Get your favourite League of Ireland player on the cover of FIFA 16

It's time to Play Beautiful, and this year were mixing it up - putting all the power in your hands! To celebrate the launch of EA SPORTS FIFA 16, were giving Irish football fans around the country the chance to choose the player they want to see on the special downloadable cover of FIFA 16.

We want you to choose your local hero from any SSE Airtricity League Premier Division club, with the most popular player from each team going forward to the final fan poll vote.

To have your say and register your vote, simply select your club and select your favourite player. The final 12 club representatives, will then go head-to-head for the chance to join Lionel Messi on this years pack.

The two winning players will be unveiled on Wednesday 23rd of September, with the exclusive cover available to download for free via easports.com/fifa from Thursday 24th of September. Once you've printed out your preferred sleeve, you can simply replace the existing cover in your FIFA 16 pack and start playing with your very own League of Ireland cover stars.

For the past eight years, FIFA has exclusively featured the League of Ireland, giving local fans the chance to play out their ultimate footy fantasies.

EA SPORTS FIFA 16 will be available nationwide from Thursday 24th September.

So choose your favourite player by visiting http://www.extratime.ie/fifa16 selecting your favourite player and submitting. It's that easy. Closing date to make the final 12 is Friday 28th at 11pm.

Shamrock Rovers goalkeeper Barry Murphy and Richie Towell of Dundalk, FIFA 15 cover stars. Picture credit: Stephen McCarthy / SPORTSFILE

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