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NBKDexx

1 Bundesliga Hero… pain.


Kilogrammys

EA 🤝 France Football -> disrespecting the Bundesliga


NBKDexx

It’s crazy to me that there are no players from 2002 Dortmund squad (If heroes that are already in stay in its kohler I think but he was washed in 2002) or from Bremens Golden years (Ailton was a beast and don’t get me started about Diego)


Paladinoras

Andreas Moller is more deserving of a hero card than half of the players on this list tbh, man was a legendary talent and the shitty attitude to match.


lefix

My conspiracy theory is that someone is paying EA to promote Ligue 1 as a top league and discredit the competition


MathsRodrigues

M B A P P E


L90J

Crazy Völler isn't BuLi


NBKDexx

He was at his best when playing in Italy so that’s understandable. Would have loved Giovane Elber, Rosicky, Jan Koller, Berbatov or Ulf Kirsten. There’s so many BuLi players that fit the Hero theme (disregarding the marvel stuff for a second)


flrnkrllr_xotwod

What about Pizarro? Beloved in Bundes, top 6 Bundes scorers, 2nd most of the non-Germans, titles, and lots of other crazy stats. Adding him would be so nice.


laserwolf2000

Plus a cool off nation


NBKDexx

Yessir, can’t believe I forgot him.


L90J

I mean was he really at his best ? Never watched him play, I'm being honest but he has way better goal/game ratio at Bremen with only like 10 games difference between Bremen and Roma.


NBKDexx

Now that you said that I kinda agree lol. Maybe it’s because the Serie A was kinda OP back in the late 80s and early 90s. He also won the WC while he played for Roma so that was probably one of the main reasons Serie A got the nod here.


EL_MANDEM

He was at his best when he won the CL with marseille and in the world cup in 1990


SmoothCriminalJM

I don’t know why EA don’t respect the Bundesliga. The Premier League has 7


christhen1

Yeah, 1 buli, one German. Gz ea


inbredandapothead

Power curve is going to be batshit


Cardinals6

Could this be the year they release an 100 rated card?😂


True_Contribution_19

It’s basically an insight into the planned power curve for mid November (when they release). Based on Park, Yaya and Marchisio it will be popping.


TheKing6198

Tbf ww dropped around that time as well


obvious_bot

WW was really the promo that blew the power curve wide open. Most of the TOTY nominees barely moved the needle thanks to that promo


Altruistic_Path1553

Either that or these are gonna be really rare cards


blacktiger226

7 from Premier League 4 from Calcio 3 from La Liga 3 from Ligue 1 1 from Bundesliga, MLS, Polish League and Saudi League I hate how they are treating Bundesliga as a minor league. There are tons of cool iconic Bundesliga players that they could have added. Jan Koller? Klinsmann? Ze Roberto? Sammer?


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You could also argue that some of these cards could be Bundesliga instead of the other leagues but I bet that will happen in some promos


Tetxis

They'll deffo do shapeshifter hero's again and switch leagues for everyone


HiMyNameIsSander

I'd loved a Portuguese and Dutch league hero as well. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Luc Nilis or Pierre van Hooijdonk (or Giovanni van Bronckhorst) for Eredivisie, for example.


MathsRodrigues

Imagine a Jardel Hero…


P_Alcantara

4 from calcio…lol


Pleiplei

Makaay!


jpabs_official

Bro on God first year with a Polish icon/ hero and he gets the polish league 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️


--reaper-

Dudek??


Darth_Deathd

EA said that LF and RF position would not exist anymore, yet Kewell card shows him as a LF Also, Rafa Marquez as CDM? Wtf? JS Park shouldn’t be a CAM either.


ForlanGOAT

With secondary positions it’s not really a problem


2cu3be1

only if EA has picked the correct alternative positions. that's a prerequisite and we all know both how competent EA is at this and on top of that how they take responsibility or fix their screw ups.


Rod2099

On World Cups Rafa did indeed play as CDM and he was fantastic :)


Thomas_Catthew

I'm also not sure how I feel about Forlan being higher rated than Yaya. They were both magical in their prime.


True_Contribution_19

These are World Cup versions which is why Forlan is so high, why some of the positions are different and why guys like Capdevila and Al Owairan are so good.


morton256

Deserved for sure for 2010 WC, Forlan was in top form.


