Best Places to Scout in Football Manager

[@TM-th6zp]

“Iraq is not expensive because basically everything’s already been levelled” Lmao. That caught me off guard.

[@Josh-pw1gh]

I know right 😂 for a second I thought, it's rich it's coming from an American hahaha

[@longkongaming]

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[@LM-ep8zg]

These uploads are more consistent then Wonderkids from Colombia

[@andyhzzz143]

I've been scouting South Europe looking for Spanish and Italian wonderkids for a long time... RIP

[@puljz8551]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LupusImmortalis]

Hey, I'm the guy who made the layout. :) I think I also sent it to you in a Discord DM at one point. Cool that you used it! EDIT: FFS I realized I spelled Comoros wrong. xD

[@joshuawalker8469]

Thanks

[@Roscododger]

Post that in the Discord. Very useful layout man, good job.

[@ZealandonYT]

It’s really good, can I pay you to do other things like this

[@LupusImmortalis]

​@@ZealandonYT Uh... sure, although I am not a professional graphic designer or anything. But if you're serious, we should have a chat on Discord or something. :)

[@williampickering1683]

Hey Lupus, this is awesome. Where can I find a copy of the layout?

[@TheTheMoran]

Me: Wakes up. Zealand: *Immediately posts a video about a topic I've been struggling with* It's going to be a good weekend.

[@logancosta3110]

For context I think the reason Australia is in SEA is that we play in the Asian champions league and are associated with the AFC not oceanic

[@tomgolding9478]

I mean it makes sense, but then why is Israel in the Middle East and not South Europe, and why are Suriname/Guyana not in the Caribbean region following those rules. It feels like they can't decide what system they want to go with.

[@evansmith2429]

We lobbied the AFC to be part of the confederation as beating tonga 38-0 was not beneficial. It also made Asian confed stronger and allowed a guaranteed additional place in the WC. Made sense for us

[@tomgolding9478]

@@evansmith2429 No I wasn't disputing which confederation Australia should be in, I think being in Asia makes sense. Just the way FM does scouting regions, keeping Australia in South East Asia like it's in the Asian confederation, but Israel being in the Middle East despite being in UEFA and Suriname/Guyana being in East South America despite being in Concacaf

[@logancosta3110]

That might also be a political/cultural thing. Even though Israel is part of UEFA theyre often considered part of the middle east in most instances, not being an EU member state, whereas Australia is in that weird place where its sometimes Asia, sometimes Oceania. For example being a part of ASEAN

[@yungtrashlord]

honestly as a malaysian, i was thinking that sea region will be under the bad meat pie region because i have played a save under my hometown club and most of the players there are dogshit, also i forgot australia is part of sea... update: it's on the me tier, makes sense since i signed quite a few good aussie players in my other save

[@alanansara2190]

Glad you did this one because I set my own scouting based on your video & apparently had multiple scouts scouring Malta and Cyprus thinking "South Europe" meant Spain, Portugal & Italy.

[@zimbabweking]

As a Zimbabwean I keep all Zimbabwean players loaded, meaning I have to sift through 180-200 Zimbabwean regens a season to find like 3 with championship potential, and maybe 2 potential premier league talent every 5 years. If I'm lucky I'll get the once in aa decade potential world class prospect. North and West Africa are borderline cheat codes. Al Ahly, Asante Kotoko, Engubu Rangers, Assec Mimmosa and Zamalek are on par with Partizan and Zagreb at producing talent (OO not exactly but their cheaper so..)

[@liamhartley2300]

Absolutely brilliant content here mate. Concise and informative. Tip top fella!

[@Themadness42]

Oceania: if this was rugby you'd all be drooling for our talent.

[@dantespina7398]

As someone who won the UCL with a Japanese and Korean strike partnership, in FM19, East Asia is a very good place to go.

[@josepedroteixeira9721]

I was today-years old when I discovered that Portugal, Spain and Italy are not Southern Europe.

[@erickbarbosa2935]

funny that in FIFA they are, I guess

[@RundasSlash]

What about the fact that Australia isn't in Oceania :')

[@josepedroteixeira9721]

@@RundasSlash it was a surprise for me too. But it kinda makes sense given his explanation

[@user-rf8ld4kv4m]

I wanted a video like this for ages and of course King Z pulls through

[@andrewr311]

Australia was in Oceania but we got so sick of having to qualify through a play off (all down to two games) against teams like Uruguay or Iran that the powers that be moved us into Asia. We would have made it to the finals more often pre 2006. Thanks for the video!

