The collectible football card is the look of the 2026 World Cup. Across TikTok, Instagram, and Threads, soccer fans are turning their selfies into glossy player cards in the style of Panini stickers and FIFA Ultimate Team: a big overall rating in the corner, a position, a flag, a nameplate, and a row of stats, all wrapped in gold and holographic foil. It is the format that made sticker albums and trading cards so addictive, now pointed at you.
The World Cup Card template on EmpirioLabs builds the whole card from one photo. You upload a selfie, and the model keeps your face while turning you into a national-team star on a premium collectible card. Generation takes a few seconds.
See it in action
Here is a card generated entirely through the template. The face comes from a single uploaded portrait. Everything else, the kit, the frame, the rating, and the stadium behind, is built for you.
What you need
One clear photo of your face. A straight-on selfie with good lighting works best, the same kind you would use for a profile picture. The model reads your features from that single image and paints them onto the player on the card.
How to make a World Cup card on EmpirioLabs
You need an EmpirioLabs account with active credits.
Step 1: Open the playground
Sign in to platform.empiriolabs.ai and click Playground in the top navigation. Switch the model selector to an image model. The World Cup Card template selects the right one for you.
Step 2: Open the Templates picker
Click the Templates button in the upper-left corner of the playground. Filter by the Viral category, or type World Cup in the search bar to find the card fast.
Step 3: Upload your selfie
Click the World Cup Card to apply it, then upload your photo. That image becomes the player on the card.
Step 4: Add optional details
If you want, type a country, a position, or a name in the text field, for example Brazil striker number 10, or a gold legendary card. You can also tap one of the suggested ideas below the input, or leave it blank and let the template decide.
Step 5: Generate
Hit Send. Your card lands in a few seconds with a download button and a shareable link. Make a few with different kits and card styles, then post your favorite.
Using the World Cup Card template via the API
The same effect runs from any OpenAI-compatible client. Pass template: "world-cup-card" on a standard POST /v1/images/generations call with your photo:
curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/images/generations \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"template": "world-cup-card", "image": "https://your-photo.jpg", "prompt": "Brazil striker, number 10, gold card"}'The endpoint returns a job_id and a poll_url you can hit until the card is ready. The full request and response shape lives in the Generation Templates docs.
Pricing
A card is a single image generation, which starts around $0.035. You only pay for successful generations; failed or refused jobs are not billed. Full pricing for every model lives on the public pricing page.
Try the World Cup Card now
The World Cup Card template is live for every EmpirioLabs customer. Sign in at platform.empiriolabs.ai, open the playground, and make your card in under a minute. Want the moving version? Put yourself in the goal and the trophy lift with the World Cup celebration video templates.
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