The Wonderkids - FM12's Wonderkids, Where Are They Now - 5 Star Potential

Marc-André ter Stegen
If you consider being Barcelona’s first choice goalkeeper as

good as it gets then ter Stegen was surely a FM12 player
that’s gone on to arguably one of the best in his trade. Back
in FM12 a 19 year old ter-Stegen as plying his trade at
Borussia Monchengladbach and could be acquired for
around £10m meaning you had that goalkeeper position
nailed down for the next 15 seasons! The researcher for
FM12 had already identified his distribution and Neuer-
esque style which made him an absolute bargain for any
top-tier European club. Fulfilment Rating 10/10.
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Sime Vrsaljko
Part of the holy trinity at Dinamo in FM12, Vrsaljko, Kovacic

& Badelj were go to transfers for the AI so you had to act
fast. You could normally sign Vrsaljko for around £2m which
was an absolute steal for most Premier League teams
meaning you had more of your money to spend elsewhere.
For me, Vrsaljko was one of those players that when you
look at his attributes you’re not overawed but at the end of
the season he’ll have a 7.5+ average rating and double digit
assist numbers. In Football Manager he’d be a star player
for most mid-table sides, mirror his real-life path and he’d
have been a stand out player for Genoa and Sassuolo
whereas his move to Atletico Madid took him to the next
level but he became more of a squad player and ended up
moving on loan to Inter Milan. Fulfilment Rating 8.5/10.
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Kurt Zouma
Kurt Happy Zouma, I mean it’s criminal that his middle

name doesn’t get more recognition, was a great
wonderkid. In fact, I’d class him as a beast. I remember
pairing him up with Mathias Jørgensen at West Ham and
the pair of them dominated at the back. The Football
Manager researchers hit the nail on the head again with
Zouma as he followed his regular in-game path to a
Champions League side with Chelsea. A serious injury
slowed down his progression but he’s still young enough to
make the grade at Chelsea so we’ll watch this space.
Fulfilment Rating 7/10.
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Daniele Rugani
You’d be forgiven for overlooking Rugani at the start of
FM12, aged just 16 and playing for Empoli he had what can
only be described as decent attributes for a 16 year old.
After a brilliant first season his rise was meteoric and then
a future move to Juventus only cemented his
wonderkidness. It’s difficult to say that he’s not been a
success playing for one of the biggest teams in the world
but some of his performances have been, shall we say, John
Stonesy. Fulfilment Rating 8/10.
Jack Robinson
What a player Jack Robinson was in FM12, honestly I think

he was one of my favourite players to try and sign if
Barcelona and Real Madrid didn’t get him early and after a
few seasons his attribute growth could be staggering. Injury
and lack of first team chances whilst at Liverpool really
hampered his real life progression, but nonetheless he’s
still played at Championship level in a career that nearly all
of us would swap to tomorrow and in January joined Chris
Wilder’s brilliant Sheffield United so we’ll watch this space.
Raheem Sterling
16 year old Sterling was loved by the FM12 universe,

already rapid with a touch of flair he was a player that
would develop quickly but much like his real life form,
goalscoring wasn’t his main strength. It’s fair to say that his
move to Manchester City and the way he’s developed
under Pep Guardiola have elevated him to new heights and
he’s now regarded as one of the world’s elite players.
Adryan
It’s not a wonderkid list without me dropping in someone

from South America and Adryan was another of my regular
signings. His creativeness would unlock defences for days
and as he developed he would regularly be seen moving to
a big European side unlike his real life career that possibly
peaked when he moved on loan to Leeds where once again
every Football Manager player unlocked their knowledge
bombs on all that would listen. It’s fair to say that Sion
wouldn’t have been where I’d have expected him to end up
so he falls short of the researchers estimation. Fulfilment
Rating 5/10.
Tom Cairney
Leeds United might consider him the one that got away
when they released him as a 16 year-old for being too small
but Leeds’ loss was Hull City’s gain as they’d unearthed a
potential wonderkid. In FM12, at the ripe old age of 20, he
already possessed some great attributes and a wand of a
left foot and would often be one of those home-grown
pickups for mid-table sides. In his real life his career he has
predominantly played outside the top flight with Hull,
Blackburn and Fulham to reasonable success but no
manager has taken a punt on bringing him in to the
Premier League. Fulfilment Rating 5/10.
Juan Iturbe
Dubbed the new Messi, ‘Turbo’ possessed some brilliant

acceleration and flair which made him a desirable transfer
target for the wonderkid hoarders and the fact that he was
at Porto meant he was in the prime position to develop in
to a world beater. In real life he’s not had a bad career to
date but never reached the heights that FM12 predicted
for him, but having teams like Porto, River Plate, Roma &
Bournemouth on your CV doesn’t do your reputation any
harm. Fulfilment Rating 7.5/10.
Yaya Sanogo
I honestly think there might be more people that signed

him than didn’t across FM11 & FM12 as Sanogo was
arguably the transfer bargain of edition where you could
pick him up from Auxerre for virtual pennies. After a couple
of seasons of the right training and you’d have a 6’4
towering centre forward that would dominate with his
head and feat often with a trio of 19’s in Finishing, Heading
& Composure. In real life Arsenal were the club that took a
punt on him but his career never got going and he now
finds himself playing for Toulouse in Ligue 1. Fulfilment
Rating 6.5/10.
Carlos Fierro
5 Star Potential Wonderkid Hall of Fame inductee, Fierro,

was rated so highly in the game that for around £7m you
could sign a goal scoring monster that would bag 30 a
season for the next ten years. In real life he stayed with
Chivas until 2017 and got nowhere near his digital goal
scoring form (21 goals), moved to Cruz Azul for one baron
season before transferring to MLS side San Jose. Now he’s
not quite on the Freddy Adu level of hype failure but if you
compared his FM12 exploits to his real life career they
couldn’t be further apart for a professional footballer.
Fulfilment Rating 6.5/10.
I hope you enjoyed our trip down memory lane and we’d
love to hear your thoughts on our squad. Tweet us your
wonderkid XI’s @WeStreamFM
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Marc-André ter Stegen

If you consider being Barcelona’s first choice goalkeeper as

Part of the holy trinity at Dinamo in FM12, Vrsaljko, Kovacic

Kurt Happy Zouma, I mean it’s criminal that his middle

What a player Jack Robinson was in FM12, honestly I think

16 year old Sterling was loved by the FM12 universe,

It’s not a wonderkid list without me dropping in someone

Dubbed the new Messi, ‘Turbo’ possessed some brilliant

I honestly think there might be more people that signed

5 Star Potential Wonderkid Hall of Fame inductee, Fierro,

TAGGED: FM20 (/NEWS-BLOG/TAG/FM20), FM12 (/NEWS-BLOG/TAG/FM12),…

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