Brazilian Players Guide for FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 
 

For all those players that plan a FUT 14 team based on Brazilian players, or that plan on building one, we’ve conducted an extensive analysis on the best ones.

Here is our guide of best Brazilian Players for FIFA 14 Ultimate Team.

 
 

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Introduction
Brazilian Players
Goalkeepers
Central Backs
Right Backs
Left Backs
Central Defensive Midfielders
Central Midfielders
Right Midfielders
Left Midfielders
Forwards
Teams
Hybrids
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Introduction to the FUT 14 Brazilian Players Guide

 

Building a team is the biggest challenge in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team. It doesn’t need to be the best team, even because the budget may not allow it, but it needs to be the player’s stature for him to obtain success.

When choosing which players to play with, you will have to look carefully at their attributes. Choosing a team based on ratings is one of the most common mistakes on FUT 14. It’s precisely this aspect that this guide focuses on. For each position, and focusing on the truly important attributes, we’ll show who are the best athletes to choose.

It’s also important that the player checks to see if the player he chooses fits the formations he likes to play in. For example, a good full back will be useless if the player only uses formations with three defenders. According to those formations, the player must be cautious to look at the work rates, trying to relate them with the ones we advise in our Formations Guide.

Last but not least, it’s mandatory that you tune all of your team so that the individual and team chemistry be as high possible. For this last step to be easier, the majority of the players start to define the type of team they’re building. Some choose gathering players of the same nationality, while others decide to form a team of players from the same league. The most popular league is the Barclays Premier League and the most popular nationality is the Brazilian. There are also more experienced players that can form hybrid teams without damaging the chemistry a lot.

All of these steps are necessary to have; it could be that the team is not always well built as it could’ve been. This article aims to help those that think or want to form a FIFA 14 Ultimate Team based on Brazilian players. Even the ones have one, could take out some valuable conclusion from this guide that could help turn your team even better.

It’s important that the readers understand that this guide is simply guidance. It’s a theme too vast and the player’s combinations are almost infinite. Besides, there are various factors that influence the choices, like it’s one’s style of play, the formations used, the available budget, the preferences or even the time spent playing. There’s still one uncertain component: a good player for someone might not be for another. If there was a better team everyone would fight to get it. Part of the fun of FIFA 14 Ultimate Team is this: everyone has their personal club and players.

Another important point and that must stay very clear is that whoever is reading this guide, it’s about some criteria we chose and should be of everyone’s knowledge:

Only Gold Players

In this guide we didn’t consider silver or bronze player. Most players don’t assume them to be a better option than gold players, so to simplify the guide’s analysis we didn’t include them. In the future we may come to publish guides exclusively talking about these categories.

Only Regular Players

In this guide we didn’t consider In Forms (IF). They’re extremely expensive and in most cases are not considered good value for money. They should only be used by players with generous budgets, that already have the best team possible and that want small upgrades.

Only Normal Players

In this guide we didn’t consider players that have been transferred to other clubs or that have been reviewed (UP).

Only Original Attributes

In this guide we didn’t consider changes made on a players performance such happens when applying training or chemistry styles cards.

Position analysis

To make the comprehension of this guide easier we divided the players in nine distinct groups in order of their original position: Goalkeeper (GK), central backs (CB), right backs (RB and RWB), left backs (LB and LWB), central defensive midfielders (CDM) central midfielders (CM and CAM), right midfielders (RM, RW and RF), left midfielders (LM, LW and LF) and forwards (CF and ST).

Prices at the date of publication of the guide

In the chapter where FIFA 14 Ultimate Team Brazilian teams are suggested, the prices considered are the ones of the date of the guide’s publication: January 2014. It’s natural that the prices have suffered some oscillations throughout the season, so they should only be considered as guiding prices.

 
 

 
 
 

Brazilian Players

 

The Brazilian national football team hegemony is huge. It is the only team that has participated in all World Cups, having a record high of five wins. The quality of Brazilian players is recognized throughout the world. There are players of this nationality in almost all professional leagues.

Many of the best players in football history were born in Brazil: Pelé, Garrincha, Zico, Romário, Ronaldo, Sócrates, Falcão, Tostão and Jairzinho are some good examples. Ronaldinho and Kaká were two of the best Brazilian players in the last years. Currently, some of the biggest stars continue to be Brazilian players: Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Dani Alves, Hulk and Marcelo.

The choices are a lot for which our guide will certainly be useful as to building a team with players from this nationality. The squads built with Brazilian players are good choices to who is looking quality players by a good price.

