIUS BUT THEY SEEM WICKED PLAYERS BOTH FROM BRAZIL AND WITH ALL THESE I AM 3RD IN THE PREM AFTER 1 SEASON AND ABOVE LIVERPOOL, CHELSEA AND ARSNAL.
tim January 21, 2010
kaimar saag – from Estonian U21 Team , after 2 years sold him for 12 millions .. bought for 25k
D-MAN January 18, 2010
Hellow folk,this list of players im providing you with have all ATLEAST hit the £30 Million value(Do note i gathered it from the 360 so potential may differ from other consoles),in the brackets i will be putting where to find em, Enjoy!
Kenan Kodro(R.Sociedad U19s)
Mirlam Pjanic FC Metz)
Zdravko Kuzmanovic(Easily the best in the game for me..comes from Fiorentina)
Martín Galván(Cruz Azul)
Nuri Sahin(Feyenoord, on loan from Dortmund)
Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax and yes he did hit £30m )
Steven Defour (Standard Liege)
Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth)
Stevan Jovetic (Partizan)
John Fleck (Rangers)
Felipe (Santos..no ifs buts or maybes he is the best GK on the game)
Guilherme (Cruzerio..46 Apps 53 Goals for me..must buy!)
Federico Fazio(Sevilla Athletico).
Novak January 11, 2010
Try Torje(Romania) Tomovic(serbia-Red Star)
Eduardo (Brazil-Bahia) Joao Carlos (Brazil) Stevan Jovetic (Serbia- Partizan) Milos Bosancic(Boavista) Slobodan Rajkovic (PSV)
jj January 5, 2010
marquinhos is a brilliant one along with f laurito
jason benfield January 4, 2010
try keirrison-striker, (john fleck-striker/left wing, 16yrs old, he becomes the best player in the game!), joe mattock-left back, adrien-centre mid, guiliano-right wing, ninis-right wing, raktic-centre mid, tafar-striker. these players are good and young!
try them out they won't play bad.
VyKz January 3, 2010
Try also
Hamsik
Defour
Arshavin
Are very good players
misheck December 30, 2009
from experence henri Saivet and Bojan are the best together in football manager also mercelo from brzil under 21 and rafael sobis from real beats there are good mercelo with the right training can be a very good st, wbl, aml in the game
kara December 26, 2009
i played with qpr.. and both haynes for 1m.. after promotion he rich 11m.. an vith corner tactic (six yarde box) my central defender (chelenge goalceeper)scored incredible 26 goals.. andres sccoti dc, dr from venecuela…
jack yarnell December 22, 2009
ive completed 7 seasons with arsenal and i found ,saivet, sakho, gignac from france, balotelli from inter, ozil from schalke, pjanic from serbia, and lulinha from brazil were all worldclass by the age of 22. I ALSO SOLD KARIM BENZEMA FOR 65M AFTER I BOUGHT HIM FOR 11M IN FIRST SEASON.
Ben December 22, 2009
Try Mesut Ozil from werder bremen
Albaman December 17, 2009
Very good players from slovenian first division.
With good training they become wonderkids.
They are also cheap.
Dalibor Volas- very strong Striker
Rene Mihelic- very good play maker
Armin Bacinovic- super defender
Rok Kronaveter- good technique player
Alin December 16, 2009
SAIVET,TORJE.VIVIANO,STANCU,ANTWI,ANTONIO RUKAVINA,DANNY,MOTA,ZEEFULK,WIJNALDUM,STEFAN RADU,SKRTEL,BADARA SENE,SEPSI,PRUDNIKOV
sean wrigglesworth December 9, 2009
hi i bought mathew edwards from leeds for 56million just for fun and 5 seasons on he was my number 1 keeper and he got 31 clean sheets out of 32 and ow i am unstopabble and i keep wnning the league.
Ben December 7, 2009
Torje
Saivet
Balotelli
MPU November 28, 2009
try Ribka from Dinamo Kiev got him for 1 million never played sold him 2 years after for 15.5 million!!!
Cameron November 12, 2009
Hi Its Cameron Used To Be Cammy
@Ben Nice Choice Also I Recconmend these players.
Henri Saivet.Signed Him First Season for chelsea in u18s sored 20 in 18 games So far.
Sakho
Hazard
Baxter
N Loads More
Ben November 12, 2009
try patrick barclay in the 2nd season of the game,17 yrs old scot @ plymouth,scout report says he has the potential to be better than tevez!Also in the 2nd season andy carroll of newcastle is mint.