Football Manager 2016 Best Free Agents

Welcome to the preliminary list of Football Manager 2016 best free agents by FMSCOUT.com.

Football Manager 2016 good players without contract

This list includes some of the most notable free agents in Football Manager 2016 based on what we know from the football transfer market and with the help of Football Manager 2015 in regards to identifying the best FM 2016 players available on free transfers.

Top 370+ FM16 free agents included.

Released: Oct 4, 2015
Updated: Oct 11, 2015

This is the successor of my ultimate lists of best Football Manager 2015 free agents and FM 2014 best free players. While it's currently a provisional list, I'm confident it's pretty accurate. I will of course revise this list (including my recommendation ratings) once the FM16 Beta is made available on Steam.

What are free agents?

They are players without contract available on a free transfer. Free players are ideal to boost your squad when your transfer budget is very limited. They are usually players in the twilight of their career, but there are always cases of younger players who are still free for different reasons.

What does the rating (R) mean?

It's a personal recommendation system for your convenience. I'm using a 1-100 scale based on English divisions.
81+ all-time elite player
78-80 great player for premiership
75-77 solid backup for premiership
72-74 top player for championship
69-71 top player for league one
66-68 top player for league two

FM 2016 Best Free Players by position

Click on the table headers (name, age, etc) for easy sorting.
Press and hold Shift while clicking the headers to sort by multiple columns.

Goalkeepers (31)

R	Name	Age
73	Disljenkovic, Vladimir	34
71	Frison, Alberto	27
68	Cros, Pierrick	24
73	Pletikosa, Stipe	36
73	Blazevic, Goran	29
69	Bajkovic, Boban	30
70	Hildebrand, Timo	36
68	Medran, Ezequiel	34
70	Robinson, Paul	35
67	Coe, Nathan	31
68	Bozovic, Mladen	30
70	Jacobo	32
72	Saranov, Bojan	28
68	Rodriguez, Carlos	32
67	Berezovsky, Igor	25
67	Zubikarai, Enaut	31
66	Kawashima, Eiji	32
67	Landazuri, Hector	31
66	Tzorvas, Alexandros	32
66	Ejide, Austin	31
66	Luis Guilherme	23
68	Kirovski, Aleksandar	24
66	Nieves, Darwin	25
66	Atrous, Samuel	25
66	Janjusevic, Ivan	28
67	Jovanic, Milan	29
66	Bonnefoi, Landry	31
66	Prieto, Francisco	32
66	Pelizzoli, Ivan	34
66	Bozovic, Darko	36
67	Laquait, Bertrand	38

Central Defenders (40)

R	Name	Age
75	Vlaar, Ron	30
76	Mazuch, Ondrej	26
70	Nuno Andre Coelho	29
67	Perea, Luis	36
70	Canuto, Ignacio	29
72	Bottinelli, Jonathan	31
69	Pryima, Vasyl	24
72	Navratil, Jakub	31
79	Madlung, Alexander	33
76	Bikey, Andre	30
71	Martinez, Hans	28
73	Onyewu, Oguchi	33
69	Ferrari, Jonathan	28
72	Friedrich, Manuel	36
76	Noveski, Nikolce	36
77	Dunne, Richard	36
73	Mathijsen, Joris	35
70	Planus, Marc	33
72	Douglas Silva	31
69	Whitbread, Zak	31
73	Gerrard, Anthony	29
73	Buljat, Jurica	29
69	Pantidos, Nikos	24
68	Cadamuro, Liassine	27
68	Mori, Dan	26
71	Ben Mansour, Mohamed	26
66	Joao Meira	28
66	Santacroce, Fabiano	28
69	Mensah, John	32
72	Boulahrouz, Khalid	33
69	Bizera, Joe	35
69	Andre Luis	35
70	Zoro, Marc	31
68	Melo, Pablo	32
66	Kroldrup, Per	35
71	Ajeti, Arlind	21
66	Edson	27
68	Anderson Luis	28
66	Esnal, Cristian	28
68	Alex Silva	30
67	Zbrun, Martin	30
66	Jarosik, Jiri	37

Left Backs (25)

R	Name	Age
72	Dabo, Mouhamadou	28
70	Razo, Oscar	31
69	Mulemo, Landry	29
67	Mijailovic, Nikola	33
73	Cale, Hrvoje	30
67	Tiene, Siaka	33
69	Ocampo, Juan Antonio	26
70	Dudgeon, Joe	24
70	Diaz, Juan Manuel	27
71	Mane	33
70	Neplyakh, Evgen	23
68	Rippert, Guillaume	30
74	Crainey, Stephen	34
73	Bonnart, Laurent	35
69	Cappi, Mariano	23
67	Agostini, Alessandro	35
70	Esqueda, Luis Ricardo	34
70	Lopez Mondragon, Manuel	32
67	Barros, Juan	26
71	McCartney, George	34
67	Parraga, Ruben	30
70	Junior Cesar	33
71	Pander, Christian	31
67	Romanchuk, Olexandr	30
67	Cech, Marek	32

Right Backs (26)

