EA SPORTS™ ANNOUNCES FIFA 23 TEAM OF THE YEAR, IN THE FRANCHISE’S LARGEST FOOTBALL COMMUNITY VOTE TO DATE
January 19 2023 - 7:27PM
Business Wire
With over 10 million votes from around the
world, 100 nominees are down to the TOTY Final XI for this year
Today, Electronic Arts, Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) unveiled the official
EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23 Team of the Year (TOTY). Millions of fans across
the globe voiced their opinion on who should make the prestigious
TOTY Final XI, honoring the world’s best of 2022.
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Each year, EA SPORTS celebrates the world’s game by giving fans
the chance to vote for their favorite footballers who have stood
out among the rest. Once again millions of fans voted for their
TOTY XI, and from these votes we saw Kylian Mbappé have the highest
percentage of votes for attackers with 23%. Kevin De Bruyne had the
highest percentage out of the midfielders vote with 21%, Achraf
Hakimi for defenders with 15% and Thibaut Courtois took the top
spot for goalkeepers with 56%.
The full TOTY lineup will be available only on FIFA 23 from the
26th January, with the full XI coming to FIFA Online January 20th
and FIFA Mobile from early February. Ahead of the full XI arriving
in FIFA 23, players will get the opportunity to see the attackers
items in-game from 20th-21st January, midfielders 22nd-23rd,
defenders and goalkeeper between 24th-25th.
“Our EA SPORTS FIFA's Team of the Year Vote continues to grow in
participation each year, and has become a highly respected
authority on the best of the best in world football,” said David
Jackson, VP of brand for EA SPORTS FC. “Team of The Year gives
millions of young football fans a voice as they nominate the
world’s best, and we’re privileged to bring their chosen XI into
FIFA 23.”
EA SPORTS FIFA 23 TEAM OF THE
YEAR:
Attackers
- Karim Benzema (France) - Real Madrid
- Kylian Mbappé (France) - Paris Saint-Germain
- Lionel Messi (Argentina) - Paris Saint-Germain
Midfielders
- Jude Bellingham (England) - Borussia Dortmund
- Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) - Manchester City
- Luka Modrić (Croatia) - Real Madrid
Defenders
- Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) - Paris Saint-Germain
- Éder Militão (Brazil) - Real Madrid
- Theo Hernández (France) - AC Milan
- Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) - Liverpool
Goalkeeper
- Thibaut Courtois (Belgium) - Real Madrid
Player assets for the Final XI can be found here.
12th Man
As in previous years fans will also have the opportunity to vote
in-game for their 12th man of the year, the final player added to
the TOTY collective. The three players who narrowly missed out on
the final XI and who could be the 12th Man are:
- Attacker
- Erling Haaland (Norway) - Man City
- Midfielder
- Federico Valverde (Uruguay) - Real Madrid
- Defender
- João Cancelo (Portugal) - Man City
Voting will take place within FIFA Ultimate Team™ from the 23rd
January.
TOTY ICONs
To celebrate some of the greatest players to play The World’s
Game, select FIFA Ultimate Team™ ICONs who would have been
considered for the prestigious Team of The Year award in past years
will receive brand new TOTY ICON items. 14 giants of the game will
be honored with boosted ratings in FIFA Ultimate Team™ within FIFA
23, including:
- Alessandro Nesta
- Andrea Pirlo
- Ashley Cole
- Claude Makélélé
- David Beckham
- Edwin van der Sar
- Gerd Muller
- Hugo Sánchez
- Javier Zanetti
- Nemanja Vidić
- Robert Pirès
- Ronaldinho
- Ruud Gullit
- Xabi Alonso
TOTY ICON items will start to be released January 20th for
players to add to their Ultimate Team.
FIFA 23 is developed by EA Vancouver and EA Romania and is
available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PS4, and Xbox
One.
To learn more about the latest news for FIFA Mobile, or to
download on iOS and Android, please visit:
https://www.ea.com/games/fifa/fifa-mobile
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