New ICONS are coming to FIFA Ultimate Team this year. We reveal all the legends and their player ratings on FIFA 19.
EA Sports looked to have upped their game once more for FIFA 19, with a whole host of new Icons coming to Ultimate Team when it hits the shelves at the end of the month. The Icons are legends from the game down the years, with the big names from FIFA 18 including the Brazilian Ronaldo and the mercurial Ronaldinho.
Each Icon has three cards in Ultimate Team, reflecting three stages of their career. Each card has a different rating, with the highest known as their Prime item. More Icons are being released every hour on September 5, so be sure to come back to this page to see who else has been added.
RealSport looks at all the new Icons for FIFA 19, with all the following players joining all the Icons we saw on FIFA 18 for this year’s Ultimate Team.
EA Sports looked to have upped their game once more for FIFA 19, with a whole host of new Icons coming to Ultimate Team when it hits the shelves at the end of the month. The Icons are legends from the game down the years, with the big names from FIFA 18 including the Brazilian Ronaldo and the mercurial Ronaldinho.
Each Icon has three cards in Ultimate Team, reflecting three stages of their career. Each card has a different rating, with the highest known as their Prime item. More Icons are being released every hour on September 5, so be sure to come back to this page to see who else has been added.
RealSport looks at all the new Icons for FIFA 19, with all the following players joining all the Icons we saw on FIFA 18 for this year’s Ultimate Team.
Johan Cruyff (OVR 89 – PRIME 94 – OVR 91)
Johan Cruyff is one of few players to have a skill move named after him, but the Cruyff turn is as powerful now as it was when the Dutch legend unleashed it at the 1974 World Cup. The centre forward claimed eight Eredivisie titles with Ajax and a La Liga with Barcelona, and three Ballon d’Or victories. He later became Barcelona manager and won the league a further four times and a European Cup.
George Best (OVR 88 – PRIME 93 – OVR 90)
George Best is perhaps the greatest British player we have ever seen, with the right winger making fans go wild at Old Trafford for 12 seasons. During that period he scored 181 goals, won two First Division titles and a European Cup and claimed the Ballon d’Or. The Northern Irishman then went on to play for a host of clubs, including Los Angeles Aztecs, Fulham, Hibernian, San Jose Earthquakes, Hong Kong Rangers and Bournemouth.
Eusebio (OVR 89 – PRIME 93 – OVR 91)
The younger generation may not be familiar with Eusebio, but the Portuguese centre forward is perhaps the only man who could rival Cristiano Ronaldo as the nation’s greatest ever player. The Benfica legend scored 473 in 440 games for the club, winning 11 league titles and a European Cup, and he led Portugal to their greatest ever World Cup finish, finishing third in 1996. His nine goals earned him the Golden Boot to go with his Ballon d’Or the year before.
Roberto Baggio (OVR 91 – PRIME 93 – OVR 89)
Roberto Baggio is unfortunately remembered for his dodgy haircut and penalty miss at the 1994 World Cup, but you cannot deny how great the attacking midfielder was. The Italian Ballon d’Or winner never played outside of his homeland, enjoying most his success with Juventus, scoring 115 goals and winning Serie A, Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup.
Franco Baresi (OVR 88 – PRIME 93 – OVR 91)
Italy know how to produce defenders, with Franco Baresi setting the benchmark for the likes of Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Nesta, Fabio Cannavaro, Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci to follow. Baresi played for AC Milan for his entire career, winning Serie A six times and the European Cup three times during his 19 years (15 as captain) at the club. “Kaiser Franz” lifted the World Cup with Italy in 1982, and skippered the side that got to the final in 1994.
Hidetoshi Nakata (OVR 85 – PRIME 88 – OVR 86)
Perhaps the most gifted Japanese, or even Asian, player of all time, Hidetoshi Nakata was a great success in Europe. The attacking midfielder first won Serie A with Roma in 2001, and then a year later was lifting the Coppa Italia with Parma. Unfortunately, Nakata fell out of love with playing the game, and retired from all football age just 29, after spells at Fiorentina and Bolton
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