Step onto the pitch and play pro football your way in FIFA 09. Play the most authentic soccer simulation ever from EA SPORTS ?. Create a dream career as a professional soccer player in a soccer game that you can completely adapt to your style and skills.

FIFA 09 is powered by the third generation EA SPORTS football engine and includes over 250 major game additions and enhancements to deliver the fastest responsive, intelligent and realistic football action ever. Trick defenders with controlled dribble and ball handling, fire precision shots with enhanced direct shooting technology, and send beautiful, custom passes with even more precision. Deliver the ball exactly where you want it. Thanks to the new player physics, everything depends on the speed and weight of the player: from the distance of a slide and the strength of a headbutt to the severity of a collision and the height of a jump. Players now also behave according to their physical characteristics: large, strong players are the most resistant to collisions,

FIFA 09 includes new custom team tactics that give you every opportunity to become a first-team coach. For the first time ever, you can dive into the game engine yourself and adjust the position and coverage play of your teammates. Decide for yourself how your team plays in a particular situation. You are now a player, coach and manager at the same time! You can adjust tactical settings so that CPU players and your team play exactly like real teams, or as you think they should play. Save your tactics and then make strategic decisions to uncover your opponents weaknesses, all during the match.

Make your dream of playing a pro a reality in the popular new Play As a Pro mode, now enhanced with a career mode. In Play as a Pro: Seasons, choose or make yourself a professional footballer. You then develop his skills in a certain position on the field with the ultimate goal of making him a national legend.

FIFA 09 has reached a new level of authenticity. A referee and linesmen now make match day even more realistic. The crowd, stadium atmosphere and commentary have now all been precisely adapted to the region and 15 new stadiums have been added.