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113-406: The first main installment in the series, EA Sports FC 24 was launched on 29 September 2023, following a one week early access period for Ultimate Edition users. In addition, FIFA Online 4 was updated as EA Sports FC Online on 22 September 2023, while FIFA Mobile was updated to EA Sports FC Mobile globally on 26 September 2023. The second main installment in the series, EA Sports FC 25

226-456: A bone stress injury in his foot in early December, Haaland would miss nearly two months of action, including City's success at the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup , and would not return to the pitch until the end of January 2024. On 20 February 2024, Haaland scored the sole goal of a home win over Brentford , joining Harry Kane as the only players to have scored against every Premier League team they had faced. A week later, he netted five goals in

339-523: A perfect hat-trick , four days later in a 6–0 win against Nottingham Forest . This made Haaland the fastest individual in Premier League history to score two hat-tricks, beating the previous record by 14 matches; he was later voted Premier League Player of the Month for August, his first month playing in the league. On 6 September, Haaland made his Champions League debut for the club, getting

452-600: A 1–2 loss against Austria in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B . Three days later, he scored a brace in a 5–1 victory against Northern Ireland . On 11 October, Haaland scored his first international hat-trick in Norway's 4–0 victory over Romania in a Nations League B match, bringing his tally for the senior team to six goals in six matches played. During the September 2021 international break, Haaland scored five goals in three World Cup qualification matches, including

565-609: A 2–1 defeat away to Heistad . The following season he appeared more often in the Bryne 2 squad and he scored his first career hat-trick on 19 September 2016, aged 16 and 2 months, in an away 5–3 win over Vard Haugesund 2 in the Group 6 of the Norwegian fourth tier. In May 2016, Gaute Larsen was sacked as Bryne manager, and youth coach Berntsen was promoted to caretaker manager . Having worked closely with Haaland in other youth teams,

678-464: A 3–1 away victory, tying Harry Kane, the active player with the most Premier League hat-tricks, with eight. Haaland's hat-trick against West Ham also allowed Manchester City to surpass Liverpool as the club with the most hat-tricks in the Premier League. Haaland's seven goals after three games allowed him to break the record of six goals set by former Manchester City player Edin Džeko for the most goals after

791-522: A 3–1 victory against West Ham. Haaland also secured a second consecutive Premier League Golden Boot, with 27 goals in 31 matches. However, he would be unable to retain the FA Cup, failing to score in City's 2–1 final rematch defeat to Manchester United on 25 May. After not having scored in City's opening 2024 Community Shield victory over Manchester United, but having successfully converted his penalty in

904-490: A 3–1 victory. Shortly after, Haaland suffered a hip flexor injury, which sidelined him for two months. He made his return on 27 November, scoring his 50th Bundesliga goal in a 3–1 victory over Wolfsburg, setting a new record for the fewest appearances and also became the youngest player to score 50 league goals. On 10 May, Dortmund announced that Haaland would be leaving at the end of the season to sign for Premier League club Manchester City. Four days later, he bid farewell to

1017-831: A 5–1 win. He scored his first goal in UEFA competition on 26 July, converting a penalty in Molde's 3–0 Europa League qualifying victory against KF Laçi . Due to a sprained ankle, Haaland did not participate in Molde's last three league matches of the season. For his performances in the 2018 Eliteserien , Haaland received the Eliteserien Breakthrough of the Year award . He finished the 2018 season as Molde's top goalscorer, scoring 16 goals in 30 matches across all competitions. On 19 August 2018, Austrian Bundesliga champions Red Bull Salzburg announced that Haaland would join

1130-455: A 6–2 victory against Luton Town in the FA Cup , marking the second time he achieved such a feat for the club and becoming the first player to do so twice. Additionally, he matched his club's record for most goals by an individual in an FA Cup match, a record previously held by Frank Roberts in 1926 and Bobby Marshall in 1930. Furthermore, Haaland's accomplishment marked the first instance of

1243-649: A 71st-minute substitute against Sarpsborg 08 and receiving a yellow card in just over a minute of play on the pitch. On 6 August 2017, Haaland scored the winner for Molde in the 77th minute against Tromsø IL , his first goal in the league. His second strike of the season came on 17 September, as he bagged the decisive goal against Viking FK in a 3–2 victory. In the aftermath of the game, Haaland received criticism from teammate Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson for celebrating his goal towards Viking supporters. Haaland finished his first season at Molde with four goals in 20 appearances. On 1 July 2018, Haaland scored four goals in

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1356-539: A Nintendo system." McMahon's review of the Switch version of EA Sports FC 24 compared it to the same game on other consoles, rather than comparing with past FIFA games on Switch, and gave it 4/10 stars. He noted that the lack of HyperMotion was both a detriment in itself and also made the PlayStyles feature very limited. Likening the gameplay and graphics quality to something from 2006, McMahon also noted that many of

1469-426: A brace against Sevilla and becoming the first player to score 25 goals in their first 20 Champions League appearances. He became the first player to score more than one goal on competition debut for three different clubs. In City's second group stage match a week later against his former club Borussia Dortmund, Haaland scored an acrobatic effort late in the contest to secure his side a 2–1 comeback victory. His winner

1582-525: A brace in a 3–0 away win against newly promoted team Burnley. Just days later, Haaland would win his first trophy of the season following City's victory over Europa League winners Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup ; although not scoring during the match, he did convert the first penalty in the shoot-out following the end of regulation. On 29 August, Haaland was named the PFA Players' Player of