[@sepehrjf]

Loved that emphasis on Iran! The first time I saw Ashkan Dejagah on your KZbin channel cover, I realized you are the main one on FM. King Zealand 👑

[@holdthisoak5767]

I’m managing the Iranian national team and I don’t know what nations to load up on my save

[@sepehrjf]

@@holdthisoak5767 load all the middle eastern countries plus the 6 top nations in Asia

[@holdthisoak5767]

@@sepehrjf I can’t. I’m on touch. I chose France, Germany and England cause German countries produce some Iranian players

[@ryanmarshall9088]

Can you do a video on the setting up of the database? I am aware of the advanced database options but I’m not too sure how to go about using them to my advantage

[@Hammerage1]

15:54 Yeah, I remember when Norway previously made it to an international competition... *The Euro 2000!* Good times.

[@hax0rush]

central america is severely underrated, especially if you're a second tier team. can't count the amount of times a random costa rican or honduran has gone on to be my best player

[@Vivi-kd3vq]

I'm a Vietnamese player, I tried scouting Southeast Asia because I know that region in the game And surprisingly, when I scouted my national team, I actually found a shining gem among the coals, a 17 year old Vietnamese wdk with 5* 175 PA. Holy hell, It took me just £ 10k to sign him, loan him a season in Spain and come back to my club, become the most important player for the national team and the club.

[@kingmessi2041]

Vietnam and Thailand are the teams that was so powerful in the game fm20 supachock, muenta and other thai wonder kids always get an automatic transfer to jleague then get poach by mid table teams in top 5 leagues in europe on my save and vietnam always has a world class regen that end up playing in japan if you load jleague in fm20

[@YaBoyRagnarsty]

Just been made Lokomotiv Moscow manager as my first stop in an unemployed save. Uzbekistan, I'm coming for your wonderkids.

[@Plut0Rising]

Just so you know there are 6 countries aside from Russia that count as Homegrown in the Russian league, and while Belarus, Kazakhstan and even Kyrgyzstan are included, Uzbekistan sadly is not, so the Uzbek wonderkids count towards you limit of 8 total foreign players. It's frustrating!

[@YaBoyRagnarsty]

@@Plut0Rising thanks for the info! Still familiarising myself with the league rules. Just checked and it says Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are all non-foreign. I'm at my 8 player limit but Corluka possibly leaving frees up a space for Jedvaj on a cheap deal. Croatian for Croatian. :)

[@3rdaaa]

every video, the intro got me. thanks Z!

[@MrMrVictory]

I found Mexico hugely underrated, can do bargains for around 7m.

[@WERTYUIO821]

Mexico is great. You can find a world class youngsters from Mexico almost every season. The problem is they become quite expensive fast. If you don't get them when they are 16-17 they cost around 20+M. Or even worse if it in the top Mexican teams.

[@nottodayimsleeping]

Been scouting Oceania and wondering why the scout never went to Australia. 😭 Been playing CM/FM for 23 years and I know Australia completes in Asian Fed and I never made that connection. Thank you bacon overlord.

[@michaeljoynson2053]

I can tell you now that some of my favorite players are from SA. Oswin Oppolis, Mahalambi, Reeve Frosler, Lyle Foster, Velabahyi , siyasi. The list goes on. I have won many trophies and cleaned up the cup of nations and CHAN with SA players. I love them. Shame the work permit restrictions don't allow more to come to the UK

[@danielfrohlich6362]

I won the Europa League with Partisan Belgrade thanks to three south african wonderkids of a Club called sundowners or something like that, always find good guys there while no one from the usual powerhouses like Nigeria pops up😂

[@bilallovesnothing]

fr bro, even guys like costi christodoulou, rivaldo coetzee, teboho mokoena or cade erickson for example

[@SeanConway99]

I've never noticed before but Zealand really switches from Jim Halpert to Dwight Schrute from time to time

[@fernandoflynn]

Low key, Iceland have produced some proper wonderkids in my saves. Bought a 16 year old new gen striker & was good enough to start in the Bundesliga instantly.

[@tekno90]

It's good to know what countries are included in the regions. I always thought Spain, Portugal and Italy were included in South Europe Region. No wonder my scouts never find anything there.

[@jimm1villa]

I like this guy, makes the vids fun! And appreciate his tactics etc

[@isaabd1334]

I always scout central Asia because I'm from Kyrgyzstan but I guess I'm gonna stop now😔

[@thehiddenwizard1909]

12:20 I got a guy called Kisto Yates and he has won ballon d'or 3 times and he's like 26 , also he is the all time int'l goalscorer P.s. he had like 50 goals Internationally till he was 20

[@jamB1]

That intro is just ✨

[@Nathan-js3zl]

Really enjoy the scouting videos Zealand keep it up

[@Jayvees]

This is very accurate of when to scout the best players in the world for Football Manager ever.

