5 players whose careers tailed off after being cover stars on FIFA and PES

#4 Mario Gotze

Gotze made this cover

FIFA World Cup 2014 hero Mario Gotze made his much-anticipated move to Bayern Munich from Borussia Dortmund around this time and his stock was sky high after scoring the winning goal in the World Cup final. The German made the PES 2015 cover in a Bayern shirt and garnered much attention the world over. The chatter soon disappeared into obscurity as did Gotze’s Bayern career as injuries plagued the promising talent and squad depth kept him on the bench for much of his tenure in Munich. Gotze eventually returned to Dortmund but hasn’t been as influential as he was in his first stint.