How to Play FC 24 Player Career Mode

Here’s how to make a player in FC 24 Career Mode and start your football career.

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Select PLAYER CAREER

To begin your career as a player in FC 24, go to PLAY MODES in FC 24 main menu, the select NEW CAREER. Next, you might be asked to to update your squads data if there is an update. You will have the following options: either:you’ll be asked to CREATE YOUR PRO or SELECT A REAL PLAYER: 

• Download Latest – The latest squads and players’ data – If available.
• Using Current Squads – Using current squads, whether or not they have been updated recently.
• Use Initial Squads – Using the initial data from the release.

We recommend you to download the latest data, if there is any.

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Create Your Pro

This option allows you to build your player either from the ground up as CREATE NEW PLAYER or to select a real player as PLAY AS REAL PLAYER.

By selecting CREATE YOUR PRO, you must first choose a player avatar and then enter your player’s information as follows:

INFO

Personal information regarding your avatar (Virtual Pro):

• First Name
• Last Name
• Known As – Name appears on your kit
• Commentary Name – Can be selected from commentary name database in FC 24
• Team
• Kit Number – Preferred kit number
• Nationality / Region – Country name
• Birth Year
• Birth Month
• Birth Day

ATHLETIC

Data regarding your player:

• Body – Physical appearance and information of your player. This includes your player’s weight and height which affects their attributes (Acceleration, Agility, Balance, Jumping, Reactions, Sprint Speed, Stamina, Strength) and the effect will be shown in real-time as you change – For example, more weight increases the strength but decreases Acceleration.

POSITION

Your player’s position details, which will affect your pro’s attributes depending on your selections, are:

• Position – Forward, Midfielder, Defender or Goalkeeper
• Role – Position’s Role
• Preferred Foot – Right/Left

HEAD

Here you can edit your player’s head type, appearance, and features, including:

• Face – Face types & shapes
• Tone & Complexion – Head and face skin tones
• Eyes – Eyes types, colours, shapes, position, separation, protrusion & rotation
• Brows – Eyebrows types, colours, shapes, position, separation, protrusion & rotation
• Nose – Nose types, colours, shapes, position, separation, protrusion & rotation
• Mouth – Mouth types incl. mouth size, position & protrusion
• Cheeks & Jaws – Cheeks & Jaws position & fullness
• Chin – Chin size, protrusion & fullness
• Ears – Ears size, earlobe, protrusion, helix & pitch
• Hair – Hair colour & types (short, medium, long & accessorized)
• Facial Hair – Facial hair types & colour (moustache, beard & etc.)

KIT

Customize your player’s kit & accessories, including:

• Boots & Accessories – Boots, Socks & Ankle Tapes.
• Gloves & Wrists – Gloves, Left Wrist & Right Wrist.
• Kit Fit – Waist Fit (Tucked In / Untucked), Kit Sleeves (Short, Long, Undershirt or Turtleneck Undershirt), Jersey Fit (Normal or Tight).

ANIMATION

Your player’s animation for:

• Goal Celebration
• Set Piece Style
• Running Style

Once you have completed customising your player’s details, click Advance (press Options/Menu) to continue. Then you will need to select a club for your Virtual Pro.

Choose a Real Player

If you choose the option PLAY AS A REAL PLAYER at the beginning, you can select a real player rather than creating your own. Select this option and select your favourite player from their real-world club.

Next, you need to customize your career settings for the following options:

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Choose Your Club

After creating your own player, you will need to select the club you want to play for. Your selected favourite club is shown as the default option, but you can select a different club before you advance. Take note that only men’s clubs are available and no international teams can be selected.

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Career Settings

• Match Difficulty – Beginner, Amateur, Semi-Pro, Professional, World Class, Legendary or Ultimate
• Half Length – 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 or 20 Mins
• Currency – Sterling, Dollars or Euros
• European Competitions – Enable/Disable (UCL, UEL and UECL)
• Transfer Window – Enable/Disable (First summer Transfer Window)
• International Offers – Enable/Disable (Job offers for national football teams)
• Negotiation Strictness – Strict/Loose (Set the club and player strictness to negotiate transfers).
• Financial Takeover – Enable/Disable (Receive an influx of clash at the beginning of your career).

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Save Your Career

Save your player’s career settings and progress. Your data will be saved on your console/PC.

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Next, you will see a cinematic scene where your team manager introduces you to the first team as a new face. You can skip this scene if you would like to.

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Start Your Career

You can now start your player career by playing matches and training games.