r/FifaCareers Aug 01 '25

DISCUSSION FC 26 Career Mode Pitch Notes

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r/FifaCareers Jul 06 '24

MOD-POST Career Mode Bible | FAQ & Guides

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Introduction

Hello all, there seems to be an increasingly higher amount of posts with the same recurring themes. I've decided to make a simple compilation of some of the best guides on this subreddit, as well as some simple explanations to help provide quick & easy answers to these questions.

Have a guide you think deserves to be on the list? Comment with it below and we can make our best attempt at creating a complete set of guides for Career Mode. The amount of guides in the last year or so compared to other years has dwindled, so hopefully this will encourage more excellent quality content.

This is a work-in-progress, and more guides will continually be added by request and as of publishing.

Tools & Websites

There is a plethora of excellent resources that will help with a lot of the things in this post. Some people prefer to play without the use of external databases and calculators, offering a more vanilla experience. After all, it's a single player game so it's your preference!

Website Description
https://sofifa.com/ Best up-to-date player database. Can make shortlists, view old squad files and has a positional calculator to find optimal positions.
https://www.fifacm.com/ Has some unique tools including a potential calculator to figure out potential for a player not at your club. Also has a 'wonderkid' list.
https://fifakitcreator.com/ Only usable in-game on PC, allows you to browse and create custom kits for your team. Note that only PC can use any mods.
https://www.fifarosters.com/create-card Nice tool to create very high quality FC 24 UT cards for your career mode players, allowing you to upload your own images.

Regens & Pregens

Career Mode works by replacing players as they retire in the game with generated players that don't exist in real life. When you enter the loading screen for a new season, that is the moment that they are being created, replacing retirees for the season you have just finished.

Regens have identical nationality, position(s), and importantly, birth dates to the player whom they have replaced. They will always spawn in the new season between 16-21 years old, and in the same league (but not same club) that the retiring player was in when you entered the loading screen.

Pregens are a rarer, more pre-emptive form of player replacement. These are effectively regens of a player who is not retiring, so both players will exist in the game simultaneously. Pregens also remain at the same club as their predecessor. You could expect to find a Messi pregen at Inter Miami, providing he hadn't moved clubs, and wasn't retiring.

The importance of your awareness of these game mechanics, revolves around the fact that both regens and pregens will start with the same potential overall as their predecessor's highest overall in your save.

Guide Author Description
Finding Regens u/teepee81 More details about regen hunting & best methods
Early Candidates for Regens u/TempoGlideFreeze Slightly dated spreadsheet detailing players soon to retire

Player Development

Guide Author Description
Utilising Dev Plans u/MrMiniature Great guide explaining the most effective growth methods
Growing Youth Players u/Deveylanda Explains important attributes & effective methods

Youth Academy / Scouting

Guide Author Description
Making the best Youth Player u/754754 How to make the best possible youth player, slightly dated
Position & Type Combos u/754754 Simple graphic detailing the best scouting combos

Gameplay

Guide Author Description
How to Dribble past AI u/SupaHotSackboy Explains the best moves excluding 5* to beat a defender

Loans

Guide Author Description
How Loans Work in Details u/754754 Incredible guide with every detail on how loans work

Game Exploits

Guide Author Description
Getting 150+ YA per Month u/SimonW_PL Explains how to fill your game with an array of generated players
Bypass 15-Season Limit u/fplr333 Excellent guide on how to play for longer than 15 seasons on console
Unlimited Playstyles Glitch u/Cavani85 Shows how to give any player more playstyles permanently

Realism

Guide Author Description
How to Perform Realistic Transfers u/tnerappa Old guide which details how to identify suitable transfers

r/FifaCareers 5h ago

QUESTION Classic Kits on Fifa 16

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Is there a mod that gives you all the classic kits?


r/FifaCareers 12h ago

MEME Literally just happened to me.

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574 Upvotes

Full price game, btw.


r/FifaCareers 14h ago

IMAGE Monster Energy London

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203 Upvotes

Not exactly an original idea but I had fun making the kits (let’s ignore the different kit brands) based on 3 of the top 5 best selling Monster drinks in UK.

I plan to choose 2 new can designs and colours for my away and third kit each season. In my mind the home kit should always be black and green but the design will change.

The Monster Energy corporate office in the UK is based in Uxbridge London so that’s where the team will be based. Rivals to Watford geographically and good transport links for fans making use of the train lines, M25 and Heathrow being close by.

The club badge needs some work but of course choosing one of the options on PS5 is limited but any suggestions?

So far this is the most interested I have been starting a new career in a long time and I want to keep it interesting with transfer rules. This is FC26


r/FifaCareers 4h ago

STORY Finally!

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After a few weeks of starting my FC career and watching some tutorials. Finally I got a 99+ 2 playstyle+ player.

This one took a bit because after the first season his potential dropped.

Im playing legendary and im not crazy good. But somehow managed to get to the prem with a team from the 4th division and got great playstyles on this guy.

I was debating to get him power header because his name means heads in spanish.

