Australian striker Sam Kerr will be the first female footballer to appear on the global cover of an edition of EA Sports’ FIFA game. For FIFA 23, Kerr appears on the cover alongside French striker Kylian Mbappé of Paris Saint-Germain, who has been featured on the game in its last two editions. The 2023 version of the game will also include women’s clubs and national teams as options for players to participate in matches and tournaments.
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It was no coincidence that Samantha May Kerr was awarded the Order of Australia, and later recognized as a ‘Lady’ in her country: the 28-year-old Chelsea striker and team captain Australian national is the greatest player in the history of football in the country, and one of the greatest in the world. Kerr made her international debut aged 15 and today, with 59 goals, she is Australia’s all-time leading goalscorer.
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Kerr is also the top scorer in the history of the NWSL, the American women’s soccer league, and became the first player in the world to win the Golden Boot in three different leagues on three different continents, in Australia, the United States United States and England. . It’s no exaggeration to say that the striker has won everything in every team she has played and, at Chelsea since 2020, she has already won league titles, as well as two FA Cups and two Continental Cups.
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Before Kerr appeared alongside Mbappé, women appeared on game covers only in regional versions: in FIFA 16, for example, American player Alex Morgan and Canadian Christine Sinclair appeared on the cover of the game. game for North America when Lionel Messi was on Lionel Messi’s side. FIFA 23 will also be the first to offer the ability to play with women’s clubs, including Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United, in addition to teams from various countries.
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