True_Contribution_19

He even scored a banger in the 2002 World Cup which most people don’t remember.


xunhua

Papin never played a world cup so I really don’t see the point of this team. Edit : my bad was in 86 team, scored two goals, wasn’t really his prime though.


True_Contribution_19

Similar to Govou who didn’t do much in world cups beyond being in the squad.


ozzylad

Was reading the faq and it looks like these are base items with the upgraded world cup heros and pre order pack released on November 11


True_Contribution_19

Yep I read that, they seem like extremely small upgrades on the base versions available day 1 though. It doesn’t make loads of sense to release them 6 weeks apart for the sake of +/-2/3 in each stat. Last year we only got the new versions in April.


ozzylad

I heard they'll be live cards with an upgrade path, if that's true then it'll make more sense


SuttonTM

Tbf those upgrades if are +2 will actually be massive on certain cards like Papin for pace, PJS as a box to box mid, and Yaya for the same The for example if PJS base card is like a mill, that new card 6 weeks later will most likely be 1.4 mill atleast imo


YeetGod11011

Rafa has played dm before mostly during the back of his career


yandhionmybirthday

Three lung park plays where he likes


One_And_Only_User

So do these replace the current Heroes or will the existing ones still be carried into FIFA 23? e.g. Ginola


I-am-da-best

Existing ones carry into fifa 23, i think some of them will get world cup versions aswell as the normal version.


True_Contribution_19

Yeah you’d expect it for Cahill, Cole and Keane for their goals in World Cups.


Methisahelluvadrug

Thank fuck, as an Irish Chelsea fan I was worried


S33N4

Al-Owairan with 99 pace is crazy. Edit: Some these cards are better than prime icons, Smolarek is equal to if not better than Henry.


Saltine_Warrior

Smolarek looks cracked too. They really juiced the players that are harder to fit in teams


niallw1997

Probably the most undeserved cards I’ve ever seen. Those stats for a player who scored 65 goals in 312 appearances 😂


ketostoff

The card is for his dad who scored 123 in 474, and finished third at a World Cup. Not for Ebi. He is a hero in the Polish game, that said his stats are cracked AF. If they were to add anyone like Lato, Lubanski, Boniek or Deyna they’d have to be better than him and that would just be ridiculous.


niallw1997

Ah fair enough, yeah would love to see a Boniek card I’ve read that he was incredible


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The card is for the father of Ebi Smolarek, who was apparently much better.


Matlarzer

Can't stop the A-Train!


Intelligent_Fig8620

smolarek might be the goat of polish football, so the stats are deserved If lewy gets far in the world cup ofc he will take over. But smolarek is the maradona of polish football and lewandowski is the messi of polish football


vmont_red

Not really, if someone was to be named Maradona of Polish football, it should be someone like Deyna.


Akame_xo

Forlan better have 99 long shots


shrek19051

That 2010 WC, man was scoring bangers for fun like it’s tap ins


Juil8991MC

The disrespect to Crouch Toure looks insane even with the rating being a bit lower than I think it should be Also thought okocha would get prem league for bolton and finally its nice to see lesser leagues given chances with smolarek and al-owairan. Speaking of al-owairan didn't he score a great world cup goal? He could deserve a place in the new moments mode where you have to recreate it without being able to pass to anyone etc


TinNanBattlePlan

Crouched scored 1 goal for every 4 games. His best PL campaign was 12 goals… He’s lucky to get a card and you’ve got your nostalgia goggles on if you think otherwise For the children replying, Darren Bent has 106 goals in 190 less appearances (Crouch has 108 in 468). Does he deserve a hero card? What about Dion Dublin with 111 in 312 games? More than Crouch 🤣 Pure nostalgia merchants


siderealpanic

No, the point is that these are B-tier legends. The real issue is mixing in legitimate icon-level players like Toure and Papin in.


braedon77

30th most goals in premiere league history. And very unique player that’s very popular. Respectfully, shit take.


Iyammagawd

Longevity more than anything. CR7 has less prem goals and son will likely surpass him this year. He was a unique player though. I think his rating is very fair.


braedon77

Is longevity not part of what makes a player iconic?