1695-566: A brace in a 3–0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach . He scored his team's equaliser in their 2–3 Der Klassiker defeat to Bayern Munich in the DFL-Supercup on 30 September, and again found the net against Bayern when the sides met in the league on 7 November, with Dortmund losing 2–3 once more. On 21 November, Haaland scored four goals in 32 minutes of a 5–2 away victory against Hertha BSC . These five goals in November saw him crowned

1808-463: A clearance. His creativity is most apparent when he drifts into the left inside channel. His primary aim is always to get a shot off, but he also has the vision and skill to pick out a delayed run from midfield in the centre. His ability to carry the ball at pace also helps create for others, especially on the counter-attack. Even though he is less involved in possession than a typical striker, his calmness, patience, timing, and off-the-ball movement have

1921-611: A cost much higher than the challenge. In February 2024, the loyalty reward "for you" packs in Ultimate Team, loot boxes made available only to players with certain amounts of gaming time accrued up to that point, were released. However, gamers still had to pay for these loyalty packs, which could be up to the equivalent of $ 20 each. EA was criticized as "shameless" for once again asking for more money to access rewards relating to something gamers already paid for. EA Sports FC 24 reached 11.3 million players in its first week. It

2034-718: A draw against Brighton & Hove Albion on 24 May, he reached 44 combined league goals and assists, thereby equaling Thierry Henry 's record for most total goal contributions in a 38-game Premier League season. Haaland's debut season in England earned him the Premier League Golden Boot , after finishing as the league's top goalscorer, and the European Golden Shoe , given to the top domestic scorer in Europe. With 36 goals in 35 appearances, he set

2147-607: A fourth international hat-trick in a 5–0 win against Kazakhstan , helping Norway clinch promotion to League A of the Nations League for the first time. A prolific goalscorer and widely regarded as one of the best players in the world, Haaland has all the attributes of a complete centre-forward . He uses his sizeable frame to hold play up effectively and involve others. He has the pace and clever movement to run in behind, he can dribble and create, and he can finish with both feet and his head. He usually comes deep to collect

2260-566: A game presentation event in July 2023 that they had made exclusive deals with UEFA , England's Premier League and Spain's La Liga , and would include their competitions in the EA Sports FC series. Roma , Atalanta , Lazio and Napoli are not featured in EA Sports FC 24 due to their exclusivity agreements with rival game eFootball , and are instead known as Roma FC, Bergamo Calcio, Latium, and Napoli FC respectively. The game retains

2373-780: A maiden Champions League title and achieve only the second-ever continental treble by an English side. With 12 goals, Haaland finished as the top scorer of the Champions League season for a second time, joining Lionel Messi as the only players to accomplish this feat twice before turning 23. Haaland would be subsequently named the UEFA Men's Player of the Year in August, ahead of Messi and Manchester City teammate Kevin De Bruyne . Manchester City began their 2023–24 Premier League season on 11 August 2023, with Haaland scoring

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2486-487: A move to Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund , where he won the DFB-Pokal in 2021 . In the summer of 2022, he transferred to Manchester City for a fee of €60 million (£51.2 million), and was instrumental in the club winning a continental treble in his debut campaign ; his 52 goals across all competitions was the most ever for a Premier League player. Haaland was named the league's Young Player and Player of

2599-446: A one-year extension to allow for the release of FIFA 23 . On the same day, EA announced that their football video game franchise FIFA would be rebranded under the name EA Sports FC in 2023 and that they were retaining the licenses to players, teams, stadiums, and leagues. New licenses acquired for EA Sports FC 24 include a variety of women's leagues, including Spain's Liga F and Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga . EA also revealed at

2712-513: A perceived lack of difference from the previous installment and several bugs. One prominent bug was the Ada Hegerberg figure in Ultimate Team, popular due to her 89 overall rating, running away from the ball and otherwise being unusable. Hegerberg herself received abuse from gamers until EA fixed the bug. Some gamers reacted negatively to the inclusion of women's players, particularly female Icons, in Ultimate Team, though others felt such

2825-490: A player scoring five goals in the competition since George Best in 1970. On 4 May, Haaland scored four goals in a 5–1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers, his first league hat-trick of the year and third of the season in all competitions. Haaland scored both goals in City's 2–0 vital win away to Tottenham Hotspur on 14 May, bringing his side back to the top of the Premier League table with one match remaining. Five days later, City would successfully defend their title following

2938-438: A reaction was "pathetic" and similar sentiments. EA responded to gamers who did not want to play with or against teams featuring women by recommending they use "Kick Off" or other modes that use teams and leagues directly matching those in real life. A common explanation given by gamers who did not want to see women included was that it would break the realism of the game; this was rejected by video game media, which explained that

3051-511: A season , the quickest individual to score two, three, four and five hat-tricks , and the first in league history to score hat-tricks in three consecutive home games. In 2023, he won the Premier League Golden Boot , the European Golden Shoe and the Gerd Müller Trophy for his goalscoring success. In the same year, his performances led him to be named UEFA Men's Player of the Year , IFFHS World's Best Player and finish runner-up in

