Have you ever wondered where the player attributes, club data and stadium information in Football Manager come from? We enlist more than 1,000 researchers across the world are employed to who help put our database together but that wasn’t always the case. The research team started out quite small in the mid-1990s but has expanded almost exponentially since then.
Our researchers are fans of the series, just like us, and many of them took on their roles because they were passionate about their clubs, domestic leagues and national football setups and they wanted to ensure they were represented accurately in the game.
Indeed, many of those who have worked as researchers for Football Manager have moved into jobs in the footballing world as a result of their knowledge and commitment, so it can be a pathway to the job of your dreams.
Oliver Zesiger is our Swiss head researcher and he has been involved with FM for more than a decade. Read our complete interview with him on The Byline.