r/seriousfifacareers

Season 2029/30.

Europa league last 16 vs. Lille.

1st Leg: L 1-2 (Birligea 86' keeps the tie alive).

2nd leg: W 4-0 (Birligea x3, Popescu x1).

Yes, along with Olaru(32) they are carrying my team. Popescu has some good games but isnt as consistent as other Fifas.

I approached the game cautiously, i knew i could create one good chance to get the tie to 2-2, relying heavily on wing play with crosses and set pieces.

We took the lead on the night in the 39th minute through Birligea (dominant in the air) and went into half time 1-0 up.

The strangest part was the Lille reaction in the 2nd half, they was a shadow of the team that arrived in Bucharest a week ago, allowing me to play through the lines into Olaru who punishes any team that gives him space.

Off to Rome for the Quarter finals.

Hey everyone,

I know this community loves tracking stats, creating storylines, and keeping Career Mode realistic. I only play Player Career, and it always drove me crazy how the game completely wipes your history when you change clubs or start a new season.

A lot of people use Excel, but I wanted something more immersive. So, as a chemistry student learning Python in my spare time, I've spent the last year and a half (almost two years now) building and refining a dedicated desktop tracker app for myself. I shared an early version a while ago, but the jump in quality was so huge recently that I just skipped straight to Version 1.0.8.

I wanted to share it here for free because I think this is exactly the kind of deep dive this sub enjoys.

Here are some of the new deep-dive features in V1.0.8:

• Opponent X-Ray & Full Dossiers: You can now see your all-time aggregate stats against specific clubs. Clicking on a team opens a Dossier showing every match you've played against them, including a goal timeline.
• Historical Shot Mapping: When you view a competition's history, you get a "Scouting Report" that includes a visual map showing exactly where your goals entered the net (Top Corner, Mid, Grounded).
• The "Time Machine": Compare your current season stats against a previous season to see exactly how many goals/assists you had at the exact same number of games played.
• Dynamic League Tables: Log match results to generate a table. "View Round" lets you see standings after every matchweek, and "Rankings History" charts position changes.
• Global Hall of Fame: A dedicated tab showing every piece of silverware you've ever won across all clubs in your career.
• Custom Logos: You can manually upload custom PNGs for clubs and competitions to keep the UI looking clean.

Download & Security:

This is a 100% free passion project compiled into a simple .exe. No ads, no paywalls. Just extract the folder and run it.

• VirusTotal (100% Clean): https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/fcc726983151dc7a5c8d60ac515ff29936ec81e4d6ddf805dd9b4224b991b111/detection
• Download Link (ENG Version): https://www.mediafire.com/file/c83o2qgu8kc56on/ProStatsENG_1.0.8.1.zip/file
• Download Link (PTBR Version): https://www.mediafire.com/file/1ya2jo4cgyokzpu/ProStatsPT_1.0.8.zip/file

If you guys test it out, let me know what you think of the new analytical tools! I’m always looking to add more immersive stats to make our saves feel more like a real football journey. Cheers!

If you want to be a part of the community then join the socials below. All free spots in the starting lineup and bench are up for grabs for anyone who wants to create a player

I still think Player Career Mode is the best mode in EAFC (just my opinion).

To make every save feel different, I randomise everything before I start—country, age, position, height, club, and more.

For this save I ended up as a 26-year-old Portuguese RB, so instead of starting as a wonderkid, I had to create a full backstory and career history. That's why my "career stats" go all the way back to 2017, even though I'm playing in EAFC 26.

I keep track of pretty much everything:
• Every match rating, goal and assist
• Team and career stats
• League tables and season reviews
• Most-capped XI
• Trophy cabinet
• International appearances

It makes the save feel way more immersive, and I actually enjoy updating the spreadsheet almost as much as playing the matches.

What do you think? Does anyone else keep stats like this?