R	Name	Age
70	Galitsios, Giorgos	29
69	Eboue, Emmanuel	32
71	Valera, Juan	30
71	Arroyo, Alvaro	27
71	Ochs, Patrick	31
70	Wilkshire, Luke	33
72	Lell, Christian	31
72	Kelly, Stephen	32
70	Tiendalli, Dwight	29
70	Motta, Marco	29
67	Foley, Kevin	30
70	Grana, Hernan	30
75	Reveillere, Anthony	35
69	Mesto, Ginadomenico	33
72	Bocaly, Garry	27
69	Mattioni, Felipe	26
69	Fernandez, Aitor	29
67	Chicherin, Nikita	24
69	Lolo, Igor	33
67	Pintos, Pablo	28
67	de la Cruz, Marvin	30
67	Garcia, Luis Francisco	28
71	Dimayuga, Efrain	26
69	Angbwa, Benoit	33
73	Zabavnik, Radoslav	34
66	Faubert, Julien	31

Defensive Midfielders (41)

R	Name	Age
78	Torres, Juan Manuel	30
68	Olimpio, Leonel	33
71	Roberto Sousa	30
71	Boateng, Derek	32
73	Pliatsikas, Vasilis	27
71	Lopy, Joseph	23
71	Razzotti, Franco	30
70	Camara, Pape Abdou	24
79	Poulsen, Christian	35
69	Kargbo, Ibrahim	33
69	Sokolowski, Tomasz	30
68	Guerriero, Ludovic	30
74	Mariga, McDonald	28
69	Okonkwo, Onyekachi	33
69	Kaita, Sani	29
69	Kamara, John	27
69	Osbourne, Isaac	29
75	Mudingayi, Gaby	34
76	Gucer, Hurriyet	33
80	Nengomasha, Tinashe	33
68	Coulibaly, Kafoumba	29
69	Oliveira, Stanislas	27
73	da Silva, Marco	23
67	Hsissane, Abdelmalik	24
72	Eustace, John	35
68	Rouamba, Florent	28
71	Francois, Julien	35
68	Bah, Mamadou	27
68	Val	32
76	Conti, Daniele	36
74	Bustos, Maximiliano	33
70	Ngobeni, Clifford	28
75	Neto Coruja	28
72	Boccara, Ilan	22
69	Sporkslede, Fabian	22
69	Fernando	34
68	Zito	30
69	Osiako, Patrick	28
67	Galo, Diego	21
66	Rochemback, Fabio	33
70	Quansah, Kwame	32

Central Midfielders (32)

R	Name	Age
70	Lanig, Martin	31
69	Schiavon, Eros	32
72	Mahlangu, May	26
70	Tiago Gomes	30
70	Yebda, Hassan	31
72	Ekeng, Patrick	25
74	Bailey, Nicky	31
69	Cvijanovic, Goran	28
71	de Zeeuw, Demy	32
71	Lazic, Djordje	32
68	Henkens, Robin	27
71	Saez, Jose	33
67	Fotakis, Giorgos	33
68	Yankov, Chavdar	31
74	Fabio Simplicio	36
69	Razak, Abdul	22
67	Obodo, Christian	31
67	Pluim, Wiljan	26
67	Tonge, Michael	32
72	Guarente, Tiberio	29
67	Zapata, Martin	35
71	Hervas, Javi	26
68	Ekpo, Emmanuel	27
76	Acevedo, Walter	29
76	Nolan, Kevin	33
71	Sapara, Marek	33
71	Volesak, Ladislav	31
67	Roger	29
67	Ayrton	21
69	Brattan, Luke	25
66	Milovanovic, Dejan	31
66	Micevski, Darko	23

Left Wingers (45)

R	Name	Age
70	de los Santos, Mathias	24
74	Emanuelson, Urby	29
71	Nivaldo	26
68	Shturko, Yuri	30
67	Lobato, Cristian	26
69	Hunt, Stephen	34
67	Gamarra, Marcelo	26
67	Boral, Ugur	33
67	Cerny, Jaroslav	36
67	Zeneyedpour, Milad	29
69	Sandro	29
74	Samaras, Giorgos	30
70	Platini	29
69	Thomas, Jerome	32
68	Quincy	29
74	Djuric, Dusan	31
67	Ephraim, Hogan	27
74	Balashov, Vitaliy	24
67	Milosavljev, Vladan	28
73	Sassi, Mossaab	25
66	Wilk, Jakub	30
76	Ait Fana, Karim	26
67	Bourgeois, Maxime	24
69	Moral, Toni	34
69	Chenene, Bennett	31
67	Badoyan, Zaven	25
66	Chirico, Cosimo	23
68	Centurion, Emanuel	32
72	Assulin, Gai	24
66	Domoraud, Wilfried	27
67	Ben Othman, Mohamed Slim	25
67	Lesoimier, Benoit	32
66	Kefkir, Oguzhan	24
72	Djabou, Abdelmoumene	28
68	Taylor, Paul	27
69	Bidaoui, Soufiane	25
71	Utaka, John	33
72	Palladino, Raffaele	31
67	Schalk, Alex	23
67	Alvarez, Arturo	30
67	Diogo Rosado	25
69	Castillo, Nery	31
70	Suzen, Gokhan	27
69	Sculli, Giuseppe	34

