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All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. ======Table of Contents====== 1) Intro 2) Starting your ML team 3) Gaining EXP 4) Growth chart 5) Master League Default Players stats 6) First Year 7) Second Year 8) Sensible Signing 9) Newcomers 10) Version History 11) Credits 12) Last Updated =========================================================================== 1) Intro Hi, my name is Chandra. I make this guide for help you to buy some great players. I know, many people like playing Master League mode. With this guide, it doesn't ensure that you will easily beat your opponent. Need hard work to win the title. My progress so far is good, although I stayed on Division 2 for two years. I realize that this guide isn't complete yet, so help me to improve this guide. I will give you full credits. If you find some mistakes, contact me immediately. Remember, I hate SPAM! ========================================================================== 2) Starting your ML team Start your ML team. From Main Menu, go to Master League and select New Game. There are 3 option : 1. Default ML team player 2. Using real Team and player 3. Create yur own team In this guide, I select Default ML team player and I choose Atlanta. After that, select your difficulty, master league difficulty, frequency transfer, and develop player. To set your difficulty and ML difficulty, I recommended that not higher than your skiil. Now, lets begin. =========================================================================== 3) Gainning EXP There are 2 ways to gaining EXP : 1. You can gain EXP from match. Acctually, you can gain more EXP from scoring goal. For every 100 %, your player ability gain one point. 2. By doing training. If you training your player at off season, you can add a little exp from training. Yu also can adjust your player training. Here are option for doing training : - Attack : Improve attack, shot accuracy, shot power, and shot technique. - Defence : Improve defence. - Balance : Improve body balance. - Speed : Improve top speed and accelaration. - Stamina : Improve stamina and responsive. - Dribble : Improve dribble speed and dribble accuracy. - Pass : Improve S. pass speed, S. pass accuracy, L. pass speed, and L. pass accuracy. - Goalkeeper : Improve GK skill - Free Kick : Improve Free kick and swerve. - Header : Improve header and jump. - Team work : Improve team work. Everytime you train them, the player will get 25 % fatique. Make full rest after their fatique level 50 %. =========================================================================== 4) Growth chart There are 6 type development chart: 1. Early peak | | /\ | / \_ | | \ | / \__ |_/ \_____ | |___________________________ This type are very fast develop. Actually, hai abilities can go up to 85s. Good Example : Smith, Farfan, and Inzaghi. 2. Early Peak + Lasting | | ___ | / \_ | | \ | / \__ |/ \____ | |___________________________ This type are very fast grow. After his curve go up, he can still growing but with little EXP because he enter the standard development curve. Good example : Gerrard and Lampard. 3. Early Peak + Late | __ | _ / \ | / \/ \ | / \ | / \__ |_/ \____ | |___________________________ As you can see, this type will go up and then slide down. But it wll go up more faster and more stronger player. Good example : Pirlo, Van Der Sar, and Lehmann. 4. Standard | | ______ | / \ | / \ | / \__ |_/ \____ | |___________________________ This type is standart develop. He gain little EXP from match. Good example : Reyes and Buffon. 