With all of the Ultimate Team of the Year players now on the loose and expected to be a huge commodity in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team we’ve delved deep into EA’s stat bank to bring you the lowdown on this years very best FUT players.

With TOTY players only available in packs for a mere 24 hours expect them to fetch a fortune on the transfer market.  Don’t worry though if you weren’t lucky enough to find one, the release of the Team of the Year usually signifies a drop in prices for the rest of the market (especially In Form players) so hit the Ultimate Team Web App, there should be some bargains about!

If however you are in the market for an Ultimate Team of the Year player you’re going to want to see the goods before you buy so we’ve brought you their hidden In Game stats starting with defenders.

Here’s the TOTY Midfielders Full Stats and watch this space for TOTY Attacker hidden stats.

Iker Casillas

Casillas is a hero to Real Madrid fans being a rare home grown talent (he joined them at the age of 9)!  With his lightening reflexes, superb agility and innate ability to pull off spectacular saves, he’s the best last line of defence you can get for your Ultimate Team.

Including the Euro 2008 and lifting the World Cup, Casillas has won almost everything there is to win in the game and will surely go down in history as one of the best goalkeepers of all time.

• Diving 91 – 94
• Handling 83 – 90
• Kicking 69 – 69
• Reflexes 93 – 99
• Speed 69 – 69
• Positioning 87 – 92

Dani Alves

Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta defined Dani Alves
as “the best right-back in the entire world” when the club signed him in 2008 and it looks like he might be right.

The 28 year old Brazilian is one of the strongest and most intense right-sided players around and with explosive acceleration and pace is going to be on most peoples shopping lists for the remainder of FIFA 12.

Definitely UltimateFIFA’s pick of the TOTY Defenders.

• Acceleration 92 – 98
• Agility 90 – 99
• Balance 87 – 96
• Jumping 85 – 87
• Reactions 89 – 99
• Sprint Speed 94 – 99
• Strength 71 – 72
• Aggression 84 – 93
• Positioning 79 – 79
• Tactical Awareness 84 – 93
• Vision 79 – 79
• Ball Control 85 – 94
• Crossing 86 – 94
• Curve 77 – 86
• Dribbling 82 – 91
• Finishing 60 – 67
• FK Accuracy 78 – 87
• Heading Accuracy 69 – 79
• Long Passing 81 – 88
• Long Shots 80 – 90
• Marking 80 – 89
• Penalties 70 – 78
• Short Passing 85 – 93
• Shot Power 88 – 99
• Slide Tackle 87 – 87
• Standing Tackle 83 – 92
• Volleys 68 – 79

Pique

After a spectacular failure at Manchester United in 2008 (being kept out of the first team by non other that Njemanda Vidic) Gerard Pique returned to Barcelona to a mob of angry fans still reeling from his depature 4 years earlier.  Despite all that, his fortunes changed and he quickly became a key figure in Pep Guardiola’s six trophy winning Barcelona side.

Despite his lack of pace, Pique’s been a commanding presence in the Bacelona backline thanks to his strength and reading of the game.

• Acceleration 64 – 64
• Agility 57 – 67
• Balance 44 – 52
• Jumping 74 – 84
• Reactions 84 – 99
• Sprint Speed 67 – 68
• Strength 85 – 96
• Aggression 69 – 81
• Positioning 50 – 50
• Tactical Awareness 89 – 99
• Vision 70 – 70
• Ball Control 76 – 90
• Crossing 50 – 55
• Curve 43 – 65
• Dribbling 64 – 76
• Finishing 58 – 88
• FK Accuracy 43 – 65
• Heading Accuracy 85 – 96
• Long Passing 84 – 93
• Long Shots 42 – 64
• Marking 89 – 99
• Penalties 69 – 99
• Short Passing 85 – 94
• Shot Power 53 – 81
• Slide Tackle 89 – 89
• Standing Tackle 93 – 99
• Volleys 57 – 87

Sergio Ramos

25 year old Sergio Ramos became the youngest Spain international for 55 years when making his debut in March 2005. Since then he’s won back to back league titles with Real Madrid and lifted the World Cup with Spain cementing his place as one of the top defenders in world football.

Ramos’ strength, speed and versatility to be able to play right across the defence and in midfield make him an attractive potential addition to any ultimate team.

• Acceleration 80 – 88
• Agility 85 – 96
• Balance 60 – 68
• Jumping 93 – 99
• Reactions 78 – 87
• Sprint Speed 84 – 93
• Strength 83 – 89
• Aggression 85 – 95
• Positioning 66 – 66
• Tactical Awareness 87 – 97
• Vision 67 – 67
• Ball Control 83 – 94
• Crossing 74 – 87
• Curve 73 – 78
• Dribbling 75 – 85
• Finishing 59 – 63
• FK Accuracy 62 – 66
• Heading Accuracy 89 – 92
• Long Passing 70 – 82
• Long Shots 55 – 58
• Marking 84 – 94
• Penalties 46 – 49
• Short Passing 78 – 92
• Shot Power 71 – 75
• Slide Tackle 89 – 89
• Standing Tackle 86 – 96
• Volleys 55 – 58

Nemanja Vidic

Virtually unknown before moving to Manchester United, Vidic is now considered to be one of the best defenders in the world. His partnership with Rio Ferdinand has formed a rock at the centre of the Red Devils’ defence for several years.

Despite injury problems the 30 year old Serbian did enough in 2011 to make the Team of the Year.

• Acceleration 67 – 71
• Agility 50 – 60
• Balance 47 – 56
• Jumping 90 – 99
• Reactions 77 – 85
• Sprint Speed 67 – 71
• Strength 93 – 99
• Aggression 92 – 99
• Positioning 26 – 26
• Tactical Awareness 83 – 92
• Vision 56 – 56
• Ball Control 67 – 80
• Crossing 40 – 47
• Curve 43 – 61
• Dribbling 48 – 57
• Finishing 37 – 52
• FK Accuracy 48 – 68
• Heading Accuracy 92 – 99
• Long Passing 62 – 73
• Long Shots 28 – 49
• Marking 91 – 99
• Penalties 62 – 88
• Short Passing 69 – 81
• Shot Power 60 – 85
• Slide Tackle 86 – 86
• Standing Tackle 94 – 99
• Volleys 41 – 58