Imagine giving Ecuador's top football gamer the chance to apply his gaming strategies to a real soccer team.
In 2023, Sporting Club Emelec faced relegation. Their sponsor, Xtrim, enlisted top E-LigaPro player Sebastián Esparza to simulate upcoming matches in FIFA (now FC).
In 2023, Sporting Club Emelec faced relegation. Their sponsor, Xtrim, enlisted top E-LigaPro player Sebastián Esparza to simulate upcoming matches in FIFA (now FC).
Ultimate Coach
Xtrim - FC24 - S.C. Emelec
Language: English - Spanish
2024
Xtrim - FC24 - S.C. Emelec
Language: English - Spanish
2024
The gamer who changed a 1st division
team’s season
team’s season
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Video Case
Video Case
Sebastián plays over 530 games in FC24, facing off against
every one of Emelec's rivals before each match.
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Esparza’s data
Esparza’s data
He meticulously analyzes data to co-create new
strategies with Emelec’s coaches.
He experiments with new lineups and substitutes, examines
player statistics, and identifies the skills necessary to transfer virtual game
encounters to the real field, without sacrificing the teams performance.
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As a result, Sebastián was hired as an integral part of the
team for the rest of the 2024 season, thus marking a milestone in the club's
history as the first gamer to achieve this.
“A
first division team trusting its future to an internet brand.”
DSports –
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Design Spectrum
Design Spectrum