 
 

 
 
 

FUT 14 Brazilian Goalkeepers (GK)

 

Goalkeepers are the players that are less used on field. Because of this they are also the disdained when building a team. Most players start their purchases with a forward, later they strengthen the midfield the defence and only later the goal. The truth is a good goalkeeper may be worth a lot of goals. It’s good investment because they’re normally the most economically accessible players.

The ratings of the many Brazilian goalkeepers have changed since FUT 13. Jefferson and Júlio César are the most popular but there are other good goalkeepers that should be considered.

 

MOST HIGH-RATED GOALKEEPERS
Jefferson	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Botafogo
Júlio César	82	League Championship	Queens Park Rangers
Diego Alves	81	Liga BBVA	Valencia CF
Helton	81	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Diego Cavalieri	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	Fluminense
Victor	79	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Artur Moraes	79	Liga ZON SAGRES	SL Benfica
Fábio	78	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Cássio	78	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Gomes	77	Premier League	Tottenham Hotspur

 

When choosing a good goalkeeper it’s not only down to his rating. There are two fundamental attributes for choosing a good goalkeeper: reflexes and diving.

The first measures a goalkeeper’s agility when making a save. Like Casillas, Diego Alves is the best of the world on this aspect.

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
Diego Alves	90	Liga BBVA	Valencia CF
Jefferson	87	Campeonato Brasileiro	Botafogo
Júlio César	86	League Championship	Queens Park Rangers
Gomes	86	Premier League	Tottenham Hotspur
Helton	85	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Victor	85	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Fábio	83	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Rafael	83	Serie A	Napoli
Muriel	83	Campeonato Brasileiro	Internacional
Vanderlei	83	Campeonato Brasileiro	Coritiba

 

Diving is a fundamental attribute when choosing a goalkeeper. It measures the capacity for a goalkeeper to make a save when jumping.

Also in this aspect, Diego Alves is the best of the world. Only Buffon can be compared with him.

 

GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING
Diego Alves	90	Liga BBVA	Valencia CF
Júlio César	83	League Championship	Queens Park Rangers
Helton	83	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Victor	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Gomes	82	Premier League	Tottenham Hotspur
Rafael	82	Serie A	Napoli
Jefferson	81	Campeonato Brasileiro	Botafogo
Cássio	81	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Guilherme	81	Russia Premier League	Lokomotiv Moskva
Diego Cavalieri	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	Fluminense

 

The most experienced Ultimate Team players know that another leaning factor on a goalkeeper’s performance without considering the remaining four attributes: height. The more tall a goalkeeper is, better his chances of having a clean sheet.

This is Diego Alves’ weak point. Even though he can’t be considered a short goalkeeper, the truth is he’s 9 cm short of the mighty Guilherme, this gold goalkeeper holds the title of tallest Brazilian Goalkeeper. None of the four highest goalkeepers has more 1,90 m.

 

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Guilherme	197	Russia Premier League	Lokomotiv Moskva
Cássio	195	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Vanderlei	195	Campeonato Brasileiro	Coritiba
Dida	195	Campeonato Brasileiro	Grêmio
Victor	193	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Artur Moraes	192	Liga ZON SAGRES	SL Benfica
Diego Cavalieri	191	Campeonato Brasileiro	Fluminense
Gomes	191	Premier League	Tottenham Hotspur
Fernando Prass	191	Brazil Serie B	Palmeiras
Muriel	190	Campeonato Brasileiro	Internacional

 

The choice for the best Brazilian goalkeeper on FIFA 14 Ultimate team, is easy: Diego Alves. He has the best reflexes and diving of the world, and he is one of the fastest.

For us, Helton is the best alternative to the Valencia’s goalkeeper. Jefferson is almost as good as he is but has worse kicking and is slower. Júlio César is our number four. Has good stats but he is really slow and he is the shortest one.

For those who want a cheap goalkeeper, Gomes is a great choice. He is not as good as the four best Brazilian goalkeepers but he has a good diving, amazing reflexes and balanced stats.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Brazilian Goalkeeper

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 14 Brazilian Central Backs (CB)

 

A goalkeepers task is made easier if in front of him are quality central backs. Their function is to stop the opponent from getting dangerously close to your team’s goal.

