{"id":82278,"date":"2026-01-21T22:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/?p=82278"},"modified":"2026-01-21T22:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:52:20","slug":"ea-fc-26-leak-confirms-messi-and-ronaldo-toty-honourable-mention-player-pick-sbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/ea-fc-26-leak-confirms-messi-and-ronaldo-toty-honourable-mention-player-pick-sbc\/","title":{"rendered":"EA FC 26 Leak Confirms Messi And Ronaldo TOTY Honourable Mention Player Pick SBC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The special <strong>Honourable Mention<\/strong> cards for <strong>Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi <\/strong>will soon be available in the <strong>EA FC 26 Ultimate Team<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <strong>leaks <\/strong>from several <strong>insiders online<\/strong>, the <strong>Portuguese striker<\/strong> and <strong>Argentinian winger<\/strong> cards will be released through a <strong>Squad Building Challenge (SBC)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The TOTYs are here. Join fans from around the world in celebrating the best in football by helping to choose the fans\u2019 teams of two world-class squads from across Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s football over the last calendar year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year also introduces the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Captain, awarded to the standout performer on the pitch across both men\u2019s and women\u2019s XIs. The final Team of the Year XIs will be announced shortly after the vote concludes, with special TOTY Player Items released into EA SPORTS FC 26 and FC Mobile to celebrate each player&#8217;s status as a fan favourite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re a fan of Ultimate Team, we recommend checking out our guide on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/ea-fc-26-how-to-unlock-the-transfer-market-in-web-app-companion-app\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"79756\">how to unlock the transfer market in the Web App and Companion App<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also suggest taking a look at the prediction for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/ea-fc-26-prediction-sbc-marquee-matchups-15-january-week-18\/\">the Marquee Matchups, so you can buy in advance the cards you\u2019ll need to complete the SBCs that Electronic Arts will release on Thursday, 15 January.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, <strong>the TOTY Team<\/strong> has already been leaked, with the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/ea-fc-26-toty-men-team-of-the-year-on-16-january-with-icons-leaked-no-yamal-and-raphinha\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"82100\">full list of players available at the following link<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Messi and Ronaldo TOTY HM &#8211; Overall &#8211; Stats &#8211; PlayStyles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ab04e8c6add2&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ab04e8c6add2\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cover-CR7-Messi-TOTY-HM-Prediction-EA-FC-26.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82279\"><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay tuned to our pages, many useful guides are coming that will make your gaming experience fun both in the <strong>Division Rivals<\/strong> and in the <strong>Champions Weekend League<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EA Sports FC 26<\/strong>\u00a0is now available\u00a0on <strong>PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Steam, and Nintendo Switch<\/strong>. Follow us on our social media channels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/futukofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ultimateteam_uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, for more news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Messi and Ronaldo TOTY HM card have been leaked online and will soon be released via an SBC in EA FC 26\u2019s Ultimate Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":82279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[4075,4077,131,130,28],"class_list":["post-82278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ultimate-team","tag-ea-fc-26","tag-fc-26","tag-team-of-the-year","tag-toty","tag-ultimate-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}