3164-512: A second hat-trick for Norway in a 5–1 victory against Gibraltar . With six goals in League B between June and September 2022, he finished as the joint-top scorer of the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League . Haaland's brace in a Euro 2024 qualifier against Cyprus on 12 October 2023 brought his international tally to 27 goals in 27 appearances, surpassing Einar Gundersen as Norway's second-highest all-time top scorer . On 5 June 2024, Haaland scored

3277-400: A single season for City set in 1928–29 . During Manchester City's FA Cup quarter-final against Burnley four days later, Haaland scored his sixth hat-trick of the season, passing the 40-goal mark across all competitions. On 11 April, Haaland scored the third goal of City's 3–0 Champions League win against Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals, his 45th goal of the season overall. This broke

3390-491: A substantial update on Nintendo Switch, bringing it closer in line with (though still technologically behind) the version for other platforms. The Frostbite game engine was used to run the Switch version for the first time, providing similar gameplay to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the game. The Ultimate Team experience and VOLTA Football were also improved in line with the general version, but despite this,

3503-420: A third hat-trick for his country in a 3–0 friendly win against Kosovo , bringing him within three goals of Norwegian top scorer Jørgen Juve . On 10 October 2024, Haaland scored a brace in a 3–0 Nations League win over Slovenia , reaching 34 international goals to become Norway's all-time top scorer at the age of just 24, and overtaking Juve's record that had stood since 1937. On 17 November, he recorded

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3616-564: Is a turn-based football mobile game that developed by Klab Games and published by EA Sports. The gameplay of this game was very similar to Captain Tsubasa Dream Team. EA Sports FC 24 EA Sports FC 24 is an association football -themed simulation video game developed by EA Vancouver and EA Romania and published by EA Sports . It is the inaugural installment in the EA Sports FC series , succeeding

3729-466: Is an online free-to-play version of EA Sports FC for Asian market. The game allows players to play regular matches with 2v2 or 3v3 matches like the main series as well as the Ultimate Team feature seen in other games. The game allows the ability to buy players from a marketplace and help build their stats by purchasing items. FC Online have several game modes for the similar to the traditional FC games such as House Rules and VOLTA Live. EA Sports FC Tactical

3842-518: Is expanded to all game modes, including Clubs and VOLTA Football for the first time. The game allows players to transfer Ultimate Team progress from FIFA 23, including converting FIFA Points into FC Points. In addition, female players were added into Ultimate Team, allowing them to play alongside the men. In 2023, EA Sports FC Mobile succeeded the FIFA Mobile game series in the launch of EA Sports FC Mobile 24 on September 26, 2023. Following

3955-413: Is informed by player statistics). Another well-promoted addition to EA Sports FC 24 was PlayStyles, a feature of the in-game footballer figures that better represent the real footballers' unique styles. The data used to create and assign PlayStyles was "optimised by Opta Sports ". An extension of this feature, PlayStyles+, are a further enhanced version of PlayStyles attributed to elite players. EA used

4068-595: The FIFA video game series after Electronic Arts 's partnership with FIFA concluded with FIFA 23 . EA Sports FC 24 is the 31st overall installment of EA Sports' football simulation games, and was released on 29 September 2023 for Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 , Windows , Xbox One , and Xbox Series X/S . The cover for the Standard Edition of the game features Manchester City striker Erling Haaland . The cover for Ultimate Edition of

4181-485: The 2021 DFB-Pokal final ; he scored a brace in his team's 4–1 win over Leipzig, securing his first title with the club. He ended the season with 41 goals in all competitions, including 27 in the league, which won him the fan-voted Bundesliga Player of the Season award, and finished the season as the top scorer of the Champions League with 10 goals, later being awarded the competition's best forward . Haaland started off

4294-463: The 2021–22 season with a hat-trick versus Wehen Wiesbaden in the first round of the DFB-Pokal on 7 August 2021. A week later, on matchday one of the Bundesliga , he scored a brace and assisted two goals as Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 5–2. During the first months of the season, Haaland was sidelined with a hamstring injury, returning on 16 October and scoring a brace against Mainz in

4407-633: The Ballon d'Or . In English, Guy Mowbray and Sue Smith act as the secondary commentary team in the game's Kick-off and Ultimate Team modes, alternating with Derek Rae & Stewart Robson . In November 2023, it was announced that EA Sports had picked up the rights for the UEFA Euro 2024 video game, and that the Euro 2024 final tournament downloadable update would be coming to EA Sports FC 24 , EA Sports FC Mobile , and EA Sports FC Online in

4520-495: The Ballon d'Or . Haaland has represented Norway at various youth levels. In the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup , he won the tournament's Golden Boot after scoring a record nine goals in a single match. He made his senior international debut in September 2019, and is the nation's all-time top goalscorer . Erling Braut Haaland was born Erling Braut Håland on 21 July 2000 in Leeds , West Yorkshire, England, as his father Alfie Haaland

4633-587: The Bundesliga Player of the Month for a second time. Haaland continued his goalscoring feats in the Champions League , scoring six times in the first four matches of the 2020–21 group stage , with his brace in a 3–0 win over Club Brugge on 24 November making him the fastest player to record 15 Champions League goals; he had reached this benchmark in 12 games. Hours before Dortmund's fifth group match against Lazio on 2 December, however,

