Player Review
88 - FUT Birthday SBC
Used him for 27 games (42 goals 10 assists, elite div and playoff only), so I can give you a real complete feedback on this card. Let me tell you one thing : Quaresma is an absolute monster !
I used him first on the wing for 5/6 games. He was ok, but I felt it was a mess keeping him on the wing. He was doing the job really well, fast enough to run down the wing and cross, or cut inside and shot in finesse or outside foot shot.
I decided then to use him as a CAM in a 4-2-3-1 with abraham up front playing like a "pivot" (thats why quaresma was mostly scoring that passing) : oh my god what a player ! He is just so so good in that position. With his 5 stars weak foot he is really unpredictable. Really good finishing with booth feet (not a fake 5 stars weak foot at all).
I then used him as a ST and he was also really good, cant decide wich position is the best for him, but you cant go wrong having him as CAM or ST, depends of your other players.
Finishing : barely miss, 90% of shots are goals. Finess shot are really good with both feet, but the most enjoyable is when you find the good angle and shoot with outside foot shot, reminds me good old times in porto and portugal ! shoot power is crazy and that makes the difference when shoot is not perfect.
42 goals in 27 games in elite div and Playoff speaks for itself. I'm not a crazy pro player but I'm good enough to tell you that he is really really good. his finishing is for me better than Mbappe (I used his regular an his 93).
Last but not least, he does crazy good runs ! Always in the right spot ! I felt he knew where I wanted him to go, no need to press L1 or R1 to make him run or make him come for the ball.
The only cons is that sometimes he takes time to shoot, he sometimes has that animation where he raise his foot for too long before shooting. It doesn't happen a lot, but it happens
Dribbing : Oh my god !! He is really really smoooooooth. (at least on PS4). I was scared about his body time but you dont feel it at all. His left stick dribling felt like neymar! 5 stars skills are so op with him, reverse elastico is deadly ! back rainbow is crazy fast (not sure about this skill name). He is really fast executing every skill move. If you like to skill this card is for you !
Speed : He is fast ! Not crazy fast as Mbappe or vinicius ofc but fast enough to play everywhere, plus his stamina is really good so you can make him run all game and no need to sub him off.
I'm not an L1 + triangle player so I was mostly using him to build the game but when I needed him to run, he really did the job !
Physicality : I felt he was really strong with the ball. Not crazy strong, but strong enough to resist to a lot of defenders
Passing : as I said, he was a cam playing mostly as a striker, giving the ball to abraham and giving it back to him to score. But he did some great passes ! If you want to play him as a pure CAM to give good balls to your STs he perfectly does the job ! even his left passing is really good. But as I didn't played him for that, I'd say passing was not the most impressive on this card.
- Finishing
- 5 skills
- 5 weak foot
- positionning
- strong
- links
- that's it !