The Fall Of Radamel Falcao On FIFA Is Heartbreaking

At the peak of his powers, Radamel Falcao was given an illustrious 94-rated 'Team of the Year' card on FIFA 13.

It was, and still is, regarded as one of the best cards of all time but four years on from his Atletico Madrid heyday, the 30-year-old has suffered a huge fall from grace on the latest edition of FIFA.

In FIFA 17, Falcao was given a 81-rated card with his current club Monaco, another downgrade from his previous rating of 83 on FIFA 16.

Here's a look back at some of his past FIFA Cards:

FIFA 10

If you back in time to FIFA 10, a fresh-faced Falcao was given a 82-rated card as a 23-year-old at Portuguese side FC Porto.

FIFA 11

A year later, Falcao's overall stats decreased somewhat but after scoring 17 goals in 14 games for FC Porto, he was given several upgrades throughout the course of the season, including an outstanding 88-rated inform card.

FIFA 12

This was Falcao's big breakthrough in terms of stats. He made the move to Atletico and was given a pretty impressive 86 card.

Falcao scored 39 goals in 54 appearances for club and country that season and earned 'that' 91-rated Team of the Season card.

FIFA 13

At the age of 26, Falcao was in his prime and FIFA gave him a deserved +2 card with 83 shooting and 90 heading.

On FIFA 13, he earned a remarkable seven upgrades throughout the season. That's what happens when you score 32 goals in 37 games.

FIFA 14

In one of the more surprising moves of 2013, Monaco completed a reported £50 million deal to sign the Atletico forward but after a catalogue of injuries, Falcao made just 17 appearances for club and country.

He was ruled out of the 2014 World Cup but earlier on in the year, FIFA gave him a 90-rated card, even when he joined Manchester United on deadline day in September, 2014.

FIFA 15

After joining Manchester United on deadline day, he was given an 88-rated card at the start of the 2014/15 season. As we all know, his career at Old Trafford didn't go as planned but his rating still remained relatively high.

FIFA 16:

At the age of 29, Falcao tried his hand at another Premier League club - Chelsea but months later, he re-joined Monaco after scoring just once in 14 appearances at Stamford Bridge.

FIFA 17

AND here we are.

Radamel Falcao received another downgrade of -2 on his latest FIFA card, with his Pace, Shooting, Passing, Dribbling, Defending and Physical all going down in rating.

We don't care how FIFA rate the Colombian striker, he will forever be a 94-rated striker in our eyes.

Legend.

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Jack Kenmare

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