[@guccijesus6296]

Love your videos zealand, they help me so much in my save

[@roko4060]

My Indian wonder kid goalie kept 21 clean sheets in his first pl season at Norwich, and psg bought out his 266 mil release clause the next year aged 17. India can be decent if you look hard enough ....

[@princegusto8039]

That Ukraine Russia moment really aged well😂

[@fplHoby]

Just commented that. Yikes

[@mikecrawshaw9973]

I agree with all bar 1 and that's Scandinavia, for the same reason you gave on South America West - Players are cheap! It's a top tier region, always has been, 17 year old Zlatan for under a million anyone?

[@arrancunningham9550]

Sundowns in South Africa is absolute God tier for poaching young talent

[@jamesreid8356]

Yes had about 3 top South African talents on FM19. Joel Hlela is now a Southampton legend

[@walshy777]

South Africa is actually ridiculous on fm20. Ive poached like 30 South African regens for auxerre, Khanyisile Mgwigwi and Nicholas Ramonyai are both 4.5* strikers in ligue 1. Almost everyone has a 1.3 mil release clause as well.

[@JohnBarnes88]

Feel like I as often as I find a Colombian wonderkid, find one in South Africa. Often there is a 17 year old playing for Orlando Pirates or Kazer chiefs with caps for the national team. Often they are amazing talents. In fm 19 I found a fullback who became the best in the world for my Boston United team in fm 20 I found a CD for my Wisla Krakow team who I sold to Man City for a nice profit. He even came out as gay. Also Peter Odemwingie are born in Uzbekistan. Just wanted to put that out there.

[@navidoo1999]

Thank you for your correct pronunciation of Iran ☺️👍

[@ThaGamingMisfit]

Brilliant video ! Spain, Portugal and Italy not being in Southern Europe is also a surprise to me anno 2021 FeelsBadMan

[@ICULooking]

Turkey is underrated. Both the bird and the league

[@avi6168]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@arjunsatheesh7609]

This must be one of the few videos on KZbin where a call for Indian's to assemble went unnoticed. Let me fix that. 11:23 - A good summary of South Asian football 11:35 - Because I like Sunil Chhetri

[@leeds4eva2013]

came back to this video to use for FM22, but the scouting region names have been changed. obviously, what is now "Northern Europe" was Scandavia, but South America has been changed from "East" and "West" to "North" and "South" potential for an update video?

[@jemrtnsn4913]

not only an name change... data changed as well. Italy is now in South Europe according to the FM 22 Editor!

[@leeds4eva2013]

@@jemrtnsn4913 yeah, I noticed this myself after I'd posted this using the Scouting knowledge tab

[@joanofarc9793]

I manage Italian League and the only place I scout outside Central Europe is Eastern Europe, really cannot sign any South Americans despite the fact that 8 Argentines out of 10 should possess an Italian passport

[@jackoberto01]

Yeah I have a similar problem in La Liga (you can only have 3 non eu players) but a atleast it only takes 2 years to get Spanish nationality

[@nicolasllaneza7853]

We should play a drink game, 1 tequila shot every time Zealand says "rock solid'

[@tomwarwick6416]

Turkey won the world cup 10 years into my save, for some odd reason they have an amazing golden generation

[@yakuphanakyildiz]

For a country that religiously loves football we have been underperforming for long while now. But we have some exciting names coming up recently. Let's see where they can lead us🙂

[@CosmiinBtn]

@@yakuphanakyildiz the same goes also for Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece. I think the political and economical problems made those countries stall in terms of football, cuz the talent is there just not discovered.

[@Nosceteipsum166]

Zealand my man, how about a video on how to find reincarnated players? I just stumbled on a Ronaldinho Gaúcho in my save and it was awesome. There's almost no videos about that on YT. It would be nice

[@faizmukti117]

same position and similar attribute? Wow that's awesome

[@Nosceteipsum166]

@@faizmukti117 Can play as LW, AM and Striker. The attributes were a little bit low (all around 15~17) because he was not well trained I guess, but his potential was 5* and 87 rating (I play with Liverpool so 87 is amazing). Too bad I only found him when he was 27 years old, too old for me to buy.

[@dener22119]

@@Nosceteipsum166 I found a guy named Renato Gaúcho that was also from Grêmio, played RW and was really skilled just like the old player on FM 20.