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4746-665: The Golden Boot as the competition's top scorer. Born in Leeds, Haaland was eligible to play for England , but only wished to play for Norway according to coach Gareth Southgate . On 28 August 2019, Haaland was named by manager Lars Lagerbäck to the Norway senior team squad to face Malta and Sweden in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches, debuting on 5 September 2019 against the former opponent. On 4 September 2020, Haaland scored his first senior international goal for Norway in

4859-504: The Norway under-19 side , Haaland scored a hat-trick against Scotland in a 5–4 victory, helping his country secure qualification to the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship . On 22 July 2018, Haaland scored a penalty against Italy in a 1–1 draw during the tournament finals. On 30 May 2019, Haaland scored nine goals in the Norway under-20 team 's 12–0 win against Honduras at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Lublin , Poland. This

4972-478: The UEFA Champions League against Genk , where he scored three goals in the first half of an eventual 6–2 victory, his fourth overall hat-trick for Salzburg, becoming the only player to score a first-half hat-trick on competition debut. In his next two matches of the Champions League season, Haaland recorded a goal against Liverpool at Anfield and a further two against Napoli , becoming only

5085-538: The Bundesliga season. On 20 June, he scored both goals in a 2–0 win against RB Leipzig to secure second place for Dortmund, which would lead to Champions League football in the following season. Haaland concluded his 2019–20 campaign with 44 goals in 40 club appearances across all competitions played for both Salzburg and Dortmund. On 19 September 2020, in Dortmund's first match of the new season, Haaland scored

5198-442: The Month award. Haaland got a brace against Union Berlin on 1 February, becoming the first player in history to score seven goals in their first three Bundesliga games. On 18 February, Haaland scored both Dortmund goals in their 2–1 first leg victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League round of 16 . This brought his total to 10 Champions League goals for the 2019–20 campaign in only his eighth overall appearance in

5311-677: The Opta Sports data to create 34 PlayStyles in 6 categories, which represent various roles in a squad: scoring, passing, ball control, defending, physical, and goalkeeping (the last was limited to the Be a Goalkeeper modes in Player Career and Clubs). In previous games, players have been able to use modifiers to allow the footballer figures to play in different positions. With the introduction of PlayStyles, including footballers' alternative realistic positions, and an upgraded chemistry system,

5424-507: The Season , becoming the first player to win both awards in the same year. Haaland has won several individual awards and broken various records during his career, including the 2020 Golden Boy award, while in 2021 he was named Bundesliga Player of the Season, in addition to his inclusion in the FIFA FIFPro World11 for 2021 , 2022 and 2023 . He has also broken multiple Premier League records, including most goals scored in

5537-457: The Switch game does not support cross-platform play with either PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. The use of Frostbite included capping the frame rate at 30fps, when previously it had been higher. The HyperMotion technology is not available on Switch, and there was no Ultimate Edition released for Switch. On 10 May 2022, EA Sports and FIFA announced that their long-term licensing agreement would end upon its conclusion on 31 December 2022, following

5650-534: The Ultimate Edition cover. HyperMotion technology was first introduced in FIFA 22 , with EA touting the HyperMotion V technology used in EA Sports FC 24 as the "biggest leap forward"; promotion for the game highlighted the feature as the game's USP . Volumetric data from 180   matches featuring predominantly English and Spanish professional men's and women's teams was used in developing

5763-580: The Year , having earlier been included in the PFA Team of the Year for the Premier League. With his first three goals of the season, Haaland became the fastest player to reach 100 league goals in Europe's top 5 leagues , accomplishing the feat in just 103 appearances, surpassing the previous record of 100 goals in 133 appearances set by Ronaldo Nazário . After registering a seventh club hat-trick plus an assist against Fulham on 2 September, Haaland became

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5876-536: The Year initially had much higher odds of awarding gamers the Lionel Messi Team of the Year card, one of the highest-rated in the game. When more Messi cards were awarded than intended, EA changed the odds of the challenge to reduce the chance of receiving the Messi card, which angered gamers. Many gamers had also reacted negatively to the error itself, as some had purchased the Messi card with in-game coins for

5989-461: The addition of a Women's Team of the Year for gamers and fans to vote on, in addition to the Men's Team of the Year. After the 4-3-3 Teams of the Year were revealed, gamers also voted for a 12th player for both teams from the remaining nominees. Clubs and VOLTA Football modes remained mostly unchanged, with updated graphics and more game options. EA Sports FC 24 also introduced cross-platform play in

6102-427: The ball to help his team build play, often looking to spread the ball wide for a teammate, before turning and sprinting towards goal. He sometimes comes too deep for the defenders to follow him; as such he has the awareness to turn on the ball and create from a forward-facing position. In the penalty area he makes small, sharp movements to spot an opportunity for a teammate to attempt to find him in space, and can change

6215-446: The bench, making his second club appearance in Dortmund's match against FC Köln . He scored after 12 minutes and netted a second goal 10 minutes later, contributing to a 5–1 victory. Haaland became the first Bundesliga player to score five goals in his opening two matches, as well as the fastest player to reach that tally (56 minutes played). Despite being on the pitch in the league for only an hour, he won January's Bundesliga Player of

6328-494: The best players in the world, he is known for his speed, strength, positioning, and finishing inside the box . In his debut Premier League season , Haaland broke the record for the most goals scored by a player in a single season, with 36. Coming through the youth system, Haaland played for Norwegian sides Bryne and Molde , before relocating to Austria with Red Bull Salzburg in January 2019. His performances there earned him

