Thanks to FM, I became a coach in real life, it started in 2010, when I was a 10-year-old boy, saw a CD i with FM 2010 on the counter. I didn’t know what awaited me and expected that there would be something similar to FIFA where I could control the players, at least partially.
At first, when I turned on the game and entered the match, I was upset that there was no player controller function. After a while, the game got me hooked and I started playing for local clubs, probably because they weren’t in FIFA. These were short careers largely due to my age, in some places FIFA and other games outweighed them. but I didn’t stop at FM 10 and continued to acquire FM.
The best version and the longest for me was FM12. For all the time since 2010, I only missed version 13 year, I don’t remember why, but that’s how it is. Every year the interest in football and coaching in general grew. From the age of 10 I played different careers, long and short, I don't remember careers in details, but the most interesting was with Besiktas in FM 12 and my fictional character, a coach from Portugal. Mainly my careers wasn't in top leagues. It was Turkey, Ukraine, Portugal, Slovakia, Poland. In different versions I changed tactics, sometimes I repeated. For a example, in fm12 it was 4-2-3-1, fm15 5-3-2 couterattack, then it was again 4-2-3-1. Last versions I use classic 4-3-3, but in FM24 I open for me 4-4-2 diamond, now it's a perfect for me.
With each version I got more involved and played hours of game, my knowledge expanded and my database of players grew. Slowly I studied the intricacies of the game and noticed something for myself, while simultaneously playing football. As time passed, I wanted to become a coach more and more, it was a dream that was somewhat unrealistic at that time. When I was 18, i started studying to be a coach and graduated. Next step get a UEFA C-license. Soon I started to get it.
So I didn't have much time to play for a few years. Last global versions for me was FM 21. And in december I bought FM24 and enjoying it. When I have free time, i am playing in FM. It's distracting and relaxing in despite of some nasty defeats and situations.
The dream has become reality. It's a start of my real life career and I expect interesting way. Of course I will play in FM in parallel my real life career. I start as a children coach.
Аnd it all started thanks to FM