Insane Samuel Eto’o SBC Drops with Quick Step and Power Shot+

Insane Samuel Eto’o SBC Drops with Quick Step and Power Shot+. EA Sports FC 25 has just introduced a brand-new Samuel Eto’o Future Stars Icon SBC, and the community is buzzing. This isn’t just another throwback card — this is a dynamic forward option that blends meta PlayStyles, a 5-star weak foot, and advanced AI movement to deliver something quite unique. But is it too little, too late, considering the current power curve and Team of the Season content?

Samuel Eto’o Future Stars Icon Overview

The new Eto’o card stands at 5’10” with four-star skill moves and a five-star weak foot, offering solid versatility in attack. His PlayStyles are the real head-turner here — featuring First Touch, Quick Step+, Power Shot, Finesse Shot, Trivela and Tiki Taka. For a player of his archetype, this is an intriguing mix. While lacking meta-defining PlayStyle+ traits like Low Driven Shot+, Eto’o still shows great promise, especially with the Engine Chemistry Style boosting his pace, dribbling, and passing.

How Eto’o Performs In-Game With This SBC

The biggest highlight of Eto’o’s performance is how his Advanced Forward AI gets him into fantastic positions. While his First Touch+ PlayStyle is often underrated, it showed its value here. Clean ball control in tight areas, effective quick passes, and consistent attacking movement make Eto’o feel smoother than many would expect.

Despite lacking the coveted Driven Shot+, Eto’o’s regular finishing still comes off well, especially when timed green. With the five-star weak foot, he’s deadly from either side. The only downside is that in the current FC 25 landscape, many players now expect low-driven finishes to be a standard trait. Not having it can result in awkward shooting animations or frustrating saves.

In matches, Eto’o’s Quick Step+ really stands out. He bursts away from defenders with noticeable explosiveness. Dribbling-wise, he doesn’t feel clunky at all, which is surprising considering how some older Icons tend to struggle with tight control. The FUTBIN listing confirms his agility stats hold up even by today’s standards.

Is Samuel Eto’o Still Meta in FC 25?

That’s the million-coin question. The Eto’o SBC comes in at a hefty price — currently 1.34 million coins or equivalent fodder. For a price like that, especially this late in the cycle, you’d expect something that challenges top-tier cards. Unfortunately, Eto’o doesn’t bring any brand-new meta-defining mechanics to the table. He’s solid, but not groundbreaking.

As Team of the Season rolls out, many attackers are getting boosted with multiple PlayStyle+ traits. Compared to cards like TOTS Mbappé or upgraded Evolutions, Eto’o feels more like a nostalgic pick than a must-have forward. In fact, the review even suggests this card would’ve made far more sense had it been released earlier in the cycle or as a pull from packs — not a late-game SBC drop.

Best Chemistry Style and Positioning

The Engine Chemistry Style is easily the best fit for Eto’o. It boosts his balance and agility, tightening his dribbling in high-pressure areas while also enhancing his acceleration to maximize Quick Step+. He’s most effective as a lone striker or in a two-striker system where he can latch onto through balls and exploit AI gaps with his off-the-ball movement.

He can also play on the wing, specifically at LW, but given the current state of the game, that role is less useful unless you’re running a specific formation like a 4-3-2-1 or 4-4-2 diamond wide. The striker role remains his most natural and dominant position.

Who Should Complete This SBC?

If you’re an Eto’o fan with a strong sense of nostalgia or a Cameroon supporter looking to build a themed squad, this SBC could be worth your time. He’s not unusable by any means — in fact, his mechanics are surprisingly clean for an Icon — but from a meta point of view, you’re better off saving coins or fodder unless you’re absolutely stacked.

There is some hope that EA might release a future Evolution or boost mechanic that further elevates Eto’o. Until then, he remains a respectable but not elite pick for your attack — one that offers a few standout traits, but doesn’t redefine the current meta.

Players searching for unique movement and chemistry-friendly options could make Eto’o work — especially in hybrid squads or Icon-restricted lineups — but competitive players chasing Elite finishes may look elsewhere for more dominant options.

Good, But Lacking a Special Spark

Eto’o’s SBC brings a well-rounded card with intelligent AI movement, clean dribbling on Engine, and decent finishing — but at this stage in FC 25, he feels like a card you use for fun rather than function. If EA had included a third PlayStyle+ or made his SBC a bit cheaper, the reception might have been more positive. Instead, it’s an SBC that lands somewhere in between “solid” and “forgettable.”

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