Soccer men : profiles of the rogues, geniuses, and neurotics who dominate the world's most popular sport /
In his national bestseller, Soccernomics, Simon Kuper pioneered a new way of looking at soccer, the world's most popular game, through his witty and meticulous use of data. In Soccer Men, Kuper explores the heart and soul of the sport by getting up close and personal with soccer's greatest...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Nation Books,
2014.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Ordinary Men and Craftsmen; A Note on the Text; PART I: THE PLAYERS; Bert Trautmann and Helmut Klopfleisch, September 1997; Johan Cruijff, January 1999; Bruce Grobbelaar, March 1999; Edgar Davids, March 1999; Rivaldo, December 1999; Ruud Gullit , February 2000; Lothar Matthäus, the Tabloid Reader, June 2000; Jari Litmanen, October 2000; Juan Sebastián Verón, July 2001; Ruud van Nistelrooy, August 2001; Michael Ballack, April 2002; Rio Ferdinand, June 2002; Roberto Carlos, December 2002; Zinedine Zidane, April 2003; Dennis Bergkamp, May 2003
- Clarence Seedorf, May 2003; Freddy Adu, November 2003; Johnny Rep and Bernd Hölzenbein, June 2004; Michael Essien, August 2005; Fabio Cannavaro, July 2006; Dirk Kuyt, September 2006; Romario, March 2007; Gennaro Gattuso, April 2007; Zlatan Ibrahimovic, April 2007; Paolo Maldini, May 2007; Fernando Torres, August 2007; Florent Malouda, August 2007; Michael Owen, September 2007; Kaká, February 2008; Cesc Fabregas, February 2008; Nicolas Anelka, March 2008; Didier Drogba, May 2008; Franck Ribéry, July 2008; Michael Ballack, Ronaldo, Andriy Shevchenko, and Francesco Totti, September 2008
- Xavi, April 2009; Johan Cruijff, May 2009; Andrés Iniesta, May 2009; Eric Cantona, August 2009; Thierry Henry, December 2009; Lionel Messi, May 2010; David Beckham, October 2010; Wayne Rooney, October 2010; Frank Lampard, October 2010; The Autobiographies of Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, and Wayne Rooney, October 2010; Edwin van der Sar, March 2011; Robert Enke, October 2011; Robin van Persie and Rafael van der Vaart, November 2011; Hope Solo, August 2012; Zlatan Ibrahimovic, March 2013; Lionel Messi, June 2013; George Best, September 2013; Eusébio, January 2014
- PART ii: MANAGERS AND GENERAL MANAGERS; Glenn Hoddle and Tony Blair, June 1998; Daniel Passarella, December 2001; Arsène Wenger, May 2003; Guus Hiddink, March 2006; Sven-Göran Eriksson, May 2006; José Mourinho, January 2007; Glenn Hoddle, April 2008; Diego Maradona, September 2008; Josep Guardiola, March 2009; José Mourinho, April 2010; Arsène Wenger, April 2010; José Mourinho and Louis van Gaal, May 2010; Fabio Capello, June 2010; Diego Maradona, June 2010; Malcolm Allison, October 2010; Jorge Valdano, January 2011; Billy Beane, April 2011; Alex Ferguson, December 2011
- Raymond Domenech, December 2012; Arsène Wenger, January 2013; Josep Guardiola, April 2013; Alex Ferguson, May 2013; Alex Ferguson, October 2013; Carlo Ancelotti, January 2014; PART III: SOME OTHER SOCCER MEN; Anthony Minghella, April 1998; Jacques Herzog, May 2005; Franz Beckenbauer, January 2006; Mike Forde, November 2009; Ignacio Palacios-Huerta, June 2010; Johan Cruijff, December 2011; Andrea Agnelli, April 2013; Index