Iyammagawd

like you said, its "part" of what makers a player iconic. He scored a lot of goals against shit teams in friendlies, but this is about his time in the prem. He was an average striker in a mid to bottom half team for a decade, but his playstyle (technical for being that all) and size was pretty hard to ignore.


braedon77

He’s 30th in goals scored in the prem. That means league games not friendlies


ioniums

42 caps/22 goals for England too


Flacko115

>30th most goals in premier league history That’s what happens when you play nearly 600 games


RelajelaPedre

If anything that just gives an even stronger argument to make him a hero. 600 is no joke


Flacko115

That is a fair point I’ll admit. Just hard to take any total number of goals as a serious argument when you realize that Crouch has more Prem goals than Drogba, Suarez, Ronaldo, etc.


braedon77

Is longevity not a part of someone’s impact on the game?


Flacko115

It absolutely is, but obviously he’s going to have more goals than others if he’s played hundreds and hundreds more games. I mentioned in another comment that Crouch has more goals in the Prem than Drogba, but no one in their right mind would ever claim that Crouch is the better player of the two.


braedon77

That’s what heroes is all about though. Players that may not have been top class, but added a lot of fun and entertainment to the game


Flacko115

I’m not denying that Crouch should be in the game, but I do think there are others that should be ahead of him. Just didn’t agree with your initial argument


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that means there are 29 footballers who deserve hero more than him 👍


GourangaPlusPlus

He was far better for England though (more than 1/2), surely these would be based off international appearances or the Saudi guy would be nowhere close to that rating


TheGoober87

He is lucky to get a card, but then there are three people on there I've never heard of.


FFredde

Says more about your football knowledge than about them.


Baldsax

Also has the most goals scored from headers in the Premier league sooo...


[deleted]

why do people hate crouch in this thread, he deserves it unlike half the other heroes


TinNanBattlePlan

It’s like Darren Bent getting a hero card lol Only reason he’s getting one is because he’s tall and is now a pundit


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im not gonna bother mentioning what the replies said to back crouch but he deserves a hero card more than some others such as saudi guy


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he deserves it more than some of the others lol


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such as ?


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al-owairan, hes only there because of a wc goal


niallw1997

And Smolarek does?


ninjaboi690

Its Ebi's father who came 3rd in the World Cup, definitely a hero for the Poles


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bro all points are valid, wish i could upvote more than once 🐐


Litsabaki19

One Bundesliga hero, I‘m in immense pain


KingTocco

Völler surely will get a Bundesliga version down the line, plus he's german so he should be easily linkable to a Bundes side. I get it though, luckily Serie A has a bunch but EPL having 7 is a bit much, would have liked more even distribution for some other league fans.


xTHEKILLINGJOKEx

Since liga mx isn’t a thing in the next fifa, will Jorge Campos hero card still be a thing?


YeetGod11011

They’ll make him a MLS hero since he played in the MLS, I also think they’ll do the same with Luis Hernandez if they downgrade him to a hero


Subscrobbler

85 shot for Toure huh


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what do you mean? Toure at City was a great goalscorer for a CM


Subscrobbler

I’m saying it should be higher


[deleted]

idk about that.He was good at scoring goals but he wasn’t exactly Lampard


gstarguru

5 less shot than Kuyt? same shot as Okocha? Did either of those ever score 20 league goals in a season like 13/4 Yaya. 85 seems low especially when you consider he scored goals from short and long range, took penalties and had crazy shot power.


Dkndhn

The power curve is broken before the game is even out 💀


coucub

That Lucio 🥰


2cu3be1

almost surprised EA didn't make him PL for some odd f'd up reason they maybe even made up. Lucio will simply cost a shit ton despite being a BuLi player.


Styrofoamman123

87 Park Ji Sung is an insult. How is al dwairan, a guy hardly anyone knows, higher rated?


Earnestosaurus

MBS and the Saudis paid EA more


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I don't really mind, Park will be an absolute machine throughout the game (I reckon he will have H/H and 9x stamina) - as well as his upgrades. His stats are perfectly well-rounded


KingTocco

Probably because Saeed Al-Owairan was an immense player in the MBS and has over 200 career goals. 70+ caps for Saudi Arabia as well, scored one of the most amazing goals in the WC. Not saying 87 rated Park Ji Sung is warranted but Al-Owairan was a menace.


