FIFA 23is the end of an era; EA’s decades-long partnership withFIFAis at an end with this being the final iteration of the famed franchise. EA’s swansong is, however, a wonderful tribute to all fans of the sport and franchise alike. The game is laden with popular new features such as cross-play and takes full advantage of the next-generation consoles with new Hypermotion2 technology and augmented matchday features.
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Perhapsthe biggest step FIFA 23 has taken, however, is, introducing women’s club football.FIFA 23features, for the first time in history, women’s club teams from the Barclays FA Women’s Super League and Division 1 Arkema. With these two new divisions comes a host of new female superstars. We go over the 10 best ones below.
10Christiane Endler
Christiane Endler, the Chilean international is regarded as one of, if not the best goalkeepers to grace the sport. Endler rose to fame through her four-year stint at PSG, culminating in her team winning the French League for the first time in their history. Endler only let in four goals throughout the whole season leading to her winning the 2021 Best Women’s Goalkeeper Award.
Following this Endler transferred to Lyon, winning the Champions League along the way. Endler has an overall rating of 89 inFIFA 23with remarkable stats of 92 in her goalkeeping reflexes and 90 in positioning. Owing to these scores she is undisputedly the best goalkeeper in the game.
9Vivianne Miedema
This historic Dutch international striker is considered one of the best strikers in women’s footballs and has won individual accolades aplenty including BBC’s women footballer of the year in 2021 and a Ballon D’or Feminin shortlisting. Arsenal’s star girl has now begun her fifth year at the club and is effortlessly breaking different goalscoring records seemingly every game.
Miedema is an 89-rated striker with a 4-star weak foot with balanced stats across the board. Herpositioning and ball control are standoutqualities.
8Alex Morgan
Alex Morgan is probably the biggest household name in women’s football. Her World-Cup winning heroics are forever etched in USA sports history. Morgan has been a clinical striker throughout her career, with successful stints across the National Women’s Soccer League and Europe.
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Morgan boasts the highest shooting stat in the game and an overall rating of 90. With phenomenal finishing and positional attributes, her pace being on the comparatively lower end is the only reason she isn’t in our top 5.
7Lucy Bronze
The first defender to feature on this list is Lucy Bronze. The England National team stalwart has one of the most storied careers in Europe, winning titles with Liverpool, Manchester City, and Lyon.She has recently sealed a move to Barcelona.
Easily the best fullback inFIFA, Bronze has some of the best defensive stats in the game owing to her strength and tackling skills. Her overall rating is 90.
6Marie Katoto
This French striker is the all-time top scorer for PSG at just 23. Katoto is the only one club player on this list. Her relatively young career already glows with success, and she scored the winner in the Coup de France Feminine final in 2018.
Katoto is in red-hot form, scoring 21 goals last season leading to a 90 rating inFIFA 23with good stats in nearly everything.
5Caroline Graham Hansen
Hansen has been a mainstay at Barcelona for years helping them win the Primera division title in 2020, along with a host of other trophies. The right-footed winger is one of the trickiest players in Spain piling up goals and assists alike throughout the years.
The 2020-21 Player of the Season holds a 90 rating with strong stats all around. Her standout features are her dribbling and passing scores.
4Ada Hegerberg
The first-ever Ballon D’or Feminin winner places fourth on our list. Hegerberg has been aheadline-making strikerfor the better part of a decade now. As a member of a historical Lyon team, she stands comfortably as the all-time highest goalscorer in the Champions League.
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The Norwegian international has an impressive 91 rating with a 96 in Finishing and high offensive attributes everywhere else.
3Sam Kerr
The Australian captain is one of the most recognizable stars in the scene. She holds the honor of being the only female player to win the golden boot in three different continents.
Currently playing for Chelsea, Kerr is enjoyingsome of the best form of her career beingvoted as their player of the year and scoring the winning goal for the FA Cup final. Kerr shares the highest shooting stat of the game. Her heading and volleying attributes are particularly high.
2Wendie Renard
The onlycenter-back in the list, Renard is synonymous with the success and prestige Lyon enjoys. Having won 14 French League titles and 8 European Cups, a trophy cabinet like hers is unparalleled in most sports.
Renard has an overall rating of 91 with a 93 rating in defending and the highest defensive attributes in the list by far.
1Alexia Putellas
Alexia Putellas is the undisputed best female player inFIFA 23. Dubbed as ‘la reina’ or the queen Putellas is widely applauded as the best female player on the planet, winning the historical treble with Barcelona in 2021. The two-time Ballon D’or winning midfielder has an overall rating of 92 with the best passing and dribbling in the game.
Putellas leads the way in all types of passing attributes, and her positioning and shooting stats are also extremely high easily making her the best player in the game.
FIFA 23is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
