EA has announced the nominations for the TOTY in FIFA 23. There are some surprises among the 100 players.
This week sees the start of the annual Team of the Year voting in FIFA 23, an event where fans vote for the best players of the year, who are then given special high value cards in Ultimate Team mode.
We show you which 100 players are nominated, which surprises there were and how you can take part in the voting for the TOTY.
Many surprises in the FIFA 23 TOTY
The Team of the Year is considered the highest of emotions for FUT players, as it gives you the chance to draw the best footballers of the past year from the pack of cards in an extremely strong version.
However, many fans may be surprised by the list of nominees, as many familiar names that FIFA professionals had firmly expected to see are missing here. These include:
- Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
- David Alaba (Real Madrid)
- Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern Munich)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nassr FC)
The absence of Ronaldo in particular is likely to cause much discussion. The Portuguese has a huge fan base internationally. Although he only recorded a total of 20 scorer points for Manchester United in 2022, this figure is still higher than other nominees from the attacker category.
How to vote in the TOTY
From 10 January at 5pm you can vote on which players you think should make the Team of the Year – either because they’ve had a strong year or because you’d like to see a stronger version of their card.
All you have to do is go to the (TOTY page of EA Sports FIFA) and you can make your choice there once the voting has been unlocked.
Table of Contents
All nominees of the Team of the Year at a glance
Goalkeepers
- Thibaut Courtois
- Gregor Kobel
- Mike Maignan
- Alisson
- Ederson
- Wojciech Szczesny
- Kevin Trapp
- Yassine Bounou
- Hugo Lloris
- Emiliano Martínez
Defender
- Marcos Acuña
- Marquinhos
- Cristiano Biraghi
- João Cancelo
- Jonathan Clauss
- Thiago Silva
- Alphonso Davies
- Jeremie Frimpong
- Éder Militão
- Rúben Dias
- Grimaldo
- Achraf Hakimi
- Theo Hernández
- Reece James
- Kalidou Koulibaly
- Nicolás Otamendi
- Gleison Bremer
- Niklas Süle
- Fikayo Tomori
- Kieran Trippier
- Virgil van Dijk
- Joško Gvardiol
- Jules Koundé
- Cristian Romero
- Dayot Upamecano
Midfielder
- Nicolò Barella
- Jude Bellingham
- Steven Berghuis
- Marcelo Brozović
- Bernardo Silva
- Kevin De Bruyne
- Moussa Diaby
- Nabil Fekir
- Seko Fofana
- Pedri
- Vincenzo Grifo
- Rodri
- Daichi Kamada
- Joshua Kimmich
- Filip Kostić
- Toni Kroos
- Merino
- Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
- Luka Modrić
- Martin Ødegaard
- Parejo
- Lorenzo Pellegrini
- Declan Rice
- Bukayo Saka
- Aurélien Tchouaméni
- Sandro Tonali
- Federico Valverde
- Casemiro
- Sofyan Amrabat
- Bruno Fernandes
- Ritsu Doan
- Enzo Fernández
- Ivan Perišic
- Adrian Rabiot
attacker
- Iago Aspas
- Wissam Ben Yedder
- Karim Benzema
- Rafael Leão
- Neymar Jr.
- Vinicius Jr.
- Ousmane Dembélé
- João Félix
- Gabriel Jesus
- Phil Foden
- Cody Gakpo
- Erling Haaland
- Borja Iglesias
- Ciro Immobile
- Harry Kane
- Randal Kolo Muani
- Dejan Kulusevski
- Robert Lewandowski
- Sadio Mané
- Lautaro Martínez
- Kylian Mbappé
- Lionel Messi
- Christopher Nkunku
- Darwin Núñez
- Victor Osimhen
- Mohammed Salah
- Heung-Min Son
- Martin Terrier
- Dušan Vlahovic
- Olivier Giroud
- Antoine Griezmann
What would your personal team of the year look like? And are you surprised that players like Neuer, Rüdiger or Ronaldo are missing from the nomination list? Let us know in the comments section!
