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Neymar's Evolution Documented in His FIFA Video Game Character Every Year | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Writer Scarlett Howard
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Neymar has become one of the planet's finest footballers, and his transition from talented teenager to superstar has been chronicled through his appearances in the FIFA video game.

From his first appearance in the game in 2010 until the latest version, FIFA 15, there are two transitions at work—first the upping of his attributes, and secondly the detail in recreating him.

Graphics of course improved over the last five years of the video game, but it's also the case that some players are reproduced more faithfully than others, and Neymar has surely become a cornerstone of the simulation.

In 2010 he's somewhat indistinguished:

But every year a bit of extra definition is found:

By FIFA 13 it wasn't just his stats which were being addressed—his haircuts were, too:

With 24 goals for Barcelona this season already, and having only just turned 23, you'd expect another boost in those attributes in the next edition of the game.