6441-412: The campaign across all competitions on 30 April against Fulham . His six goals and two assists during April saw him win the league's Player of the Month for a second time. On 3 May, in City's return fixture against West Ham, Haaland scored his 35th league goal of the campaign, surpassing Shearer and Andy Cole 's joint record for the most goals scored in a single Premier League season. A week later, he

6554-415: The club announced that Haaland had suffered a hamstring injury, which kept him out of action until after the new year. Haaland made his return against VfL Wolfsburg on 3 January 2021. He scored a brace away against RB Leipzig in a 3–1 win on 9 January, and another two in a 4–2 defeat to Mönchengladbach on 22 January. On 17 February, he scored two goals in Dortmund's 3–2 away victory against Sevilla in

6667-469: The club at the Westfalenstadion prior to Dortmund's final match against Hertha BSC, and scored Dortmund's first goal in a 2–1 win. On 10 May 2022, Premier League club Manchester City announced they had reached a deal to sign Haaland after activating his €60 million (£51.2 million) release clause . The deal was formalised on 13 June, with City confirming that Haaland would be joining

6780-420: The club in a 7–1 Austrian Cup win against SC-ESV Parndorf , and followed this up with his first hat-trick in the league on 10 August, scoring three in a 5–2 victory against Wolfsberger AC . He got a third hat-trick for Salzburg on 14 September in a 7–2 victory over TSV Hartberg ; this was the sixth consecutive league game Haaland had scored in, with 11 total goals. Three days later, Haaland made his debut in

6893-553: The club on 1 January 2019, signing a five-year contract. The Athletic ' s Phil Hay would later reveal that prior to his move to Salzburg, Haaland was also subject of an offer from his father's former club Leeds United. He made his debut for the club on 17 February, the 2018–19 Austrian Cup quarter-finals against Wiener Neustädter , and scored his first goal on 12 May in the Austrian Bundesliga 2–1 win over LASK . On 19 July, he scored his first hat-trick for

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7006-424: The club on 1 July on a five-year contract. He made his competitive debut on 30 July, playing 90 minutes of a 3–1 defeat to Liverpool in the 2022 FA Community Shield . Haaland scored twice on his league debut against West Ham United on 7 August 2022, the only goals of a 2–0 away victory. On 27 August, he scored his first Premier League hat-trick in a 4–2 win against Crystal Palace , and recorded his second,

7119-428: The competition, adding to the eight he had scored for Salzburg in the group stage. Dortmund would lose 2–0 in the return leg on 11 March however, as Haaland saw elimination from the competition for a second time in the same season. Following the Bundesliga's return on 16 May in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , Haaland scored Dortmund's opener of their 4–0 Revierderby win over Schalke 04 , his tenth goal of

7232-458: The cover debuted. Besides concern for the game graphics, fans also joked about the figures and how unintentionally funny some of the faces appeared, particularly the figure of Andrea Pirlo looking "lost" or like a Hobbit at the back; possibly a late addition to the cover, Pirlo did not appear in the other promotional material released at the same time. Fans also noted the absence of Kylian Mbappé , Lionel Messi , and Cristiano Ronaldo from

7345-764: The data to learn what realistic footballing movement is like, and how to recreate it in other figures. The cameras captured all players on the pitch at once, further informing team movement for the game, as well as ball physics. As well as the cameras, EA used data recorded by StretchSense gloves worn by (outfield) players to record data on how hands moved while playing, training the game's AI on this. EA also improved their AcceleRATE feature, to AcceleRATE 2.0, with HyperMotion V. Previously, figures were rated with one of three acceleration archetypes that affected their movement when running; AcceleRATE 2.0 uses seven archetypes, though they are still assigned automatically based on physical features rather than on player data (the figure's speed

7458-401: The day before following the death of a close family friend. On 22 September, Haaland matched Cristiano Ronaldo 's record of reaching 100 goals across all competitions for one club in 105 appearances in Europe's top five leagues when he scored the opening goal in a 2–2 draw against Arsenal. Haaland plays for Norway, and has represented them at various age groups. On 27 March 2018, while with

7571-466: The developments, including the Evolutions mode of Ultimate Team. McMahon described the PlayStyles as "genuinely impressive" in how many players' attributes were captured, and that applying PlayStyles to customizable players "[makes] a world of difference". Wakeling said that "it feels much more satisfying to perform [relevant] actions" based on a figure's PlayStyle. Reviewers responded positively to

7684-427: The entire campaign. On 14 March, Haaland scored five goals in a 7–0 round of 16 victory against RB Leipzig, tying Lionel Messi and Luiz Adriano for the most goals scored in a single Champions League match. He also set the new record for fastest time to score five goals in a Champions League match. In doing so, he reached 39 goals across all competitions, breaking Tommy Johnson 's club record of 38 goals scored in

7797-444: The fastest ever player to achieve 50 Premier League goal involvements (goals plus assists); with just 39 appearances in the competition, he eclipsed Andy Cole's previous record by four matches. On 25 October, Haaland scored his first two Champions League goals of the season in a 3–1 win at Young Boys . On 29 October, he recorded two goals and one assist in a 3–0 derby win over Manchester United at Old Trafford . The following day, he