Welcome to Douglas, capital city and home of Isle of Man Football Club. Founded in 1901 the club plays their home games at Douglas Harbour Stadium, a small but picturesquely located stadium situated on the hill overlooking, you guessed it, Douglas Harbour. Despite having a long history, the clubs success has come only relatively recently in it's time, with the most notable achievement being promoting to the National League at the beginning of 2025.

That was just a brief background of the club but for the most part I want the clubs story to be formed by the community. With the clubs first season approaching I don't want just regular players, I want the squad to be made up of players created by people in the community.

The general premise of the save being that people can submit players they have created and then watch the games each week (I will upload full matches and potentially highlights too to YouTube.). You can have full customisations of your player including things like hairstyle, kit style and boots. This will allow you to follow your player on the club's journey through the leagues.

I also want the community to vote on other aspects of the club such as next season's kit, sponsors and other decisions like lineup formation and tactics. Essentially I would love for the club to be brought to life and run as a community club.

If this is something of interest to you then comment any questions or comments below or join the discord server (linked in comments) if you've made it this far thank you for reading :)

Shot after shot — not just in this clip, but across the whole match — and the keeper just kept saving everything. Ended up a goalless draw. And yet, somehow, I had a blast.

I keep rewatching the highlights too. There's something about a great save or a brilliant defensive block from the opposition that actually makes me happy. You thread the perfect pass, get a clean strike off... and then the keeper pulls off something special. And I find myself muttering "fair play, mate" out loud.

I guess it depends on the situation — where you are in the season, what's at stake. But sometimes the game just hits different even when the scoreboard doesn't move.

Oh, and the young fullback with serious potential who unleashed that screamer from distance? Quadriceps tear. Out for 3 months. That one stings a little, not gonna lie.

I've been playing Career Mode since FIFA 20, and honestly there are very few days when I don't load it up.

Back in FIFA 21, I decided to buy a mid-range gaming laptop. Not a high-end machine or anything fancy. The reason was simple: I wanted more real faces in the game.

Every title update, I'd hope EA had added more scanned players, and every time I'd end up disappointed. Then one day I came across screenshots on Twitter showing faces I'd never seen before.

That's how I discovered mods.

Since then, I haven't really played the game in its vanilla form. In that sense, maybe I'm not even the right person to talk about the strengths of the base game anymore.

The first thing that got me hooked was face mods.

A lot of the faces EA eventually adds through official updates already exist in the modding community long before that. The main difference is usually whether the player has been properly scanned or not.

One of the biggest changes in FC 26 is how faces work.

In previous games, there was effectively a limit on the number of real faces that could exist. Modders would often have to borrow an existing face slot from another player and replace it with someone more popular.

As someone who likes playing in lower divisions, that could be frustrating. Sometimes a player who originally had a real face would end up becoming generic because their slot had been used for someone else.

Now, at least in theory, FC 26 allows real faces to be assigned to as many players as are included in the database. For someone like me who loves face mods, that's a huge deal.

That said, EA deserves some credit too. Generic faces are much better than they used to be. Youth players still need work though. I remember hearing that appearances would change as players aged, but I honestly don't know what happened to that feature.

The main mod I use is FIFER's Realism Mod.

It includes around 3,000 faces. In leagues like the Premier League, almost everyone has a real face. What I appreciate most is that a lot of high-potential young prospects have real faces as well.

For me, that's already enough to make the mod worthwhile.

FIFER's project is probably the biggest modding project in the FIFA/FC community. If someone asked me where to start, it'd probably be the first thing I'd mention.

After a few years of messing around with mods, I'd roughly put them into a few categories:

• Gameplay mods
• Face mods
• Visual and presentation mods (scoreboards, banners, turf, cameras, and countless other details)
• Career Mode overhauls that change things like transfers, player growth, and progression

There's a mod for almost everything.

I've even seen mods that do nothing but replace the splash screen.

These days though, the biggest reason I mod the game isn't faces anymore.