5. Late Peak | __ | ___/ \ | / \ | / \ | / \__ |_/ \____ | |___________________________ Thas type get little abilities. Once he reach his peak, he usually really great player. Good example : Aguero and J S Park. 6. Late Peak + Lasting | _______ | _/ \ | / \ | / \ | / \__ |_/ \____ | |___________________________ This type get very little EXP. You must train him hard. His curve is lasting so you can use him more longer. Goor Example : Maldini, Stam, Cafu, and Serginho. =========================================================================== 5) Master League Default Players stats Note: I play on Top Player difficulty and Very Hard master league difficulty. I start with player stats. Ivarov. Attack: 34 Defence: 78 B. Balance: 71 Stamina: 78 Top Speed: 67 Accelaration: 74 Response: 80 Dribble accuracy: 40 Dribble speed: 49 Short Pass accuracy: 50 Short Pass speed: 53 Long Pass accuracy: 57 Long Pass speed: 64 Shot accuracy: 33 Shot power: 66 Shot technique: 71 FK Accuracy: 49 Swerve: 51 Header: 53 Jump: 86 Technique: 54 GK Skill: 75 Team work: 62 Age: 31 Peak age: 33 Notes: This is your best goalkeeper you have now. His development curve slide down at age 34. Replace him immediately. Stromer. Attack: 48 Defence: 73 B. Balance: 77 Stamina: 70 Top Speed: 70 Accelaration: 70 Response: 58 Dribble accuracy: 48 Dribble speed: 56 Short Pass accuracy: 48 Short Pass speed: 63 Long Pass accuracy: 59 Long Pass speed: 61 Shot accuracy: 45 Shot power: 67 Shot technique: 62 FK Accuracy: 44 Swerve: 44 Header: 59 Jump: 66 Technique: 59 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 61 Age: 29 Peak age: 29 Notes: One of your best defender you have now. Unfortunately, his age is 29 years old and reach his peak age now. Jaric. Attack: 48 Defence: 73 B. Balance: 69 Stamina: 70 Top Speed: 66 Accelaration: 62 Response: 70 Dribble accuracy: 65 Dribble speed: 55 Short Pass accuracy: 68 Short Pass speed: 70 Long Pass accuracy: 80 Long Pass speed: 71 Shot accuracy: 63 Shot power: 70 Shot technique: 69 FK Accuracy: 83 Swerve: 78 Header: 59 Jump: 60 Technique: 67 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 62 Age: 21 Peak age: 26 Notes: If you see his stats, you will know that he has good long pass stats. You can make him as a passer and executing Free Kick. His peak age is 26, so you can still use him for 5 years. Giersen. Attack: 55 Defence: 70 B. Balance: 68 Stamina: 67 Top Speed: 70 Accelaration: 71 Response: 55 Dribble accuracy: 70 Dribble speed: 64 Short Pass accuracy: 65 Short Pass speed: 62 Long Pass accuracy: 74 Long Pass speed: 60 Shot accuracy: 60 Shot power: 61 Shot technique: 62 FK Accuracy: 65 Swerve: 69 Header: 62 Jump: 64 Technique: 80 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 74 Age: 22 Peak age: 27 Notes: His speed is good as Side Back. He has good dribble accuracy and long pass accuracy. You can use him for 5 years. Ruskin. Attack: 67 Defence: 58 B. Balance: 60 Stamina: 85 Top Speed: 80 Accelaration: 78 Response: 71 Dribble accuracy: 65 Dribble speed: 75 Short Pass accuracy: 64 Short Pass speed: 67 Long Pass accuracy: 70 Long Pass speed: 64 Shot accuracy: 56 Shot power: 61 Shot technique: 56 FK Accuracy: 57 Swerve: 44 Header: 50 Jump: 65 Technique: 62 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 59 Age: 21 Peak age: 28 Notes: This is your best defender. Place him on Side Back because he has great speed and stamina. You can use him for 7 years. Macco. Attack: 65 Defence: 56 B. Balance: 61 Stamina: 77 Top Speed: 80 Accelaration: 73 Response: 59 Dribble accuracy: 77 Dribble speed: 69 Short Pass accuracy: 57 Short Pass speed: 80 Long Pass accuracy: 65 Long Pass speed: 61 Shot accuracy: 56 Shot power: 73 Shot technique: 71 FK Accuracy: 58 Swerve: 54 Header: 56 Jump: 67 Technique: 65 GK Skill: 80 Team work: 61 Age: 27 Peak age: 30 Notes: This player has good speed and shot power. Maybe you can place him on AMF position. You can use him for 3 years. Stein. Attack: 55 Defence: 72 B. Balance: 77 Stamina: 80 Top Speed: 64 Accelaration: 70 Response: 73 Dribble accuracy: 55 Dribble speed: 60 Short Pass accuracy: 54 Short Pass speed: 60 Long Pass accuracy: 59 Long Pass speed: 57 Shot accuracy: 59 Shot power: 64 Shot technique: 59 FK Accuracy: 51 Swerve: 43 Header: 65 Jump: 67 Technique: 58 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 60 Age: 26 Peak age: ?? Notes: Have good stamina, body balance, and response