5 rating drops to legendary players on the FIFA series

#4 Iker Casillas

Iker Casillas had an inglorious exit from Real Madrid and now plays for FC Porto

Jose Mourinho was probably the first to recognise the Real Madrid stalwart’s decline from a world class stopper to one prone to making rookie mistakes. Although unwelcome at the time, the Portuguese incumbent took the decision to drop Casillas from the Madrid lineup in favour of Diego Alves.

Mourinho’s successor, Carlo Ancelotti reinstated him to the Champions League lineup where despite a mistake-riddled season, Real Madrid managed to win the Champions League due to Sergio Ramos’ heroics.

Once upon a time, the current Porto FC goalkeeper was the safest pair of hands in world football. In FIFA 06, the 24-year-old Madrid goalkeeper was rated at 95, by far the best in the game. After a small drop in ratings for a couple of seasons, Casillas was again rated at 91 in FIFA 09 with the 90+ trend continuing for another season in FIFA 10.

FIFA 11 saw Casillas drop a point to 89 and he stayed in the 88-89 range till FIFA 14 where Jose Mourinho demoting him to the bench saw his overall drop to 86. In FIFA 15, the season Real Madrid won the Champions League, the stopper’s rating dropped further to 84 and now at 34 years old, there was little scope for improvement.

‘San Iker’ left his beloved Madrid and move to Portugal to play for FC Porto where his ratings dropped further to 82. Now 36 years old, the Real Madrid legend is in the final stages of his career with Porto and is rated at 82, a 13-point drop from his peak rankings of 95 a decade ago.