I'd imagine he put the rest as 20.
The way I see it is that it's like Fifa of the old days. You have so many 'points' to spent on ability. So making a few 'useless' stats 0 or 1 leaves you to put more into things like finishing, pace, flair, technique etc.
So you can't make a player with 20 everything?
As I tried this too, I made myself just for fun. When I loaded the game I was only around 16 in everything. I had to use FMRTE to change it, but with that the stats decrease over time.
(Incidently - when using FMRTE, does the stats go back to...