are key for DMF. Stein has it. I don't have any data for this player when he reach peak age. Castolo. Attack: 77 Defence: 37 B. Balance: 67 Stamina: 68 Top Speed: 83 Accelaration: 84 Response: 75 Dribble accuracy: 64 Dribble speed: 78 Short Pass accuracy: 57 Short Pass speed: 78 Long Pass accuracy: 65 Long Pass speed: 63 Shot accuracy: 69 Shot power: 76 Shot technique: 64 FK Accuracy: 57 Swerve: 47 Header: 78 Jump: 77 Technique: 75 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 60 Age: 32 Peak age: 30 (if reborn) Notes: What should I say? This guy is your best player you have now. His age is old so replace him with new one. Ordaz. Attack: 77 Defence: 48 B. Balance: 74 Stamina: 73 Top Speed: 70 Accelaration: 71 Response: 69 Dribble accuracy: 70 Dribble speed: 61 Short Pass accuracy: 67 Short Pass speed: 65 Long Pass accuracy: 59 Long Pass speed: 58 Shot accuracy: 80 Shot power: 69 Shot technique: 70 FK Accuracy: 63 Swerve: 55 Header: 77 Jump: 67 Technique: 68 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 67 Age: 22 Peak age: 25 Notes: This is your second option for foward. He has good shot accuracy and header. Good for target man. Burchet. Attack: 78 Defence: 36 B. Balance: 66 Stamina: 58 Top Speed: 90 Accelaration: 74 Response: 74 Dribble accuracy: 56 Dribble speed: 77 Short Pass accuracy: 57 Short Pass speed: 69 Long Pass accuracy: 63 Long Pass speed: 71 Shot accuracy: 57 Shot power: 65 Shot technique: 63 FK Accuracy: 51 Swerve: 46 Header: 66 Jump: 77 Technique: 58 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 66 Age: 30 Peak age: 31 Notes: This guy has great speed and jump abilities but lacks of shot stats. His development curve is standard which mean only a little experience he got. You can use him for 1 year, so replace him immediately. Hamsum. Attack: 76 Defence: 49 B. Balance: 83 Stamina: 66 Top Speed: 69 Accelaration: 62 Response: 66 Dribble accuracy: 75 Dribble speed: 64 Short Pass accuracy: 70 Short Pass speed: 65 Long Pass accuracy: 68 Long Pass speed: 62 Shot accuracy: 70 Shot power: 63 Shot technique: 68 FK Accuracy: 60 Swerve: 57 Header: 74 Jump: 69 Technique: 75 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 72 Age: 22 Peak age: 32 Notes: This one has great body balance with post player special ability. You can place him on foward position. You can use him for...10 years!(2 years fast development, 8 years standard development). Fouque. Attack: 64 Defence: 40 B. Balance: 64 Stamina: 63 Top Speed: 66 Accelaration: 64 Response: 70 Dribble accuracy: 70 Dribble speed: 65 Short Pass accuracy: 74 Short Pass speed: 67 Long Pass accuracy: 71 Long Pass speed: 59 Shot accuracy: 69 Shot power: 83 Shot technique: 64 FK Accuracy: 62 Swerve: 60 Header: 52 Jump: 59 Technique: 70 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 65 Age: 24 Peak age: 28 Notes: He has great shot power but lack of speed. You can use him for 4 years. Lothar. Attack: 28 Defence: 74 B. Balance: 71 Stamina: 60 Top Speed: 60 Accelaration: 62 Response: 80 Dribble accuracy: 45 Dribble speed: 44 Short Pass accuracy: 44 Short Pass speed: 48 Long Pass accuracy: 54 Long Pass speed: 59 Shot accuracy: 38 Shot power: 60 Shot technique: 54 FK Accuracy: 40 Swerve: 30 Header: 40 Jump: 61 Technique: 40 GK Skill: 67 Team work: 64 Age: 23 Peak age: 24 Notes: This is your young goalkeeper. He has good respond. Its so sad that he growth only 1 year. valeny. Attack: 62 Defence: 62 B. Balance: 75 Stamina: 76 Top Speed: 82 Accelaration: 65 Response: 57 Dribble accuracy: 64 Dribble speed: 69 Short Pass accuracy: 48 Short Pass speed: 62 Long Pass accuracy: 59 Long Pass speed: 66 Shot accuracy: 47 Shot power: 76 Shot technique: 63 FK Accuracy: 50 Swerve: 42 Header: 67 Jump: 75 Technique: 54 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 63 Age: 33 Peak age: ?? Notes: Valeny has good stamina, body balance, jump, and shot power. He is too old so better replace him with new one. Baumann. Attack: 52 Defence: 69 B. Balance: 77 Stamina: 56 Top Speed: 