#13 Adebayo Akinfenwa – The Beast
“People said: ‘You’re too big to play football’, but I kept playing and it just happened that people have caught on to me and taken to me. The nicest thing I get from it is that I can be myself and people seem to like it.”
In Akinfenwa’s own words, he was discouraged from playing football, but he has gone on reasonably well – as he is in the 17th year of his professional career. In those 17 years, he has played for 13 different clubs.
EA Sports didn’t ignore him either; the strength rating on the FIFA game series for Akinfenwa is 98, more than any other player in the world.
He is now back for a second spell at Wycombe Wanderers after helping AFC Wimbledon secure promotion to League One last season. He runs a clothing brand called ‘Beast Mode On’.
