Gerrard, Rooney and more: How Nexon brought real life football legends to Korea

Nexon, one of the most renowned game publishers in Korea, wanted to elevate its football legacy beyond the digital realm by launching a real-world football match featuring legendary players competing against one another.

2025-10-16

[단독 인터뷰] 가레스 베일, 축구 인생을 돌아보다

In Korea for the Icons Match, Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid legend Gareth Bale reflected on his best goals, his relationship with Son Heung-min and his love of golf.

2025-09-29

소환된 2009년의 추억, 루니·마이콘 서울 득점

It’s an argument that has echoed across time and we finally have an answer: Defenders beat attackers. This is the question behind the Icons Match, a game that pits the biggest footballers of the 2000s against each other in an offense-defense faceoff.

2025-09-22

Exclusive: From that bicycle kick to playing with Sonny, Gareth Bale looks back on greatest hits

In Korea for the Icons Match, Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid legend Gareth Bale reflected on his best goals, his relationship with Son Heung-min and his love of golf.

2025-09-21

Nexon shares behind-the-scenes stories from Icons Match with football legends

With around a week since the 2025 Nexon Icons Match brought football legends together, Nexon shared behind-the-scenes stories such as what it was like to assemble the star-studded lineup and whether they have plans to host the match again next year.

2025-09-20

벵거·라파, 서울 넥슨 아이콘 매치서 옛 인연과 재회

Sunday’s Nexon Icons Match in Seoul will not only bring together some of the biggest names in global football of the 2000s and 2010s, it will also be a chance for some of those players to reconnect with the gaffers that led them to glory

2025-09-15

2009 comes calling as Wayne Rooney, Maicon score in Seoul

It’s an argument that has echoed across time and we finally have an answer: Defenders beat attackers. This is the question behind the Icons Match, a game that pits the biggest footballers of the 2000s against each other in an offense-defense faceoff.

2025-09-14

Rooney, Maicon, Park Joo-ho score as Shield United wins Icons Match in Seoul — as it happened

The biggest football stars of the '000s return to Seoul tonight in the Nexon Icons Match, an offense vs. defense face-off with pride on the line. Arsene Wenger and Rafa Benitez coach this year's sides as the attackers look to mount a counter attack

2025-09-14

Icons Match Day 1 event features skills, thrills and ludicrous star power

The Icons Match pregamed the official showdown with a supercharged halftime show-esque event at Seoul World Cup Stadium in western Seoul on Saturday, giving some of football's biggest legends the chance to show off their skills — still sharp as ever.

2025-09-13

Football legends arrive in Korea for Icons Match

Ronaldinho, Wayne Rooney and Gareth Bale — once among the world’s biggest football stars — touched down in Korea, drawing throngs of fans to Incheon International Airport on Friday.