FIFA 08 introduced the Be a Pro mode, which focused on controlling one footballer.
The mode changed the usual FIFA experience by asking players to control an individual outfield player rather than directing the entire team. It emphasized positioning, teamwork, stamina and completing role-specific objectives during a match.
Be a Pro was an important step toward the player-focused career experiences that later became associated with FIFA’s Player Career mode. FIFA 08 also included other major additions, including a more advanced control system and a broader set of online features.
The name can be confused with later versions such as Be a Pro: Seasons and Be a Goalkeeper. Those developments expanded the same individual-player idea, but FIFA 08 is the game credited with introducing the original Be a Pro mode to the main FIFA series.