Keeping all of your players fits within the club that you manage is of vital importance. Having a dedicated medical team on Football Manager is essential for every club. An injury crisis can be a massive financial burden on clubs. There aren’t many attributes that Football Manager highlights when looking for physios. The most obvious attributes to look for are “physiotherapy” and “motivation”. Some additional attributes to look for in physio that should be more effective include:

• Fitness – This is advised in the Football Manager manual. Although physios are not Fitness Coaches, having an understanding of player’s fitness is vital.
• Man Management – On Football Manager you won’t just have standard physios. You’ll have a Head Physio as well as physios for your club’s youth teams. Having a full team of physios and the Head Physio to manage players through their injuries is of vital importance.
• Working With Youngsters – This attribute is more for physios working with your club’s youth teams. Nevertheless, it should be taken into account when recruiting physios for the the first team as well.
• Level of Determination – This will effect how effective the physio is in working in their role.
• Adaptability – this will be suitable for foreign physios that join your club from another country. But, adaptability will be required for any new physio when they start at the club.

How many physios do I need?

When recruiting a physio, you should also take into account the following things: ambition, finance, and the number of players. If you have full squads across your first team and youth squad then it’s sensible to have more than one physio. This is to manage the potential workload that could be placed upon them due to the number of players contracted to the club. Multiple physios in the lower leagues are somewhat of a luxury due to the financial limitations that lower leagues have. Before recruiting, take into account the list above. Otherwise, you could face either financial difficulties or an injury crisis. It is essential to learn how to prioritise between managing injuries and managing club finances.

For a list of the best physios (including Head Physios and youth team physios) see the table below. Staff listed in the table are rated at least 15 for both physiotherapy and motivation.

Name	Nationality	Age	Current Club	Determination	Motivating	People Management	Adaptability	Physiotherapy
Ricardo Sasaki	BRA	56	São Paulo	17	16	20	12	20
Juanjo Brau	ESP	48		17	20	18	11	20
Rob Price	ENG	49	Leeds	17	15	11	16	20
Filé	BRA	60	Fluminense	16	17	12	9	20
José Carvajal	ESP	54	Sevilla	17	16	13	19	18
Lieven Maesschalck	BEL	52		17	18	15	7	20
Gerry Hoffmann	GER	61	FC Bayern	16	17	19	10	19
Marco Dellacasa	ITA	46	Inter	19	18	16	7	19
Andrea Belli	ITA	42	Inter	16	15	14	16	15
Roberto Morosi	ITA	57	Milan	15	16	15	17	18
Albino Rossetti	ITA	59	Milan	15	15	16	12	17
Luiz Rosan	BRA	66		15	18	17	8	20
Marco Romano	ITA	37	Parthenope	15	20	16	18	17
Lee Nobes	ENG	47	Liverpool	17	16	17	20	18
Geoff Scott	ENG	59	Tottenham	17	16	16	9	18
Emili Ricart	ESP	60		15	16	18	14	20
Iván Ortega	ESP	40	Real Madrid	15	20	20	9	15
Stephan Weickert	GER	51	FC Bayern	17	16	17	20	20
Gianni Bianchi	ITA	56	FC Bayern	16	16	17	16	20
Helmut Erhard	GER	49	FC Bayern	16	15	18	19	20
Jaume Munill	ESP	51	Barcelona	16	17	13	11	20
Luca Ghelli	ITA	56	Bologna	15	16	17	12	18
Charles de Oliveira Costa	BRA	49	Santos	17	17	18	10	18
Danny Murphy	ENG	48		15	15	12	6	18
Esteban Arévalo	ESP	54	Atlético	15	15	17	7	17
Marco Paesanti	ITA	52	Milan	16	15	15	10	17
Maurizio Delfini	ITA	51		18	17	12	10	20
Armando Sciacca	ITA	42	Milan	16	16	15	16	16
Christian Bianchi	ITA	48	Milan	16	15	13	20	16
Paolo Cerati	ITA	41	Milan	16	16	15	13	16
Nicola Zazzaro	ITA	43	Parthenope	15	15	20	11	16
Flávio Meirelles	BRA	46	Botafogo	15	15	15	9	20
Richie Partridge	IRL	41		15	16	14	12	17
Jesús Vázquez	ESP	46	Atlético	15	19	16	18	16
Xavi Linde	ESP	37	Barcelona	16	16	16	11	19
Christopher Rohrbeck	GER	44	Mainz	17	16	18	12	19
Emanuele Randelli	ITA	56		18	18	11	7	20
David Álvarez Santana	ESP	46	Betis	15	18	9	15	20
Stuart Campbell	ENG	42	Tottenham	16	15	13	14	18
Matt Davies	ENG	35	Tottenham	15	15	15	15	16
Jaume Cases	ESP	38	Villarreal	15	16	18	12	16
Edgar Cruz	POR	37	Famalicão	15	15	11	12	16
Pietro Cistaro	ITA	51	Genoa	15	15	12	15	15
Giorgos Ziogas	GRE	53		15	15	11	7	17
Andy Procter	ENG	39	Blackburn	16	16	11	10	15
Dimitris Skordis	GRE	68		16	15	12	12	17
Rocco Massara	ITA	61	Crotone	15	15	10	20	17
Kenny Cross	SCO	51		16	15	6	7	17
Alberto Galbiati	ITA	72	Inter	17	15	7	20	17

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