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Easy achievements
Most achievements can be unlocked in Multiplayer mode. Achievements such as the ones for penalties, the switcheroo, the various ones for scoring and the giant killer are a lot easier if done against a human player.
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Faster recovery
If your player is injured and is out for too many days, you can speed up his recovery. Use the player as a sub while he is injured. He will suffer another less serious injury, and should heal in about a week or less.
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Fake free kick
While taking a free kick, call the second player by pressing [Pace Control]. Then, keep pushed [Shoot] + [Cancel/Dummy Move] until the meter is full. The first player will roll over the ball, and the second player will shoot the ball.
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Easy money
When the transfer window is open, search for good free agent players with at least skill level 75 and below the age of 30. The higher the skills and the younger the age, the better. Sign them, and offer them the highest wage you can. If your negotiator skills are low, the player you try to sign will reject your offer. Try to re-sign him with a higher offer. For example, if the player's wage is $35,000 the first time, the board will only allow you $45,000 for the player. The player will reject any offer below $70,000. When you re-sign him for the second time, the board will allow you more than $80,000. You can now sign him. When the player is yours, change his status to 'For Sale'. Big clubs will be interested in him, and you can get a lot of money. If you manage a small club with a limited budget, do not keep this player. Otherwise, you will not have enough money for other players.
In Manager mode, you will have a 90+ overall team. The Youth Academy in your office will have youth players of about 70 skill level at the age of 15 or 16. You can either play with them throughout or sell them in your fourth of fifth season to earn millions of dollars. Try this with J. Baxter, Rodwell, Bunce, Morris, etc.
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Cheaper players in Manager mode
Sign good players for higher wages, and set their contract length to four years. When they are on your team, go to 'Team Management', then 'Player Contracts'. Go to the good players, and reduce their wage as much as desired. Sign them for five years, and they will accept as long as the wages are not too low.
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Good team in Career mode
Create a club in Manager mode with the maximum budget. Create fifteen or sixteen players with maximum attributes. Set their birthday to 1990 so they are very young. Build only enough players so you have the minimum required for your squad to be ready for your created team. You will now have an invincible team in Career mode. If you do not have too many players, you will not have to pay a lot of money for them. Try to give them as low of an amount of money as possible.
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Achievements
Do the following things to obtain the corresponding Gamerscore points:
| On the spot (5 points) | Realize from a penalty in a match. |
| A Man Down (20 points) | Be victorious in a game when down one man. |
| 1st time out (10 points) | Be victorious in an Online League match. |
| The purist (100 points) | Finish a Manager Mode season without simming any games. |
| Hero (10 points) | Save a penalty. |
| One star winners (75 points) | Be victorious in a Tournament that begins with sixteen teams, with a one star rated team. |
| Custom sixty four winner (50 points) | Be victorious in a Created Tournament that begins with sixty four teams. |
| Huge investment (20 points) | Buy a player in Manager Mode for 50 million of your chosen currency. |
| Director in the making (10 points) | Send a video to EA Sports football world. |
| In off (20 points) | Realize off the woodwork in a match. |
| On yer bike! (30 points) | Realize with a bicycle kick. |
| One goal a season (10 points) | Realize with a defender in a match. |
| Fling yourself at it (20 points) | Realize with a diving header in a match. |
| What a Beauty! (5 points) | Realize on the volley in a match. |
| Bend it like a pro (15 points) | Realize from a free kick in a match. |
| Giant Killer (15 points) | Clear a five star team with a half star team. |
| Ranked winner (10 points) | Be victorious in a Ranked Xbox LIVE Match. |
| Like on the training field (10 points) | Realize from a corner. |
| Good head on your shoulders (10 points) | Realize with a header in a match. |
| Living legend (50 points) | Reach legendary status for your country. |
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| Real world winner (20 points) | Be victorious in 5 Interactive League matches. |
| Screamer! (10 points) | Realize from over 30 yards out in a match. |
| Frequent flyer (20 points) | Be victorious in in every stadium. |
| Manual labour (10 points) | Be victorious in a match with fully manual settings (no assistance can be switched on). |
| Be victorious ing play (10 points) | Realize from a cross. |
| Huge return (30 points) | Sell a player in Manager Mode for 50 million of your chosen currency. |
| Paying spree (20 points) | Buy 50 players in your career in Manager Mode. |
| Eat my chip (10 points) | Realize by chipping the keeper in a match. |
| Provider (10 points) | Perform a cross for a friend who scores from it (co-operative achievement). |
| Last Gasp Goal (19 points) | Realize in the 89th minute. |
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| Club god (40 points) | Reach legendary status for your club. |
There are seventeen secret achievements:
| The Peterson (1 point) | Play 50 hours worth of football. |
| Duo-Hedgeidecimal (50 points) | Enter a match with 20 people in a FIFA 09 Clubs Match. |
| The Poon Sang (20 points) | Be victorious in with 11 created players over Xbox LIVE. |
| The Parolin Manoeuvre (10 points) | Be victorious in a game whilst not signed in to Xbox LIVE. |
| The Venhola Ice (20 points) | Be victorious in a FIFA 09 Clubs Match with your club. |
| The ol' switcheroo (5 points) | Successfully perfom a pass that switches the play from one flank to the other. |
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| Optimus Chung (10 points) | Be victorious in a game with adidas Live Season activated. |
| FIFA Fair Play (40 points) | Play 5 consecutive matches without getting any cards (bookings must be activated in the settings). |
| Time you played a match? (15 points) | Realize twenty goals in the arena. |
| Jonzo's Lounge (60 points) | Realize 2,500 points and win 5 badges in a single Lounge Mode match. |
| Judas (10 points) | Clear your favourite team with their rival. |
| Gimme five (5 points) | Realize five goals in the arena. |
| Pictures speak a thousand words (10 points) | Send 5 screenshots to EA Sports football world. |
| Sparkly Clean (10 points) | Keep a clean sheet. |
| A.Bell Fever (20 points) | Catch the A.Bell Fever by beating the creator or someone who already has the fever. |
| The Gipson Curse (10 points) | Go into an online match after choosing your own arena player. |
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| The Kwong (10 points) | Realize a headed goal with the shortest created player. |
The following achievements require the 'Ultimate Team' bonus DLC:
| Solid Gold (70 points) | Acquire 11 gold players. |
| Gold Packs (15 points) | Open First Gold Pack. |
| Bigger Venue (10 points) | Improve to a Silver Rated Stadium. |
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| Best of the Best (5 points) | Acquire your first Gold Rated Manager. |
| Online Tournament Mastery (50 points) | Be victorious in All gold Online Tournaments. |
| The Acquireor (15 points) | Finish an 11 player team page in the collection. |
| Silver Packs (5 points) | Open first Silver Pack. |
| Club Tournament Mastery (50 points) | Be victorious in all gold Club Tournaments. |
| Online Champion (15 points) | Be victorious in Gold Ultimate Team Trophy. |
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| World Champion (15 points) | Be victorious in the Gold World Trophy. |
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Spinning the ball
While taking a corner or long passing from any of the corners, press [Long Pass] and keep pushed a direction button. The ball will spin towards that direction.
Notice: You can also do a bicycle kick by pressing the direction button to the outside of the penalty box.
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Dodging free kicks
While the other team takes a direct free kick, keep pushed [Shoot] + [Sprint]. One of your players will jump and dodge the free kick.