71 Accelaration: 66 Response: 72 Dribble accuracy: 43 Dribble speed: 55 Short Pass accuracy: 50 Short Pass speed: 57 Long Pass accuracy: 57 Long Pass speed: 59 Shot accuracy: 43 Shot power: 65 Shot technique: 51 FK Accuracy: 43 Swerve: 42 Header: 71 Jump: 74 Technique: 50 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 64 Age: 20 Peak age: 25 Notes: He has good body balance, response, header, and jump. Place him on CB position. His other stats are decent. You can develop him for 5 years. Libermann. Attack: 37 Defence: 74 B. Balance: 80 Stamina: 58 Top Speed: 60 Accelaration: 59 Response: 62 Dribble accuracy: 57 Dribble speed: 50 Short Pass accuracy: 60 Short Pass speed: 55 Long Pass accuracy: 52 Long Pass speed: 53 Shot accuracy: 44 Shot power: 50 Shot technique: 57 FK Accuracy: 50 Swerve: 42 Header: 72 Jump: 65 Technique: 59 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 60 Age: 26 Peak age: 30Notes: This one has great body balance and header. He is also a tall man so he can win aerial ball. You can use him for 5 years. Zamenhof. Attack: 33 Defence: 76 B. Balance: 77 Stamina: 65 Top Speed: 45 Accelaration: 50 Response: 70 Dribble accuracy: 31 Dribble speed: 33 Short Pass accuracy: 33 Short Pass speed: 42 Long Pass accuracy: 39 Long Pass speed: 35 Shot accuracy: 35 Shot power: 60 Shot technique: 64 FK Accuracy: 30 Swerve: 28 Header: 36 Jump: 61 Technique: 38 GK Skill: 72 Team work: 57 Age: 33 Peak age: ?? (If reborn) Notes: Your second best goalkeeper you have now. Maybe he is useless because he is too old. Replace him immediately with young one. I don't have any data for his peak age. Ceciu. Attack: 43 Defence: 69 B. Balance: 75 Stamina: 68 Top Speed: 74 Accelaration: 69 Response: 57 Dribble accuracy: 54 Dribble speed: 63 Short Pass accuracy: 55 Short Pass speed: 61 Long Pass accuracy: 52 Long Pass speed: 62 Shot accuracy: 55 Shot power: 64 Shot technique: 67 FK Accuracy: 65 Swerve: 55 Header: 55 Jump: 65 Technique: 59 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 58 Age: 33 Peak age: ?? (If reborn) Notes: He has good stats overall. He is old now, so maybe you have to replace him with new player. Minanda. Attack: 68 Defence: 50 B. Balance: 74 Stamina: 66 Top Speed: 70 Accelaration: 75 Response: 66 Dribble accuracy: 71 Dribble speed: 65 Short Pass accuracy: 83 Short Pass speed: 72 Long Pass accuracy: 74 Long Pass speed: 71 Shot accuracy: 77 Shot power: 67 Shot technique: 59 FK Accuracy: 77 Swerve: 75 Header: 61 Jump: 64 Technique: 82 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 68 Age: 36 Peak age: 36 Notes: He has good stats overall. His best stats are balance, shot accuracy, FK accuracy, and technique. He is too old so consider to replace him. Ximelez. Attack: 68 Defence: 63 B. Balance: 70 Stamina: 68 Top Speed: 74 Accelaration: 78 Response: 64 Dribble accuracy: 84 Dribble speed: 67 Short Pass accuracy: 68 Short Pass speed: 71 Long Pass accuracy: 82 Long Pass speed: 71 Shot accuracy: 62 Shot power: 71 Shot technique: 65 FK Accuracy: 65 Swerve: 63 Header: 52 Jump: 59 Technique: 63 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 64 Age: 31 Peak age: 33 Notes: Speed is important for SMF. Ximelez has good speed and dribble speed. You can place him on SMF position. You can use him for 2 years. Espimas. Attack: 61 Defence: 60 B. Balance: 70 Stamina: 85 Top Speed: 79 Accelaration: 72 Response: 57 Dribble accuracy: 67 Dribble speed: 75 Short Pass accuracy: 67 Short Pass speed: 63 Long Pass accuracy: 69 Long Pass speed: 63 Shot accuracy: 54 Shot power: 86 Shot technique: 68 FK Accuracy: 58 Swerve: 53 Header: 59 Jump: 69 Technique: 61 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 64 Age: 34 Peak age: ?? (If reborn) Notes: He has good stamina, speed, and shot power. His age is too old so better you replace him so on. Iouga. Attack: 63 Defence: 75 B. Balance: 75 Stamina: 67 Top Speed: 63 Accelaration: 70 Response: 57 Dribble accuracy: 58 Dribble speed: 59 Short Pass accuracy: 59 Short Pass speed: 62 