Football Career

How to play

• Create the player in seven steps: identity (name, country, shirt number, stronger foot), physique (height and a weight that fits it), one of 27 positions on the pitch, a role with its duty (defend, support or attack), an archetype and two personality traits. Role and duty change your goals and assists, and the archetype decides which attributes grow fastest; the traits really change how things go (a cold-blooded player misses less in finals, a loyal one gets more offers from home).
• Choose an origin: big academy (better coaching, fewer minutes), small club (minutes from day one), a second- or third-tier club (start at the bottom and fight for promotion), or pick the club yourself from the real ones. You can also let the story pick itself.
• Each season, pick a priority (Development, Performance, Money, Club or National team) and a training focus, then tap “Simulate season”. The priority decides which moments you get and where you grow.
• After the summary come one to three key moments: match plays (shoot, pass or dribble; tackle, jockey or cover; rush out, stay or dive) and off-the-pitch decisions. Every option is resolved by your attributes, style, form, fatigue, confidence, the context and your traits.
• Your role at the club (bench, rotation, starter or star) depends on your level against the squad and the coach’s trust. More minutes, more goals, more reputation.
• When your contract runs out or you play very well, the market opens: two to four offers you can accept, turn down or negotiate through your agent. Sometimes your club offers a renewal.
• The national team starts with the U20s and, at a good level, comes the call-up, a starting place, the captaincy and tournaments: the continental nations cup and the World Cup every four years.
• From 33 you can announce your retirement. At 40 the career ends no matter what. At the end you see your Legacy Score (0 to 100), your legacy type and a summary to share.

Controls

Simulate

Tap “Simulate season” to play the whole year

Decide

Pick an option in each key moment or offer

Tabs

Season, Career, Club and World; with a keyboard, left and right arrows

Save

Automatic: the career is saved in this browser after every step

Description

Football Career simulates the life of a single footballer, from age 18 to 40. You don’t manage a team: you are the player. You create your character, choose where it all begins and make the decisions that shape a career: how to train, what to prioritize each season, which offers to accept and what to do in the moments that decide matches.

The leagues and clubs are the real ones (2025/26 season): more than 1,400 clubs from 82 leagues, with their cups and continental competitions, plus every national team in the world. Every career comes from a seed, so it can be replayed, and no two are alike: the same player can end up a club legend, a globetrotter or a promise that never came true.

Football Career simulates the career of a single footballer: from age 18 to retirement, with transfers, contracts, injuries, the national team, titles and decisions that matter. A full career takes 15 to 25 minutes (or half that at quick pace), is saved in your browser, and every one is different: the leagues, clubs and national teams are the real ones; the footballer is yours.