Thiago Silva and Dante are the Brazilian central backs with the best reputation. No other players can be compared to them.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL BACKS
Thiago Silva	87	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Dante	84	Bundesliga	Bayern München
David Luiz	82	Premier League	Chelsea
Miranda	81	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
Alex	81	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Danilo	80	Serie A	Udinese
Naldo	80	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg
Luisão	80	Liga ZON SAGRES	SL Benfica
Réver	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Maicon	79	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Andrè Dias	78	Serie A	Lazio
Weligton	78	Liga BBVA	Málaga CF
Paulo Vinícius	78	Liga ZON SAGRES	Braga
Juan Jesus	78	Serie A	Inter
Leandro Castán	78	Serie A	Roma

 

On a central back, two attributes assume particular importance on their performance: defending and heading.

A player with better defending will have an easier chance of dispossessing the opponent and avoid him reaching your box.

It’s the case of the best rated player: Thiago Silva. It’s really hard to get past him. The most experienced players are normally those who have a higher rating on this attribute. Dante, André Dias, Naldo and Weligton prove this.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Thiago Silva	87	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Dante	84	Bundesliga	Bayern München
Danilo	82	Serie A	Udinese
Naldo	81	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg
Andrè Dias	81	Serie A	Lazio
Weligton	81	Liga BBVA	Málaga CF
Miranda	80	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
Luisão	80	Liga ZON SAGRES	SL Benfica
Réver	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Maicon	80	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Paulo Vinícius	80	Liga ZON SAGRES	Braga
David Luiz	79	Premier League	Chelsea
Alex	79	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Juan Jesus	79	Serie A	Inter
Leandro Castán	79	Serie A	Roma

 

On a game partially made difficult on stopping an opponent’s header in our box, possessing good heading is even more important on a central back than it was before. Allow him to be superior in your box when defending air balls but it’s also worth it on set pieces, like corners where a central backs jump may just be worth some goals.

In this chapter Alex is the strongest one. Thiago Silva is not as tall or have so good heading but he is the Brazilian with best jumping. If you choose to not buy one of them, Felipe Santana, Paulo Vinícius and Leonardo Silva handle it pretty well.

In the other hand, Naldo is the tallest but has the second worse jumping.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER HEADING
Alex	86	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Paulo Vinícius	84	Liga ZON SAGRES	Braga
Felipe Santana	84	Bundesliga	FC Schalke 04
Leonardo Silva	84	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Thiago Silva	83	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Miranda	83	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
Maicon	83	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Dedé	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Edu Dracena	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Santos
Dante	81	Bundesliga	Bayern München
Hilton	81	Ligue 1	Montpellier HSC
Lúcio	81	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
David Luiz	80	Premier League	Chelsea
Luisão	80	Liga ZON SAGRES	SL Benfica
Juan Jesus	80	Serie A	Inter

 

Defending and heading may be useless against fast opponents. It’s necessary to fight fire with fire. No likes feeling impotent when seeing you get overrun by extremely fast players. Even though, in a way, centre backs aren’t that fast, every team needs one of these players with a high pace attribute.

In a general way, the Brazilian central backs are very fast. Felipe Santana is the third fastest CB of the world. Thiago Silva is almost as fast but with better stats.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Felipe Santana	81	Bundesliga	FC Schalke 04
Thiago Silva	80	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Manoel	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Paranaense
Juan Jesus	79	Serie A	Inter
Marquinhos	78	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
David Luiz	77	Premier League	Chelsea
Miranda	76	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
Naldo	74	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg
Bamba Anderson	73	Bundesliga	Eintracht Frankfurt
Dante	68	Bundesliga	Bayern München
Dedé	68	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Réver	67	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Paulo Vinícius	65	Liga ZON SAGRES	Braga
Henrique	63	Brazil Serie B	Palmeiras
Maicon	62	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto

 

Thiago Silva is probably the best central back of the world. He is the second Brazilian central back with best pace and the one with best defending. In FUT 14 he is really cheap. A great investment.

Benefiting from their popularity and their characteristic for a good chemistry, David Luiz come up as being one of the first choices for teams based on Brazilian players. He is without a doubt a good player for this position but there are other cheaper solutions. Like, Felipe Santana and Miranda, the central backs that, excepting Thiago Silva, have best average between the three most important attributes we considered. Dante and Alex are interesting players but a bit slow.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Brazilian Central Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 14 Brazilian Right Backs (RB and RWB)

 

Full backs have the role of troubling the mission of the wingers. Not only. In addition, good full backs also support their team mates on offensive maneuvers.

For all players with a good budget, to choose the best right back is something very simple. Dani Alves is by far the best one.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS
Dani Alves	84	Liga BBVA	FC Barcelona
Maicon	78	Serie A	Roma
Danilo	77	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Rafael	77	Premier League	Manchester United
Mariano	76	Ligue 1	Girondins de Bordeaux

 

There are very important attributes in any right back: defending and pace.

