List of Legends/Icons in FIFA
FIFA is an association football video game produced by Electronic Arts under the label EA Sports. Its first installment was in 1994 as FIFA International Soccer, or more commonly known as FIFA '94.[1]. FIFA quickly grew in popularity after the addition of FIFA Ultimate Team in FIFA 09.[2]. In FIFA 14 EA introduced Legend Cards to their Ultimate Team Mode.[3]. For the first time ever, players could play as some of histories best footballers along side their favorite present players.
List of Legends By Year[edit]
FIFA 14[edit]
Total Number of Legends: 41[4]
Dennis Bergkamp
Oliver Bierhoff
Sol Campbell
Fabio Cannavaro
Rui Costa
Hernán Crespo- Frank De Boer
Marcel Desailly- Stefan Effenberg
- Luís Figo
- Robbie Fowler
- Paulo Futre
- Ruud Gullit
Gheorghe Hagi
Fernando Hierro- Filippo Inzaghi
- Patrick Kluivert
Henrik Larsson- Jens Lehmann
- Gary Lineker
- Paolo Maldini
- Lothar Matthäus
Pavel Nedvěd- Gary Neville
- Michael Owen
- Pauleta
Pelé- Robert Pirès
- Frank Rijkaard
- Romario
- David Seaman
- Teddy Sheringham
Andriy Shevchenko
Davor Šuker- Marco van Basten
- Edwin van der Sar
- Ruud van Nistelrooy
- Patrick Vieira
- Christian Vieri
George Weah- Gianfranco Zola
FIFA 15[edit]
FIFA 15 introduced 15 new legends to the game[5]., while removing one, Romario, due to "licensing restrictions", EA announced in a tweet.[6]
Total Number of Legends: 55 New Legends: 15
- Franco Baresi
- Franz Beckenbauer
- Laurent Blanc
- Andreas Brehme
- Emilio Butragueño
- Roberto Carlos
Roy Keane
Brian Laudrup- Michael Laudrup
- Bobby Moore
Jay-Jay Okocha- Peter Schmeichel
- Alan Shearer
Hristo Stoichkov
Carlos Valderrama
FIFA 16[edit]
FIFA 16 added 10 new legends to the title, including the first players to represent the United States of America as legends. This was also the first year that legends got an orange chemistry link to all players in FUT, making it easier to fit them into a team.[7]
Total Number of Legends: 65 New Legends: 10
- Vítor Baía
George Best- Deco
Landon Donovan- Gennaro Gattuso
- Ryan Giggs
- Alexi Lalas
Jari Litmanen- Alessandro Nesta
- Javier Zanetti
FIFA 17[edit]
FIFA 17 added 10 more new legends to the title, including recent retirees like Rio Ferdinand and Carlos Puyol.[8]
Total Number of Legends: 75 New Legends: 10
- Jamie Carragher
- Alessandro del Piero
- Rio Ferdinand
Luis Hernández- Marc Overmars
- Emmanuel Petit
- Carles Puyol
- Paul Scholes
Ole Gunnar Solskjær- Juan Sebastián Verón
FIFA 18[edit]
FIFA 18 a re-branding of the Legends concept takes place, with many legends done away with in favor of "Icons". These "best of the best" Legends each possess 3 versions of their card, varying in both rating and sometimes position, to signify varying points in their legendary careers. New faces, like Thierry Henry and Lev Yashin, were added to the title, while familiar faces, like Marcel Desailly and Laurent Blanc, were kept.[9]
Total Number of Icons: 40 New Icons: 5
FIFA 19[edit]
EA have confirmed the return of former Legend Fabio Cannavaro for FIFA 19 in a tweet on August 3rd, 2018.[10], as well as the new addition of his Italian counterpart Roberto Baggio[11]. On August 4th, 2018, EA confirmed the addition of Steven Gerrard, Rivaldo, Johan Cruyff, Eusébio, and Frank Lampard.[12] In separate tweets, EA confirmed Clarence Seedorf[13], Claude Makélélé[14], and Raul[15]
Total Number of Icons: Unknown
New Icons: Unknown
- Fabio Cannavaro
- Roberto Baggio
- Rivaldo
- Johan Cruyff
- Steven Gerrard
- Frank Lampard
- Eusébio
- Raul
- Clarence Seedorf
- Claude Makélélé
Legends/Icons Positions and Ratings[edit]
Number of Legends/Icons by Country (All Time)[edit]
| Country | Number of Legends/Icons |
|---|---|
| Argentina |
4 |
| Brazil |
6 |
| Bulgaria |
1 |
| Colombia |
1 |
| Croatia |
1 |
| Czech Republic |
1 |
| Denmark |
3 |
| England |
14 |
| Finland |
1 |
| France |
7 |
| Germany |
6 |
| Italy |
10 |
| Liberia |
1 |
| Mexico |
1 |
| Netherlands |
11 |
| Nigeria |
1 |
| Northern Ireland |
1 |
| Norway |
1 |
| Portugal |
7 |
| Republic of Ireland |
1 |
| Romania |
1 |
 Russia |
1 |
| Spain |
4 |
| Sweden |
1 |
| Ukraine |
1 |
| United States |
2 |
 Wales |
1 |
References[edit]
- ↑ [ mobygames.com. "FIFA International Soccer"]
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- ↑ https://twitter.com/easportsfifa/status/491729002759868416?lang=en
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- ↑ https://twitter.com/EASPORTSFIFA/status/1025380793491763200
- ↑ https://twitter.com/EASPORTSFIFA/status/1025350598009356288
- ↑ https://twitter.com/EASPORTSFIFA/status/1025756711422812162
- ↑ https://twitter.com/EASPORTSFIFA/status/1025697884904148993
- ↑ https://twitter.com/EASPORTSFIFA/status/1025712976248983552
- ↑ https://twitter.com/EASPORTSFIFA/status/1025757537046429698
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