Adriano, Samba, R.Larcos - ranking the most iconic video game footballers

Breaking news from the world of sport: Larcos - ranking the most iconic video game footballers By Alex Bysouth Sport senior journalist Published 17 minutes ago The childhood bunk bed was a technicolour dreamcoat of late-night results, felt tip pen scribbled on the oak-stained frame a record of who was winning the ultimate, never-ending championship of brotherly video game encounters. The history of our battles on Fifa and Pro Evolution Soccer died with the bunk bed. No-one wanted the 'Man Red v Merseyside Blue' decor, it seems.

Time to move out and grow up, we thought, or at least channel more time into bleary-eyed Football Manager saves. But every so often the teams we loved, formations we favoured and cult players we came to rely on spring up in nostalgia-fuelled conversation. Trying to rank the most iconic football video game stars of all time is quite subjective, then - everyone has their favourite players, a personal bond with those little pixilated heroes who led them to virtual glory, the wonderkids they developed into world beaters.

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But there are some who demand wider legendary status - the Fifa stars with searing pace, the PES forwards boasting net-busting boots, the Football Manager gems with outrageous potential. I've attempted to rank some of the most iconic below, from 10 to 1, but would love to read your memories in the comments, too. Football's great entertainers - ranking the biggest showboaters Published 24 March Haaland?

Ranking the best centre-forwards this century Published 3 March 10. To Madeira (Championship Manager 01-02) Deep in the Portuguese lower leagues a future Ballon d'Or contender was emerging at the turn of the century. To Madeira was a bargain wonderkid on Championship Manager 01-02, a guaranteed goal-getter available for a few hundred thousand pounds who would evolve into one of the game's greatest strikers.

It's just the youngster, who started out at small-town outfit Gouveia, never actually existed. The forward was slipped into the database by a local researcher by the name of Antonio Madeira. Madeira, the real one, was probably unaware at the time his mischief would create a cult figure whose legacy lives on among early-noughties wannabe managers.

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Marvell Wynne (Fifa 12) Now, Marvell Wynne is very much real. The defender enjoyed a solid Major League Soccer career spanning a decade between 2006 and 2016, appearing for New York Red Bulls, Toronto, Colorado Rapids and San Jose Earthquakes. So far, so forgettable for those fans who aren't MLS aficionados.

Wynne, after all, came with a fairly average set of attributes on Fifa. Apart from one, his 96 pace. That made him a one-on-one defensive phenomenon and turned him into a Fifa legend.

Wynne says he often gets tagged in Instagram posts about the fastest players in the game. But it wasn't a glitch, the American ran the 100m in 10. 39 seconds in high school.

The story has climbed to the top of the sports agenda, with fans and analysts following closely.