 Because of this, the boot is endorsed by many players for whom speed is part of their game, notably wingers or strikers, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Kylian Mbappé, Eden Hazard, Raheem Sterling, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Didier Drogba, Luka Modrić, Arturo Vidal, Douglas Costa, Xherdan Shaqiri, Stephan El Shaarawy, Alexis Sánchez, Philippe Coutinho and many more.In 1998, Nike launched the first Mercurial football boot – the R9 – a shoe inspired by and designed for Brazilian star Ronaldo, which he debuted at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.The boot is in its thirteenth version the Nike Mercurial Vapor XIII.