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3 unusual facts about Championship Manager


Championship Manager

In 1993, Intelek and UbiSoft used the Collyers' game code to produce a version for the French market, known as Guy Roux Manager (named after the legendary AJ Auxerre manager).

Maksim Tsyhalka

Maksim and, to a lesser extent, his brother Yuri both achieved a small amount of fame and worldwide renown after they were featured in the Championship Manager / Football Manager computer game series by Sports Interactive, especially in CM 01/02.

Miles Jacobson

That game was first published commercially in 1992 as Championship Manager.


MMA Pro Fighter

Instead of using the real-time graphics-oriented gameplay of the classic Street Fighter video game series, this game is more of a text-oriented sports game like Championship Manager.

Tarik El Taib

In the Championship Manager video game, his name was rendered as "Tarek Ettayeb".


see also

Championship Manager 2006

On 2 June 2006, to tie in with the 2006 FIFA World Cup, an update pack was released on the Championship Manager website, for the PC.

Miles Jacobson

Miles Jacobson OBE is studio director of Sports Interactive, the team behind the Football Manager series of video games, and creators of the original Championship Manager.