FIFA 22 Paolo Maldini SBC: Mid Icon comes with surprise Future Stars token

The FIFA 22 Team of the Year promo is dominating Ultimate Team, with plenty of new content coming at us.

Another Icon has come to the Squad Building Challenges, with a Mid Paolo Maldini available to unlock for your club.

Mid Paolo Maldini (OVR 92)

Start Date: Sunday, 30 January

Expiry Date: Saturday, 26 February

SBC Requirements

There are nine different squads needed to unlock the new card.

The requirements are as follows:

Born Legend

  • Minimum 11 Rare players
  • Exactly Bronze players
  • Minimum 50 Team Chemistry

1 x Two Rare Gold Players Pack

Rising Star

  • Minimum 11 Rare players
  • Exactly Silver players
  • Minimum 50 Team Chemistry

1 x Two Rare Gold Players Pack

Il Capitano

  • Minimum one Milan player
  • Minimum one TOTW or FUT Champions player
  • Minimum 84 Team Rating
  • Minimum 75 Team Chemistry

1 x Premium Mixed Players Pack

Squadra Azzurra

  • Minimum one Italy player
  • Minimum one TOTW or FUT Champions player
  • Minimum 85 Team Rating
  • Minimum 70 Team Chemistry

1 x Small Prime Gold Players Pack

League Legend

  • Minimum one Serie A player
  • Minimum 86 Team Rating
  • Minimum 65 Team Chemistry

1 x Rare Mixed Players Pack

Top-notch

  • Minimum one TOTW or FUT Champions player
  • Minimum 86 Team Rating
  • Minimum 60 Team Chemistry

1 x Premium Gold Players Pack

87-rated Squad

  • Minimum 87 Team Rating
  • Minimum 55 Team Chemistry

1 x Rare Electrum Players Pack

88-rated Squad

  • Minimum 88 Team Rating
  • Minimum 50 Team Chemistry

1 x Mega Pack

88-rated Squad

  • Minimum one TOTW or FUT Champions player
  • Minimum 88 Team Rating
  • Minimum 45 Team Chemistry

1 x Rare Players Pack

Estimated Cost – 1.19M (PlayStation) / 1.17M (Xbox)

The Italian legend is the highest-rated and best Icon centre-back in FUT, with a 94 OVR Prime, 92 OVR Mid and 88 OVR Base.

Maldini's Mid version sells for roughly 1.2 million coins on PlayStation and 1 million coins on Xbox, and the SBC is similarly valued, although you will be able to bring this price down by using untradeable cards in your club, of course.

This card is simply outstanding and boasts pretty much perfect defending stats, with 96 Standing Tackle, 96 Interceptions, 95 Sliding Tackle, 94 Defensive Awareness as well as 92 Heading Accuracy.

Mid Maldini also has 82 PAC, 82 PHY along with good dribbling stats for a centre-half.

Surprise Loan

Even if you aren't bothered about bringing a loan version of Maldini to your club, you will want to be completing this SBC as it also offers a Future Stars Swaps Token.

There is just one squad to submit and the requirements are as follows:

  • Minimum one Italy player 
  • Minimum 81 Squad Rating 
  • Minimum 30 Team Chemistry
  • 11 players in the Squad

Estimated cost – 9.05k (PlayStation) / 10k (Xbox)

Full TOTY XI out now

The official FIFA 22 Team of the Year cards are in packs now for a limited time only!

No less than five PSG players have made EA's Team of the Year, which seems utterly absurd considering they didn't even win the French league!

Gianluigi Donnarumma and Lionel Messi both won international trophies, but the likes of Antonio Rudiger and Mohamed Salah will surely feel aggrieved at missing out.

Mbappe has received a ridiculous 97 OVR striker card that boasts 99 pace and five-star skill moves which makes him the best TOTY card of the lot.

Jorginho tops the ratings for midfielders, but Kante will be the man everybody wants to pack in the centre of the park.