EA Sports FC: Check out the last 10 cover stars of the FIFA game before Erling Haaland

Having ended ended their iconic 30-year partnership, the EA Sports FIFA era is over.

 EA Sports have rebranded the iconic soccer series to EA Sports FC - which many are convinced is the true successor to the FIFA franchise, despite football’s governing body making it abundantly clear that the FIFA series will continue.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino revealed in a statement that the new FIFA game will rival EA Sports’ new video game.

Following the launch of the official gameplay trailer for EA SPORTS FC 24, this article throws back to some previous cover stars of the FIFA games.

On Thursday, EA SPORTS announced Manchester City and Norwegian forward Erling Haaland as the main cover star of FC 24 Standard Edition, to mark the start of the new EA FC era.

But which superstars had graced the cover of the iconic soccer video game, before Man City’s goal machine?

From Lionel Messi to Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe to Sam Kerr, each FIFA cover marked an era in the football world.

Below is a list of the last 10 cover stars of the now-defunct EA Sports FIFA video game series.