Funky Munky Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I was having a look at some of the top players in my current save, and discovered Nurbek Abdyldaev, an excellent attacking winger/midfielder at Real Madrid. Not all that surprising, until I had a look at his country of birth...Kyrgyzstan. So what are some of the smaller countries you've seen provide the biggest stars? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon07 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 bloody ell lol! he is quality lol! on one of my seasons Honduras produced 15-20 world class players as did Egypt! and one random world class player from the Turks and Cacios Islands!! If my season loaded up id print screen them! but the season broke =[ 2040 though lol! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bongo-Bongo Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 In a game on an older verion (07 I belive), I had a youth player come through from Saint Pierre and Miquelon. He was turning into very promising player, but I got bored of the game before he could fulfil his potential. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz0111 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 In my current save Barca have 2 decent regens from Uzbeikistan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I have a great DC from Uzbeikistan. I also have a 19 y/o AMRC who is already world class. He's from Bosnia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eles Gergo Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 my favourite ones came from Israel (don't remember he's name though) but I've seen people from the Caribbean islands as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 What's strange about Israel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moaner Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 What's strange about Israel? they wear funny hats. my strangest nationality for a top player was Qatar. Asbal Ishmalin. he wasn't a world-class player but a "leading star" in League 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NepentheZ Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Thats one exceptional player right there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alurny Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Best player I ever saw was from The Soloman Islands on FM 2006. Sadly the save corrupted. I also had a quality Moldovan, on FM 2007. That guy is quality btw. Oh and my Guatemalan wonderkid, Marco Acietuno, a regen on 07' also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 they wear funny hats.my strangest nationality for a top player was Qatar. Asbal Ishmalin. he wasn't a world-class player but a "leading star" in League 1. In the context of the thread, there's nothing strange about Israel. On the other hands, you can see why Kyrgyzstan or the Solomon Islands, for example, are strange in the context. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I'm currently trying to get the entire Montserrat national team on my AFC Wimbledon team:D Too bad only one of them actually has a chance of making my first team lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I'm currently trying to get the entire Montserrat national team on my AFC Wimbledon team:DToo bad only one of them actually has a chance of making my first team lol. Given the size of the population of Montserrat, it's impressive that even one of them is good enough! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Given the size of the population of Montserrat, it's impressive that even one of them is good enough! My ass man (the original Stuart Cash) says he's Championship/League 1 quality:) (currently in League 2) Also fancy a striker from Crawley but he keeps resigning with them:( The rest of the national team are crap though lol. Also, in my PSV save, I got some good Slovenians and Hungarians on my team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauvner Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Given the size of the population of Montserrat, it's impressive that even one of them is good enough! Titus Bramble is from Montserrat originally.... He qualifies through is grandfather. That kind of says it all for the football nation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan,,, Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Western Mariana Islands. Weren't even on my atlas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0x0r Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I see your Kyrgyzstan and raise you a St Peirre & Miquelon... And he has a girl's name. He's (in my opinion) a better player, and playing for what may even be a more unlikely nation! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 St. Pierre & Miquelon.. Wow! That is impressive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
isuckatfm Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I've got one of those St Pierre players aswell. Plus he has a decent left peg (and his skin/hair are always in top condition ). It pays to have a French staff member I also found another who my scouts said had the potential to be a leading Premiership left back but unfortunately when I found him he had already decided to retire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Does it not strike anyone as a bit unrealistic? Can anyone really say that there's any chance that St. Pierre & Miquelon is ever going to produce a top-class footballer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I've got ones from New Caledonia, Anguilla, Myanmar, and one from Madagascar... got a very good Andorran lb as well a while back, he's ragular in my 1st team! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauvner Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I've got one of those St Pierre players aswell. Plus he has a decent left peg (and his skin/hair are always in top condition ). It pays to have a French staff member I also found another who my scouts said had the potential to be a leading Premiership left back but unfortunately when I found him he had already decided to retire. He looks like Mohammed off Big Brother 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamieake Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 what team is Fisher? never heard of them. what country are they from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saulty2805 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 england....Aren't they Blue Sq or lower. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moaner Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 what team is Fisher? never heard of them. what country are they from? Fisher Athletic is a semi-pro team based in SE LDN, England. IRL they play in the Conference South....don't be fooled by the above players amazing stats- they don't have any players that good....Leroy Griffths aside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamieake Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 must've done a good job with them. he's a good premiership player I'd say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
isuckatfm Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Does it not strike anyone as a bit unrealistic? Can anyone really say that there's any chance that St. Pierre & Miquelon is ever going to produce a top-class footballer. Yes. There was a whole thread on this started by Nepenthez if I remember correctly. The general consensus was it had to with the political and historical linkages between these minnows and larger European Nations which gives them a second citizenship. So essentially it seems the game goes 'here's a French newgen, give him a high PA' but that player is only French by second nationality. EDIT: here's the thread http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=26543 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Yes. There was a whole thread on this started by Nepenthez if I remember correctly. The general consensus was it had to with the political and historical linkages between these minnows and larger European Nations which gives them a second citizenship. So essentially it seems the game goes 'here's a French newgen, give him a high PA' but that player is only French by second nationality.EDIT: here's the thread http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=26543 Interesting thread. Thanks for the linkie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartPoom_97 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Strangest player for me was a goalkeeper from Nepal which is in the middle