{"id":23822,"date":"2026-11-07T10:47:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T10:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/?p=23822"},"modified":"2026-11-07T10:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T10:47:56","slug":"wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/en\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu\/","title":{"rendered":"FM2012 wonderkids: what happened to them 14 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Football Manager 2012<\/strong> saiu em outubro de 2011, e muitos de n\u00f3s ainda nos lembramos dos jovens que compr\u00e1vamos em todos os saves. Entretanto, passaram 14 anos. Por isso, fomos ver o que aconteceu aos wonderkids mais famosos do FM2012: quem chegou ao topo, quem ficou a meio do caminho e quem nunca confirmou o que o jogo prometia. E, claro, tamb\u00e9m fomos procurar os portugueses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu-04.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Jones com a camisola do Manchester United e Neymar com a do Santos, dois wonderkids do FM2012\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Phil Jones e Neymar, dois wonderkids do FM2012 com destinos bem diferentes (Imagem: SPORTbible)<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/en\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu\/#Os_que_confirmaram\" >Os que confirmaram<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/en\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu\/#Os_que_ficaram_a_meio\" >Os que ficaram a meio<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/en\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu\/#Os_que_nao_confirmaram\" >Os que n\u00e3o confirmaram<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/en\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu\/#E_os_portugueses\" >What about the Portuguese?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/en\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu\/#A_nossa_opiniao\" >Our take<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/en\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu\/#Fontes\" >Sources<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Os_que_confirmaram\"><\/span>Os que confirmaram<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Em primeiro lugar, os acertos da SI. Alguns eram \u00f3bvios, mas outros nem tanto:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Neymar (Santos):<\/strong> passou pelo Barcelona, pelo PSG e pelo Al Hilal, e ganhou a Liga dos Campe\u00f5es. Por\u00e9m, uma les\u00e3o grave no joelho em 2023 travou-o, e hoje est\u00e1 de volta ao Santos.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea):<\/strong> no FM2012 estava emprestado ao Atl\u00e9tico. Depois, foi titular no Chelsea e, desde ent\u00e3o, continua no Real Madrid.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marc-Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen (Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach):<\/strong> foi o n\u00famero um do Barcelona durante oito anos e ganhou 20 t\u00edtulos. No entanto, no in\u00edcio de 2026 estava emprestado ao Girona.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christian Eriksen (Ajax):<\/strong> brilhou no Tottenham e no Inter, e voltou a jogar depois da paragem card\u00edaca no Euro 2020. Al\u00e9m disso, hoje joga no Wolfsburg.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Raheem Sterling (Liverpool):<\/strong> marcou 123 golos na Premier League e chegou \u00e0 final do Euro 2020. Ent\u00e3o, mudou-se para o Feyenoord.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul Pogba (Manchester United):<\/strong> foi campe\u00e3o do mundo em 2018. Contudo, a suspens\u00e3o por doping travou-lhe o fim de carreira, e no M\u00f3naco quase n\u00e3o tem jogado.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Os_que_ficaram_a_meio\"><\/span>Os que ficaram a meio<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Depois, h\u00e1 os que fizeram boas carreiras, mas abaixo do que o jogo prometia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mario G\u00f6tze (Borussia Dortmund):<\/strong> marcou o golo que deu o Mundial de 2014 \u00e0 Alemanha. Mas nunca mais chegou a esse n\u00edvel, e hoje \u00e9 um m\u00e9dio s\u00f3lido no Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Xherdan Shaqiri (Basileia):<\/strong> jogou no Bayern, no Inter e no Liverpool, quase sempre como alternativa. Assim, acabou por voltar ao Basileia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erik Lamela (Roma):<\/strong> fez mais de 250 jogos pelo Tottenham, com um golo de rabona memor\u00e1vel. Assim, retirou-se em 2025, aos 33 anos.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oscar (Internacional):<\/strong> foi campe\u00e3o ingl\u00eas pelo Chelsea e depois passou sete anos na China. Por fim, em 2025, deixou o futebol por raz\u00f5es m\u00e9dicas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kurt Zouma (Saint-\u00c9tienne):<\/strong> as les\u00f5es travaram-no no Chelsea, mas ganhou a Liga Confer\u00eancia pelo West Ham. Por isso, hoje joga nos Emirados.