Gaming Which footballer did you discover on a video game before they became good in real life?

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I have a couple. Not all of them will jump out at me. Most memorable was taking a 16/17 year old Darren Fletcher and turning him into United's captain and most valuable player by his mid-20's on Championship Manager. Though he was already at United so not the best example. I recall signing a young Patrice Evra before anyone knew who he was, from his Nice days. And on Fifa, I signed Eze from QPR on an old save with West Brom.
 
I signed Anthony Martial from Monaco in like FIFA 13 or something. Didn't even know what he looked like at the time. Mad the perception I had of him then compared to now.
 
Supat Rungratsamee, CM 03/04. Although he never became good...still a legend though.
 
There was a championship manager (maybe 07?) where I had Messi and Ronaldo on loan at Rangers and I used a glitch to sign them permanently.
 
Modric, and on the game he was a dynamic AMRLC
 
I signed Yaya Toure in FM05 when he was still playing in Ukraine. He was just called Yaya in the game, and I didn't realise until he signed for City that it was the same player.
 
Sergio Aguero for me on FM I always signed him along with Mido. They both ripped up Europe in my games!
 
I signed Yaya Toure in FM05 when he was still playing in Ukraine. He was just called Yaya in the game, and I didn't realise until he signed for City that it was the same player.
This is my favourite one so far
 
I signed Anthony Martial from Monaco in like FIFA 13 or something. Didn't even know what he looked like at the time. Mad the perception I had of him then compared to now.
Same. He had like a 90+ potential iirc and didn't have a photo just a blank silhouette on the menu
 
Sergio Aguero for me on FM I always signed him along with Mido. They both ripped up Europe in my games!
Was aguero hyped up before moving to Spain? I don't remember hearing about him until he went to Madrid
 
bought nani and anderson on fifa a year before they signed.
anderson became 95 or something :lol:
 
Was aguero hyped up before moving to Spain? I don't remember hearing about him until he went to Madrid
I'd certainly never heard of him, I bought him in his first season at Madrid in FM06 as a wonderkid
 
Marcelo. Can’t remember what version of FM it was but I signed him from his Brazilian club as a youngster and trained him up to be best in world at both left and right back. Following summer Real Madrid signed him in real life.
 
Diego and Robinho 03/04 I think?
 
I signed Wirtz in FM a few years back when he was like 16/17 I would guess, guy was fecking ridiculous for me.
 
Not a world beater, but I signed a 17 year old Emre Can on FM10 for pennies. He was half decent, and versatile. His real life career was definitely better.
 
Lee Young Pyo - available for c. £300k in Champ Manager 01/02 (I think) and would basically always turn into a world class LWB. 3/4 years later he turned up at Spurs - a good player but not the champions league winning machine he was in game.
 
Lee Young Pyo - available for c. £300k in Champ Manager 01/02 (I think) and would basically always turn into a world class LWB. 3/4 years later he turned up at Spurs - a good player but not the champions league winning machine he was in game.

Same game for me, but Wilfred Bouma and half the PSV team turned into world beaters over time.
 
Anderson and Nani on one of the old Pes games. Two months later they signed for United and I felt like a proud dad
 
Was aguero hyped up before moving to Spain? I don't remember hearing about him until he went to Madrid
Extremely hyped. There was a petition signed by many Bayern fans back then urging the club to sign him.
 
Marcelo. Can’t remember what version of FM it was but I signed him from his Brazilian club as a youngster and trained him up to be best in world at both left and right back. Following summer Real Madrid signed him in real life.
Yep, same. Crazy. The other one for me is Lewandowski, He was just an all-round good bargain striker when he played in the polish league. I remember signing him for my local swedish team.
 
Hugo Lloris, Sakho, and Saivet we're all wonderkids in fm08
 
Robert Earnshaw FM97/98. Absolute baller on the game. 16/17 at the game start I think.

Kinda played out. Great quiz answer too. He’s the only footballer to have scored a hatrick in;

PL
Championship
League 1
League 2
League Cup
Fa Cup
International Football

Solid career.
 
Not technically sure about being before they were good in real life but Fernandinho when he was at Shaktar was crazy for me. Though his constant 25-30 yard screamers didn't really materialise in real life.
 
Alejandro Gomez, 80k, Arsenal de Sarandi, FM 2008. these days known as Papu Gomez.
 
Always remember this, on Championship Manager 4 (which was the 02/03 season) I started a game with Sporting Lisbon who had a young Cristiano Ronaldo in their team.

I played him out wide, up front but I couldn't get him to play well at all. I sold him to Dortmund after a season for something like £15m