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Melbourne City FC Become First Australian A-League Club to Sign a FIFA Player
by Ellis Hyman
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Australian based football club, Melbourne City FC, have announced the signing of their first FIFA player.
This marks the third FIFA player signed to a City Football Group club; a holdings company that owns Manchester City FC, and New York City FC.
Marcus Gomes, pictured above, is also the first FIFA player signed to an A-league team; Australia's primary football competition. Furthermore, he is the third so far signed to a City Football Group club; a holdings company that currently owns the Premier League club Manchester City, and American Soccer League club New York City FC – both of which have their own FIFA players.
At only twenty years old, Marcus ranks in the top 32 FIFA players in the world. Though he is a relatively young player, Melbourne City FC CEO Scott Munn does not see that distracting from their esports credibility:
"We know that many of our younger fans are playing esports regularly, and interest in the industry is growing in Australia and globally. With 16 million people playing FIFA worldwide, and the competitive FIFA scene taking shape, it is the right time for Melbourne City to move into esports."
Marcus will now travel to London, where he will be representing Melbourne City FC at the FIFA Interactive World Cup Grand Final on August 16-18. Gomes himself said of the announcement:
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"I started playing FIFA 2006 when I was nine, and I never could have imagined that the game would be where it is today, or that I would be signing a professional esports contract with a club like Melbourne City. I have followed City for the last few years and I am really looking forward to wearing the City blue shirt at this year's tournaments."
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the City Football Group's official charter only allows its teams to participate and invest in activities that are strictly soccer-related. This means that unlike the Adelaide Crows – an Australian-rules football club that signed League of Legends team Legacy Esports – its clubs are unable to sign esports players or teams outside of FIFA.
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