[@vvuorinen3]

Costa rica is amazing! In my sunderland save I just won the prem with 3 costa ricans who I picked up for less than 10mil combined

[@jaxwarrenkazor1940]

Me: Clicks KZbin 'New Zealand Video' LEZGO

[@AmpuLeah]

15:41 don't aged very well 😂

[@sami4824]

lol

[@KevSmithMusic]

Thanks so much for this..... really useful stuff to learn. Not sure if it'll help me with my save managing some Finnish minnows I can't pronounce, but may be very useful for my Milan stream save!

[@Mannddy]

Best channel bro

[@chisomojeke9921]

watching from Zambia, nice to get a mention and a decent pronouciation

[@manuelmelcongarate7328]

do a video on how YOU set up your save's database

[@cesarferrilillo7723]

Where can I find the drawing Zealand? Thanks! Amazing video as usual!

[@jasonthomas4164]

Great video Zealand, !!!!

[@liveforfm8965]

It's always worth to check the Russian Club Krasnodar's youth team. Always have a wonderkid every season. Other teams worth to be checked too, the usual Russian powerhouses.

[@georgecallaghan4206]

8:32 I bought a wonder-kid from Kazakstan that has 4.5-5 star rated potential

[@Mombot_z]

Zealand is calling the Syracuse Men's soccer game at 2:00 PM EST today 3/20/21. If you want to hear, path on my phone in the states is ESPN>Watch>Sports >Soccer>NC VS Syracuse. Go Cuse!

[@Mombot_z]

Awesome Hammer roscododgers also said it can be found outside of states via espnplayer.com

[@OuvinteAmigao]

I use to scout per country... wish I could find a list of the better ones to scout. :p You mention: Cameroon, Algeria, Tunisia, Marroco, Egypt, Japan, South Korea, Iran, Australia, (Central Europe), (Eastern Europe), Brasil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Equador, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela Did I miss any country or should I exclude some??

[@TheBusbyBabes]

FM REALLY needs to add a feature that allows you to save scouting assignments, its so insanely annoying

[@senorsoupe]

If you are a mid-size or smaller team then South Africa has some great bargains. I signed some great players on great bargains for teams like Saint-Etienne, Hibs, Sunderland, Partizan Belgrade etc... If you are an elite team you wont find much but mid-size and smaller teams is great

[@senorsoupe]

Also, Croatia and Serbia are by far the best countries to scout IMHO. Cheap players and constantly producing top talent

[@gouravbose4155]

Did u really needed to do that to India !!!!!! Good Content as always !!! Very informative !!!

[@rubenfer2460]

I buyed a striker from Colombia from 1 milion and he hes whitin a season my best striker

[@VurtAddicted]

OT, but I hope you read it: my understanding of personalities was that model citizens would never step back no matter the mentoring unit. Well, that's not the case: my model citizen just became resolute :-(

[@joaopereira7179]

Great video!

[@jonasjonasson4817]

LOVE the iceland shirt!

[@lokicats]

Good rating. South America West is a gold mine. Playing in France where you can sign as many Africans as you want I believe that West, North and Central are as important.

[@jaydensupremecy639]

Can we get a video on what you think the best database set up is. I really struggled with it at the start and my current save is missing a few nations I realised were good later on

[@reubenc228]

There’s already a video on fm20 but it’s the exact same on fm21

[@JuanitoK556]

I love the colombian flag in the back, thanks bro.

[@razaali4616]

Zealand puts Bad Meat Pie as lowest tier. Doctor Benjy: Are you challenging me?

[@eivindlykke8170]

Where do i find your BATE Borisov series? Is it uploaded somewhere?

[@Derekstefan]

Got no searches for Yasser Yalaladinov. How do you spell his name?

[@FlagpiesTwenty3]

liking solely for the australia praise

[@fph1739]

I have not played the newer games but in 2015 it was argentina most definitely, Brazilians sold the same guy for 25 m, eurepeans sold for 50-60 m , while Argentinians sold him for 5m

[@adinm4328]

Hallo Zeland. What do you think about using Geni Scout tool??? Do you think using Geni Scout is Cheating? Great video

[@furkans42]

I think burak ince is very good wonderkid what do you think?

[@mike2406knm]

When you look at this video as preparing for FM22 after two years pause from playing FM and regions in FM22 are completly changed :D

[@Cedisdead]

Huge alliance fan here! Thanks for giving my man fng some respect, he is the worst player in team but still.

[@hamzam5394]

I hope they add the Bosnian league, I am waiting since 2014. You have Croatia Serbia you can add Bosnia

[@BelchoSacha]

Cool video. Question: Is it bad to scout continents instead of regions ? If you scout a whole continent, you scout the relevant nations + you can find a wonderkid in nations which don't have as high of a youth rating ?