Right Wingers (40)

R	Name	Age
74	Goreux, Reginal	27
70	Albin, Emiliano	26
72	Pintos, Federico	22
69	Avdic, Marcel	24
69	Cristian	32
67	de Ridder, Daniel	31
71	Hiago	24
77	Ilsinho	29
70	Schelotto, Ezequiel	26
71	Concas, Fabio	28
70	Oriol, Edu	28
70	Hammill, Adam	27
69	Donnet, Matias	35
67	Tejada, Manuel	25
66	Arruda, Mathias	22
70	Guerrero, Gino	22
68	Vaz Te, Ricardo	29
70	Pennant, Jermaine	32
74	Obasi, Chinedu	29
74	Nelson, Gregory	27
77	Boudjemaa, Damien	30
67	Tembo, Fwayo	26
68	Pino, Juan Pablo	28
67	Rodriguez, Mario	33
71	Vlachodimos, Panagiotis	23
67	Shalaj, Gezim	24
71	Taylor-Fletcher, Gary	34
68	Nishi, Norihiro	35
67	Cassio	25
71	Chihi, Adil	27
73	Santana, Mario	33
67	Khiter, Seid	30
68	Psaume, Benjamin	30
69	Grandin, Elliot	27
70	Shamsin, Feiz	23
76	Izmailov, Marat	33
68	Rodriguez, Mario	33
68	Milicevic, Ivan	27
79	Amalfitano, Morgan	30
66	Okoro, Stanley	22

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Central Attacking Midfielders (29)

R	Name	Age
73	Ndi, Daniel	20
72	de Souza, Diego	31
70	Leo Lisboa	21
66	Dernis, Geoffrey	34
68	Velasco, Gabriel	29
82	Ronaldinho Gaucho	35
74	Martens, Maarten	31
72	Ziani, Karim	33
69	Overtoom, Willie	29
69	Danilo	30
71	Marcinho	31
69	Lizarazo, Carlos	24
73	Marcio Richardes	33
70	Juan Carlos	24
77	Marinelli, Carlos	33
67	Branquinho	32
74	Yelen, Zafer	29
74	Lincoln	36
72	Cossu, Andrea	35
69	Vukic, Zvonimir	36
68	Morais	31
68	Toski, Faton	28
70	Cangele, Franco	31
69	Yaisien, Abdallah	20
71	McFadden, James	32
67	Tiago Terroso	27
66	Ruben Ribeiro	28
79	Alvarez, Ricky	27
72	Ozturk, Sezer	29

Strikers (61)

R	Name	Age
69	Alferez, Hebert	27
67	Jabbari, Wajdi	24
68	Szabo, Lukas	22
72	Salpingidis, Dimitris	34
69	Martinez, Brayan	25
69	Griffiths, Joel	35
67	Chabangu, Lerato	30
76	Adebayor, Emmanuel	31
70	Cole, Carlton	31
71	Montano, Victor	31
66	Best, Leon	28
70	Cosme, Wilberto	31
73	Ameobi, Shola	33
71	Cisse, Djibril	34
70	Sinama-Pongolle, Florent	30
71	Tchite, Mohammed	31
67	N'For, Ernest	29
70	Martinuccio, Alejandro	27
72	Lekic, Dejan	30
67	Gandin, Dario	31
71	Ze Carlos Junior	30
68	Wagner Querino	28
66	Landin, Luis Angel	30
71	Kaludjerovic, Andrija	28
66	Costly, Carlo	31
73	Cano, German	27
71	Schlaudraff, Jan	32
81	Del Piero, Alessandro	40
74	Tsvetkov, Ivan	36
73	El Hamdaoui, Munir	31
68	Cacho, Juan Carlos	33
76	Maierhofer, Stefan	32
68	Dady	34
66	Avdic, Denni	26
70	Coulibaly, Adamo	34
68	Cerda, Emmanuel	28
67	Aygunes, Sahin	24
75	Lassad	29
68	Michel	29
68	Mengolo, Junior	22
67	Ebinho	27
69	Varney, Luke	32
74	Zigic, Nikola	34
69	Leonardo	32
69	Asildarov, Shamil	32
72	Pedro Oldoni	29
66	Ghezzal, Abdelkader	30
69	Jones Carioca	26
66	Jovancic, Vladimir	28
69	Kofarmata, Bello	27
68	Imamverdiyev, Cavid	27
66	Kanda, Deo	26
71	Mudrinski, Ognjen	23
69	Karl Max	28
73	Forssell, Mikael	34
71	Niculae, Marius	34
73	Hubnik, Michal	32
67	Jelic, Petar	28
75	Colunga, Adrian	30
71	Aganzo, David	34
69	Linz, Roland	33

FAQ

How did you create this list without having access to FM16?

I used information on the internet to determine which active football players are still without contract. Then I checked their attributes on Football Manager 2015 in order to assess the players based on their best role(s) and to decide if they're good enough to make my list. And for those who made it, I assigned them my personal recommendation ratings for your convenience.