7910-496: The fastest player in history to reach 20 Premier League goals and beating Sunderland 's Kevin Phillips ' previous record by seven games. On 22 January 2023, he scored a fourth hat-trick of the season against Wolverhampton Wanderers , giving him a total of 25 Premier League goals after just 19 matches; this surpassed the top scorers of the previous season , Mohamed Salah and Son Heung-min , who both scored 23 league goals across

8023-553: The first leg of the Champions League round of 16 . In Dortmund's reverse league fixture against Bayern at the Allianz Arena on 6 March, Haaland scored twice within the opening 10 minutes to give his team a 2–0 lead. However, he was substituted off in the second half after picking up a knock, as Bayern rallied to win the match 4–2. Haaland's second goal was the 100th of his senior career, reaching this milestone in 146 appearances. Haaland scored another brace against Sevilla in

8136-439: The first three Premier League games of the season and he was the first player to have two hat-tricks in the first three games of a season since Paul Jewell for Bradford City in the 1994–95 season . On 14 September, Haaland scored another two goals in a 2–1 victory over Brentford, helping him eclipse Wayne Rooney 's eight goals for Manchester United in the first four matches of the 2011–12 season after only deciding to play

8249-506: The first time, with gamers able to use both men and women in the same team: the release roster had Alexia Putellas , Erling Haaland , Kevin De Bruyne and Kylian Mbappé tied for the highest overall rating at 91. Similarly, Icons (usable cards for retired footballers, depicting their rating at their peak; styled "ICONs" in the game) and Hero (usable cards for retired footballers and/or depicting special moments, with comic book art styles created by Marvel ) included women's footballers for

8362-409: The first time, with the initial five Icons being Mia Hamm , Birgit Prinz , Homare Sawa , Camille Abily and Kelly Smith . The men's Icons at release were Zico , Bobby Charlton and Franck Ribéry . The first three women's Heroes were Nadine Keßler , Sonia Bompastor and Alex Scott (who also appears in the game series as a broadcaster). There were two Teams of the Year for the first time, with

8475-467: The game features 31 iconic current and former players from around the world in a style akin to the cover of the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band . Among the notable figures are Sam Kerr , Virgil van Dijk , Son Heung-min , Zinedine Zidane , Pelé and David Beckham . When the Ultimate Edition cover was revealed, fans commented on the poor resemblance of many figures to the real life players they represented, bringing into question whether

8588-399: The game had sacrificed realism in its most popular modes long ago with retired player cards and special cards. The Caroline Graham Hansen figure in Ultimate Team was particularly popular, with Graham Hansen having an influential season for Barcelona . As such she received multiple "overpowered special card[s]" for use in the game throughout the release. Graham Hansen's Team of the Year card

8701-471: The game. Kits designed by Michaël Brun and Obongjayar were available for purchase, while one designed by the Rolling Stones was unlockable. The Rolling Stones kit in the game was released shortly after Barcelona and Barcelona Femení players wore a real Rolling Stones kit, with both featuring the iconic logo . EA Sports FC 24 is also the first game in the franchise to include the license of

8814-474: The inclusion of women's players in Ultimate Team, as it adds not only more player options but also more squad building choices given the different styles and attributes. McMahon was satisfied with the nostalgic VOLTA, but was disappointed in the developments to the Career Mode, with both him and Wakeling considering them detrimental. Chris Scullion of Nintendo Life gave the game 8/10 stars, celebrating

8927-408: The interim manager handed the teenager his first start, three months before his 16th birthday. His first game with Bryne FK was a second-tier 1. divisjon match against Ranheim on 12 May. After having initially being deployed as a winger , Berntsen put Haaland in his favoured central role as a striker after a few matches. Although he failed to score in his breakthrough season at Bryne, Haaland

9040-470: The likenesses in the game would also be bad. Electronic Arts vice president John Shepherd soon after stated that the in-game likenesses would be improved. Shepherd explained that EA had wanted to include a large number of players to reflect the many league and club licenses they had for EA Sports FC 24 , and that dealing with the approvals for so many players and kits had made designing the cover art more complex. EA had also received feedback from players after

9153-401: The line on which he is running and accelerate into that space, making him extremely difficult for defenders to read. Haaland uses his body well when playing with his back to goal, protecting the ball effectively as he tries to bring it under control. He uses his strength to secure possession when under pressure and is also effective in providing his team's defenders with some respite following

9266-470: The modes, for users on same-generation consoles, thereby expanding cross-play to all of the game's online multiplayer modes. The FIFA video games released for the Nintendo Switch since FIFA 20 had been "legacy" editions, each preserving the same game as FIFA 19 with only minor updates (typically only new kits each year) over multiple releases. EA Sports FC 24 was the first game to have

9379-607: The modification option was removed. It is also possible to switch between automatic precision passing and controlling pass mechanics by gamer input. Having previously been named " FIFA Ultimate Team", the FIFA brand prefix was dropped in line with the games series' rebranding. A new development for Ultimate Team in EA Sports FC 24 was the addition of Evolutions, a mode that allows gamers to improve certain player cards for use in Ultimate Team, giving stats boosts and new PlayStyles. Women's footballers were included in Ultimate Team for

9492-409: The near-parity with other consoles and the many new play options for Switch gamers. It particularly highlighted the Ultimate Team experience, something which had previously been a replica of FIFA 17 's version on Switch, now including all of the features which had been gradually added over the previous seven years on other consoles. He concluded that it is "the best football game ever released on

