How to Play FIFA 22 Career Mode as a Player

Here is a guide to creating a player in FIFA 22 Career Mode and starting your career as a footballer.

Select PLAYER CAREER

To begin your career as a player in FIFA 22, select PLAYER CAREER when creating a new career. Then, you will be asked to either CREATE YOUR PRO or CHOOSE REAL PLAYER:

Create Your Pro

Using this option allows you to create your player from scratch. By selecting CREATE YOUR PRO you will need to select a player avatar first, and then enter your player's details 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 FIFA 22
• 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:

• 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 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 Real Player

You are also able to choose a real player instead if creating your own. Select this option and choose your favourite player from their club in real world.

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

• Match Difficulty - Beginner, Amateur, Semi-Pro, Professional, World Class, Legendary or Ultimate
• Half Length - 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 or 20 Mins
• Currency - Sterling, US 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).

Save your player career settings & progress.

Attributes & Perks

At this phase, you can allocate your attributes. This requires Skill Points to unlock attributes and archetypes. At the moment, you most likely have only 7 Skill Points. So, depending on your position and your preference, go ahead and choose a path to increase attributes you would like to. This can be also done and customised later.

Assign the available perks to your empty slots. Learn more on Perk system in FIFA 22 if you're not familiar with it.

Completing this part will finalise your player creation and you'll be starting your career next.

Start Your Career

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