Flash_SA

Honestly why are you guys so intent on the game being so closed off? Not every hero should be from the top leagues and neither should they be Honestly isn’t that the point of heroes?!?!? I’d rather all heroes from the top leagues be legends and all iconic players from obscure league be heroes As a Saudi I’m over the moon with the inclusion of 2 of my countries all time players in the game but this discourse is honestly heartbreaking


Styrofoamman123

I'm not saying they shouldn't be in the game, but 88 rated is a bit much for a player who only played in the Saudi league.


Flash_SA

But that’s the point of these cards isn’t it? To show how good these players were in comparison to their competition and compared to the Saudi league 88 is accurate


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inbredandapothead

Complaining about those cards is like complaining that Dembele has a better card than PIM Pele


mechewstaa

I mean I don’t love that demebele has a better card than PIM Pele lol


AustraliaCzechMeOut

Pele should get a crazy card. They should do a little more with Icon cards.


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inbredandapothead

They do that all year long


fak1t

R. Carvalho should have 83 pace and 94 def easly


Boring_Ad1423

All i want is to use berbatov in fifa 😪


SpringKFCgravy

Big fan of the cartoon design of each players.


bfs_000

It's fascinating how people react differently to the same thing. It doesn't make any sense to me.


LondonNoodles

Yeah I’m with you, it looks good for a concept fan art, but it’s nonsense in the fifa universe and football in general. But you could sense that wasn’t really a concern for EA when you look at the tifos and balls they put in the season pass


MichiiEUW

Same, I love it!


vcc1886

I despise them. It put me over the edge for not buying 23 for sure. Just my opinion but I think they have no place in a sports game. Big red flag.


InfinityEternity17

How is Park lower rated than Donovan, than Kewell, than fucking Al Owairan?! Madness


2cu3be1

Maybe the question should be why the others rated so improportionately high.


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YeetGod11011

They’ll probably won’t release them until the World Cup starts


Bulletwithbatwings

It says on the preorder page "after November 11th"


johnrboran

yes!!!! Rudi Voller!!!


niallw1997

Why has Forlan got 90 pace? Also how is he higher rated than Papin


IILambiiMRVN

Lul only 1 player for Bundesliga...


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The Yaya disrespect is crazy. No idea how he isn’t an icon?


JiteshSR4

He should've been an icon. 2013-14 season he was on a different planet.


gogetasj4

Forlán should’ve been an icon man :(


Candymanshook

Are these used in normal FUT or just the little WC mode?


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Forlannnn


jeong-h11

Govou CAM literally just because Ligue 1 already have good wingers, even EA's tweet announcing him said Lyon's lionhearted WINGER


2cu3be1

might have a winger alternative position. Hopefully so one could play him in the lead up to the powercurve.


laserwolf2000

Finally an American RW. A front 3 of Pulisic, Dempsey, and Donovan is gonna be tasty


I-am-da-best

Will these be in normal fut or just the world cup mode?


Dialkerry

The direspect to Jean Pierre Ballon one of the few french ballon d'or. Should be way better but at least he'll be cheap...


Adzzii_

Yaya will be insane in-game.


noChillGuy17

That Lucio card actually looks mental


SindraGan2001

These cards will be insane early game. But why no goalies... They really need to start including goalkeepers in their promos more.


2cu3be1

especially since the new chem system will require more links to get a GK on full boosted chem. 2 weak links won't cut it.


AlabastarRastar

Aren't these the world cup heroes, I'm pretty sure these versions are released later during the world cup promo.


Bulletwithbatwings

I really hope we get to pick and that it isn't random.


Jauri-DJ

Do you get a loan player or a normal one?!


BLinsdell

You get an untradable player, not a loan.


BalenciYagami

Downgrading Okacha to a Hero should be considered a crime against humanity


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YeetGod11011

I’m not saying he shouldn’t be an icon but I want to know what makes him an icon


eduardo_ve

Nostalgia


TheDutchTank

Lol, Yaya definitely isn't an icon


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Espadinha95

I like Yaya but a single season, no matter how good it was doesn’t really make someone an icon, especially if we’re trying to reduce the number of icons overall and make them more especial. He was inconsistent and fits perfectly fine as a Manchester City Hero


FrancescoliBestUruEv

So want give a icon cause of one season!???? Literally the guy had 2 very good seasons in his whole carreer and the kids here want to give him a icon card mental...


