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

Adriano, Samba, R.Larcos - ranking the most iconic video game footballersByAlex BysouthBBC Sport senior journalistPublished2 minutes agoCommentsThe 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.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 showboatersPublished24 MarchHaaland? Kane? R9? Ranking the best centre-forwards this centuryPublished3 March10. 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...