Team earns fanclub members when this player plays a competitive match. The first popular player in a match gives 20 fanclub members, the second 12, then 8, 5, 3 and finally just 1 per player. Each popular player that doesn't play costs your team 5 fanclub members. Has no effect in U21 matches and friendlies.

Plays better when he is not one of the best 3 players on the team (on star value). Worse if he is.

The player gets +0.05 on all trainable attributes per 2 players with the same nationality in their team on the field; -0.2 if there are fewer than 2.