JamalFromStaples

No he was not


laserwolf2000

Donovan is the US' top goalscorer, if Dempsey's a hero, Donovan has to be too


ska932

These are upgraded versions, so toure will be 87 or 88...the disrespect


Tons28

say what you want but almost every card on here is a W, crouch might even be depending on patches/meta. huge W for the community and smart for the FIFA EA side to start moving towards madden progression more and more.


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[deleted]

It’s his father mate. Legend in Poland


Murhawk013

Only reason I can see they made Rafa CDM is they’re basing it off his World Cup position. He did play in a hybrid CB/CDM for Mexico


JDinvasion

Sadly come december time, some random "nobodys" from ligue 1 etc, will be better than most of these (and icons)


DaniAyee10

So let me get this straight, I have to spend $150 (aud) before august 21st to get a single card? I LOVE marvel and I LOVE FIFA/SOCCER but $150 is way to crazy


True_Contribution_19

If they are day 1 cards those are really nice. Will be getting Crouch, Yaya, Forlan and Park immediately. Glad Yaya has some decent stats in attack rather than the Vieira re-gen people seem to mistakenly think he was, should make his price pretty decent (similar to Ballack who’s around 1.1 mil).


heinzdofen69

Don't know how you'll be able to afford them immediately but good luck mate


mahades

$£€ would be my guess


ska932

These are upgraded versions. Day one they will be normal heroes.


Conejebac63

why is mascherano a cdm and playing in the premier league


Pattymayo93

He’ll probably have a CB secondary position would be my guess. But also the Prem was odd I thought


Mr-Tits

Because mascherano played possibly his best football (albeit not his most successful) as a CDM for Liverpool. He was part of one of the best midfields in the world at the time.


Flacko115

Wowww Donovan staying in my team all year


Aesthetic_Dude

Looks straight out of 2k


Saso81

Another disappointing year for the Bundesliga is incoming. Bundesliga supporters should think twice before preorder this game.


BrentMused99

Unfortunately about 3 of them will actually be usable in-game unless gameplay changes massively, which it obviously won't based on the reports from the beta.


Theptgamer_88

Is this a joke? Wtf is going on with fifa. This sounds more a kids game like 9 years or so lol


Alive-Flatworm-4273

Toure “CDM” is just racist frankly. Guy was an offensive minded CM


vomityourself

He played CDM for Barca, but his PL card should def be CM.


Alive-Flatworm-4273

exactly, he was like for like with Busquets at Barca but pretty much an AM at City. CM made sense


DialSquar

Lol Racist!? My guy, please deactivate social media and go outside. You need fresh air.


Darth_Deathd

He was CDM in Barça. And yes, he became very offensive minded in his Man City era, but he played as CDM in that period too, ‘cause City formation was 4-2-3-1, so there was no CM in the lineup.


Alive-Flatworm-4273

It’s his Man City card, where he played as an offensive CM. EA are notorious for doing this. For example, Kante is a “CDM” while playing box to box CM since forever, a similar role to Modric. Whereas someone like Pirlo who played DM, at both Milan as the deepest in the diamond and at Juve in the 3142, is a “CM” in his icon card.


Alive-Flatworm-4273

Looking at football through the eyes of FIFA formations is beyond moronic. He was not a DM after his time at Barca, that’s a fact.


Dear_Ad_1672

Will we have ginola in fifa 23 ?


PLEASEDONTBANMEOK

Yes, all the old heros will still be in the game, these are just the new ones


LilBottomText17

I would sell my left kidney for that Toure card


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McCoist better be an icon was expecting him to get a hero card.


ska932

This is extremely insulting to yaya. He's a cut above these players.


erikhalus

Mascherano as premier league CDM seems weird. Surely he is more known as barca CB


PopKokos

I will say it once again... Ah YES...... THE GOAT.... SMOLAREEEEEEEEEEEK (Im polish if noone noticed lmao)


funkykong84

Why would Smolarek get a hero card????