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FIFA for Life

FIFA for Life

Spend 50 hours on the pitch

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How to unlock the FIFA for Life achievement in FIFA 12 - Definitive Guide

This achievement is for playing 50 hours in games NOT IN THE MENU.
50hrs is 3000mins so you'll have to play:
- 375 matches of 4min halves = 3000 mins
- OR 300 matches of 5min halves = 3000 mins
- OR 250 matches of 6min halves = 3000 mins
- OR 215 matches of 7min halves = 3010 mins
- OR 188 matches of 8min halves = 3008 mins
- OR 167 matches of 9min halves = 3006 mins
- OR 150 matches of 10min halves = 3000 mins
- OR 100 matches of 15min halves = 3000 mins
- OR 75 matches of 20min halves = 3000 mins

You wouldn't be far off this achievement if your going for
FIFA 12Virtual LegendThe Virtual Legend achievement in FIFA 12 worth 95 pointsPlay 50 Matches with your Virtual Pro

FIFA 12Trophy TimeThe Trophy Time achievement in FIFA 12 worth 92 pointsWin the league title in any league in Career Mode


By going for this achievements you wouldn't be far off.
League Title 40-50 Games
Virtual Legend 50 Games
(if you go for the 2 above separately you'll get 100 games if not you only get 50)

Overall 100 Games if going for the achievements.So you would only be 150 - 275 games off.
Been told by numerous games that UT does NOT work.

I'm trying out by using 2 contollers to see if it unlocks and i'll update as soon as i know if it works.

To find out how many games you have played go to my fifa 12 in main menu then go to profile manager.Says in top right hand corner how many games you have played.

If you vote negative please lets us know what the problem is and i'll will try my best to help you out.Cheers
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06 Oct 2011 16:56

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All online games are 6 minutes per half.
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By S P 4 C E Y on 06 Oct 2011 22:15
you can do the league title and virtual pro matches at the same time.
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By nella B O W on 07 Oct 2011 20:31
yeah i know forgot to say about that ib the solution cheers.
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By DANIEL SON IOW on 07 Oct 2011 23:43
i've looked on numerous websites e.g. xboxachievements.org and people have commented that UT DOES COUNT towards the 50 hour achievement.
As to your solution YES you can do it that way but i fill what would be the fun in that.
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By DANIEL SON IOW on 07 Oct 2011 23:58
by the way UT matches are 6 mins per half not 5 mins.If you do 6 mins from now on it would take 150 games to get this achievement.Hope this helps
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By DANIEL SON IOW on 10 Oct 2011 13:46
Hi, The archivement 50 hours also counts to two levers (opponent) and we let turn the game? Thank you
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By on 13 Oct 2011 02:44
The easiest way to do this is playing 20 minutes halves in Be a pro. Just use your pro and press A, Good Luck!
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By NL Legend Paul on 13 Oct 2011 22:25
FUT games do not count towards the 50 hours. I'm way over 3,000 minutes (I use an excel file to update my minutes played after every game), with the majority being done on FUT. No achievement.
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By neeker75 on 14 Oct 2011 02:11
If you play the offline FUT tournaments, they are only 5 minutes per half. This is not changeable. Anyways, as a guesstimate, I reckon I'm on ~2400/3000 minutes with 900 from UT and 1500 from everything else. So I'll see if it unlocks if I keep playing UT. I guess if it unlocks for someone during a UT match, then they definitely count.
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By JDA27 on 14 Oct 2011 12:05
The archivement frees by playing two players in mode start ? Thx
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By on 16 Oct 2011 23:12
I dont think UT counts as i have about 170 UT games and currently on 198 career/kick off games 5 min halfs and ive done about 10 20min half games and still no achievevement
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By HSv Elite on 18 Oct 2011 06:23
By the way if your controller disconnects at any point during a game then it the minutes will not be saved on your profile.
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By OlsAbsss x on 18 Oct 2011 14:27
I played 200 UT match (2000minutes) and 140 kick off/career match (1120minutes) and 15-20 ranked match.
I didn't get the achievement.... :(
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By MNoRRis87 on 19 Oct 2011 08:00
It's confirmed... Fut does NOT count To the 50 hours tvo... Unfortunately...
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By KidsFlabr on 24 Oct 2011 22:07
omg I must have played UT for at least 30 hours :(
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By CooperCV4 on 25 Oct 2011 08:24
Bugger, i must have played 200+ matches on UT :(
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By NawtyCawty on 25 Oct 2011 16:58
updated my solution for other game halves
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By DANIEL SON IOW on 29 Oct 2011 02:11
I would say that two controllers method works as I got it already.