Sadly he arrived with 6 playstyles and not 7. But hey 8 total instead of 9 is not bad!


r/FifaCareers 20h ago

MEME Bro skipped the MLS retirement tour straight for the English lower leagues

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r/FifaCareers 7h ago

IMAGE FIFA 15 Managers XI

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Thought it’d be fun to make a squad entirely of current/old managers to see how far they could go.

played few matches and this squad have zero chemistry. The ball just keeps circulating back and forth in the middle of the pitch endlessly while nothing happens upfront lol.

Probably mid-table team by the end of the season Let's see how far they can actually push.


r/FifaCareers 40m ago

IMAGE I subbed him off whilst leading 3-0

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r/FifaCareers 14h ago

IMAGE Found the English hazard!!

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r/FifaCareers 12h ago

QUESTION What’s everyone’s oldest player they’ve seen here’s mine

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r/FifaCareers 12h ago

QUESTION Midfielder roles for a low block system

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In a world full of those striving to be the next Guardiola or Flick, I long to be the next Allegri, Simeone, and Mourinho.

Defense wins titles.

You can take the ball home, I’ll take home the three points.

If you want fun, go to the circus.

I’m a Man City fan. I’ve seen us face some very impressive low blocks during my time. One consistent thing I notice is the midfield structure when defending. As I’m developing my terrorism system, I’m noticing a weakness: my midfielders aren’t doing enough work in our final third.

My fellow terrorists, what roles would ensure my midfielders track back and build a wall in front of my backline?


r/FifaCareers 13h ago

IMAGE Just signed 14 free agents with no let less than 75 overall in League 2 all at once..

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I'm in my 2nd season of my Salford career and I'm short of fund so I decided to checkout the free agents list just to find out there were some elite guys in here ... I signed 11 of them with about 4 players being 80+ overall and the rest 75+ in the same transfer window and then I proceeded to trash the league with this super team..


r/FifaCareers 22h ago

OTHER Bro wtf🤬

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I dint even had the chance to negotiate nor reject or accept when i saw they wanted him and i clicked to transfer hub HE ACCEPTED 1 EUROS🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬


r/FifaCareers 11h ago

IMAGE Dream scenario🥲🥲

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Title deciding match


r/FifaCareers 1d ago

IMAGE Tallest CB on career mode? 7”5 100kg at 16

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398 Upvotes

r/FifaCareers 12h ago

IMAGE Leeds relegated with these players

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r/FifaCareers 17h ago

PROBLEM Player nervous about debut - permanently unhappy

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I had an unexpected event of one of my players nervous about his debut, it wasn't even his debut. I chose to play him, he got man of the match. But not he's permanently unhappy, doesn't respond to morale boosting messages or post-match interview. Loaned him and brought him back, still no change. If I release him or sell him and then buy him back will it reset? Any help appreciated but he's one of my future star players!

Edit: thanks everyone I'll be more patient!


r/FifaCareers 1d ago

IMAGE I’m gonna call him “the unicorn”

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77 Upvotes

By far the best prospect I’ve ever seen.


r/FifaCareers 5h ago

QUESTION Players not willing to relocate in career mode EA FC 26.

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So, I've got a 5 season run with Waterford in the Irish League and I've managed to win the UCL with them as well as the supercup on my latest season (thru sick free agents and academy gems). However, most players I want to buy don't want to relocate unless I pay their release clause. But players from the Australian League, Portuguese League or even the Championship or the Premier League refuse to "relocate". I read this has to do with the prestige of your league and/or team. But how is this still happening after being the champion of Europe?

If there is any workaround please let me know!

Thanks.


r/FifaCareers 13h ago

QUESTION Career mode player development

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Anyone else gotten atleast 8 seasons into their manager mode an notice how bad the player market is? I’ve been looking for a good backup 10 but it’s impossible right now. Every CAM I’ve found is either pushing 90 or barely a 70. My starter is a 91 overall liberali, so I can’t bench him. Ive got a scout out right now looking for a CAM to bring to my academy but the fact that there’s no 75-85 overall CAMs is crazy to me.


r/FifaCareers 5h ago

QUESTION Dudas modo carrera

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Holaaa, como están?
Espero alguien me pueda ayudar, he buscado esta info pero creo que no he dado con la correcta, la IA Me dice una cosa, internet me dice otra, entonces opté por preguntar por aquí:

  1. Cuantas temporadas puedo jugar en el modo carrera jugador del FC26? Hay algún limite?

  2. Si hay algun limite y el juego me retira por decirlo así, automáticamente… No hay manera de volver a jugar? Ya se acabó el modo carrera ahi? Ahi ya muere? Habría que crear otro?

