Football Manager 2024- Know player roles: Full backs

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Full-back used to be one of the most overlooked positions but they are becoming more and more important in modern football.

Most managers nowadays use full-backs in more adventurous ways. Full-backs like Trent Alexander-Arnold, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Alphonso Davies, Reece James, Andrew Robertson act as creative outlets for their respective sides.

It is also arguably the most demanding position in modern football and requires technical abilities, tactical awareness and plenty of athleticism.

In this article, we will take a look at various player roles in Football Manager 2024 for fullbacks.

Full back

The first player role for a full-back is simply full back who act as traditional wide defenders and contribute in both attack and defence. A full back can be used in attack, defend, support and automatic duties which are self explanatory.

Wing back

A more attacking version of full back, wing backs are more inclined to move forward and provide width to the side. They can also be used in attack, defend, support and automatic duties.

Complete Wing Back

Complete wing back is a bit more attacking version of a wing back who have the license to go forward by both overlapping and underlapping. They can be used in support and attack duties

Inverted Wing Back

A relatively new concept, inverted wing backs tend to cut infield and move to midfield when his team has possession. Full backs who have the skills of playing a midfield role can be used with great effect in this role and create a numerical advantage in midfield. Players like Alexander-Arnold and Zincheno play as inverted wing backs in real life. This can be used in three roles which are attack, defend and support.

Inverted Full Back

A role that has been introduced in FM 2024 is inverted fullback who basically act almost like a wide centre back alongside the central defenders. Ben White at Arsenal and Kyle Walker ar Arsenal play this role. They can be used in attack, defend, support and defend duties.

No-Nonsense Full-Back

Much like the no-nonsense centre-back, the no-nonsense full-back is primarily there to get the ball away from danger often functioning in the rather old-school 'flat back four'. They typically play with a safety first approach. Players with relatively poor technical ability can be used in this role and it is very much useful in lesser teams or when defending a narrow lead.