The latest edition of FIFA series is one of the most popular games in India. Cities, in all corners of the country, have a plethora of gaming parlours which makes the game accessible to all. And the Indians have taken to it like a duck takes to water.
Quite naturally, as the country’s football team is not among the best and the footballers have not reached the level of recognition the European stars have. However, with the inclusion of Indian national team in FIFA 13, all the users can fulfil their wish of playing with the national team on the game.
Quite often while playing the manager mode, one looks for players who are in anyway associated with the country. Here, in this article, we handpick 5 highly-rated players who either play for the Indian national team or are of Indian origin.
#5 Sunil Chhetri: 66
The Indian football team legend has been given an overall rating of 66 in the game, which puts him in the fifth position on this list. What will come as a surprise to a lot of users is that he has received 70+ ratings in acceleration (76), sprint speed (73), agility (72), balance (76), finishing (71) and penalty (73).
Chhetri has been given a 4-star weak foot rating and a 3-star rating for skill moves. To get the striker in the career mode, one needs to browse the free agents section, from where he, along with other Indian players, can be signed.
He is also one of the FIFA Mobile Base Bronze Players.
#4 Rajiv van La Parra: 68
The Dutch winger plays for Huddersfield Town in the Championship. Though he has an overall rating of 68 in the game, he has been awarded a beast rating of 81 and pace has been rated at 85.
A player with four-star skill rating, he is valued at €1M and has the potential to reach a maximum rating of 71. La Parra’s 79-rated dribbling makes him an interesting option to have in the team.
Fun Fact: The 25-year-old has been named after former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
#3 Harmeet Singh: 71
The Norwegian midfielder is one of the more complete players on this list. An overall rating of 71, couple with 68-passing, 69-dribbling and 71-physical rating makes him a decent second-choice central midfielder to have on your side.
The talented midfielder, whose parents hail from Jalandhar, spent some time at Dutch club Feyenoord as well before moving back to Norway. The 25-year-old is valued at €1.2M in the game and demands a wage of around €1K in the career mode.
#2 Neil Taylor: 75
With an overall rating of 75, the Swansea City left-back is one of the best Indian-origin players in the game. Not the one to shy away from expressing his admiration for India and the sport culture here, Taylor feels India have more than enough infrastructure to host the FIFA World Cup.
"There is no reason why there shouldn't be a World Cup in India - if Qatar can stage it so can India.”
The 27-year-old represented Wales at the Euro 2016, where the dragons reached the semifinal. Wth 75 overall rating, he is valued at €3.3M and demands wage around the €20K mark in the career mode.
#1 Luciano Narsingh: 76
Narsingh, whose grandparents belonged to Andhra Pradesh, also plays for Premier League side Swansea City. The 26-year-old joined the Welsh club in the January transfer window this year for a fee of £4 million from PSV Eindhoven.
Along with an overall rating of 76, Narsingh has a beast rating of 86 and has an overall pace rating of 93. The winger has also played for the Dutch national side 16 times and has 4 goals for them.
With the experience of playing in the UEFA Champions League, the winger has been valued at €5.5M and demands a wage in the region of €35K to €40K. In addition to all of this, he has a four-star skill rating as well and he thoroughly deserves to be the highest rated Indian origin player on the game.
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