Since they’re defenders they should have good defending capacities. This reduces a team’s risk of conceding.

Dani Alves and Maicon are the players that best fits this aspect.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Dani Alves	79	Liga BBVA	FC Barcelona
Maicon	79	Serie A	Roma
Danilo	76	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Rafael	76	Premier League	Manchester United
Mário Fernandes	76	Russia Premier League

 

A flanked game tends to be faster than a game based in the middle of the field. The players that fill these spaces are obligated to be fast, both penetrating defensive and attacking moves of the team. Pace is one of the most important requirements for a good full back.

Between all of the Brazilian right backs, Dani Alves is clearly the fastest one. He is the third fastest player of the world playing in this position. This is the weakest point of Maicon, the second Right Back with best rating.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Dani Alves	90	Liga BBVA	FC Barcelona
Mariano	88	Ligue 1	Girondins de Bordeaux
Leandro Salino	84	Hellas liga	Olympiacos CFP
Danilo	83	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Rafael	81	Premier League	Manchester United

 

Dani Alves is undoubtedly the best Brazilian right back. He is the fastest and who has the best passing, dribbling and defending, important attributes in a full back. But he is also the most expensive.

After several downgrades, Maicon is not any more our second choice. He is a balanced player but Mariano and Danilo are now probably better choices.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Brazilian Right Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 Brazilian Left Backs (LB e LWB)

 

Left backs have exactly the same role of their team mates on the other flank. In other words, they try to make a winger’s job hard and participate on the team’s offensive manoeuvres.

There are only two players that stands out in this position, both playing in Madrid: Marcelo and Filipe Luis.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
Marcelo	83	Liga BBVA	Real Madrid
Filipe Luís	82	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
Alex Sandro	79	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Maxwell	77	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Adriano	77	Liga BBVA	FC Barcelona

 

Marcelo and Filipe Luís are also the players with best defending. Alex Sandro, that plays by FC Porto, is the number three of this list.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Marcelo	81	Liga BBVA	Real Madrid
Filipe Luís	81	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
Alex Sandro	79	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Maxwell	77	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Adriano	76	Liga BBVA	FC Barcelona

 

The three players with best defending are also the ones with better pace. The difference between Filipe Luis, Marcelo and Alex Sandro is very small.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Filipe Luís	83	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
Marcelo	82	Liga BBVA	Real Madrid
Alex Sandro	82	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Siqueira	81	Liga ZON SAGRES	SL Benfica
Fábio	77	Premier League	Manchester

 

To choose the best Brazilian Left Back is an easy task. Marcelo has the best passing, dribbling and defending stats. The choice seems to be obvious but the truth is that in FUT 14 Filipe Luis is much better than before and he is now a good player for who can not afford Marcelo. He has the same defending, better pace and higher stamina.

Of all the remaining players, Alex Sandro is our cheapest choice. For who is looking a RB with good shooting, Adriano is a smart choice.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Brazilian Left Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 Brazilian Defensive Midfielder (CDM)

 

Many of the FIFA 14 Ultimate Team formations require some midfielders that have a natural aptitude to defend. Defensive midfielders distinguish themselves for being especially aimed to help the more retreated line of their teams. According to their attributes and their work rates, they can also be useful for starting attacks. They are players that occupy a very strategic position in the field.

The supremacy of Luiz Gustavo, Filipe Melo and Ramires over all other Brazilian central defensive midfielders is extremely clear.

 
 

HIGHEST RATED DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Luiz Gustavo	81	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg
Felipe Melo	80	Turkey Süper Lig	Galatasaray SK
Ramires	80	Premier League	Chelsea
Fernando	79	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Elias	78	Campeonato Brasileiro	Flamengo
Jean	77	Campeonato Brasileiro	Fluminense
Fernando	76	Ukraine Wyscha Liga	Shakhtar Donetsk
Willians	76	Campeonato Brasileiro	Internacional
Ralf	75	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Pierre	75	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro

 

There are a variety of attributes in a central defensive midfielder that you have to give attention: defending, so that the first defender of team works; strength, so that you win all brawls on a prone area of the field; heading, to win possession in aerial moves like goal kicks; pace, so that you cover the most terrain on the field as possible; stamina, so they can equally participate in offensive a defensive moves (especially useful for players with high/high work rates); passing and possession so that he can properly start attacks. In our opinion the two first are the most important.

Normally using a central defensive midfielder is associated with having a deficit of elements in your defence. So, it makes sense that when you search for a player to occupy this position you’d want players that can defend.