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jordan Ayew (Marselha):<\/strong> n\u00e3o foi o goleador que se esperava, mas fez uma longa carreira na Premier League, no Crystal Palace e no Leicester.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu-03.jpg\" alt=\"Quadro com os wonderkids do FM2012 divididos entre os que confirmaram, os que ficaram a meio e os que n\u00e3o confirmaram\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>O nosso veredito sobre os wonderkids do FM2012<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Os_que_nao_confirmaram\"><\/span>Os que n\u00e3o confirmaram<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Por fim, as desilus\u00f5es. Em v\u00e1rios casos, a culpa foi das les\u00f5es e n\u00e3o do talento:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jack Wilshere (Arsenal):<\/strong> aos 19 anos estava na equipa do ano da Premier League. Ent\u00e3o, uma fratura no tornozelo tirou-lhe a \u00e9poca de 2011\/12 e nunca mais foi o mesmo. Por isso, retirou-se aos 30 e hoje \u00e9 treinador.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Phil Jones (Manchester United):<\/strong> uma sequ\u00eancia terr\u00edvel de les\u00f5es estragou-lhe a carreira. Assim, retirou-se em 2025 e \u00e9 adjunto no Blackburn.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yaya Sanogo (Auxerre):<\/strong> chegou ao Arsenal com muita expectativa, mas n\u00e3o passou de alguns jogos. Depois, andou pelo Toulouse, pela Arm\u00e9nia e pela China.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adryan (Flamengo):<\/strong> emprestado ao Leeds em 2014, ficou mais famoso por um mergulho do que pelos golos. Em 2024 jogava na quarta divis\u00e3o brasileira.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carlos Fierro (Chivas):<\/strong> campe\u00e3o do mundo de sub-17 pelo M\u00e9xico em 2011, nunca chegou \u00e0 Europa nem \u00e0 sele\u00e7\u00e3o principal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"E_os_portugueses\"><\/span>What about the Portuguese?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>O nome portugu\u00eas mais falado do FM2012 era <strong>N\u00e9lson Oliveira<\/strong>, o avan\u00e7ado do Benfica. Ou seja, era o ponta de lan\u00e7a que muitos de n\u00f3s compr\u00e1vamos para o futuro da sele\u00e7\u00e3o. Na vida real, chegou a internacional e foi ao Euro 2012, mas a carreira fez-se sobretudo de empr\u00e9stimos e mudan\u00e7as: Rio Ave, Pa\u00e7os de Ferreira, Deportivo, Rennes, Swansea, Norwich, Reading, AEK, PAOK, Konyaspor e Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es. Por fim, para 2026\/27, assinou pelo Farense, da II Liga.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu-02.jpg\" alt=\"N\u00e9lson Oliveira com a camisola 20 de Portugal no Cro\u00e1cia-Portugal de 2013\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>N\u00e9lson Oliveira pela sele\u00e7\u00e3o, em 2013. <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Nelson_Oliveira_-_Croatia_vs._Portugal,_10th_June_2013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foto: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Al\u00e9m disso, h\u00e1 uma liga\u00e7\u00e3o curiosa a Portugal. Eliaquim Mangala acabava de chegar ao FC Porto quando o FM2012 saiu, e era dos centrais mais desejados do jogo. Mais tarde, o Manchester City pagou muito por ele, mas a passagem por Inglaterra n\u00e3o correu bem.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_nossa_opiniao\"><\/span>Our take<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Olhando para tr\u00e1s, a SI acertou em muito: Neymar, Courtois, ter Stegen e Eriksen tornaram-se estrelas. Ainda assim, a lista tamb\u00e9m mostra o que o jogo n\u00e3o consegue prever, como as les\u00f5es de Wilshere e Phil Jones. Por isso, da pr\u00f3xima vez que comprares um wonderkid no FM27, lembra-te: o potencial \u00e9 uma promessa, n\u00e3o uma garantia. E, se quiseres come\u00e7ar j\u00e1, v\u00ea os nossos <a href=\"\/en\/wonderkids-fm27-top-50-dos-melhores-jovens\/\">50 melhores jovens do FM27<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fontes\"><\/span>Sources<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportbible.com\/football\/football-news\/football-manager-2012-wonderkids-what-happened-now-811950-20260330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPORTbible, 30 de mar\u00e7o de 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidesport.com\/sport-articles\/football-manager-2012-wonderkids---where-are-they-now\/1883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InsideSport, abril de 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetfootball.com\/quick-reads\/where-now-football-manager-2012-forgotten-wonderkids-carlos-fierro-adryan-mbaye-niang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planet Football, fevereiro de 2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Imprensa portuguesa sobre a carreira de N\u00e9lson Oliveira<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fmpt-le-tambem\" style=\"border-left: 4px solid #1e88e5; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 24px 0; background: rgba(30,136,229,.06);\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 6px;\"><strong>Read also<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wonderkids-que-nao-se-afirmaram-parte-4\/\">Wonderkids who never made it (part 4): Kerlon, Ochoa, Obertan and Lung Jr.