The iconic game has changed in many ways over the years, including its packaging

One of the most exciting questions about the release of a new FIFA video game is, 'which players will be on the cover?'.

From Lionel Messi to Cristiano Ronaldo to Ronaldinho and Thierry Henry – some of football's biggest superstars have had the honour of featuring on the front of FIFA.

A look through the FIFA cover archives reveals the who's who of world football over the past 26 years – since the first FIFA was released in 1993.

Goal jumps into the time warp wormhole head on…

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  FIFA International Soccer (1993)

  David Platt and Piotr Swierczewski

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• FIFA Soccer 1995 (1994)

  Erik Thorstvedt

• FIFA Soccer 1996 (1995)

  Andy Legg and Ioan Sabau

• FIFA 97 (1996)

  David Ginola