EA FC 25: All Roles and Focuses

Work Rates have not made the jump to EA FC 25 as a feature, having been replaced by a new addition to the series: Player Roles.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.

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

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.