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A football career sim where every match is a card battle. Build joker combos, chase form, survive the press, sign transfers and fill your trophy cabinet — all from your own room. Deckbuilding meets the beautiful game.
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Cartagol: Football Card Career
SteamAbout Cartagol: Football Card Career
Live the life of a footballer — from your own room, a cork board and a second-division shirt, to the biggest nights in Europe. And play every single match with cards.
EVERY MATCH IS A HAND OF CARDS
No simulation slider, no auto-play. On matchday you sit at the table:
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Draw from your own deck and build poker hands — pairs, straights, flushes. CHIPS × MULT decides the strength of every move.
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Your opponent plays real hands from their own deck. Every move pushes a tug-of-war bar: push it far enough and it's a GOAL — let them push back and the away end goes quiet.
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Four suits shape how you score: POWER, STRIKE, FLAIR and PASS. Strike-heavy hands finish chances, pass-built goals become assists, physical hands break the opponent's move in half.
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Eight hands per match and a handful of swaps — spend them like they're minutes on the clock.
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Two-legged European nights, and when it all ends level: penalty shootouts, card against card.
YOUR DECK IS YOUR CAREER
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One deck follows you through your entire career.
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Upgrade single cards with stamps — lucky, golden, steel, glass, extra chips, extra mult.
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Level up your hands until a humble Pair hits like a Straight.
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Your player's skills unlock deck upgrades: development doesn't inflate numbers, it opens doors.
BUILD YOUR JOKER TABLE
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40 jokers across three rarity tiers, each bending the rules of the match in its own way.
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Up to five on your table, all active, all stacking. Some sign short contracts and walk away — keep your table alive.
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Chips are the only currency, and only playing earns them. Spend them in the magazine on your desk: jokers, card packs, hand upgrades, season vouchers.
A CAREER THAT FEELS ALIVE
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6 top leagues and their second divisions — promotion, relegation, and over 100 clubs.
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Transfer windows with real negotiation drama: offers arrive, wait, and get withdrawn.
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Contracts, wage talks and boardroom meetings. Earn your coach's trust week by week.
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European competitions with a league phase, knockout rounds and finals.
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A real season calendar on your wall — match by match, week by week.
YOUR ROOM IS YOUR HUB
Everything happens in your own room, on real objects:
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A cork board with hand-pinned league standings and fixture notes.
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A green chalkboard that runs your matchday — play or simulate, your call.
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A retro 90s desktop computer: stats, transfer offers, social media, and decades of league history in the archive.
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A magazine on the desk: your collection, your deck, and the market between its pages.
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A trophy shelf that slowly fills, and a shirt on the wall for every club you've played for.
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A training ground with card puzzles to sharpen your skills.
THE WORLD REACTS TO YOU
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A living social media feed: fans celebrate you, mock you, and turn on you when form dips.
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Press rumors, transfer gossip, title race hysteria and end-of-season verdicts.
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A market value graph that rises and falls with your real performances.
Start as a nobody. Retire as a legend. Or don't — that part is up to your cards.
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