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FIFA 19's Alex Hunter 'joins' Common Goal, sealing place among top fictional footballers

Mats Hummels, Shinji Kagawa and Giorgio Chiellini are but three of the football heavyweights to lend their support to Common Goal -- the initiative set up by Juan Mata by which professional footballers donate one percent of their salary to sporting causes around the world.

However, the latest star name to join the movement is a little different in that he doesn't actually exist.

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Alex Hunter is the star of story mode "The Journey" included in FIFA 19, and is therefore entirely fictional, but that hasn't stopped him from pledging a portion of his income (presumably crypto-currency?