east I believe. He had around 30 caps for them too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackje Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Nepal is in the himalayas (please look at a map). There is no reason why you can't get a player of great skill from any nation, say the best player in the world potentially is born in Spain, he gets all the best coaching and facilities and makes it. If he was born in a bit of a footballing backwater such as non-FIFA nation of Tuvalu it is highly unlikely he will get the sort of coaching he needs but he may still have the natural attributes to be a great player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrawney Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I had a regen on FM07 from Vanuatu who became a Premiership regular and he helped Vanuatu win the Asia-Oceania Cup. Also, not necessarily strangest but most suprising, there was a player who I found while managing Braintree Town who was a free agent; he had a really African name but was born in Slough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthreeleader Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I was having a look at some of the top players in my current save, and discovered Nurbek Abdyldaev, an excellent attacking winger/midfielder at Real Madrid. He can't jump. Forget about him. I'm kidding, by the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWWROCKS Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Had one from Equitorial Guinea with a PA of 197 or something around that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ched Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I get a surprisingly large amount of quality players from St kitts, St vincent etc T'is very odd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hufton Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I had a few players come through from Djibouti one season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Injektilo Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I see your Kyrgyzstan and raise you a St Peirre & Miquelon... And he has a girl's name.He's (in my opinion) a better player, and playing for what may even be a more unlikely nation! First of all, Stephane is a male name. You're confusing it with Stephanie. StP&M is a French-owned territory. I'm not entirely sure why FM doesn't consider him French. I also had a player from French Guyana, and another from the Martiniques. The strangest country for me? In 2014, the goalkeeper of the opposing team was from North Korea. Maybe something happened to Kim Jong Il? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Anguilla. Its near the Antilles. There are always amazing potential'd regens from the weirdest places... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0x0r Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Does it not strike anyone as a bit unrealistic? Can anyone really say that there's any chance that St. Pierre & Miquelon is ever going to produce a top-class footballer. Of course there is. The unrealistic thing is that France didn't snap him up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0x0r Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 First of all, Stephane is a male name. You're confusing it with Stephanie.StP&M is a French-owned territory. I'm not entirely sure why FM doesn't consider him French. I also had a player from French Guyana, and another from the Martiniques. The strangest country for me? In 2014, the goalkeeper of the opposing team was from North Korea. Maybe something happened to Kim Jong Il? The name thing was a bit of a joke. French players often have names considered female in England. Look at Lillian Thuram... And yeah, at first I assumed he was French. It was only when I checked I realised French was his second nationality, while he was the superstar for a small colony... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan_cfc Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Had a left winger on FM07 called Boubacar Cueff, from Djibouti! Still the only Djobutian (?) I have ever managed, and automatically the best as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liniert Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 whilst randomly searching for players, i set the filter for players only from Southampton. and discovered a Bermudan player who was born in Bermuda in a town called Southampton (Bermuda). the funny thing is he plays for Portsmouth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I had a great right winger from Wallis and Futuna meaning his nationality was Wallian. Suprised a player with a PA of 194 was called up and playing for their national side rather than the french one which was his second nationality. Pretty cool I thought but theres alot of small islands round the world I suppose one could produce a great player one day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eborg Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I have a great DC from Uzbeikistan. I also have a 19 y/o AMRC who is already world class. He's from Bosnia. Bosnia & Herzegovina is not a minor footballing nation like the ones mentioned,mind you! I've had these players in my team (picked them up on free transfer): 2 strikers from Northern Mariana - one is in Bundesliga,other one a bit lower... 1 attacking midfielder from Macau - playing in Empoli now,fantastic player... 2 attacking midfielders from Bangladesh - playing in Bundesliga... 1 attacking midfielder from Nepal - playing in lower divisions in Germany... 1 goalkeeper from Palestine - playing in lower divisions in Germany... One of the best strikers in my game is from United Arab Emirates... Besides that my left-back was from Kyrgyzstan too (not a regen) while I had players from Namibia and Kazakhstan (also not regens). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moaner Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Given the size of the population of Montserrat, it's impressive that even one of them is good enough! what is with the Montserrat players? Everyone of them is a "good/quality signing" for LLM. i just filtered nationality Montserrat and they literally ALL have 12/13/14 stats for dribbling, crossing, finishing....yet none of them are in the national team? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
03bault Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 i get loads of stupid ones with 20's for techincal and 10-'s for physical attributes from places like guadelope and st kitts and nevis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zan87 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Bahrain produced a monster of a player in one of my games. I'll try post a screenshot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frame Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Of course there is. The unrealistic thing is that France didn't snap him up. IRL I think they still could have. Jocelyn Angloma who played for France in the 90's played for Guadalope in the Gold Cup a year or two ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 IRL I think they still could have.Jocelyn Angloma who played for France in the 90's played for Guadalope in the Gold Cup a year or two ago. I could be wrong, but I don't think you can play for two FIFA member nations. Of course, if Guadeloupe are a FIFA member then my thinking goes out of the window. But if not, that would explain it. I don't know whether or not Guadeloupe or St. Pierre & Miquelon are FIFA members. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frame Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I could be wrong, but I don't think you can play for two FIFA member nations. Of course, if Guadeloupe are a FIFA member then my thinking goes out of the window. But if not, that would explain it. I don't know whether or not Guadeloupe or St. Pierre & Miquelon are FIFA members. They are not FIFA members. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I could be wrong, but I don't think you can play for two FIFA member nations. Of course, if Guadeloupe are a FIFA member then my thinking goes out of the window. But if not, that would explain it. I don't know whether or not Guadeloupe or St. Pierre & Miquelon are FIFA members. They are not FIFA members. Then I think it should be okay for a player to play for France and St. Pierre & Miquelon or Guadeloupe or whichever non-FIFA member French overseas département they happen to be from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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