The CDMs with best defending stats are Luiz Gustavo and Fernando. Filipe Melo is also a good choice since he joins good defending stats to the best heading. Any of these three players are good choices for teams that want to complicate an opponent’s game in the space between the midfield and the defence.

 

DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Luiz Gustavo	83	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg
Fernando	83	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Ralf	81	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Felipe Melo	80	Turkey Süper Lig	Galatasaray SK
Pierre	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Elias	77	Campeonato Brasileiro	Flamengo
Fernando	77	Ukraine Wyscha Liga	Shakhtar Donetsk
Ramires	76	Premier League	Chelsea
Willians	76	Campeonato Brasileiro	Internacional
Rômulo	76	Russia Premier League	Spartak Moskva

 

The area of the field occupied by the defensive midfielders is the one where most ball dispute happen. Strong players will have a higher probability of winning the ball.

There’s not a lot of muscle between the Brazilian defensive midfielders. Once again, Felipe Melo, Fernando and Luiz Gustavo are the ones that stand out. On the other hand there’s Ramires. The Chelsea’s player rarely wins a physical brawl due to being the weakest Brazilian central defensive midfielder.

 

STRONGEST DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Felipe Melo	87	Turkey Süper Lig	Galatasaray SK
Fernando	80	Liga ZON SAGRES	FC Porto
Luiz Gustavo	79	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg
Souza	79	Campeonato Brasileiro	Gr
Fernando	75	Ukraine Wyscha Liga	Shakhtar Donetsk
Ralf	75	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Willians	74	Campeonato Brasileiro	Internacional
Rômulo	74	Russia Premier League	Spartak Moskva
Jucilei	71	Russia Premier League	Anzhi Makhachkala
Elias	70	Campeonato Brasileiro	Flamengo

 

Felipe Melo is our choice to play as defensive midfielder. He is better than Luiz Gustavo. However, the Wolfsburg’ player should be used by who is looking for a more defensive player.

Ramires is a different player. He is like a fake defensive midfielder. He works very well in a box to box system. In the whole world, no other player that plays in the same position has better pace. He is also the player with the best stamina in FUT 14. Among all the Brazilian defensive midfielder, he is who has the best dribbling and passing. However, he is too weak physically to play as defensive midfielder. We suggest to use him as CM.

Among the cheap players, Elias is our choice. He is good attacking and defending.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Brazilian Defensive Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 Brazilian Central Midfielders (CM e CAM)

 

A lot of games are decided on the midfield and not close to the goals. The players that play in these zones are the ones that should create the game and define its rhythm.

There is a lot of quality in the Brazilian midfield. Many of these players have a rating higher than 80. Diego is the number one.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS
Diego	84	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg
Hernanes	83	Serie A	Lazio
Ronaldinho	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Kaká	82	Serie A	Milan
Oscar	82	Premier League	Chelsea
Alex	81	Campeonato Brasileiro	Coritiba
Fernandinho	81	Premier League	Manchester City
Lucas Leiva	81	Premier League	Liverpool
Paulinho	81	Premier League	Tottenham Hotspur
Sandro	81	Premier League	Tottenham Hotspur
Renato Augusto	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Coutinho	80	Premier League	Liverpool
Bernard	80	Ukraine Wyscha Liga	Shakhtar Donetsk
Zé Roberto	79	Campeonato Brasileiro	Grêmio
Juninho	78	Campeonato Brasileiro	Vasco da Gama

 

Central midfielders are responsible for discovering lines that break the opponents defence. Their passing quality has to be really good so they can assist forwards.

Who knows, never forgets. It’s the case of Ronaldinho, the Brazilian player with better passing. Alex, from Coritiba, is the number two.

 

CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Ronaldinho	86	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Alex	84	Campeonato Brasileiro	Coritiba
Diego	83	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg
Hernanes	83	Serie A	Lazio
Fernandinho	83	Premier League	Manchester City
Juninho	83	Campeonato Brasileiro	Vasco da Gama
Douglas	83	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Zé Roberto	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Grêmio
Ganso	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
Elano	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Grêmio
Danilo	81	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Renato Augusto	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Jadson	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
Renato	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	Botafogo
Kaká	79	Serie A	Milan

 

Among all the Brazilian players, Coutinho is who has better dribbling. However, Ronaldinho may be a better choice because he is one of the few that know how to perform all the skills.

