Covers
As with previous FIFA games, a number of different national covers are used. Most of them depict either Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney, or Real Madrid's Brazilian international Kaká, along with one or two other players, often from the country in question. In the UK and Ireland, Jack Wilshere of Arsenal and England is featured alongside Rooney, while Everton's Australian midfielder Tim Cahill partners Rooney and Kaká on both the Australian and Asian covers. Rooney appears for the first time on the North American cover along with Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan and Rafael Márquez of New York Red Bulls. The French cover features Rooney alongside French stars Karim Benzema and Philippe Mexès, while the German cover only features two Germans: Mats Hummels of Dortmund and FC Köln's Lukas Podolski, finally in Spain Xabi Alonso and Gerard Piqué are featured. Covers are also available to download from the internet, for example, a fan could go to search for their preferred club and download that cover. The cover players are also utilised in the FIFA 12 advertising campaigns, and other promotional and social media activities worldwide. EA spokesman Matt Bilbey claimed that the chosen players all "passionately play our game" and will be talking to fans about their own experiences with FIFA.
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