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/harry-kane-fm2010-bola-de-ouro\/\">Harry Kane in FM2010: how SI rated the future Ballon d\u2019Or winner at 15<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O Football Manager 2012 saiu em outubro de 2011, e muitos de n\u00f3s ainda nos lembramos dos jovens que compr\u00e1vamos em todos os saves. Entretanto, passaram 14 anos. Por isso, fomos ver\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":23821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_fmpt_dev_nome":"","_fmpt_dev_site":"","_fmpt_versao":"","_fmpt_ficheiros":[],"_fmpt_changelog":[],"_fmpt_thumbnail_en":23821,"_fmpt_metadesc_en":"FM2012 wonderkids 14 years on: Neymar and Courtois delivered, Wilshere and Phil Jones did not. And what happened to Portugal striker N\u00e9lson Oliveira?","_fmpt_content_en":"<p><strong>Football Manager 2012<\/strong> came out in October 2011, and many of us still remember the youngsters we bought in every save. Fourteen years have passed since. So we looked at what happened to the most famous FM2012 wonderkids: who reached the top, who stopped halfway and who never lived up to what the game promised. And, of course, we also went looking for the Portuguese ones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu-04.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Jones in a Manchester United shirt and Neymar in a Santos shirt, two FM2012 wonderkids\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Phil Jones and Neymar, two FM2012 wonderkids with very different fates (Image: SPORTbible)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>The ones who delivered<\/h2>\n<p>First, the ones SI got right. Some were obvious, but others not so much:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Neymar (Santos):<\/strong> he played for Barcelona, PSG and Al Hilal, and won the Champions League. However, a serious knee injury in 2023 slowed him down, and he is now back at Santos.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea):<\/strong> in FM2012 he was on loan at Atl\u00e9tico. Then he became Chelsea's number one, and he has been at Real Madrid since 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marc-Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen (Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach):<\/strong> he was Barcelona's number one for eight years and won 20 trophies. Still, in early 2026 he was on loan at Girona.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christian Eriksen (Ajax):<\/strong> he shone at Tottenham and Inter, and returned to football after his cardiac arrest at Euro 2020. He now plays for Wolfsburg.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Raheem Sterling (Liverpool):<\/strong> he scored 123 Premier League goals and reached the Euro 2020 final. Then he moved to Feyenoord.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul Pogba (Manchester United):<\/strong> he won the 2018 World Cup. But his doping ban stalled the end of his career, and he has barely played at Monaco.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The ones who stopped halfway<\/h2>\n<p>Next, there are those who had good careers, just below what the game promised:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mario G\u00f6tze (Borussia Dortmund):<\/strong> he scored the goal that won Germany the 2014 World Cup. But he never reached that level again, and he is now a solid midfielder at Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Xherdan Shaqiri (Basel):<\/strong> he played for Bayern, Inter and Liverpool, mostly as a backup. So he ended up back at Basel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erik Lamela (Roma):<\/strong> he made over 250 appearances for Tottenham, with a memorable rabona goal. He retired in 2025, at 33.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oscar (Internacional):<\/strong> he won the Premier League with Chelsea and then spent seven years in China. Finally, in 2025, he left football for medical reasons.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kurt Zouma (Saint-\u00c9tienne):<\/strong> injuries held him back at Chelsea, but he won the Conference League with West Ham. He now plays in the UAE.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jordan Ayew (Marseille):<\/strong> he was not the goalscorer people expected, but he had a long Premier League career with Crystal Palace and Leicester.