FIFA 22 Next Generation Players: How to Get Next Gen Player Item Pack & Why You’ve Not Received It

FIFA 22’s latest batch of special cards has arrived with the ‘Next Generation Player’ promo. This celebrates football’s brightest young talents, with their cards based on a defining moment in their career so far. Even better, all FIFA 22 players will receive one of these cards for free. Chances are then, you’re probably going to want to know how to get the Next Generation player in FIFA 22.

What Are Next Generation Players?

These special cards have stats based on defining moments in their career so far, which brought the world’s attention to their talents.

This is why their OVR ratings are possibly lower than their base cards in FIFA 22. Their stats are based on each player’s ability at the time of their decisive moment.

All FIFA 22 Next Generation Players

• Kylian Mbappé – LW – 86 – PSG
• Eduardo Camavinga – CM – 81 – Real Madrid
• Jude Bellingham – CM – 81 – Borussia Dortmund
• Phil Foden – CAM – 85 – Manchester City
• Christian Pulisic – LW – 83 – Chelsea
• Theor Hernández – LB – 85 – AC Milan

Getting the Free Next Generation Player in FIFA 22

Every player will get a free Next Generation player as long as they’ve played FIFA 22 before Jan. 14, 2022 on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, and Google Stadia starting Dec. 15.

This means that you simply need to load up the game anytime from now before Jan. 14 and play a single game, and you’ll find the Next Generation Player pack is added to your account.

You can then open this by going to the ‘Store’ menu from your Home screen. It will be in your ‘Packs’ tab here.

Why Haven’t I Received My FIFA 22 Next Generation Player?

Update 12/16/21: EA Sports has resolved the issue and all players should now receive their Next Generation Player Item Pack when they next log in to Ultimate Team.

Original: Unfortunately, not long after the promotion went live yesterday, EA Sports had to pull the Next Generation Player packs after discovering an error with Kylian Mbappé’s card. This was announced via the FIFA Direct Communication Twitter account.

At the time of writing, EA Sports still hasn’t re-enabled the distribution of the Next Generation Player Item Pack in FIFA 22.

However, it has been noted that any player that has already opened their pack and received the incorrect Kylian Mbappé card will receive the correct version once you have been identified by EA as an impacted player.

As soon as EA Sports has resolved the issue and re-enabled the FIFA 22 Next Generation Player Item pack, you should be able to just log in and claim it. For now, just sit tight and check out our wiki for more tips and tricks.