The Liverpool striker who flopped in 1998 but somehow had a video game named after him

Being the cover star of a major sports video game is a pretty sure sign of having ‘made it’ as a top athlete.

For years, football and gaming fans have been swallowed up in the world of EA Sports’ FIFA series and, before that, Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer/PES, with new cover stars selected to lead each iteration of the games.

From Wayne Rooney and Ronaldinho, to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, being the player on the front cover is very much a huge deal.

Think about how iconic the top sports video games are, and how many people have played them over the years.

So many football fans hold incredible memories of spending hours on FIFA and PES and their various different modes through the years, and recall their favourite versions of the game often by the front cover.

But how can companies expect a game to be remembered as iconic if the player on the front isn’t an undisputed mega star in their own right?

That is the exact reason why ‘Sean Dundee’s World Club Football’, a 1997 release, probably never took off as developers expected.

What’s that? You’ve never heard of Sean Dundee’s World Club Football? You’ve never even heard of Sean Dundee? Blasphemous.

We’re kidding, of course. You are forgiven for likely not having heard of a video game that was based around a striker who left Liverpool after one year, five appearances and zero goals. But it did actually happen. Seriously.

Born in Durban, South Africa, Dundee is a former footballer who carved out a near 30-year long senior career as a professional, playing as a striker and representing the Germany national team’s B team once.

His football career kicked off properly in Germany when he signed for Stuttgarter Kickers in 1992, and by 1995, he had worked his way up to the