Easy money:
To easily gain money, have the transfer window open. Search for good free agent players with at least skill level 75 and below the age of 30. The more skills with younger 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 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 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.
Cheaper players in Manager Mode:
Have the transfer window open. For example, if playing as Manchester United, put Tevez on the transfer market. Negotiate for someone like Eto’o, who is better. If you get him, something will appear if someone bid for Tevez. Let Tevez go because you have got Eto’o. Instead of paying all that money for him, you are only losing a little bit.
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 those 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.
Close free kicks tip:
Hold down LB and RB and aim. If you are in the middle aim to the players stronger foot. Kick the ball at about 1/4 power and it will go in most of the time.
Trophies:
Bronze trophies
1st time out – Win an online league match.
Best of the Best – Ultimate team
Bigger Venue – Ultimate team
Club god – Reach legendary status for your club.
Director in the making – Upload a video to EA sports football world.
Eat my chip – Score by chipping the keeper in a match.
FIFA Fair Play – Play 5 consecutive matches without getting any cards.
Fling yourself at it – Score with a diving header in a match.
Gimme five – Score five goals in the arena.
Gold Packs – Ultimate team
Good head on your shoulders – Score with a header in a match.
Hero – Save a penalty.
In off – Score off the woodwork in a match.
Judas – Beat your favourite team with their rival.
Last Gasp Goal – Score in the 89th minute.
Like on the training field – Score from a corner.
Manual labour – Win a match with fully manual settings.
On the spot – Score from a penalty in a match.
One goal a season – Score with a defender in a match.
Optimus Chung – Win a game with adidas live season enabled.
Pictures speak a thousand words – Upload 5 screenshots to EA sports football world.
Provider – Perform a cross for a friend who scores from it. (co-op).
Ranked Winner – Win a ranked online match.
Screamer! – Score from over 30 yards out in a match.
Silver Packs – Ultimate team
Sparkly clean – Keep a clean sheet.
The Collector – Ultimate team
The Gipson Curse – Go into an online match after choosing your own arena player.
The Kwong – Score a headed goal with the shortest created player.
The ol’ switcheroo – Successfully perfom a pass that switches the play from one flank to the other.
The Poon Sang – Win with a team of 11 created players in an unranked online match.
The Venhola Ice – Win a FIFA 09 clubs match with your club.
Time you played a match? – Score twenty goals in the arena.
What a Beauty! – Score on the volley in a match.
Wing play – Score from a cross.
World Champion – Ultimate team
Silver trophies
A Man Down – Win a game when down one man.
Bend it like a pro – Score from a free kick in a match.
Club Tournament Mastery – Ultimate team. Win all gold club tournaments.
Custom sixty four winner – Win a created tournament that starts with sixty four teams.
Duo-Hedgeidecimal – Enter a match with 20 people in a FIFA 09 clubs match.
Frequent flyer – Win in every stadium.
Giant Killer – Beat a five star team with a half star team.
Huge investment – Buy a player in manager mode for 50 million of your chosen currency.
Jonzo’s lounge – Score 2500 points and win 5 badges in a single lounge mode match.
Living legend – Reach legendary status for your country.
On yer bike! – Score with a bicycle kick.
One star winners – Win a tournament that starts with sixteen teams, with a one star rated team..
Online Champion – Ultimate team
Online Tournament Mastery – Ultimate team. Win all gold online tournaments.
Real world winner – Win 5 interactive league matches.
Solid Gold – Ultimate Team. Obtain 11 gold players.
Spending spree – Buy 50 players in your career in manager mode.
The Peterson – Play for over fifty hours.
Gold trophies
Huge return – Sell a player in manager mode for 50 million of your chosen currency.
The purist – Complete a manager mode season without simming any games.
Platinum trophy
Football Legend – Earn all Bronze, Silver, and Gold trophies.