Our Data Collection & Rating Methodology

At Aamango, we believe that football cards should be more than just collectibles—they should also provide reliable, meaningful, and consistent statistics.

When creating our Football Current Players 2026 collection, we discovered that player statistics often differ between websites. Club appearances, trophies, and even international caps can vary depending on the source or methodology used.

To solve this, we developed the Aamango Football Statistics Standard v1.2—a transparent and consistent system that applies the same rules to every player.

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📊 What’s Included?

Our Football Collection consists of:

 

• • ⚽ 60+ Current Players

• • ⭐ 60+ Football Legends

• • 🏆 120+ Total Players

Legends are permanently frozen after verification, while Current Players are updated annually.

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📅 Dataset Cut-off

Every edition has a fixed cut-off date.

Football Current Players 2026

Data includes all official matches and honours up to 30 June 2026.

Future editions simply update the cut-off date while keeping the same methodology.

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🔍 Trusted Data Sources

Rather than relying on one website for everything, we use the best source for each type of data.

Statistic	Primary Source
Club Matches	Transfermarkt
Club Goals	Transfermarkt
International Caps	RSSSF → FIFA → National Associations
International Goals	RSSSF → FIFA → National Associations
Club Honours	Transfermarkt
International Honours	FIFA / UEFA / Continental Confederations

This provides the highest level of consistency across all players.

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⚽ Club Statistics

Only official first-team competitions are counted.

✅ League Matches

✅ Domestic Cups

✅ League Cups

✅ Community Shields & Domestic Super Cups

✅ UEFA Champions League

✅ Europa League

✅ Conference League

✅ UEFA Super Cup

✅ FIFA Club World Cup

❌ Friendlies

❌ Youth Matches

❌ Reserve Matches

❌ Exhibition Games

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🌍 International Statistics

Only official Senior “A” International Matches are included.

Youth tournaments, unofficial friendlies and Olympic football are excluded to ensure fair comparison.

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🏆 Team Trophies

Club Team Trophies

Official competitions only.

Included:

 

• • League Titles

• • Domestic Cups

• • League Cups

• • Community Shields

• • Domestic Super Cups

• • UEFA Competitions

• • FIFA Club World Cup

• • Intercontinental Cup

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International Team Trophies

Included:

 

• • FIFA World Cup

• • UEFA European Championship

• • Copa América

• • UEFA Nations League

• • Africa Cup of Nations

• • AFC Asian Cup

• • CONCACAF Gold Cup

• • OFC Nations Cup

• • FIFA Confederations Cup

Excluded:

 

• • ❌ Finalissima

• • ❌ Olympic Games

• • ❌ Youth Competitions

• • ❌ Runner-up Medals

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🥇 Individual Awards

 

 

 

 

 

Only major awards are counted.

Examples include:

🏅 Ballon d’Or

🏅 FIFA The Best

🏅 UEFA Men’s Player of the Year

🏅 League Player of the Season

🏅 League Golden Boot

🏅 UEFA Champions League Top Scorer

🏅 World Cup Golden Ball

🏅 World Cup Golden Boot

🏅 World Cup Golden Glove

🏅 UEFA Euro Player of the Tournament

🏅 Copa América Golden Ball

Awards such as Team of the Year, Fan Awards, Monthly Awards and Match Awards are not included.

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📈 How We Estimate Player Abilities

Every player receives three gameplay ratings:

🛡 Defensive Ability

⚡ Offensive Ability

🎯 Goalkeeping & Technical Ability

These ratings are Aamango estimates designed specifically for enjoyable and balanced gameplay. They are not official FIFA, UEFA or club ratings.

The ratings are based on:

 

• • Career statistics

• • Playing position

• • Playing style

• • Consistency

• • Major achievements

• • Individual awards

• • Team success

• • Peak performance

• • Technical ability

• • Expert comparison with players in similar positions

Each player is then reviewed manually to ensure fairness across the entire collection.

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🎮 Position Matters

A striker and a goalkeeper cannot be judged using the same criteria.

For example:

🧤 Goalkeepers are evaluated mainly on:

 

• • Reflexes

• • Shot Stopping

• • Positioning

• • Distribution

• • Command of the Area

🛡 Defenders are evaluated on:

 

• • Tackling

• • Marking

• • Positioning

• • Aerial Ability

• • Defensive Awareness

🎨 Midfielders are evaluated on:

 

• • Vision

• • Passing

• • Ball Control

• • Creativity

• • Tactical Intelligence

⚽ Forwards are evaluated on:

 

• • Finishing

• • Movement

• • Dribbling

• • Creativity

• • Goal Scoring

This allows every player to be judged fairly according to their role.

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📊 Rating Guide

Rating	Meaning
⭐ 95–100	Generational / All-Time Great
⭐ 90–94	World Class
⭐ 85–89	Elite International Player
⭐ 80–84	Top Professional
⭐ 75–79	Strong Professional
⭐ 70–74	Established Professional

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✅ Why We Built This Standard

Our goal isn’t to produce the biggest numbers.

Our goal is to produce the most consistent numbers.

Every player in the Aamango Football Current Players 2026 collection has been measured using the same methodology, making comparisons fair, transparent and easy to understand.

Whether you’re comparing Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham, or Endrick, every statistic follows the same rules.

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⚽ Built for Football Fans. Backed by Consistent Data.

At Aamango, we believe that great football cards should combine fun gameplay, trusted statistics, and fair player comparisons.

Our Aamango Football Statistics Standard v1.2 ensures that every card in the collection is created using a transparent, repeatable methodology—giving collectors, families and football fans confidence that the numbers behind every player are as reliable as the game itself.