It's gameplay.

At the end of the day, that's what we spend most of our time with.

Right now I'm running FIFER's Realism Mod together with KIARIKA's Career Mod.

I'm also using Career Craft's Create-a-Club Mod, which gives you much more freedom when creating club badges and kits. It's a really unique project.

Then there are a few standalone face mods for lesser-known players. Sorry to those players, but I mostly use those faces for youth academy prospects.

For gameplay, I use Anth James' EAFC Gameplay Overhaul.

I've jokingly started calling him the Bielsa of the modding scene.

The amount of attention he puts into details is ridiculous.

In addition to the standalone version that serves as the foundation, I use options that make goalkeepers stronger, tighten up midfield play, increase defensive blocking, and make injuries more realistic.

I've been using Anth's gameplay mods for a while now, and they're probably the biggest reason I still enjoy playing match after match.

It's difficult to explain in words.

For me, matches simply feel more dynamic and believable.

I've heard that vanilla FC has improved a lot with the right slider settings, and I believe that. But if I had to point to one thing that completely changes the experience, it'd be gameplay mods.

People upload comparison videos all the time, but honestly those never really convinced me.

I think gameplay mods are something you have to experience yourself before you understand why so many people swear by them.

There's still a lot more I could talk about, but I'll stop here for now.

I just hope this gives some Career Mode players an idea of why I've stuck with modding for so long.

If you're curious about what's out there, these are the sites I'd recommend looking at first:

• FIFA Infinity — probably the biggest FIFA/FC modding site. Most of the major projects can be found there.
• Nexus Mods — covers PC gaming as a whole. I've found plenty of smaller and more unique mods there.

Those two sites are probably the easiest place to start.

I'd also recommend EVO-WEB.

It's mainly known as a PES community, and honestly it's where I learned both the frustrations and the rewards of modding through PES 2021. The amount of content there is incredible. It's a community with a strong DIY spirit, and there are active FIFA and FC discussions as well.

For me, modding has changed these games so much that it's hard to imagine going back.

If you enjoy Career Mode, I think it's worth considering at least once.

One thing I would recommend, though, is starting with free mods.

Unfortunately, the FIFA/FC modding scene also has a paywall side to it.

Both FIFER and Anth, whose mods I currently use, offer paid early-access versions. I wouldn't recommend jumping straight into that.

To be fair, FIFER eventually releases complete versions publicly, and Anth always provides a free Lite version.

More importantly, there are already countless free mods available.

Before spending any money, I'd suggest simply browsing the sites above and seeing what catches your interest.

And if people find this useful, maybe I'll write another post about the trial-and-error side of modding. Honestly, that's where most of the real stories are.

English isn't my first language. I originally wrote this in Japanese and used AI to help translate and polish it.

No idea why my original post was removed.

Also wasn't expecting so many people to be interested, here's another example of the one of the chances that can occur.

Sliders
Game Play type - Custom
Authenticity features - on
Difficulty - Legendary

Wind Effects - Low
Weather - off

Sprint Speed - 35/36
Acceleration - 40/42

Shot Error - 68/48
Shot Speed - 44/44
Headershot Error - 25/35

Pass Error - 15/52
Pass Speed - 32/29
Header Pass Error - 20/30

Injury Freq - 89/89
Injury Severity - 30/30

Goalkeeper Ability - 56/58

Marking - 40/41
Run Freq - 45/52
Line Height - 65-70/90-95
Line length - 25/20
Line Width - 70/65-70
Full back Pos - 55/65

Power Bar - 75 - Pass speed is very much connected to how high this slider is.
First Touch Error - 85/85
Intercept Error - 95/95
Ball Deflection Error - 99/99
Tackle Assistance - 20/1

CPU Sliders
Tackle Aggression - 99
Build up Speed - 45
Shot Freq - 99
First touch pass - 5
Crossing Freq - 75
Dribble Freq - 55
Skill move - 1