 

CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING
Coutinho	88	Premier League	Liverpool
Diego	87	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg
Ronaldinho	87	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Hernanes	86	Serie A	Lazio
Bernard	86	Ukraine Wyscha Liga	Shakhtar Donetsk
Oscar	85	Premier League	Chelsea
Carlos Eduardo	85	Campeonato Brasileiro	Flamengo
Kaká	84	Serie A	Milan
Éverton Ribeiro	84	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Alex Teixeira	83	Ukraine Wyscha Liga	Shakhtar Donetsk
Ederson	83	Serie A	Lazio
Mossoró	83	Abdul L. Jameel League	Al Ahli
Alex	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Coritiba
Renato Augusto	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Zé Roberto	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Grêmio

 

It is not easy to choose the best Brazilian midfield in FUT 14. To us, Hernanes is the best one because he is the most balanced. Diego has the highest rating but he is only our second choice. There are other seven good players that can be used depending of your needs.

Ronaldinho is a great player for who is looking for a skilly player. If his low pace is a problem, Bernard, Fernandinho, Coutinho and Óscar may be good alternatives. Unfortunately the four players are very weak physically. Paulinho has good defensive attributes and can be used as a CDM. With Kaka it is the opposite. The Brazilian AC Milan should only be used by those who want an attacking player.

Our cheapest choice falls to Anderson and Jadson. Both may play very well as centre midfielders. The player of São Paulo is a 5 stars skills.

 

Best FUT 14 Brazilian Central Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Brazilian Right Wingers (RM, RW e RF)

 

The wingers are responsible for giving game width in the attack. They’re normally very explosive players.

There are only four gold Brazilian right wingers, but two of them are top players: Hulk and Lucas.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
Hulk	84	Russia Premier League	Zenit St. Petersburg
Lucas	82	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Alan	79	Liga ZON SAGRES	Braga
Danilo Dias	76	Liga ZON SAGRES	Marítimo

 

There are three fundamental attribute on a winger: pace, dribbling and passing.

Pace is probably the biggest weapon of these players. They use it to evade opponents and getting to the other side, many times through sprints on the side lines.

In the world and for this position, only Juan Cuadrado and Jakub Blaszczykowski have better pace than Óscar. Hulk and Danilo Dias are also very fast players.

 

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Lucas	92	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Hulk	86	Russia Premier League	Zenit St. Petersburg
Danilo Dias	84	Liga ZON SAGRES	Marítimo
Alan	77	Liga ZON SAGRES	Braga

 

Just being fast doesn’t cut it to reach the opponents box, having good dribbling to surpass the opponents’ players that appear on the way.

Lucas has the best dribbling among all the Brazilian players. No one can be compared to him in this aspect.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBLLING
Lucas	88	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Hulk	83	Russia Premier League	Zenit St. Petersburg
Alan	81	Liga ZON SAGRES	Braga
Danilo Dias	79	Liga ZON SAGRES	Marítimo

 

When reaching the opponents box the winger has to decide what to do. Normally, they choose to cross to the forwards. That is why it’s important for them to have good passing.

Lucas, Hulk and Alan have a passing very similar. Our choice is Hulk because he has the best crossing.

 
 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Hulk	79	Russia Premier League	Zenit St. Petersburg
Alan	79	Liga ZON SAGRES	Braga
Lucas	78	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain
Danilo Dias	72	Liga ZON SAGRES	Marítimo

 

The side change by Lucas brought competition to Hulk. In the most important attributes, both are very similar. However, the Zenit’s player is much more balanced: he is very strong and aggressive, has an amazing stamina and his shots are very strong.

Alan is slightly better than Danilo Dias, making him our economic choice.

 

Best FUT 14 Brazilian Right Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Brazilian Left Wingers (LM, LW e LF)

 

The left wingers have exactly the same role as their team mates from the other side.

Willian is clearly the best Brazilian player for this position. No one can be compared with him.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS
Willian	83	Premier League	Chelsea
Osvaldo	77	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
Fernandinho	75	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Joãozinho	75	Russia Premier League	FC Krasnodar

 

Willian has an amazing pace but Osvaldo is even faster. He’s pace is higher than 90.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PACE
Osvaldo	90	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
Willian	88	Premier League	Chelsea
Fernandinho	85	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Joãozinho	79	Russia Premier League	FC Krasnodar

 

Ribéry is clearly the most highlighted left winger in this chapter. In the world and for this position, no one has better dribbling. Reus e Elia have good dribbling too.