What's even better, with turbo controller (turbo A button and tape/rubberband it down) you can leave match running for full time (40 mins), as just one controller input is needed to get back in game from halftime menu.
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By Zalexzy on 06 Nov 2011 07:46
anybody knows if extra time counts toward the 3000 minute, or if i draw a game and it goes to ET i should count only the regular time?
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By KidsFlabr on 12 Nov 2011 02:42
to be on the safe hand i'll would just do regular time as it might not count et
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By DANIEL SON IOW on 17 Nov 2011 16:48
EA Sports are c*nts after that one
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By Niall Mc 96 on 21 Nov 2011 01:06
just got the achievement & i got it at 236 games.i done 25-30 games on 20 mins with 2 controllers.
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By DANIEL SON IOW on 21 Nov 2011 19:54
So playing with 2 controllers works? Sweet
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By tremberz on 09 Dec 2011 18:09
Does the 2 player penalty method work like on previous fifas
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By NUTTERZ32 on 01 Jan 2012 22:26
This achievement is annoying me now as i must only be a few 20min half games off as ive played 161 games and about 40 of those were 20min halfs,this is why everyone should copy epic on how they let you view all stats towards achievements and then we would beable to see how many minutes weve actually played towards this achievement
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By IveABrownThumb on 05 Jan 2012 11:38
^ after i wrote that i played one more 20min half game and finally got this achievement and maxed the game,screw you EA for not counting ultimate team towards this achievement
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By IveABrownThumb on 05 Jan 2012 17:37
fucking cunts EA how come the UT pitch does not count?
fucking idiots i have played around 200 matches and now i find out they dont count...
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By SlavenBOSS on 07 Jan 2012 09:09
The Orange Box came out before Gears 2 and it has achievement tracking, on topic though this achievement is taking forever, the game says I have 190 games played and a lot of them have been 10+ minute halves.
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By Panzer x360a on 15 Jan 2012 01:51
does 20 min/half on be a pro work?
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By UK Blood Hound on 19 Jan 2012 10:45
it does
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By UK Blood Hound on 22 Jan 2012 00:12
anyone know where to find mins played in total ??? i keep playing and nothings popped yet and beginning to chhese me off !!
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By Nocturnal Tyke on 02 Feb 2012 23:45
i'm affraid there isn't a way to find out how many minutes you have played but you can work out buy how many games you have played.
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By DANIEL SON IOW on 03 Feb 2012 00:13
Does playing head to head season against people on your friends list count to this aswell?
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By Duurty GooDz on 04 Feb 2012 20:50
Does anyone know if injury time counts? I have played 200 5 minute half games, and I timed my last one, and it came out to 13.5 minutes on the pitch. Just wondering, or does EA only count the 5 minutes?
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By Paully05 on 05 Feb 2012 13:57
yer it does count towards it, any minutes on the pitch.
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By Duurty GooDz on 05 Feb 2012 17:37
Does Career mode controlling 1 player only counts?
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By vG Jiinx on 07 Feb 2012 17:22
Its another shit cheevo from EA, ive played i think 350 (6min halves) online mathces ans still nada
Not to mention about 60 games on legendary (4min halves) and about another 90 game settings ALSO not including the career mode lol
I should have this by now

Im gonna guess with the online matches if anyone has quit against you it doesnt count like the 'ton up' cheevo from fifa 10
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By Nynjahh on 13 Feb 2012 16:46
There must be something wrong with this one.

I have earned all the rest of the achievements but this one, I'm not such a good gamer I think that the time spent having all the other 44 achievements would be enough for this one.