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu-en-03.jpg\" alt=\"Table of FM2012 wonderkids split into those who delivered, those halfway there and those who fell short\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Our verdict on the FM2012 wonderkids<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>The ones who fell short<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, the disappointments. In several cases, injuries were to blame rather than talent:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jack Wilshere (Arsenal):<\/strong> at 19 he was in the Premier League Team of the Year. Then an ankle fracture cost him the 2011\/12 season and he was never the same again. He retired at 30 and is now a coach.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Phil Jones (Manchester United):<\/strong> a terrible run of injuries wrecked his career. He retired in 2025 and is a coach at Blackburn.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yaya Sanogo (Auxerre):<\/strong> he joined Arsenal amid big expectations, but only played a handful of games. After that, he moved to Toulouse, Armenia and China.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adryan (Flamengo):<\/strong> on loan at Leeds in 2014, he became better known for a dive than for his goals. In 2024 he was playing in Brazil's fourth tier.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carlos Fierro (Chivas):<\/strong> an Under-17 world champion with Mexico in 2011, he never made it to Europe or the senior national team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What about the Portuguese?<\/h2>\n<p>The most talked-about Portuguese name in FM2012 was <strong>N\u00e9lson Oliveira<\/strong>, Benfica's striker. In other words, he was the striker many of us bought as Portugal's future number nine. In real life, he became an international and went to Euro 2012, but his career was mostly loans and moves: Rio Ave, Pa\u00e7os de Ferreira, Deportivo, Rennes, Swansea, Norwich, Reading, AEK, PAOK, Konyaspor and Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es. Finally, for 2026\/27, he signed for Farense in the second tier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wonderkids-fm2012-o-que-aconteceu-02.jpg\" alt=\"N\u00e9lson Oliveira wearing Portugal's number 20 shirt in Croatia v Portugal in 2013\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>N\u00e9lson Oliveira for Portugal in 2013. <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Nelson_Oliveira_-_Croatia_vs._Portugal,_10th_June_2013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is also a curious link to Portugal. Eliaquim Mangala had just joined FC Porto when FM2012 came out, and he was one of the most wanted centre-backs in the game. Later, Manchester City paid a lot for him, but his spell in England did not go well.<\/p>\n<h2>Our take<\/h2>\n<p>Looking back, SI got a lot right: Neymar, Courtois, ter Stegen and Eriksen became stars. Still, the list also shows what the game cannot predict, such as the injuries of Wilshere and Phil Jones. So next time you buy a wonderkid in FM27, remember: potential is a promise, not a guarantee. And if you want to start now, see our <a href=\"\/en\/wonderkids-fm27-top-50-dos-melhores-jovens\/\">top 50 young players in FM27<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportbible.com\/football\/football-news\/football-manager-2012-wonderkids-what-happened-now-811950-20260330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPORTbible, 30 March 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidesport.com\/sport-articles\/football-manager-2012-wonderkids---where-are-they-now\/1883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InsideSport, April 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetfootball.com\/quick-reads\/where-now-football-manager-2012-forgotten-wonderkids-carlos-fierro-adryan-mbaye-niang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planet Football, February 2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Portuguese press on N\u00e9lson Oliveira's career<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fmpt-le-tambem\" style=\"border-left:4px solid #1e88e5;padding:12px 16px;margin:24px 0;background:rgba(30,136,229,.06)\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 6px\"><strong>Read also<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0\">\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wonderkids-que-nao-se-afirmaram-parte-4\/\">Wonderkids who never made it (part 4): Kerlon, Ochoa, Obertan and Lung Jr.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/harry-kane-fm2010-bola-de-ouro\/\">Harry Kane in FM2010: how SI rated the future Ballon d\u2019Or winner at 15<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,57],"tags":[1092,1108],"class_list":["post-23822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artigos","category-fun","tag-curiosidades","tag-historias-do-fm"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wonderkids do FM2012: o que lhes aconteceu 14 anos depois - FMPortugal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Os wonderkids do FM2012, 14 anos depois: Neymar e Courtois confirmaram, Wilshere e Phil Jones n\u00e3o. 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