The Portuguese midfielder isn't playable in FIFA 23 anymore. That's probably not the biggest of losses, because his cards weren't the most popular in the last years. | © EarlyGame / EA Sports
The Welsh winger is accused of domestic violence. On the pitch he surely was an incredible football player, but in case these allegations turn out to be true, he is not a big a loss for FIFA. | © EarlyGame / EA Sports
The Spanish midfielder has meanwhile developed into an even better coach than he was as a player. We don't have to completely live without Guardiola, as we can still use him as a manager to get our Ultimate Team to full chemistry. | © EarlyGame / EA Sports
Filippo Inzagi is also still playable as a manager in FIFA 23, even if his manager card is only silver. His younger brother Simone is by the way the gold card you were probably thinking of. | © EarlyGame / EA Sports
The former Ajax player and director of football Marc Overmars is currently being accused of sexism scandals. We don't have to say anything more to this, except that he, understandably, isn't part of FIFA 23! | EarlyGame / EA Sports
Probably the most painful loss in this whole list. Diego Armando Maradona is seen as the best footballer of all time by a lot of people. After his death in 2020 there were some licensing issues which even lead to him being taken out of packs in FIFA 22. R.I.P. | © EarlyGame / EA Sports
Simply imagine this real quick: You open your Prime Icon Moments Pack you spent all of your last coins and your last untradable cards on, and the flag you see is Japan... That will definitely not happen in FIFA 23 anymore. Nakata is still in the game, but he was now downgraded to a Hero card. | © EarlyGame / EA Sports
Not quite as bad as the Nakata card, but also not the Icon you were happy about if you got him in your Prime Icon Pack. Okocha is also one of the many new Heroes in FIFA 23. | © EarlyGame / EA Sports
After EA Sports have added some new Icons in FIFA 23, they also removed a few of them.
The reasons why certain players aren't in the game anymore, varies from licensing problems to some personal scandals the former world-class players are involved in. Here you can see which Icons from FIFA 22 aren't included in FIFA 23.