Long Pass accuracy: 58 Long Pass speed: 61 Shot accuracy: 57 Shot power: 83 Shot technique: 66 FK Accuracy: 60 Swerve: 53 Header: 65 Jump: 58 Technique: 64 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 65 Age: 34 Peak age: 30 (if reborn) Notes: Has good shot power and balance. You can place him on DMF position. He is old so don't forget to replace him. Ettori. Attack: 71 Defence: 63 B. Balance: 72 Stamina: 66 Top Speed: 73 Accelaration: 72 Response: 71 Dribble accuracy: 67 Dribble speed: 65 Short Pass accuracy: 63 Short Pass speed: 67 Long Pass accuracy: 67 Long Pass speed: 69 Shot accuracy: 59 Shot power: 73 Shot technique: 58 FK Accuracy: 73 Swerve: 75 Header: 60 Jump: 62 Technique: 67 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 67 Age: 19 Peak age: 30 Notes: Ettori has good abilities overall. The best of his abilities are speed, FK accuracy, and swerve. You can use him for 11 years. Van Den Berg. Attack: 63 Defence: 51 B. Balance: 76 Stamina: 61 Top Speed: 68 Accelaration: 71 Response: 64 Dribble accuracy: 77 Dribble speed: 68 Short Pass accuracy: 65 Short Pass speed: 68 Long Pass accuracy: 55 Long Pass speed: 73 Shot accuracy: 54 Shot power: 76 Shot technique: 51 FK Accuracy: 57 Swerve: 61 Header: 62 Jump: 73 Technique: 74 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 72 Age: 20 Peak age: 22 Notes: He has good body balance, jump, and technique. His grow very fast for 2 years. After that, he is useless. El Moubarki. Attack: 73 Defence: 66 B. Balance: 76 Stamina: 76 Top Speed: 66 Accelaration: 70 Response: 61 Dribble accuracy: 73 Dribble speed: 65 Short Pass accuracy: 71 Short Pass speed: 65 Long Pass accuracy: 69 Long Pass speed: 75 Shot accuracy: 66 Shot power: 77 Shot technique: 71 FK Accuracy: 64 Swerve: 72 Header: 68 Jump: 71 Technique: 72 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 78 Age: 20 Peak age: 28 Notes: Another one of you best defender. He has good balance, stamina, shot stats, jump, and technique. He is really good as CB. You can use him for 8 years. Gutierrez. Attack: 71 Defence: 38 B. Balance: 72 Stamina: 77 Top Speed: 71 Accelaration: 77 Response: 71 Dribble accuracy: 65 Dribble speed: 73 Short Pass accuracy: 76 Short Pass speed: 68 Long Pass accuracy: 77 Long Pass speed: 67 Shot accuracy: 78 Shot power: 71 Shot technique: 77 FK Accuracy: 61 Swerve: 64 Header: 65 Jump: 72 Technique: 66 GK Skill: 50 Team work: 75 Age: 20 Peak age: 31 Notes: Here is your another best foward. He has great stats overall. You can develop him for 11 years. ----------Formation---------- Well, it is up to you to choose your team formation. My formation is 4-4-2A with following line-up: GK - Lothar CB - El Moubarki CB - Jaric SB - Giersen SB - Ruskin DMF - Van Den Berg CMF - Fouque AMF - Ettori AMF - Hamsum CF - Ordaz CF - Gutierrez --------------GK--------------- ----LB-----CB-----CB----RB----- ------------------DMF---------- -----------CMF----------------- ---AMF-------------------AMF--- ------------------CF----------- -----------CF------------------ That's my formation. For all my Back, I don't have any problem. For my midfielder, maybe my both SMF have problem because they don't have much speed. For my foward, it is still OK. Remember, you don't need make your formation like me. It is just guide so its up to your chooice. ============================================================================ 6) First Year After an around 10 matches (7 league matches and 3 cup matches), you can make transfer. Maybe you want to buy some players that are needed for your team. Here some recommended players that you maybe want to transfer (note: if I make GK - xxx (17), it means player xxx play on GK position and age 17): GK � Carini (28) - Great backup or good keeper for 1st season to replace oldies/retiring/crap keepers, has 90 response at start (credits: 1337onator or Reb3llist) GK - Yohan Pele (23): Is awesome, still young and cheap, he grows to become a great keeper, but not the best (credits: 1337onator or