If you're a longtime desktop football strategist, and you played Championship Manager back in 2001-02, then you'll more than likely remember Cherno Samba.
When developers make football games that include promising young players, sometimes they can aim a bit wide of the mark, and projected career trajectories can differ wildly from how things actually turn out. Cherno Samba is a case in point.
In the game Samba matured from youth prospect into world class talent, scoring the goals that won a huge number of players various competitions, something that will ensure he is fondly remembered by players forever more.
However, his actual career didn't mirror this virtual success, and in a journey that started in 2000 at Millwall, and took him Greece, Finland and finally Tonsberg in Norway (where he suffered his career-ending injury), Samba was never able to reach the heights attained by his own digital self.
"Funnily enough, I have never played Championship Manager myself," Samba told the BBC. "I wouldn't say it hindered my career, it is only a computer game."
While Samba did enjoy a long career during which he was able to play the game he loved and earn a living from doing so, it's fair to say that people won't remember him for his on-field exploits.
When asked which of his virtual achievements he'd like to have been turned into an actual one, he answered so: "To win the World Cup for England. That would be the ultimate." Indeed.