Zlatan Ibrahimovic caused something of a stir at the end of 2020 when he asked who had given EA Sports permission to use his name and face on FIFA 21.
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It served to demonstrate that the question of image rights is a serious one for footballers and football teams, with financial considerations associated.
- The FIFA 21 Kit Creator is made by the team behind the successful PES Master Kit Creator. It includes high-quality templates and countless graphics, patterns and base designs to choose from. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. The FIFA 21 Kit Creator is currently in beta.
- FIFA 21 kits aren't just about looking good as you rack up the wins in Squad Battles, Division Rivals and the weekend league. They can also be a strong money-spinner in FIFA 21, bringing in coins.
- Official FIFA 21 Kits, Badges & Stadiums Thread. Well friends another year, another beautiful and friendly kit thread. I love exploring all of the kits each year and last year was a lively thread with many contributors. We got up to 42 pages, so there is that. Big shout to the regulars from last year and I hope you guys contribute just as much.
- The following international team has authentic kit and badge, but generic players on FIFA 21: Brazil; The following international teams have generic kits and badges but real players on FIFA 21.
In many cases, video game companies such as EA Sports, Sports Interactive and Konami must negotiate agreements with various parties in order to gain permission to reproduce likenesses in virtual media.
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EA Sports' FIFA franchise is one of the most extensive and realistic football games on the market, but even it has been impacted.
Here, Goal takes a look at the clubs that are not officially in FIFA 21.
Which clubs are not officially in FIFA 21?
The most high-profile 'absence' from FIFA 21 in terms of official nomenclature and team badges is undoubtedly Juventus - known as 'Piemonte Calcio' in the EA Sports game.
Juve's absence is the result of an exclusive deal the Italian club has with Konami, which has been in place since FIFA 20.
While Juventus are not officially in FIFA 21, it is in appearance only - EA Sports says 'generic kits and crests' are used. Real-world players, including the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Dybala, are still included.
A number of other clubs from Serie A are also not officially represented in FIFA 21, including Roma (Roma FC), Spezia (La Spezia) and FC Crotone (Crotone).
| Club | Name in FIFA 21 |
|---|---|
| Boca Juniors | Buenos Aires |
| Corinthians | Oceanico FC |
| Juventus | Piemonte Calcio |
| River Plate | Nunez |
| Roma | Roma FC |
| Spezia Calcio | La Spezia |
| FC Crotone | Crotone |
Argentine behemoths Boca Juniors and River Plate are known as 'Buenos Aires' and 'Nunez' in the game, meaning the Superclasico will have a different feel to it in the latest edition of FIFA.
One Brazilian club appears in altered form in FIFA 21 is Corinthians - donning the moniker 'Oceanico FC'.
A number of other major Brazilian clubs only appear in the game in the Copa Libertadores tournament: Sao Paulo, Vasco da Gama, Flamengo, Palmeiras, Sport Recife and Red Bull Bragantino.
According to EA Sports, Brazilian clubs launch with generic player names and are not included in Ultimate Team.
It is also somewhat complicated when it comes to international teams on FIFA 21, with a number of teams playing in generic kits and flags used in place of official badges.
Juventus is no more in FIFA! ☠
Long live Piemonte Calcio! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/3qQ4JYIVlZ
The following international teams have generic kits, badges and players on FIFA 21:
- Ecuador
- India
- Uruguay
The following international team has authentic kit and badge, but generic players on FIFA 21:
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- Brazil
The following international teams have generic kits and badges but real players on FIFA 21:
- Bolivia
- Bulgaria
- Cameroon
- Colombia
- Cote D'Ivoire
- Egypt
- Hungary
- Italy
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Portugal
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Switzerland
- Venezuela
FIFA 21 might be about scoring goals and winning games, but that doesn’t mean you can’t look stylish while you're doing it. So whether you're schooling your mates in online mode, kicking-off a new career or building a winning squad on FUT, you want to look the business.
Fashion matters, and that’s still the same in the virtual world.
Here’s a look at our 10 best kits on FIFA 21…
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10. Kaizer Chiefs (home)
Kaizer Chiefs’ home kit is a refreshing change from the mundane strips most clubs prefer these days. The South African side have followed up last year's tiger stripe pattern with another vibrant design which brilliantly captures the club's dominance in African football.
