
He didn’t quite hit the required heights in real life, however, and he’s delved down the French divisions over time. He was a quality young goalkeeper in CM 01/02, and an easy pick up from Nantes’ youth ranks. The French League system is a confusing mess, but perhaps the man that knows it best is Alexis Thebaux. And, in 2022, he only went and won his second Copa del Rey with Real Betis.ġ7 years after the Copa del Rey trophy was guest of honour at his wedding, 40-year-old Joaquin wins it again with Real Betis! 🏆 /GF7B87K1Lw That is if you could tear him away from his boyhood club… which happened in real life when he left for Valencia in 2006.īut don’t worry, because nine years later he came home. If you played CM 01/02, you could turn him into one of the best attack minded midfielders in the world. Our third 40-year-old on this list, he grew up a Real Betis fan and player, and he became really rather good. Of the historic people to come from the city, perhaps one is its greatest son Joaquin. JoaquinĪbout an hour north of Seville is El Puerto de Santa Maria. He won the national cup for the first time last year… to go with his eight national titles. He’s playing in the country’s top flight for Libertad at the age of 40. There must be something in the water in Paraguay because he’s still going. Pry him out of Bayern and you could have a Paraguayan magician dazzle your opposition defences. He brought even more joy to people on computers around the world because in CM 01/02 he was one of the game’s best talents if you knew how to use him right. Yeah ok, he wasn’t always a consistent goalscorer but does that really matter if you bring joy to the streets of Blackburn? So here are six Championship Manager 01/02 wonderkids who we can’t believe are still playing in 2022. They would have been youngsters back then, about to embark on their long careers in football, but none could have predicted their careers lasting as long as they have with some playing into their 40s and still going.Īlmost all have won trophies and incredibly some are still doing so even now with the others playing football for the sake of the beautiful game. But incredibly some of the best wonderkids from CM 01/02 are still playing to this day. They are discussed on forums, and the memories they weaved on our fat back grainy PC monitors will be forever remembered.




Championship Manager wonderkids are still beloved today.