9605-482: The net in Salzburg's final group match against Liverpool, as his team lost 2–0 and were eliminated from the competition. This would prove to be Haaland's final game for the club; he departed Salzburg having recorded 29 goals, with 28 of these coming in only 22 appearances made during the 2019–20 season . Despite being a reported target of Manchester United and Juventus , Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund confirmed

9718-410: The new graphics elements that made the game feel more modern were absent from the Switch version. He also felt it was the best handheld football game, but qualified that "if you have the option then you'll find a much more enjoyable and modern version on any other platform." Scullion had welcomed the inclusion of VOLTA on the Switch version, saying that its mini-game and local multiplayer-based gameplay

9831-415: The new record for highest number of goals scored in a Premier League season. Haaland played the entirety of City's FA Cup final victory over Manchester United on 3 June, securing his second title with the club. He then played another 90 minutes in the following week's Champions League final against Inter Milan . Despite Haaland struggling to have a large impact on the match, City would win 1–0 to earn

9944-427: The opening 21 minutes against Brann , securing his team a 4–0 victory over the unbeaten league leaders at the time. After the match, Molde manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær compared Haaland's style of play to Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku , and said the club had rejected several bids for the striker from different clubs. In the following match a week later, Haaland continued his scoring run with a brace against Vålerenga in

10057-438: The penalty shoot-out, he scored the club's first goal of the regular season in a 2–0 victory at Chelsea on his 100th appearance for City on 18 August 2024. On 25 August, Haaland netted his first hat-trick of the season with the help of a penalty in a 4–1 victory against newly promoted Ipswich Town , his seventh Premier League hat-trick. In the following match on 31 August against West Ham United, he secured another hat-trick in

10170-426: The players' likenesses, but the official badge, kits and stadiums are replaced with custom designs and generic stadiums created by EA Sports. Bayern Munich and Barcelona feature in the game with licensed players and kits, but in generic stadiums due to lack of stadium licenses. As well as the game continuing to have an iconic soundtrack, several musical artists partnered with EA to design kits that could be used in

10283-417: The previous record of 44 goals across all competitions in a season by a Premier League player held by Ruud van Nistelrooy and Mohamed Salah. Haaland registered two assists and a goal in his side's 4–1 home victory against league leaders Arsenal on 26 April, closing the gap between them and City in the table to just two points while the latter still had two games in hand. He would then score his 50th goal of

10396-433: The quickest player in Premier League history to score three hat-tricks, doing so in eight league matches and surpassing the previous record of 48 set by Michael Owen in 1998, as well as halving Alan Shearer 's record of scoring three hat-tricks in a ten-match spell set during the 1994–95 season . Haaland's brace in City's 3–1 away win over Leeds United on 28 December took his tally to 20 goals in 14 league matches, becoming

10509-429: The season and his second against Wolfsberg. On 27 November, Haaland came off the bench to score another goal against Genk, joining Del Piero, Serhii Rebrov , Neymar , Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski as the only players to score in the first five matches of a Champions League group stage, and becoming the first teenager to score in five consecutive matches in the competition. However, he would fail to find

10622-426: The second leg on 9 March in a 2–2 draw, advancing to the quarter-finals 5–4 on aggregate. With only 14 matches played, this made him both the fastest and youngest player to reach 20 goals in the competition, also becoming the first player to score multiple times in four consecutive Champions League appearances. After missing two matches due to deep bruising, Haaland returned to Dortmund's starting line-up on 13 May for

10735-638: The second teenager after Karim Benzema in the history of the competition to score in each of his first three appearances. His six goals were also the most scored by any player in their first three Champions League matches. After converting a penalty in Salzburg's reverse fixture against Napoli, Haaland became the first teenager to score in his first four matches in the competition, and only the fourth player of any age to achieve this feat, following Zé Carlos , Alessandro Del Piero and Diego Costa . He then scored all three goals in Salzburg's 3–0 victory at Wolfsberger AC on 10 November, recording his fifth hat-trick of

10848-560: The signing of Haaland on 29 December 2019, three days before the winter transfer window opened, for a fee reported to be in the region of €20 million, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract. Haaland made his debut for Dortmund away to FC Augsburg on 18 January 2020, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring a hat-trick within 23 minutes in a 5–3 win. This made him only the second player in Dortmund history after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to score three goals on their Bundesliga debut. Six days later, Haaland once again came off

10961-408: The split between EA and FIFA, features included cross-regional play, power shots, new skills, the return of a global market, new Spectator Mode, and a new UEFA Champions League tournament mode. FC Mobile also included CONMEBOL Libertadores for the first time as a Live Event. On 22 September 2023, FIFA Online 4 was changed as EA Sports FC Online, following the split between EA and FIFA. The game

11074-482: The summer of 2024. Likewise, 2024 Copa América content was added to EA Sports FC 24' s Ultimate Team and EA Sports FC Mobile in June 2024, although a standalone tournament mode was not made available in the game. EA Sports FC 24 received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic . IGN 's Andrew McMahon and GameSpot 's Richard Wakeling both rated the game 7/10, assessing that it

11187-419: The technology. It is used only in the regular version of the game, available on Windows for PC , PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S . The match data was collected from "cameras around the stadiums", meaning the in-game figures would move more like their real-life counterparts, and was also used to train EA Sports FC 's proprietary machine learning algorithms. The machine learning used

