NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers has a well known love of FIFA, but it’s not Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo or Barcelona’s Lionel Messi who he enjoys playing as in the video game.

During an interview with The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, the Green Bay Packers gunslinger was asked who his favourite team is on FIFA, prompting the Super Bowl MVP to give a nice little shoutout to our boys in green and gold — including one legendary Socceroo.

“Liverpool was my team for a long time, in the early 2000s, then Australia for the national team,” Rodgers said.

“I just like them. Mark Viduka was unstoppable scoring goals.”

Former Socceroos captain Viduka ended his international career in 2007 with 43 caps and 11 goals.

Mark Viduka playing for the Socceroos in 2007. Source: News Limited

Rodgers said he doesn’t play Madden, the video game based on the NFL, instead preferring to spend his downtime dominating his teammates in Halo and FIFA.

It’s not the first time we’ve heard of Rodgers’ interest in the Socceroos.

In 2014 before the Packers’ playoff berth against Dallas, Rodgers revealed to reporters the FIFA origin of his trademark fist pump to celebrate touchdowns and also explained that he usually plays as Australia in the video game.

However he was never asked to explain why. Now we know that ‘Dukes’ was the reason.