EA FC 25: All Roles and Focuses

Find out what Role Familiarity is and which Roles there are

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Work Rates have not made the jump to EA FC 25 as a feature, having been replaced by a new addition to the series: Player Roles. They are the new guiding force for the athletes you’re not controlling yourself at any given moment, influencing how much and where they move – and in soccer, that’s a crucial factor for the effectiveness of a squad.

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1. EA FC 25: All Player Roles and Focuses
2. EA FC 25: Role Familiarity

Instead of a Work Rate, every player gets assigned a Player Role and a Focus, which can both be combined in various ways. In order to understand your players’ strengths and weaknesses, you first need to get an overview of which combinations are possible. 

Find all Player Roles and Focuses in EA FC 25 below.

EA FC 25: All Player Roles and Focuses

Position	Player Role	Focus
GK	Goalkeeper	Balanced or Defend
GK	Sweeper Keeper	Balanced
RB/LB	Fullback	Balanced or Defend
RB/LB	Wingback	Balanced
RB/LB	Falseback	Balanced or Defend
RB/LB	Attacking Wingback	Attack or Balanced
CB	Defender	Balanced or Defend
CB	Stopper	Balanced
CB	Ball-Playing Defender	Build-Up or Defend
CDM	Holding	Defend or Roaming
CDM	Centre-Half	Defend
CDM	Deep-Lying Playmaker	Defend or Roaming
CM	Box-to-Box	Balanced
CM	Holding	Defend
CM	Deep-Lying Playmaker	Defend
CM	Playmaker	Attack or Roaming
CM	Half-Winger	Attack or Balanced
RM/LM	Winger	Attack or Balanced
RM/LM	Wide Midfielder	Balanced or Defend
RM/LM	Wide Playmaker	Attack
RM/LM	Inside Forward	Attack or Balanced
CAM	Playmaker	Balanced or Roaming
CAM	Shadow Striker	Attack
CAM	Half-Winger	Attack or Balanced
RW/LW	Winger	Attack or Balanced
RW/LW	Inside Forward	Attack, Balanced, or Roaming
ST	Advance Forward	Attack or Complete
ST	Poacher	Attack
ST	False 9	Build-Up
ST	Target Forward	Attack, Balanced, or Wide

EA FC 25: Role Familiarity

When inspecting your players, you’ll notice that some of them may have one or even two + symbols next to their Player Role – that’s connected to Role Familiarity. There are different tiers or levels to this, commanding how effective the athlete is going to be in their current position.

• Out of Position: Player is not in their preferred position and won’t be able to execute their assigned Role effectively – you’ll get a yellow exclamation mark warning you about this.
• Base: Player has access to all Roles for their preferred position.
• Role+: Player will be more effective in this role than others.
• Role++: Player will be among the very best in this specific role.

For more information on the game, check out how EA FC 25 changed Evolutions and find all EA FC 25 wonderkids for Career Mode.