FIFA 23’s career mode allows you to take the helm as a football club manager to win trophies, develop stars, and lead the team to many titles, success, and glory. You can take charge of any team you choose, from the biggest clubs in the world to the lower-league clubs struggling to get by.
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Like club football management, you can manage national teams and lead them to international glory and success. The options are much more limited, given that there are fewer national teams than club teams in the game. Still, there are some solid teams that you could manage to continental and even World Cup success. Here are a few of those national teams.
9The Spanish National Team - La Furia Roja
The Spanish national team has a rich history of success. It has produced some of the most incredible talents in football history, especiallyin the midfield positions. Spain has also had some relatively recent success, winning the 2010 World Cup, but has not seen much success since then.
These days, the Spanish national team has a nice blend of experienced players exiting their prime like Jordi Alba, brilliant players in their prime like Mikel Oyarzabal, andexciting future talentslike Pedri and Gavi. A team like this could be shaped into an elite football force and win everything available to them.
8The English National Team - The Three Lions
England has produced multiple generations of talented teams. It has always been in the conversation of some of the best footballing nations to compete. They’ve had the likes of Beckham, Rooney, Lampard, and Gerard on the team together. Yet, the last time they won any international competition of note was in 1966.
Despite always falling short, the current English National team has a squad of young, talented footballers who boastsome of the highest potentialin the game to go with their already high overall. You could take this young team to glory and lead England to their first successful international campaign in over 50 years.
7The French National Team - Les Bleus
France has been a mainstay in international competitions for longer than anyone can remember, and they’ve had great success. Their current squad is already quite dominant, winning the European international competition and the World Cup in recent years.
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The French National Team has some of the best young players in FIFA 23, as well as the poster boy of the game himself, Kylian Mbappe, who has the highest overall rating and potential rating in the game. It would be a fun playthrough to build on their recent successes and their team of young, talented players to turn them into one of the best national teams in football history.
6The Portuguese National Team - A Seleção das Quinas
The Portuguese National team has had a solid history in international competitions but reached a new level with the debut of Cristiano Ronaldo, who is easily one of the greatest football players in the sport’s history.
Despite Cristiano’s greatness and a team of some of Europe’s best players, the nation has yet to win a World Cup. You could be the one to change this. Your tactics, training, and development of the young players and players in their prime could help them win their first and multiple world cups.
5The Norwegian National Team - Drillos Løvene
Norway has produced a few talented players over the years. Still, they’ve never been known as a world-beater or a great footballing nation. However, this current generation of players has the potential to change that.
Norway currently has a healthy group of young and talented footballers with great potential who only need the proper guidance to become a dominant presence in international football. With the likes of the exciting Erling Haaland, who is easily one of the best strikers in the game and can only get better with his impressive potential, and Martin Ødegaard,a gifted young midfielderand the captain of both his club and nation, the sky’s the limit.
4The Belgian National Team - The Red Devils
Belgium has been in the conversation as a potentially great footballing nation for many years. Still, all their attempts have never seemed to get it right. They’ve come dangerously close several times but have always fallen short.
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In FIFA 23, the golden generation of Belgian players heralded as the future of international football are all aging. You could be the one to give the likes of Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois, and Kevin De Bruyne their last chance at international success. Afterward, you could usher in a new generation of Belgian talents and continue the success with the exciting prospects the nation offers.
3The Dutch National Team - Oranje
The Netherlands has produced some football greats. Players like Cruyff, who can be considered football royalty, have taken the nation to the final hurdle of international success, the World Cup final, but have fallen short.
This current Dutch team has a good blend of experience and youth, a mix of world-class talents, and solid players who can do the job.
They may not be as stacked as some of the other teams on this list, but if you’re looking for a possible challenge, taking the Netherlands to the pinnacle of international footballing greatness and keeping them there despite resistance from nations like France and England is certainly one way to do it.
2The Italian National Team - Gli Azzurri
Italy is easily one of the most successful footballing nations in history, having won four world cups, the second most in history. However, Italy has recently struggled to recapture its former World Cup glory.
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Italy has a talented team and deserves to be in the conversation for some of the best players in world football. It would be an exciting challenge to try and lead them back to their former glory, and even take it a step further by making them the nation with the most World Cup trophies.
1The German National Team - DFB Team
In FIFA 23,Germany has an exciting blend of young, talented playersand experienced, world-class players that could easily rival some of the best nations in the world. The German national team plays an explosive style of football, and you can see it in the kind of players they produce.
In a world of superteams like France and England, the German National Team could be a worthy rival to challenge for international success and keep things interesting. There’s no need for patience or development, as Germany already has a very talented team of players who are championship material. As they age, you can seamlessly introduce some of the younger players with high potential.
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