15-year-old FIFA prodigy Anders Vejrgang has been one of the biggest up-and-coming names in the soccer franchise's esports world for quite a while now, with his biggest accomplishment being his undefeated streak on FIFA's Ultimate Team mode. Hanging with some of the annual sports title's best players, Vejrgang wracked up a jaw-dropping 536 wins in a row, dominating the mode's notoriously tough Weekend League.
Last Sunday, the talented FIFA 21 player's streak was finally broken when he went head to head with Danish player Damesheets, who managed to get a shock victory over his opponent, winning 5 - 1. Regardless of the loss, Vejrgang has set a record that many believe will be nigh-impossible to shatter, wracking up a serious number of wins in spite of some unbelievably tough competition.
For those not keeping up with the ambitious FIFA player's career, Vejrgang is currently signed with German soccer club RB Leipzig, which brought the young player on board to join its esports league. Unfortunately, he's too young to officially partake in a number of FIFA's biggest tournaments, deciding that he would instead focus on dominating Ultimate Team until he was old enough to compete. Since his recent loss, several professional gaming mainstays have reached out to celebrate his monumental achievement, with one of FIFA's esport commentators, Brandon Smith, tweeting "the next generation of FIFA talent is scary."
Vejrgang can't officially join any of FIFA's esports leagues until he's 16, however, he's already building quite the following for when he inevitably challenges some of the game's biggest names. Right now, he boasts over 500,000 Twitch followers, 300,000 Instagram followers, and over 90,000 Twitter and YouTube followers. He's sure to only grow in popularity when he gets the opportunity to show off his wide skill set in front of a bigger audience in a year's time. Until then, it seems he'll continue to run through opponents on FIFA's Ultimate Team Weekend League.
In other FIFA 21 news, the game's Google Stadia port finally got a release date earlier this month, with it officially set to debut on March 17 for the streaming console. The soccer tie-in was initially released all the way back in October 2020, boasting new changes to the franchise's yearly career mode alongside several other additions. It's made its way to a variety of consoles since its debut, including both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X as well as the Nintendo Switch. The latter was a source of controversy, however, with the version changing very little during its year in development, essentially repackaging and selling FIFA 20 with a new title.
FIFA 21 is out now on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch, with a Google Stadia port arriving on March 17.
Source: Twitter - Brandon Smith, SportBible