Reviews

???Papin is one of the best strikers we have used this year. Papin is a complete striker, he has an impeccable shot, a very good pace, an impressive movement. I recommend this striker because it is very cheap and extremely good. from my point of view, this card should have cost 300k coins

Most of the FIFA content creators were hating on this card so bad, but honestly he is one of the best strikers I've used this game. Scores almost every game (not including like giving free wins and stuff) and can pass well even though card stats say otherwise. I cross it on corners and so many times has he jumped up and overhead volleyed it in. I highly recommend it he is such a bargain.

Honesly a really good player. His positioning is insane and his shooting stats are higher than the clouds. He scores or assists basically every game, and his heading is impeccable. Overall, a super player for just 60k!

I was really looking forward to trying this guy out after getting him in an untradeable 100k pack 10 minutes after he was released, but unfortunately, despite seeing 94 SHO on his card, he is a genuinely poor striker in my opinion. For a guy that's won the Ballon d'Or in real life, commanded a world record transfer fee, and, most importantly, has pretty much perfect shooting stats, I was expecting good things. Disappointed is an understatement. His shooting is decent if you ever get a chance to use it, but unless your style of play sets up good opportunities or one-touch finishes for strikers in the right place at the right time, you won't get a feel of how good his shooting is as he simply can't do anything to create chances for himself.

Even with a hunter he felt fairly slow, he is small so his good heading stats goes pretty much unused (and even when he wins them heading is a lottery in FIFA 23 regardless of heading acc.), he isn't strong and his in-game dribbling stat of 81, as well as 3-star Skill Moves are woeful for a small striker with limited pace. All this combines to create a striker who is purely a penalty box player to finish off moves given to him on a plate, via opposition mistakes or nice build-up play (this is slightly helped by a 4* WF & the outside foot shot trait). Given the insane amount of good forward options this year, Papin already feels one dimensional and outdated.

As a comparison, I currently use the FUT Champions version of IF Sørloth, who is faster, lengthy & better in the air, whilst also somehow possessing a better first touch and equally complete finishing.

Overall for just under 100,000 coins (at the time of writing), you can get strikers with multiple options for creating chances for themselves when Papin is purely a finisher who contributes little to nothing outside of kicking the ball in the goal 8 times out of 10.

This guy is one of the worst ST's you'll find in this game. He's so clunky (for some reason he feels more clunky than morientes and KDB, even tho I'm using engine on him), can't pass for shit and feels like he has 3* WF (or even 2 sometimes). I played 20 matches on div 3 and he scored 6 goals and made 3 assists. Meanwhile, Morientes has been scoring +2 goals every single match while this french piece of crap can't even pass to his teammate 5 meters ahead of him. Straight to SBC trash.