{"id":19010,"date":"2022-07-22T14:28:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T12:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1684839"},"modified":"2022-07-22T14:57:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T12:57:14","slug":"fifa-23-heroes-and-icons-all-confirmed-and-rumoured-fut-world-cup-cards","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/fifa-23-heroes-and-icons-all-confirmed-and-rumoured-fut-world-cup-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA 23 Heroes and Icons: All confirmed and rumoured FUT World Cup cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rob Leane\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 22 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Now that the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/fifa-23-release-date-ea\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">FIFA 23 release date<\/a> is confirmed, EA Sports has begun revealing which players will be getting special cards in FIFA Ultimate Team this year.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, three FUT Heroes have been confirmed for special World Cup cards, while rumours are running rampant regarding which players could be recognised as Icons.<\/p>\n<p>First, a quick note regarding the difference between Heroes and Icons in FIFA. Generally, Icons can create chemistry with any other player, while Heroes require a nationality or club match in order to get that chemistry bonus.<\/p>\n<p>Keep on reading and we\u2019ll run you through the confirmed FIFA 23 Heroes and the rumblings we\u2019ve been hearing about Icons. Check it all out below!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>FIFA 23 Heroes: Confirmed World Cup cards<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-22-at-12.41.20-f72a9fd.png?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C167,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-22-at-12.41.20-f72a9fd.png?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C167,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/png&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-22-at-12.41.20-f72a9fd.png?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C197,\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-22-at-12.41.20-f72a9fd.png?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C309,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/png&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1684894\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-22-at-12.41.20-f72a9fd.png?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C345&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> The first set of FIFA 23 FUT Heroes.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>EA Sports<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>EA has confirmed that the following three players will be getting FIFA 23 Heroes cards, with these particular FUT items being tied into this year\u2019s FIFA World Cup:<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Yaya Tour\u00e9<\/strong> (Ivory Coast\/Premier League)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Park Ji-sung<\/strong> (South Korea\/Premier League)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fabio Carvalho<\/strong> (Portugal\/Premier League)<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Of course, as the FIFA 23 launch nears and the World Cup gets closer as well, it\u2019s very likely that a bunch more FUT Heroes will be confirmed. We\u2019ll update this page when they are.<\/p> <h2><strong>FIFA 23 Icons: Rumoured cards<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>EA Sports is yet to reveal which players will be FIFA 23 icons, but rumours and supposed \u2018leaks\u2019 have already started appearing online.<\/p>\n<p>See the below tweet, for example, which theorises that former England players Peter Crouch and Ledley King could be recognised in FIFA 23 as Heroes and\/or Icons.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;fi&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">????ALL NEW <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFA23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#FIFA23<\/a> ICON\/HEROES<br\/><br\/>Batistuta????????<br\/>V\u00f6ller????????<br\/>M\u00fcller????????<br\/>Zico????????<br\/>Jairzinho????????<br\/>Forlan????????<br\/>Yaya ????????<br\/>Marchisio????????<br\/>Donovan????????<br\/>Kuyt????????<br\/>Juninho????????<br\/>Lucio????????<br\/>Ledley King????????????????????????????<br\/>Crouch????????????????????????????<br\/>Papin????????<br\/>Govou????????<br\/>Marquez????????<br\/>Brolin????????<br\/>Park ????????<br\/>Carvalho????????<br\/>Harry Kewell????????<br\/>Al Owairan????????<br\/>Uchida????????<br\/>Capdevila????????<br\/>Simeone????????<\/p>\u2014 FUTZone &#8211; 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