These 5 professional athletes are real gamers!
Gaming is no longer a niche. Every second person plays video games today. This also includes more and more professional athletes who have discovered e-sports for themselves in addition to their everyday sporting activities. Mesut Özil even founded his own e-sports clan, m10_esports. Find out now which professional players are still avowed gamers and which sportsman is also one of the best players in the world in FIFA.
Neymar
The Brazilian professional footballer Neymar is the most expensive player in the world and a huge gaming fan. Contrary to what one might expect, the Paris Saint-Germain player's preference is not FIFA, but shooters. The 30-year-old is particularly fond of Counter Strike Global Offensive and Fortnite. You can follow his streams on his Facebook page.
Sergio Agüero
The 33-year-old ex-professional had to hang up his football career last year due to heart problems. After his transfer from Manchester City, the Argentine had most recently played for FC Barcelona. However, this has not put a damper on his career on Twitch. On the contrary: around 4 million subscribers follow Agüero's streams on his Twitch channel SLAKUN10. In addition to Just Chatting streams, he also plays Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5) and Valorant.
Max Verstappen
Dutch Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has a second passion besides racing: The 24-year-old's heart beats for FIFA! During the US Grand Prix last year, he allegedly played for over 14 hours in between. Not only is he a fan of the game, but he's actually really good at it. In 2019, he was able to secure 21st place in the FIFA Ultimate Team Weekend League under the name "crgboy007". This makes him one of the best players in the world! Max beat the British Formula 1 driver Lando Norris 3:0 in a friendly match.
Ronaldo
Brazilian football legend Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima has not been active as a player since 2011, but he has built up a second career with Twitch. In addition to some general just-chatting streams, you can watch the now 45-year-old world champion play Call of Duty. On his Twitch account RonaldoTV, over 400,000 subscribers follow the streams.
Gordon Hayward
Gordon Hayward is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets. In his spare time, however, his heart beats for another game: League of Legends. On his Twitch channel gdhayward, his more than 80,000 followers can watch Gordon's ranked games. The 32-year-old is currently playing on the Gold Rank.
Which other professional athletes do you know who are also gamers?
Sources
Neymar: Contract with Facebook Gaming - PSG pro wants to start streaming career
F1's champion-in-waiting Max Verstappen is one of the best FIFA players in the world, and loves it so much he played for 14 hours during the US Grand Prix
Football star Ronaldo is now a Twitch streamer - and he's really good at Warzone!
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