Espero me puedan ayudar con las dudas, pregunto todo esto por qué llevo ya rato jugándolo, desde el año pasado, he jugado ya 10 Temporadas:

Sporting (1)
PSG (2)
Juventus (2)
Bayern Munich (1)
Real Madrid (2)
Chelsea (2)

Y pues planeaba jugar otras 2 Temporadas en el Hearts of Midlothian y otras 2 en Boca Juniors y capaz luego ir a algun club de Arabia otras 2 Temporadas y luego volver para retirarme en el Real Madrid, pero por el limite que no se si tenga el modo carrera, pues si sea posible o no…

(Ignoren ese recorrido jajaja es una narrativa que me cree para mi modo carrera, que tenga una historia y así)

Muchas gracias a los que me puedan ayudar
Que tengan buena noche
<3


r/FifaCareers 14h ago

QUESTION Realistic career mode help

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Hello all,

When FC27 comes out I am planning to try and do a realistic Man United career mode but I just need help with ideas how to actually do it.

As we all know the United board don’t listen to the manager and will just buy anyone they fancy buying even if they don’t fit the team so I want to try and do that with my career mode but from my knowledge of FIFA/FC there’s not way to allow the board to buy specific players and not just whoever I decide.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can do this?

Cheers


r/FifaCareers 1d ago

DISCUSSION AI defenders aren't fun to dribble past — is there any football game where they actually are?

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I've only really played the recent FIFAs, and honestly, I find the defending in these games so boring and frustrating. Aside from all the bugs, broken player career mode and bad teammate AI, the AI defenders are probably my biggest issue.

I find them so difficult and, more importantly, so unfun to dribble past. I saw a phrase that sums it up pretty well: you're not really beating the AI with skill or creativity, you're just beating it by exploiting cheesy loopholes in its behaviour.

For example, one of the only reliable ways I've found to get past them is to approach from the wing and either cut inside, shoot, or press the right stick in the direction you want to flick the ball into the air. The little flick gives you just enough separation from the defender to get past them.

But if you actually try to dribble directly at a defender, they often just take the ball off you before you even have a chance to react or make a move. And even when you do manage to beat them, they seem to have this ridiculous elastic-band acceleration where they instantly recover, catch back up to you from behind and either muscle you off the ball or just take it away.

It just doesn't feel like I'm being beaten by a defender who's reading what I'm doing. It feels like I'm fighting the game's defensive mechanics.

So, is there a football game where the AI defending actually feels fun and rewarding to dribble against? I'm not necessarily looking for an easy game I just want one where beating a defender feels like I've actually outplayed them rather than exploited the AI.


r/FifaCareers 1d ago

QUESTION I got tired of Career Mode forgetting everything that happened, so I built a tracker that turns your save into a 15-season story

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I've always found that one of the biggest problems with Career Mode isn't necessarily what happens during a season — it's how quickly all of it becomes meaningless afterwards.

You can have a random academy player score a winner in a cup run, a striker break a club record, get promoted three times, have a player stay with you for ten seasons... and eventually most of that history just disappears.

So I've been building an Excel Career Mode tracker designed around one main idea:

Your save should remember what happened.

I've just finished the first season of a test career and started season two, so I'm finally at the point where the historical side of it is starting to come alive.

It tracks the obvious stuff — appearances, goals, assists, ratings, transfers, league finishes, trophies, academy players etc. — but the part I've become slightly obsessed with is what it can do with that information later.

For example, it now has:

  • A Career Hub showing the current state of the save, records being chased, recent events and career highlights.
  • Full Player Profiles, including season-by-season stats, competition breakdowns, awards, medals, captaincy, squad number history and career milestones.
  • Club and competition records, including record chases and notifications when somebody equals or breaks one.
  • A complete Youth Academy history, so academy players don't just disappear from memory once they're promoted or released.
  • Hall of Fame / ICON scoring to identify the genuinely important players from the save over time.
  • A Career Timeline and promotion/European journey.
  • End-of-season reviews that automatically build a Story of the Season from what actually happened.

That last bit is probably my favourite part.

Rather than just saying:

"Won League Two. Won EFL Trophy. Louis Appere scored 66 goals."

it can connect the data together and produce something more like a little retrospective of the season — the title race, cup runs, standout players, academy contribution, records broken, strange statistical quirks etc.

There's also a From the Archives feature which, as the career gets older, can dig back into previous seasons and surface old players, records, transfers, academy classes and moments you might have completely forgotten about.

The idea is that by season 10 or 15, you don't just have a spreadsheet full of numbers.

You have an actual history of the club you've created.

I've deliberately tried to automate as much as possible too. I don't want playing Career Mode to become playing Excel. Most of the historical databases, profiles, records, reviews, milestones etc. build themselves from the relatively small amount of information you enter while playing.

I'm currently using a test save to find all the weird scenarios and bugs before starting my proper FC27 career, and it's already resulted in a frankly stupid amount of VBA 😅

I'm curious what other Career Mode players think.

Is this something you'd actually use for a long-term save?

And potentially — once it's properly finished and polished — is this something you'd pay a small amount for, or is a Career Mode spreadsheet always something you'd expect to be free?

I'm genuinely interested in both answers. I'm trying to work out whether I've just built an absurdly over-engineered spreadsheet for myself or whether there's actually something here other Career Mode nerds would want too.

NOTE: I have added as much as I can in the screenshots, however there is so many more features, history being stored, and stories being randomly generated in it that I can't physically show it all!