Reb3llist) WF - Lee Chun Soo (26) : A great Winger. You can place him as SMF and AMF position. He is Korean. He can grow until age 26. And you know that at age 25, his all stats are over 76. He is great for playmaker (His FK accuracy is 96 and Swerve is 95) CF - Farfan (21): He is great CF I've ever had. At start, he maybe crap. At age 26, he is like beast (with attack, balance, stamina, top speed, accelaration, shot power, and dribble speed all 95!). SB - Hinkel (20s) - He has excellent running and dribbling, anytime you want to do a roulette (PES Technique involving the R3 stick) you can count on him (credits: 1337onator or Reb3llist) Holding MC/AMC - Figueireido or Figueiredo (Brazilian) (24ish) - A good holding midfielder, tall and good at shooting from distance, a must buy for weak teams (credits: 1337onator or Reb3llist) Running SMF/CF - Walcott (18) Very fast and pacy. He also has an early peak growth (credits: 1337onator or Reb3llist) Running SMF/CF - Dotan (25) Very fast, bad body balance and great for lower teams, American and is great as backup as well as runner. (credits: 1337onator or Reb3llist) Well, I think thats all my first year. If you know another players, please email me. I will give you full credits. I know, my team isn't strong enough. My team doesn't qualify to Division 1. First year has been done. My team popularity is D. =========================================================================== 7) Second Year For second year, here are some players you may worth to buy: GK - Van Der Sar (17): This keeper really good. At age 22 his stats are excellent (Defence: 97, Response: 97, Shot Power: 93, GK Skill: 96). You can grow his abilities more than me if you train him well. CB - Maldini (17): He is good defender with some good stats. At age 22, he is great with defence: 94 and other stats are over 67 (except GK skill). Thats my recommended player for second year. Maybe its enough for your next season. Don't forget to sell your old player by adding them on possible transfer. =========================================================================== 8) Sensible Signing Here are some sensible signing (some of them are already retired): GK - Ahmet (17): I heard, he is good goalkeeper. I don't buy him so I don't know how fast he grow. GK - Lehmann (17): At age 17, Lehmann has great body balance and Response. His development curve nearly same with Van Der Sar. GK - Cech (23): Cech is world class keeper with fast development curve for 3 years. CB - Thuram (17): Thuram is decent at first but grew fast at age 21. CB - F. Cannavaro (17): If you see him on new comer, recruit him. His header and jump stats are great. WF - Nani (19): He is from Man Utd. He can play as SMF and AMF. At first, his stats are crap. At age 25, his stats are beast (with speed, accelaration, dribble speed, dribble accuracy, and shot power over 95!) CF - Aguero (17): At first, his stats are good. When you develop him to age 25, you will see that he is like beast (with top speed and accelaration 97). He is from Atletico Madrid. CF - Torres (23): Torres is great player from Liverpool. He already has great stats, especially shot stats. You can develop him for 3 years. CF - Shevchenko (17): He has great shot stats although other stats are decent. CMF - Fabregas (18) : His first stats are crap. But when he reach hs peak age, he is better than Gerrard. He is good for executing set piece. CF - Messi (18) : He has great speed and dribble stats. If you train him well, he is like beast. He is one of the best player that you may worth to buy. SB - Dagaka (19) : He has great top speed and accelaration. You can use him fo 4 years. At age 3, his top speed is 98 and his accelaration is 97. SS - Kaka (19) : He has great dribble stats. He also has good abilities overall. He grow quite fast. CF - C Y Park (20) : He is really great if you train him well. He is Korean. He grow very fast. SB - Lahm (21) : Although his stats are decent at first, he is great defender overall. CF - Villa (20) : He is from Velencia. He has great development curve and fast grow. Maybe he is ono of the best Forward in this game. DMF - Pirlo (24) : Come with great long pass abilities, Pirlo can become your great passer. CF - Smith (24) : He is from Newcastle. He has great development curve for 3 years. His abilities are very fast grow. SMF - Odonkor (24) : He has excellent speed. With his young age, you can delop him further. Good for your SMF. CF - Dos Santos (18) : His stats are very crap at first year. After some years passed by, he is very dangerous player. I recommend you to buy this player. CF - Chiesa (17) : If you see him on new comer, go get him immediately. He is really great. You can use him for 8 years. AMF - Maxi Rodhiquez (25) : He has great stats at age 28 (with attack, balance, top speed, accelaration, dribble speed, shot accuracy are 95). One of the best midfielder in the game. CF - Adriano (24) : Man, this player has 99 shot power. He can grow until 2 years. He is from Inter Milan. MF - Mascherano (22) : He is from Liverpool. He has great top speed, accelaration, attack, defence, and balance at age 26. CF - Ibrahimovic (24) : He has great body balance and shot tecnique. You can train him for 3 years. CMF - Sneijder (23) : He is from Real Madrid. He has great long pass and short pass with passing special ability. Great forexecuting Set Piece. SB - Emmanuelson (20) : He is great SB with good abilities overall. Yu can use him for 4 years. CMF, AMF, SMF, WF � Ribery : Put it for SMF, fast, great passing and shooting...at his peak (credits : Patrick Paris) CF - Martins & D.Bent: The two fastest strikers (credits : Patrick Paris). Well, I think that's all for sensible signing. I hope this guide is useful for you. I realize that this guide isn't perfect enough so I hope you help me to improve this by giving another players that has great stats and development curve. I will give you full credits. =========================================================================== 9) Newcomers Newcomers are players that created by Konami. Some of them are not always born the same time. There are so many newcomer players. Here are some of them that are based on my experience: SB - Hoffman (17): I found him while searching Wolf(GK). He is good and fast growing. I see his stats are great (almost all over 72). MF - Shaw (17): This player is random appear on new comer. Get him immediately when you see him, because he has excellent stats. MF - Shimizu (17): Like Shaw, he is random appear on new comer. I heard, He has excellent stats. AMF - Kaiser (17): When I see him, his salary is high (846). I recruit him because he has good stats overall. CF - Orellano (17): His speed is unstopable (top speed: 94, accelaration: 95) at age 17. His shot stats are good with one-on-one keeper special ability. His peak age is 27. CB - Palmieri 188cm (17): Comes with the newcomers the second year...one of the best future defenders, mentality 95...defence, response, header, jump, teamwork and body balance above 80. Peak around 22 years, fast develop (credits : Patrick Paris) CMF, AMF, SS, CF � Yamada (17): First year newcomer, will develop into the best striker or SS. Almost every stat above 80. peak around 20-21 years..., fast improvement, lasting (credits : Patrick Paris). =========================================================================== 10) Version History 1.0 My first version. Initial release. 1.5 Some corrections and adding Newcomers section. =========================================================================== 11) Credits and Thanks to - God, for give me everything. - Konami, for make this great game. - Gamefaqs, for posting my guide. - Patrick Paris, thanks for giving me some great players. - 1337onator or Reb3llist, much thanks for giving me some great players and suggest me to add Newcomers section. =========================================================================== 12) Last Updated Latest updated of this guide on : 07/12/2008