Playing stylesFootball Career Simulator · Playing guide
FootLife: from the academy to professional football
Explore FootLife playing styles by position. Compare attributes, learn how styles develop, and see their effects on goals, assists, ratings and signature skills.
What are playing styles?
Players in the same position can play differently. Your style shapes your statistical profile, and midfielders and defenders can also earn higher ratings.
Goalkeepers do not have playing styles.
Choosing and developing a style
- In your second professional season, the manager asks you to choose a style.
- Choose again when you change position.
- Style attributes are marked with ◆ on the attribute screen.
- Established: style attributes average 5 points above the league level
- Mastered ★: every style attribute reaches 65
Styles by position
Defensive midfielder
Destroyer Defending + Strength
The metronome Passing + Vision
Central midfielder
Box-to-box Stamina + Passing + Defending
Playmaker Passing + Vision
Attacking midfielder
Playmaker Vision + Passing
Attacking talisman Dribbling + Shooting
Centre-back
Stopper Defending + Heading + Strength
Ball-playing centre-back Passing + Defending
Full-back
Defensive full-back Defending + Stamina
Attacking full-back Pace + Passing
Striker
Poacher Shooting + Pace
Target man Strength + Heading
Second striker
Finisher Shooting + Pace
Creator Dribbling + Vision
Winger
Dribbler Pace + Dribbling
Inside forward Dribbling + Shooting
Effects
Midfielders and defenders
- Top 10% in the key stat: rating +0.1
- Mastered and in the top 1%: rating +0.2
- Better chances of winning the Ballon d’Or and annual awards
- Related key moments: +3% (+5% when mastered)
Forward
- Only changes the balance between goals and assists.
Mastering a style upgrades two signature skills.