This season's strip features the classic waspish colouring, with a jagged, black flame stretching down from the shoulders into the yellow torso. It's menacing and we're big fans.
9. Manchester United (away)
The 'Zebra kit' as it's come to be known, might not be to everybody's tastes but, on a game like FIFA, what's the point in opting for the mundane, the plain, the ordinary?
Manchester United's bizarre and brilliant away kit is exactly what a computer game kit should look like. If anything, it's more suited to the virtual world than in real life. Why not pair the world's weirdest kit with some strange signings on career mode while you're at it? David Luiz at centre-back, Mark Noble breaking down play in the middle of the park - the possibilities are endless...
8. Inter Milan (home)
The same vintage black and navy stripes... only some genius has made them into zig-zags! The Inter home kit looks phenomenal in real life as it attempts to contain the meaty torso of Romelu Lukaku, so why not sign a few more beefcakes and see if it's a common theme? Adebayo Akinfenwa might not have much pace in his locker, but this is Serie A - famously the slowest of Europe's top five leagues.
Just imagine those biceps in this instant Inter classic.
7. Real Madrid (away)
Every club tries out baby pink at some point. Juventus did in 03/04, Manchester United gave it a whirl more recently. Now it's Real Madrid's turn.
In real life, baby pink kits always feel like some bold statement about masculinity and fashion. In the FIFA series, though, they just look cool. Feel like taking a break from the classic all-white look? You need something a bit different, a little more colourful, a little more pink. We know just the thing.
6. Monaco (third)
Monaco have had some of the coolest kits in world football down the years but this season's third kit is one of our all-time favourites.
They might no longer have some of the best talents in world football (James Rodriguez, Kylian Mbappe and Benjamin Mendy are just a few of the team's more high-profile departures over the past 10 years) but you can change all of that on career mode.
Signing the best players and then popping them in this gorgeous yellow and navy Kappa design is a must on the latest editions of FIFA.
5. Ajax (away)
Another of our favourites released during the summer. It's hard to do grey and make it look cool and, while we usually think colourful kits look much better on FIFA than the plainer ones, this Ajax away strip is so retro it still gets a thumbs up from us.
Playing as the Dutch club on FIFA is a winner anyway, given the quality of players that come through the youth ranks every season, but now there's an additional reason. There's barely a better dressed team on the planet this year, with the home and third choice kits also winners this season.
4. Barcelona (home)
A desperate, retro hark-back to the golden collared days of Pep, that Wembley win and the days of Barcelona's undisputed status as the greatest team on Earth. Sad as the club's latest home shirt may be, we at FFT love it.
It's chunky stripes and the aforementioned collar are genuinely cool, and as this may be one of the last editions of FIFA in which Lionel Messi dons the famous red and blue shirt, it's well worth firing up a season and enjoying the wee maestro for as long as possible in the threads he was born to wear.
3. Malaga (away)
Well, this is obviously among the coolest kits in the world. Malaga might not have the cash or the status - they're sadly a second division club these days - to attract even second rate stars these days, but FIFA needn't mirror reality.
Start a career with the Spaniards and turn them into the snappiest-dressing world-beaters the world has ever seen. Just imagine Neymar in this devilishly-cool green and purple magic eye of an away strip? He'd actually love it, to be fair.
2. Forest Green Rovers
Known, first and foremost, for their energy-saving, environmentally-conscious, vegan-menu-offering ways, Forest Green Rovers have now got a sensational kit to go with their status as one of the world's coolest clubs.
This is one of those kits that look incredible in high-def, on a big screen, on a sunny day at the Bernabéu. It wouldn't ever happen in real life, but a few seasons on career mode should have you in the upper echelons of the game in no time, and right where this amazing strip belongs.
1. Fluminense (home)
Where do we begin? The cool collar, the classic colour combo, the fact there isn't even a sponsor? We love every single stitch of it.
Fluminense might just have the best home kit on the planet this season. The green and red looks especially great in high-def. Even if you don't know a thing about the Brazilian league, you'll be tempted to give a career with the Rio-based side a go. If not, they'll look the part in a one off friendly-match-stroke-kit-off with Forest Green Rovers.
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