11300-459: The timing and cost, the value of the items in the pack was deemed sub-par, further angering gamers. Wakeling, noting the controversy in his review, wrote that "it's more than a little dystopian that [EA is] still asking for extra money from its already-paying customers." During the release of Team of the Year cards in the game, one card-swapping challenge to earn a random prize related to the Team of

11413-479: Was Norway's biggest ever win at U-20 level, as well as Honduras' heaviest ever defeat. Haaland also set a new U-20 World Cup record for most goals scored by a single player in a match, with the result additionally being the biggest win by any team in the history of the tournament. Despite the Norwegians being eliminated in the group stage, and Haaland not scoring in any other matches at the tournament, he still won

11526-609: Was announced on the same day that EA Sports' FIFA video game franchise would be rebranded under the name EA Sports FC in 2023. Despite the rebranding, the franchise retained its licenses of more than 19,000 players, 700 teams, 100 stadiums and 30 leagues from FIFA 23 . The inaugural main series game in the EA Sports FC series, EA Sports FC 24 retains game modes and licensing to major clubs, leagues, players, and stadiums from FIFA 23 . New licenses include Spain's Liga F and Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga , as well as officially licensing France Football 's Ballon d'Or award. Cross-play

11639-565: Was five, with a recorded distance of 1.63 metres in 2006. Haaland started in the academy of his hometown club Bryne at the age of five. During the 2015 and 2016 seasons , Haaland played for Bryne 2 (Bryne's reserve team) in the Norwegian fourth tier and impressed, scoring 18 goals in 14 matches. He debuted for Bryne 2 on 5 October 2015 in the Group 6 of the 2015 fourth division against Start reserves (0–1) and five days later he scored his first goal on senior level against Hei in

11752-427: Was launched on 27 September 2024, with the Ultimate Edition being released a week before on 20th September. The Ultimate Edition of the game comes with in game bonuses such as FC Points, Early Access and Players. On 10 May 2022, EA Sports and FIFA announced that their long-term licensing agreement would end upon its conclusion on 31 December 2022, following a one-year extension to allow for the release of FIFA 23 . It

11865-498: Was much like previous installments with some additions but mostly incremental improvements to its longstanding gameplay. McMahon and Wakeling praised the added realism and smoothness of HyperMotion and the updated graphics and animations; both also criticised the AI , touted as an improvement on the FIFA series' use, as disappointing, particularly with goalkeepers. They praised several of

11978-473: Was named FWA Footballer of the Year . He won by a record margin, earning 82% of the vote ahead of Arsenal's Bukayo Saka and Martin Ødegaard and becoming only the fourth player to claim the award in their debut season. He would also go on to be voted PFA Players' Player of the Year by his colleagues in August. Haaland won his first trophy with Manchester City after they clinched the 2022–23 Premier League title on 20 May. By assisting Phil Foden 's goal in

12091-511: Was offered a trial by German club TSG Hoffenheim before eventually moving to Molde to play under Ole Gunnar Solskjær . Haaland made 16 total senior appearances for Bryne. On 1 February 2017, Molde announced the signing of 16-year-old Haaland. He made his debut for the club on 26 April in a Norwegian Cup match against Volda TI , scoring on his debut in a 3–2 win. Haaland's debut in the Eliteserien came on 4 June, being brought on as

12204-565: Was one of the highest-rated in the game. Gamers and critics negatively responded to the Elite Season Opener Pack loot box , feeling that EA were aggressively pushing the pay-to-win option of Ultimate Team more than usual: the pack was made available during an early access period that gamers already paid a premium to play, and was worth the equivalent of $ 30 (it could be purchased as a microtransaction with real currency or with in-game coins earned by winning games). Besides

12317-405: Was playing for Leeds United in the Premier League at the time. In 2004, at the age of three, he moved to Bryne , his parents' hometown in Norway. Along with playing football from an early age, Haaland took part in various other sports as a child, including handball , golf, and track and field. He also reportedly achieved a world record in his age category for the standing long jump when he

12430-403: Was presented with the Gerd Müller Trophy at the 2023 Ballon d'Or awards ceremony, given to the player with the most goals scored for club and country across a single season. On 25 November, Haaland became the fastest player to score 50 Premier League goals in a 1–1 draw with Liverpool; with just 48 appearances, he comfortably beat the previous record of 65 matches by Andy Cole. After suffering

12543-438: Was probably more ideal for the portable Switch than other consoles, though McMahon rated VOLTA poorly due to its need for other online players and the lack of Switch users interested in the mode, making it difficult to access at all. Pocket Tactics ' Connor Christie gave the game 8/10, saying it was fluent despite the reduced frame rate. The game was review bombed by users early in its release, many of whom complained about

12656-464: Was subsequently voted Champions League Goal of the Week by fans, and would later go on to be selected as the competition's Goal of the Season by UEFA's Technical Observer panel. On 2 October, Haaland became the first player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick in three successive home games during City's 6–3 derby win against Manchester United, additionally earning two assists. He also became

12769-453: Was the top-selling video game for physical copies in the UK for the two weeks following its release. Erling Haaland Erling Braut Haaland ( né   Håland , Urban East Norwegian: [ˈhòːlɑn] ; born 21 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Norway national team . Considered one of

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