If you've played FIFA 23 before January, you got a dynamic World Cup History Maker in Ultimate Team. The last upgrade came in February and is live now! So we finally can use them for some SBCs...
At every World Cup, crazy new stories are written and records get broken. EA Sports has chosen a few players who have had a huge impact for their countries, gave them a special card and afterwards to us players for free!
Best thing about it: they get upgrades!
World Cup History Makers in FIFA 23
EA Sports has assigned a legend of the respective nation to each World Cup History Maker of the current national teams. Anyone who played FIFA 23 between November 9, 2022 and January 3, 2023 should (hopefully still) have such a card in their club.
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WC History Makers: Final Upgrade In February
If you haven't already given your card away in an SBC (or simply deleted it), it will get a higher overall rating (OVR) over time.
The History Makers got their first upgrade on January 13. The second upgrade were supposed to come on February 14, but it took EA until February 16...
These Are The FIFA 23 World Cup History Makers
Apart from the new World Cup History Maker Cards, you could also get a Loan Player Item of the assigned Hero or Icon card for seven matches each.
Here are all the players that you could get:
- Zinedine Zidane and Kylian Mbappé – France
- Robin van Persie and Virgil van Dijk – Netherlands
- Diego Forlán and Federico Valverde – Uruguay
- Luís Figo and João Félix – Portugal
- David Beckham and Jude Bellingham – England
- Rudi Völler and Kai Havertz – Germany
- Clint Dempsey and Christian Pulisic – USA
- Xabi Alonso and Pedri – Spain
- Hidetoshi Nakata and Wataru Endo – Japan
- Michael Essien and Jordan Ayew – Ghana
- Rafael Márquez and Raúl Jiménez – Mexico
- Saeed Al Owairan and Salem Al Dawsari – Saudi Arabia
FIFA 23 World Cup History Makers Ratings & Upgrades
Here are the current ratings of all World Cup History Makers after they received their first upgrade in January. On the right side, you can see their final rating.
| Player | POS. | OVR | UPGRADE |
| Virgil van Dijk | CB | 87 | 88 |
| Kylian Mbappé | ST | 87 | 88 |
| Pedri | CM | 86 | 87 |
| Joao Felix | CF | 85 | 86 |
Federico Valverde | CM | 85 | 86 |
| Jude Bellingham | CM | 85 | 86 |
| Kai Havertz | CAM | 85 | 86 |
| Raúl Jiménez | ST | 83 | 84 |
| Christian Pulisic | LW | 83 | 83 |
| Wataru Endo | CDM | 82 | 83 |
| Salem Al Dawsari | LW | 82 | 83 |
| Jordan Ayew | RW | 82 | 83 |
Let's be honest, guys... what are we supposed to do with these cards? Every single player already got a special card that is miles better than this trash. We don't get it, EA. Maybe some of them would have been fun in the first few weeks of FUT.
As the second and final upgrade is released now, you can (finally) use your History Maker as SBC fodder. These rating just don't match the power level of FIFA 23.
Weird promo – do you still have your WC History Maker?