| RATEDE | Like the FIFA and Madden video games |
| ELECTRONIC | _ Arts, video game company whose franchises include FIFA and The Sims (10) |
| JOHNS | Ritter and Madden |
| JOEL | Musician brothers, Benji and ... Madden (4) |
| JOELS | Embiid and Madden, for two |
| DIEGO | He shared the FIFA Football Player Of The Century Award with the great Pele, ... Maradona |
| REALMADRID | Spanish professional football club which was recognised as the FIFA Club of the century in the year 2000: 2 wds. |
| MESSI | Players to have won the FIFA Men's Player of the Year since 2008: Lewandowski, Modric, Ronaldo, and... (5) |
| COSTA | ___ Rica, country who qualified for the final stages of the FIFA World Cup in 1990, 2002 and 2006 (5) |
| ANDI | ___ Sullivan (midfielder on the US Women's National Team, currently playing in the FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand) |
| DIEGOMARNA | Joint winner of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award |
| ASIA | Setting for the FIFA World Cups of 2002 and 2022 |
| ROSSI | Paolo ....., top scorer at the final stages of the FIFA World Cup in 1982 (5) |
| NIGERIA | This West African nation made the group stage of the FIFA World Cup competition in 2002 |
| DIEGOMARADONA | *Argentine who shared the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award with Pele |
| ROJO | - Marcos, Argentina defender who scored the winning goal against Nigeria in the FIFA World Cup (4) |
| SUN | ___ Wen retired Chinese soccer player who won the FIFA Female Player of the Century along with 44a in 2000 |
| RONALDO | Brazilian footballer who is one of only two men to have won the FIFA Player of the Year award three times |
| ADIDAS | Company that has designed the official ball for the FIFA World Cup since 1970 |
| BRAZIL | Country that won the FIFA World Cup for the fifth time in 2002 (6) |
