{"id":24037,"date":"2023-04-25T13:23:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T12:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/?p=24037"},"modified":"2023-05-04T16:38:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T15:38:59","slug":"football-manager-and-champ-man-wonderkids-what-happened-after-fm-fame-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/2023\/04\/football-manager-and-champ-man-wonderkids-what-happened-after-fm-fame-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Manager and Champ Man wonderkids: What happened after FM fame? Part two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week we wrote the first article in our series on Football Manager wonderkids<\/a> and what happened to them in their real-life careers. However, we have barely scratched the surface of the wonderkids that have given us so much joy over the decades. Here is the second instalment:<\/p>\n

Julius Aghahowa<\/h2>\n

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The Nigerian attacker is a legend of CM\/FM, with his appearance in one of the best editions of the franchise, Championship Manager 2001\/02, arguably the most notable.<\/p>\n

On that particular edition of Champ Manager, another legend Maxim Tsigalko was prolific. However, Aghahowa was right up there with the Belarussian as a must-sign player at the start of any save.<\/p>\n

He was not as prolific as Tsigalko, but this highly versatile attacker had almost every attribute in his game to be a great. The fact that he could be signed for cheap on Champ Manager was also a bonus. However, if you were playing in an English club, it was always difficult to sign Aghahowa due to work permit issues.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Aghahowa, the forward’s real-life career couldn\u2019t quite live up to his Champ Manager one. He started his career playing for his local police team, Police Machines, as he was a police officer for a short while.<\/p>\n

However, he started his professional football career with Bendel Insurance before a switch to the Tunisian club Esperance.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until a switch to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2000 that he came to prominence. The forward spent seven seasons with the Ukrainian side, making 89 appearances and scoring 32 goals in all competitions.<\/p>\n