Pro players & scouting
A player is more than a single strength number. The player file shows you all the key info – and with scouting you uncover the three hidden attributes that make the difference over the years.
The player file
Tap a player to open his file. Under Details you'll find, among other things:
- Strength & attributes – the base and line-up strength and the individual values.
- Position(s) – the ideal position and, if any, a second ideal position.
- Contract & market value – remaining term and current value.
- Career & statistics – stations, appearances, goals.
- Special abilities – the learned/innate abilities with their level.
Player scouting (slush fund)
Three attributes are not directly visible: talent, fair play and injury proneness. Via the slush fund you can scout them for a player – once per player:
- Own player: about 7,000 from the slush fund.
- Player on the transfer market: about 10,000 – so you can check a target before you bid.
The result is colour-coded (red = poor … dark green = top, purple = elite). With the sponsor Woof Spielerberatung (see Sponsors) you additionally get the exact numbers (talent x/130, fair play x/12, injury proneness x/7) and a discount on the scouting cost (up to 30%).
Booking a scouting before an expensive transfer is almost always smart: two players of equal strength can develop and behave completely differently depending on talent, fair play and injury proneness.
Talent
Talent determines how fast and how far a player develops – there is a secret cap per attribute. Scouting reveals the talent category (from recreational player through first division and star player to prodigy and a rare elite tier). More in Youth & Scouting and Development.
Fair play
Fair play (scale 1–12) controls how often a player gets booked. The higher the value, the less often he sees yellow or red – exponentially so. Fair play works directly against your intensity setting: a very fair player can play hard without constantly ending up on the cards list, while an unfair player misses games quickly under a hard tactic.
Injury proneness
Injury proneness (scale 1–7) determines how often a player gets injured. The effect is strongly exponential: a player with a value of 7 gets injured roughly 15 times as often as one with a value of 1. It applies in matches and during intensive training – treat and train highly prone players more carefully.
Scout key players and expensive targets. Watch fair play with a hard style and plan rotation for prone stars – an injured top player is no use to you.