Step 1 - Create an idea for a player
To get started in the league, you will first need to create a player! The process can sometimes be overwhelming for new users so make sure to refer back to this guide or the
Player Compendium throughout the process.
Before starting the formal creation process, think about what kind of player you would like to make, do you want to create a defensive stalwart, an offensive goal scorer or a ball distributor in the midfield? Within Football Manager (the sim engine), there are many different playstyles that you can create all with different important attributes. The Player Compendium and player creator tool we will see in the next step contains descriptions of all the various attributes and highlights those that are important for each of them.
While there are no restrictions on what position to create, we would suggest checking to see how many active players are playing at each position at the time of creation in the Position Tracker. With there only being a limited amount of spots for each position on a team's starting roster, creating in a populated position might result in you being played as a substitute (being on the field for only 45 of the 90 minutes in a game) or part of a rotated squad.