Excepting Joãozinho, all the Brazilian Left Wings have good dribbling. Willian is the best one.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING
Willian	88	Premier League	Chelsea
Osvaldo	84	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
Fernandinho	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Joãozinho	73	Russia Premier League	FC Krasnodar

 

Willian is clearly the best fitted passer between the remaining left wingers. Osvaldo and Fernandinho have bad passing skills.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Willian	78	Premier League	Chelsea
Joãozinho	76	Russia Premier League	FC Krasnodar
Osvaldo	67	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
Fernandinho	66	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro

 

Willian is the best Brazilian Left Winger. He has the best dribbling and passing, two of the three most important attributes. Fernandinho and Osvaldo have a bad passing while Joãozinho is slow and has a poor dribbling.

Osvaldo is better than Fernandinho but he is too expensive for his quality. The winger of Atlético Mineiro is our economic choice.

 

Best FUT 14 Brazilian Left Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Brazilian Forwards (CF e ST)

 

The forwards are the players on which fall the most responsibility of scoring goals.

There are good Brazilian forwards but no one is as good as Neymar. Surprisingly, he was one of the players who got a downgrade compared to FUT 13, but he is still the best striker.

 

HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS
Neymar	84	Liga BBVA	FC Barcelona
Diego Costa	83	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
Fred	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Fluminense
Jonas	81	Liga BBVA	Valencia CF
Lima	80	Liga ZON SAGRES	SL Benfica
Luís Fabiano	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
Alexandre Pato	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Leandro Damião	79	Campeonato Brasileiro	Internacional
Jô	79	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Dagoberto	77	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Emerson	77	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Borges	76	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Rafael Sóbis	76	Campeonato Brasileiro	Fluminense
Welliton	76	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
Kléber	76	Campeonato Brasileiro	Grêmio

 

To score goals shooting is necessary. If either by foot or head, the most important attribute for a forward are: shooting, heading and pace.

Most goals are scored with the foot so good shooting is a necessary attribute for a forward.

Lima has the best shooting. Among all the Brazilian forwards, he is the one with the best power shot and has the second long shot stats.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER SHOOTING
Lima	82	Liga ZON SAGRES	SL Benfica
Neymar	80	Liga BBVA	FC Barcelona
Fred	80	Campeonato Brasileiro	Fluminense
Diego Costa	78	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
Jonas	78	Liga BBVA	Valencia CF
Luís Fabiano	77	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
Alexandre Pato	76	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Leandro Damião	76	Campeonato Brasileiro	Internacional
Charles	76	Liga BBVA	RC Celta de Vigo
Jô	75	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Dagoberto	75	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Borges	74	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Rafael Sóbis	74	Campeonato Brasileiro	Fluminense
Willian	74	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Thiago Ribeiro	74	Campeonato Brasileiro	Santos

 

On FUT 14, knowing how to head gained another importance. Plenty of goals are born like this.

Leandro Damião is the best choice for who is looking a player with good heading. Like Fred, he is one of the tallest, with better jumping and that has the best heading accuracy. In the bottom of this list is Neymar.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER HEADING
Leandro Damião	84	Campeonato Brasileiro	Internacional
Fred	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Fluminense
Jô	82	Campeonato Brasileiro	Atlético Mineiro
Borges	81	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Diego Costa	78	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
Luís Fabiano	78	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
Kléber	76	Campeonato Brasileiro	Grêmio
Alexandre Pato	75	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Lima	74	Liga ZON SAGRES	SL Benfica
Charles	74	Liga BBVA	RC Celta de Vigo
André	73	Campeonato Brasileiro	Vasco da Gama
Welliton	71	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
Leo Baptistao	70	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
Leandro	68	Brazil Serie B	Palmeiras
Luiz Adriano	67	Ukraine Wyscha Liga	Shakhtar Donetsk

 

Depending on the style of play and formation having good shooting and heading may not be enough for a striker. Especially in games that privilege counter-attack, pace is a very important attribute.

Neymar is one of the ten fastest forwards of the world. Due to his high price, Alexandre Pato is used many times as alternative. Emerson and Leandro are also fast players, but they are not great in the other attributes.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER PACE
Neymar	90	Liga BBVA	FC Barcelona
Alexandre Pato	88	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Emerson	87	Campeonato Brasileiro	Corinthians
Leandro	87	Brazil Serie B	Palmeiras
Welliton	86	Campeonato Brasileiro	São Paulo
Dagoberto	84	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Willian	83	Campeonato Brasileiro	Cruzeiro
Diego Costa	82	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
Lima	82	Liga ZON SAGRES	SL Benfica
Robinho	82	Serie A	Milan
Luiz Adriano	80	Ukraine Wyscha Liga	Shakhtar Donetsk
Thiago Ribeiro	78	Campeonato Brasileiro	Santos
Kléber	77	Campeonato Brasileiro	Grêmio
Leo Baptistao	77	Liga BBVA	Atlético de Madrid
André	77	Campeonato Brasileiro	Vasco da Gama

 

Neymar is the best Brazilian forward and one of best in the whole world. He is the fastest, has the best dribbling, the best passing and has 5 stars skills and 5 stars weak foot. He can also plays as CF and CAM. However, he is a bit expensive forcing many players to choose another forward. That choice is subjective because it depends of the play style of each player. In our opinion, Leandro Damião is the best one for who wants a player with good heading, Alexandre Pato for who wants a player really really fast and Lima for who is looking for a finisher. Diego Alves can also be an option. He has a bit of everything.

