MOTM In FIFA 23: All Man Of The Match Cards in FUT

At the end of January, well-known cards returned to FIFA 23: Edin Dzeko from Inter Milan was the first Man of the Match (MOTM) this FUT season. EA Sports introduced a cool innovation to the MOTM cards, allowing us to choose the player of the match ourselves. There are now more than 40 MOTMs in FUT.

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FIFA 23: FUT MOTMs for Erling Haaland and Joshua Kimmich

The originally orange cards found their way into FIFA 23 once again. However, their design is adaptable. The orange cards mentioned are based on national MOTM awards, mostly from games in national cup competitions. At the international level, the cards have a few variations depending on the competition. Champions League MOTM cards (see picture) get a bluish appearance. Europa League MOTM are characterized by a predominantly black card with simple orange accents. The MOTM of the Conference League is similar, only the orange is replaced by green.

Due to his strong performance in a national cup match, Edin Dzeko was the first player in FIFA 23 to be awarded a MOTM card. And not only Dzeko was allowed to celebrate a premiere. The new MOTM voting was also carried out for the first time in the history of FIFA. To stay with the example, the community was allowed to vote on who was particularly convincing in the Derby della Madonnina, the clash between Milan and Inter.

FIFA 23: FUT MOTM Voting – Nice Idea, But…

Hobby coaches were certainly hyped to be able to prove their expertise in the official votes from home. But EA Sports didn't seem to like their own idea much, so just a month later the idea of MOTM voting was thrown out. It found its dubious replacement in overpriced SBCs, in which apparently randomly chosen MOTM cards could be completed.

The transparency that MOTM voting brought was lost. We now had to watch as random MOTM cards were circulated. Here, EA Sports failed once again and missed the chance to involve their community more closely. Unfortunately, it was not the first time EA failed in FIFA 23.

MOTM in FIFA 23: Haaland, Kimmich & More

More MOTM cards followed in March and April, but they were mainly used as fodder for the next Player or Gamble SBC. So that you still have a clear view of the MOTM jungle, we will show you all MOTM cards that have been released so far. Not included are the SBC MOTM cards from Halstenberg (RB Leipzig) and Rodrygo (Real Madrid):

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Player

OVR

CLUB

ZDMCasemiro92Manchester United
CDM, RBJoshua Kimmich90FC Bayern
ST, CFErling Haaland90Manchester City
CAM, CMBruno Fernandes89Manchester United
CF, CAM, STPaulo Dybala89Roma FC

GK

Mike Maignan88Milan

CB

Edmond Tapsoba88Bayer Leverkusen
ST, CFKai Havertz88Chelsea FC
CB, RB, RM

Matteo Darmian

87Inter
CM, RM, CF, LWPedro Gonçalves87Sporting CP
LW, LMJesper Karlsson87AZ Alkmaar
RW, RMAngel Di Maria87Juventus
RW, RMHirving Lozano87Napoli
ST, CFLuka Jovic87Fiorentina
CM, CAMPiotr Zielinski86Napoli
LW, LM, RWPedro Goncalves85Sporting CP
CAM, CMFlorian Wirtz85Bayer Leverkusen
LW, LM, RWLucas Ocampos85Sevilla FC
CMJoan Jordán84Sevilla FC
CM, CAMOrkun Kökçü84Feyenoord
CDM, CMFred84Manchester United
ST, CFGonçalo Ramos83SL Benfica
LM, LW, CFKarim Adeyemi

83

Borussia Dortmund
CM, CDMGavan Holohan83Grimsby Town
ST, CFCyriel Dessers83Cremonese
RWB, RB,Josip Juranovic83Union Berlin
LM, RM, CAM, LWManor Solomon83Fulham FC

CB

Anel Ahmedhodzic82Sheffield United

GK

Anatoily Trubin82Shakhtar Donetsk

CM

Lazare Amani81Royale Union SG
LM, CAM, CFZeki Amdouni80FC Basel
CAM, ST, LWSammie Szmodics80Blackburn Rovers
CM, CDMTommy Doyle79Sheffield United
RW, RM, LM, STIbrahim Sadiq79BK Häcken

GK

Bart Verbruggen

79RSC Anderlecht

MOTM Are Upgrading OTW Cards

We doubt that most of the cards on the list were ever playable. But the MOTMs did bring one good thing with them. The Ones To Watch players like Paulo Dybala, Ángel Di María or Erling Haaland got an upgrade for their dynamic cards.

Lukas Scherbaum

The head of the EA Sports FC 24 category has played every FIFA since FIFA 04. In FC 24 you can find him mainly in Ultimate Team, but he is also a big fan of Career Mode, Clubs and VOLTA. Before joining EarlyGame, he worked for the German sports website Sport1 and as a gaming journalist for Kicker eSport....