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Ronaldinho center stage on FIFA 07 cover

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Aug 11, 2006 11:54 am PT

Seven soccer stars announced as regional cover athletes for EA's upcoming soccer game; licenses extended with Premier, Mexican leagues.

Wayne Rooney runs screaming from Ronaldinho's giant disembodied head.

Soccer's international flavor will once again be on display on the cover of Electronic Arts' FIFA 07. The publisher today announced that it has signed seven soccer stars to grace the cover of the upcoming sports game, which ships to stores on October 3.

Though the players on each cover will be determined by region, one athlete will be featured on all covers. Brazil's Ronaldinho, who plays professionally for FC Barcelona, will be featured as the center piece of each cover and will be flanked with local stars. Ronaldinho, who was featured on the cover of FIFA 06, is the two-time FIFA player of the year and apparently a big fan of EA's FIFA franchise.

In North America, LA Galaxy star Landon Donovan and Mexico's Francisco Fonseca will be featured alongside Ronaldinho on the cover. Similar honors go to Manchester United's Wayne Rooney in the UK (pictured), Bayern Munich's Lukas Podolski in Germany, Valencia's David Villa in Spain, and Olympique Lyonnais's Juninho Pernambucano in France.

EA also announced that it has extended its licensing deals with two professional soccer leagues. The publisher reached an agreement with the Premier League for an additional four years of licensing, extending the deal through the 2010-2011 season. EA also extended its partnership with the Mexican First Division League, but no terms were announced.

FIFA 07 is being released on the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, and PC. For more information on the game, check out GameSpot's preview.

94 Comments

  • alecskinner

    Posted Sep 26, 2006 8:27 am PT

    ronaldinho is the worlds best player surely now he and rooney is great

  • nely_nelson

    Posted Sep 24, 2006 7:22 pm PT

    Zidane should not be on the front cover.HE disgraced the world cup by head butting materazzi. sure Ronaldinho had a dissapointing world cup but he is still great.

  • mcmhango

    Posted Sep 18, 2006 4:43 pm PT

    ZIDANE!!!

  • mcmhango

    Posted Sep 18, 2006 4:42 pm PT

    ZIDANE SHOULD BE ON THE DAMN COVER NOT HORSY

  • ov3rdance

    Posted Sep 10, 2006 10:02 am PT

    EA. i want FA CUP not English cup...

  • ov3rdance

    Posted Sep 9, 2006 8:09 am PT

    How about jeff Demsey. he's score the only goal for the U.S. put him on the cover.

  • wasup321

    Posted Sep 3, 2006 8:59 pm PT

    reyna shouldntt br on north america cover or landon donavon it should be the only american who has proved he can play outside the g ay little mls

    Fulham's very own brian mcbride he's the reason why italy didn't win every game yayyy for mcbride the only american who played in the world cup

  • wasup321

    Posted Sep 3, 2006 8:51 pm PT

    gerrard whould be good too

  • wasup321

    Posted Sep 3, 2006 8:48 pm PT

    HENRY is the best put him, no dinho again or that little punk rooney, i like the north american one. im glad they didnt put freddy adu, that over hyped little wimp. Why didnt they put micheal ballick on the german one ????
    oh yeah ballack is a sellout ballack is a sellout ballack is a sellout ballack is a sellout ballack is a sellout ballack is a sellout ballack is a sellout

  • Paul028

    Posted Aug 31, 2006 9:11 am PT

    I agree with most of these comments. Rooney was not a good choice, i don't know why EA chose him, instead they should have Totti, Henry, or Cristiano Ronaldo. I thought that Ronaldinho was a good choice because he is one of the best players in the game of soccer. I was also thinking that maybe EA should try putting players that not everyone knows. Promoting other players then the "top dogs". But then again that may not appeal to everyone. Or maybe have more then just 2 or 3 players on the cover. Anyway, Ronaldinho was a good choice but Rooney was not.

  • xpurex

    Posted Aug 26, 2006 5:11 pm PT

    After my opinion Cannavaro and C.Ronaldo deserves the front this year but it would be extremly good if they look at someone much better then wayne rooney...afcourse Henry i mean...he is a great french player and a legend. 3 world cups!

  • SocaWarrior

    Posted Aug 25, 2006 8:46 am PT

    I would have liked to have Seen Titi on my cover. But hey, we everybody loves Ronaldinho... right?

  • Urdzinssss

    Posted Aug 21, 2006 3:07 am PT

    He is probably the greatest player in the world right now,but i am whrealy disappointment because is is not fair-again RONALDINHO psc I dont think he is better than Fabio Cannavaro,David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldu,Zinadine Zidane,--->I can say only it's stupid in the FIFA 07 cover can be Fabio Cannavaro and David Beckham.

  • jayh1304

    Posted Aug 17, 2006 3:32 pm PT

    I cannot believe that buck teeth and fatty have got on the cover again! i really cannot believe it! EA have new people, better people and all

  • D-ice3000

    Posted Aug 16, 2006 3:48 pm PT

    I think you're all forgetting that the cover will feature different soccer stars according to the area in which you live in (i.e. Wayne Rooney in England, Landon Donovan is the USA and Lukas Podolski in Germany, ect...), its not like Ronaldinho is the only one on the covers. SO STOP CRYING.....But if i had to pick one player for the cover itd be Cristianado Ronaldo, despite my hatred of him, he carried his team to the quarter finals of the world cup and played great on Manchester last season

  • igordebraga

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 4:02 pm PT

    This cover isn't cool as FIFA 06 (http://img.clubic.com/photo/00142287.jpg)...
    at least your suggestions are good. Zidane's headbutt.... Ronald McDonald... LOL!

  • El_Esbirro

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 12:41 pm PT

    Well...Barcelona did win the Champions league and he is Barcelona's top star...plus the FIFA series in recent years has concetrated on bringing the CLUB Soccer expierience to videogames, so it's fair that Ronaldhino is on the front cover. But he's not the only TOP NOTCH Soccer Player that's on the planet, and putting Ronaldhino again on the cover, gives out the impression that he's the only Soccer SUPERSTAR around...which is completely false.

    EA should make the game cover more for everybody, instead of a single star(the world cup gave us an example of TEAMWORK...ITALY played like a team and they are ALL CHAMPIONS)....i think that's the main point everyone is trying to make to the guys who pick the cover stars for the FIFA games.

    If the FIFA is about International Club Soccer Teams, make the cover with all the stars around the globe...that would be really great, and Nobody could possibly complain about that.

  • sigma8

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 8:28 pm PT

    Zidane on the cover? Sure. But not for Fifa 07. Maybe put him on the cover of the next Tekken as a special playable character.

  • i_love_my_ds

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 7:39 pm PT

    Ronaldinho is really good, but he seriously dissapointed last world cup

  • Fatality4u

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 1:37 pm PT

    He is probably the greatest player in the world right now. It is about talent and respect, and he has both.

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