Far from the quality of these four players, Jô and Welliton are our cheapest choices.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Brazilian Forwards

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Brazilian Team Suggestions

 

A lot of people think that this is the most important part of the guide. It’s not. The thing that is really important to know is how to choose player based on their role and style of play that fits each player. And that is made in the previous chapters. The team suggestions that follow are simple graphic indicators of what we wrote previously. They should serve merely as orientation because it’s impossible to build a team that fits everyone. They depend on various factors we don’t know such as budget, formation, style of play and player preferences.

To try and explore the needs of the maximum player as possible we suggest three teams with different budgets and formations: 4-1-2-1-2 with unlimited budget, 4-3-3 with 50k budget and 4-2-2 with a 12k budget.

 
 
 

Team with Unlimited Budget

 

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• Budget

452,9 k coins (423,2 + 29,7k)

• Summary

The choice for this team’s player was based on analysis made in the previous chapters.
In goal, Diego Alvesr is probably one of the best goalkeeper of FUT 14. In centre back position, Thiago Silva is unquestionable. Even with a risky high/medium work rate, we have chosen David Luiz as the other CB since in this formation there is a CDM helping the back four. To that position, we have picked Felipe Melo instead of Ramires, because the Chelsea’s player is too weak physically. The fullbacks are probably the best of the world. Dani Alves is untouchable on the right side, while on the left Marcelo only has competition from Filipe Luis.
Hernanes is the most balanced Brazilian player to play as CAM, but the choice can be different according to the play style. Ronaldinho, Kaká, Diego, Bernard, Fernandinho, Coutinho and Óscar are good choices.
The two wingers are irreplaceable, the same happens with Neymar and Dieo Costa in the attack. These four players are the most expensive.

 
 
 

50K Budget Team

 

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• Budget

51,9k coins (34,3k + 17,6k)

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapter.
In goal, the goalkeepers are the same because they are really cheap. In the centre of the defence, Miranda and Felipe Santana ensure quality and speed by a low price. The full backs are still very fast but much cheaper. On the midfield, Ramires places on the centre helping the attack and the defence. Hernanes and Diego are the natural choices to the other two spots. On the attack, Lucas gives even more speed to the right side, while on the left Osvaldo tries to hide the lack of good Brazilian players to this position. The man of the goals is Diego Costa. He is a more balanced choice than Lima, Leandro Damião and Pato.

 
 
 

15K Budget Team

 

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• Budget

11.7k coins (6.3k + 5.4k)

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapter.
In goal Diego Alves would be a great additional investment but we have chosen to give the spot to other goalkeepers. After the Valencia’s player, Gomes is the greatest best value for money. In front of him, Juan jesus and Manoel close the path to goal with the precious help of Elias. The Flamengo’s player is a very useful element in these types of formation for giving defensive security in midfield and setting free team mates to start attacks. Mariano and Rafinha are the full backs.
The biggest new of this team is the double Alan / Fernandinho that with their pace and dribbling above the average give width to the attack. On the last third of the field, Lima and Leandro Damião complement each other. The first one is better on the ground, while the second is better by the air.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Hybrid Squads

 

Building a hybrid team is not usually an easy task. The biggest difficulty is finding key player to join between different leagues and nationalities.

To build hybrids squads with this nationality is an easy task since there are Brazilian players in the whole world. The team with greatest quality is the result of the combination of Brazilians with the BBVA. Neymar, Marcelo, Dani Alves and Diego Costa are key players in this connection.

Building a good Hybrid team based in the BPL and in Brazilian players is also possible. Willian, David Luiz, Óscar and Ramires are essential in this hybrids.

On an inferior level, and besides the Brazilian league, the players of this nationality still connects reasonably with other leagues, especially with the Bundesliga. Dante, Diego, Luiz Gustavo and Felipe Santana have their role in these hybrids.

Follow our other league guide to easily build your hybrid team.