I'm playing 20 min halves with my pro in order to get it but I feel I have played a lot, it's not even fun anymore.
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By gabrielelbufalo on 09 Mar 2012 02:34
ok, so im using my cable controller to play 20 min halves be a goalkeeper games with adjusted sliders, so the opponents are really slow and never get near the goal. that way i get a 10,0 rating every time and 40 mins a game. i have done a lot of them now and am wondering what the hell the chievo is waiting for. can anybody here that did it on be a keeper as well confirm that this method works?
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By Rheinadler on 29 Mar 2012 03:44
or in general does anybody know if it still counts when playing with adjusted user/cpu settings?
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By Rheinadler on 29 Mar 2012 03:45
does playing the fifa em 2012 dlc count?
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By GFO LuKIZzle on 30 Mar 2012 20:29
Just to let you all know aswell im aware that if you are playing a online match and other guy disconnects say after 88 mins it doesnt count, just like the online wins one in fifa 11>
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By IX Knighty87 XI on 02 Apr 2012 05:30
i still havent got the ahievement and i have them all except ultimate team ones :(
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By PatrickW1907 on 07 Apr 2012 21:42
atm as we speak im doin 2 controls wired so they dont turn off on 20 min halfs im goin for the 75 games so far iv done 33 so far so hope this works its taking ages lol
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By SinSTeRS DEVIL on 10 Apr 2012 19:07
sick- got it! thx so much 4 this guide thumbs up from me took me 3days 2controls 20mins halfs got it at end of my 67th game prob cos played sum others be4 started this :)
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By SinSTeRS DEVIL on 12 Apr 2012 09:22
I've had this game since it's release date, still don't have this achievment.. it's really stating to do my head in at this stage... i've defo played over 375 games, all different times... i'm starting to think online doesn't count towards it all, not only UT
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By Grenier2010 on 20 Apr 2012 12:57
Just to let people know the DLC does NOT count either. It has to be in normal FIFA. Online games do count.
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By Shinwasha on 25 Apr 2012 06:42
nevermind the dlc sucks
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By GFO LuKIZzle on 01 May 2012 11:08
Shinwasha, online friendlies count?
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By Joe Cares on 08 May 2012 21:57
I just pounded out Career mode. UT is dogshit
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By Acceleretto on 11 May 2012 11:36
Shame UT doesn't count towards it or i'd of tanned it..
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By Joe Cares on 30 May 2012 20:40
Ok so my FIFA profile corrupted today. Was playing career and it froze and wouldn't react even after several minutes. After rebooting it said my profile corrupted and I had to create a new one even after several retrys godammnit. So created a new one and luckily i still got my 5th season career save file intact but I Lost all my games played on my profile. Does this mean I have to start from scratch to the 50 hours?
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By Dawkie on 30 Jul 2012 17:11
P.S i had 300 + 4 min games so i was quite close to getting it
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By Dawkie on 30 Jul 2012 17:11
Was wondering if the Euro 2012 DLC works for this one? I only ask as I got both the 100 goals and my 50 games with Virtual pro while playing in the Euro DLC. Both of these seemed to have started from a reset counter.. like the DLC counts stuff but seperately of the main disc.

Considering I have a bunch of games to play to get my mosaics.. I should be a good way to it by the time I am done.
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By STBenC on 13 Aug 2012 17:31
I got the same problem like Dawkie my save corrupted and now I have only 40 games played says my profile but played over 100 <.<
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By x RossY 360 on 15 Sep 2012 20:31
I can confirm that this works in the Euro DLC.

I believe it counts it seperately so consider this as you will be starting from zero, but if you are going for the other Euro achievements this could be your best bet if you are just starting the game
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By STBenC on 17 Sep 2012 19:58
To the people who's FIFA file CORRUPTED. It will wipe that too, my virtual pro got corrupted, and i have played 40 games at 40 mins per game.. Thats 26.6 hours and i have finished career mode once, played like 100 games on online friendlies, a few on head to head and i completed all achievements for euros, i would have got achievement by now..
I've had to start over so i just leave it running when i am doing things around the house or playing on the PC, hope this helps for you guys.
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By Joe Cares on 09 Oct 2012 13:59
My profile manager says I've played 2 games, despite having played well over 500 games. Achievement is BS.
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By Bootybandit1#751 on 21 Dec 2012 22:46
This is totally glitched, I've now played wel over 1000 games with 20 mins halves. I give up
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By Bootybandit1#751 on 10 Jan 2013 23:17
I was gunna try and go for this but reading (and laughing my arse off at all the) dumb people asking the same questions over and over again, finding out what works, what doesn't I think i'll just go play a better game. lmao, damn a lot of you people are stupid.
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By GORBASH CELT on 19 Apr 2013 17:12
Nasty stuff, Paul Doyle. I played around fifty league and cup games in one career then a few random careers that never went far.

