6 Champ Man 01/02 wonderkids we can’t believe are still playing in 2022

Championship Manager wonderkids are still beloved today. They are discussed on forums, and the memories they weaved on our fat back grainy PC monitors will be forever remembered. But incredibly some of the best wonderkids from CM 01/02 are still playing to this day.

They would have been youngsters back then, about to embark on their long careers in football, but none could have predicted their careers lasting as long as they have with some playing into their 40s and still going.

Almost all have won trophies and incredibly some are still doing so even now with the others playing football for the sake of the beautiful game.

So here are six Championship Manager 01/02 wonderkids who we can’t believe are still playing in 2022.

What a player. Yeah ok, he wasn’t always a consistent goalscorer but does that really matter if you bring joy to the streets of Blackburn?

He brought even more joy to people on computers around the world because in CM 01/02 he was one of the game’s best talents if you knew how to use him right. Pry him out of Bayern and you could have a Paraguayan magician dazzle your opposition defences.

There must be something in the water in Paraguay because he’s still going. He’s playing in the country’s top flight for Libertad at the age of 40. Yes, really.

He won the national cup for the first time last year… to go with his eight national titles. Some catalogue.

About an hour north of Seville is El Puerto de Santa Maria. Of the historic people to come from the city, perhaps one is its greatest son; Joaquin.

Our third 40-year-old on this list, he grew up a Real Betis fan and player, and he became really rather good. If you played CM 01/02, you could turn him into one of the best attack minded midfielders in the