A 24-year-old man says he is living every young lad's dream after earning up to £50,000 a year by playing FIFA in his bedroom for eight hours a day.<br /><br />Alex Shaw first became hooked on the hit EA Sports football game when he bought FIFA 12 for his Playstation 2 at the age of 13.<br /><br />After playing the video game for hours on end and thrashing his friends after school, he began to challenge professional players online.<br /><br />And when he started to beat the pros on the virtual pitch, Alex was invited to compete in an online football tournament in 2018.<br /><br />The die-hard Liverpool fan became an official FIFA eSports player that season and has made a staggering £150,000 in the last five years playing online footy.<br /><br />Alex has travelled around the world, facing the best players on the planet, across America and Europe, representing Leicester City, Fulham and Watford.<br /><br />Every day, Alex spends up to eight hours playing FIFA on his PlayStation 5 in his bedroom on his £5,000 monitor and controller set up.