Since then I've been doing 20 min halves. This is the last achieve I want. Screw the final 100G. I cannot wait til this is done. At least I can leave it running while I play Wii and 3DS games though.
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By boldfoxrd on 06 May 2013 17:36
Does this work if your play career with your virtual pro doing 20 min halves? I'm doing that right now.
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By MrDanlol on 24 Jun 2013 03:42
Just to confirm the virtual pro method works. I just got my achievement.
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By MrDanlol on 25 Jun 2013 02:17
I can confirm that using the slider options with only one controller works.
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By iPr0 N1nJa x on 09 Sep 2016 20:18
75 matches of 20 min. Thumbs up mate! clap
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By wagnerasa on 16 Nov 2017 06:23
I can confirm that the games played counter only goes up for the following.

1) Complete games online,
2) Non DLC games
3) Non Ultimate Games.

The games counted is accurate.
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By Shinwasha on 26 Apr 2012 04:31
I hope time on FUT counts for this. I've been playing FUT mostly.

Also, the fastest way to do this without actually playing is to do Be a Pro on 20 minute halves. Use a 5-stat team vs a 1-star team on Professional/ World Class. Just come back every 20 minutes to press A for half time and restart match. I average about 5 x 40 minutes each night doing this.
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By neeker75 on 07 Oct 2011 23:44
is it possible to start a be a pro match and have your pro as set piece taker and just leave it on a corner for 2 days for example as it doesnt 'auto-take' it after a certain time like in a normal game?
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By VanishingVirus on 17 Nov 2011 21:04
^ i think it freezes the time or add that time on as extra time so that the half wouldnt end,but you can just do be a pro and just let your team play and you just stand still and then just press to start second half and stand still again.But also cant believe UT doesnt count as EA have cleared done that on purpose to make people play more so now rather than having this achievement it says ive only played 81 games
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By IveABrownThumb on 17 Nov 2011 23:36
Thought I would add that this is a Local achievement, not tracked by your EA online profile. I have split probably about 200 matches in CM over two different Xboxes so I would assume that this must be done in one spot (which for most people isn't an issue).
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By americanLAD on 15 Jun 2012 03:00
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I noticed this particular point isn't mentioned but it may be something you'll wanna know. I know I did with xbox live failing a lot of the time on me and desperately wanting this achieve dated.

It will unlock as soon as the match ends. I always drew 40 minute games and after selecting End as draw, the achieve unlocked. It will never unlock until the match is over.
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07 May 2013 10:39

this will unlock after you play 50 hours on Fifa 12...it can be done over all modes i believe. if you want it done faster i would put it on amateur settings with 20 min halves but thats if you are really achievement orientated lo llol
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27 Sep 2011 19:44

For this achievement you must play matches for 50 hours. Any mode counts, except for UT! Ultimate Team does not count for the 50 hours! Unfortunately, there is no way in-game to see how much minutes you've already played.

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Just play the game for this trophy. Time counts in any game mode, but you have to be on the pitch (playing a game.)

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The trophy is cumulative. You only need to spend real 50 hours on the field playing any matches. Just play and sooner or later the trophy will open.
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11 Oct 2011 14:45

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Time spent in Ultimate Team matches (both against real players and against AI) is not counted.
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By bluremi23 on 25 Oct 2011 14:49
set the pro player mode, timeout 20 minutes and go drink tea)))
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By R_a_k_o_t on 22 Dec 2011 07:42
There is a way to indirectly track how much time is left before receiving the trophy. To do this, go to the main menu in My FIFA, Profiles, Manage Profiles (sorry if not exactly, but somewhere there). So there we look at the number of matches played (this statistics does not take into account Ultimate Team matches - verified). If you played mostly matches of 5 minutes per half, then you need 300 matches (300 * 10 = 3000 minutes = 50 hours).

6 min. time => 3000 min / 12 min = 250 matches.

I played mostly 5-minute half-time matches in my career, but recently I played in Head-to-Head Seasons, where the half lasts 6 minutes, and the trophy opened at about 270 matches.
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By bluremi23 on 11 Jan 2012 05:16
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If you only have to get this trophy or are tired of playing matches yourself, then there is an easier way. Create a quick match - Pro Match. Set the settings to 20 minutes. whatever level you want (better than world level). We select a team with your VF, connect the Joystick with a wire to the PS3, start the match and go about our business (just don’t forget to start the 2nd half after the end of the 1st half). This makes a total of 75 matches. (The trophy does not count towards Ultimate Team)
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14 Nov 2011 15:14