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LOOK: 10 Ballers Who Are Obsessed With Gaming

LOOK: 10 Ballers Who Are Obsessed With Gaming

PSG star Neymar Jr is an gamer and streams on Twitch playing Call of Duty and others.

The love footballers have for esports and gaming continues to grow, with a host of players using their free time to play and stream themselves gaming online. 

Here's a look at ten ballers who are avid gamers... 

What's the story?

It's common knowledge that a host of ballers use up their spare time to enjoy some gaming.

Whether they stream themselves doing so, or simply do it to destress from competing on a weekly basis, some of the best players in the world are obsessed with their controllers.

Read: Man City Star Rated Highest In Community TOTS

Here's a look at football's gaming geeks...

Gaming footballers

Brazil's Neymar Jr. is one of the best players of his generation and also one of the most avid video game enjoyers in football. 

The PSG star plays video games on the live streaming platform Twitch. As per Gurugamer.com, Neymar's favorite genre is first-person shooter, favouring games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) and Call of Duty on his Twitch and YouTube accounts.

He has many times expressed his fondness for CS: GO, achieving a pretty high rank on it and putting on Brazilian teammates, Gabriel Jesus, along with midfielders Casemiro, Lucas Paqueta, and Everton Ribeiro to play during last year's World Cup in Qatar. 

England and Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount, is also an avid gamer and big fan of games like EA Sports' FIFA, Call of Duty:Warzone and Fortnite.

The baller is also Combat Gaming ambassador, with Fulham's Antonee Robinson highly rating him on Call of Duty:Warzone. 

Here's a list of ten players who are rated as top gamers: 

  • Jesse Lingard
  • Antoine Griezmann
  • Neymar Jr
  • Antonee Robinson
  • Casemiro
  • Mason Mount
  • Dele Alli
  • Diogo Jota
  • Kevin De Bruyne
  • Paulo Dybala

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