[@Roscododger]

If you scout a whole continent your scout will have a much bigger job and might struggle to find more players because he is having to scout more countries. For example, scouting South America instead of South America East will mean he puts too much effort into scouting Bolivia and Peru instead of Colombia and Brazil.

[@angusmaclean7420]

That Celtic callout was painful and unexpected. 1 star. All the other content was great.

[@alexslater1051]

Togo so good he said it twice 😍

[@ryerock32]

My number 1 FM hack is scouting the lower leagues in the US. In particular IMG academy and US development academy will guarantee me 2 or 3 absolute studs I can sign on a free

[@Christian_Bagger]

Remember the times in fm, when you could be a club no matter where, fill your squad with Brazilians and win everything, including “Champions League”… that was nuts. Since then I’ve made a rule for myself, “no more than 3”.

[@WERTYUIO821]

I think they fixed it by making the Brazilians have bad personalities. They create cliques and shittalk their manager too much in my saves. I just buy them, loan them around and sell them for 60M once their contract is near to its end.

[@Christian_Bagger]

@@WERTYUIO821 Well that actually sounds pretty realistic at any rate 😂 Can confirm that Matías Arezo has absolutely terrible attitude.

[@banelengwenya_]

I started a new save a few weeks ago with Salford City and the aim was to try take them to the prem and mayb win the Champions League.. i selected a huge data base.. i have managed to get to the Prem in year 2026/2027... To my surprise the huge database produces a lot of unbelievable wonderkids who the teams in the Prem have been stockpiling on while i was languishing in the lower leagues.. i probably will get relegated on the first time of asking looking at my squad 🤣🤣🤣

[@makengo-h]

Camavinga was actually born in Angola, in a region next to DR Congo.

[@Klugger]

And "Fronse" stole that African talent boy. else they win nothing.

[@slipknottin]

I have a scout with 20 adaptability who has been assigned to scout hot prospects in Scandinavia, he’s had that assignment for over 2 years now, and his knowledge of those countries is still close to nothing. He occasionally shows a little bit of knowledge, then it drops back to nothing. Then climbs a bit again. He’s found no players in his time there. What is going on?

[@shyguy1845]

Determination? Or maybe level of discipline is rediculously low, it could also just be a bug, try reassigning him.

[@slipknottin]

@@shyguy1845 he has 9 discipline and 15 determination. Just never really starts scouting the assigned territory it seems like. I have multiple scouts with this same issue. Probably 4 of them that just don’t do anything

[@always_lucid]

Thanks for acknowledging Sunil chhetri. He is one of our our GOAT's. Do look him up. 😁

[@puffin7285]

OK Mr Zealand do you know if it is possible for smaller micro nations like Fiji or Micronesia to produce a player of the Zidane/Ibrahimovic level or is it in game literally impossible because the countries youth rating prohibits it? I know in real life it is unlikely but it is only unlikely, so I always scour Oceania hoping to find Islander Messi.

[@priyankanayak9291]

According to my knowledge youth ratings of any country defines the probability of good young talented player will be produced. The higher the youth ratings, the higher the probability will be to produce good players. Country like Fiji have low youth ratings but that doesn't means all the young players which produced in that country will be terrible. Good players will also be produced with their probability is very very less as youth ratings are low compare to the country like Brazil and Germany. So, at the end of the day the choice is yours. It's worth to do some experiments as I have never scouted over there to be honest. Hopefully you will get some cheap wonderkids :D

[@BlueWoWTaylan]

I use an addon that makes it more dynamic than the vanilla. It is still similar but more spread out and less ''You get a messi every year from Brazil''

[@GamingOnIce]

your content has turned my meh save into very compotent. Time to make Alfreton a league 1 team

[@diyaplays5466]

Sliding chhetri in his video..... Smart

[@darrelldadams]

holy crap. I thought Portugal,Spain and Italy were in the Southern Europe region. I was only watching for the entertainment, and i learned something anyway...

[@lipecunha5833]

I have found a world class regen in Asec Mimosas pretty much every single save that I have made

[@lordwaleane5397]

agreed. coton sport too

[@joaopires1761]

"Guinea-Bissau for some reason produces a lot of good players". Well, it does. Most of them were raised in Portugal and played in the Portuguese national team though.

[@Squarf1]

Any chance you can share a link to this tier list?

[@ideservesomehappinessinmyl5500]

Humam Tariq was killing the game in fm 15

[@mandmmax]

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