Soccer men : profiles of the rogues, geniuses, and neurotics who dominate the world's most popular sport / Simon Kuper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuper, Simon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soccer players--Biography.

Soccer players.

Soccer coaches--Biography.

Soccer coaches.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 312 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Nation Books, [2011]

Summary:

"Simon Kuper's New York Times bestseller Soccernomics pioneered a new way of looking at soccer through meticulous empirical analysis and incisive-and witty- commentary. Kuper now leaves the numbers and data behind to explore the heart and soul of the world's most popular sport in the new, extraordinarily revealing Soccer Men. Soccer Men goes behind the scenes with soccer's greatest players and coaches. Inquiring into the genius and hubris of the modern game, Kuper details the lives of giants such as Arsène Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Jorge Valdano, Lionel Messi, Kaká, and Didier Drogba, describing their upbringings, the soccer cultures they grew up in, the way they play, and the baggage they bring to their relationships at work. From one of the great sportswriters of our time, Soccer Men is a penetrating and surprising anatomy of the figures that define modern soccer"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Ordinary men and craftsmen

The players. Bert Trautmann and Helmut Klopfleisch ; Johan Cruijff ; Bruce Grobbelaar ; Edgar Davids ; Rivaldo ; Ruud Gullit ; Lothar Matthäus, the tabloid reader ; Jari Litmanen ; Juan Sebastián Verón ; Ruud van Nistelrooy ; Michael Ballack ; Rio Ferdinand ; Roberto Carlos ; Zinedine Zidane ; Dennis Bergkamp ; Clarence Seedorf ; Freddy Adu ; Johnny Rep and Bernd Hölzenbein ; Michael Essien ; Fabio Cannavaro ; Dirk Kuyt ; Romario ; Gennaro Gattuso ; Zlatan Ibrahimovic ; Paolo Maldini ; Fernando Torres ; Florent Malouda ; Michael Owen ; Kaká ; Cesc Fabregas ; Nicolas Anelka ; Didier Drogba ; Franck Ribéry ; Michael Ballack, Ronaldo, Andriy Shevchenko, and Francesco Totti ; Xavi ; Johan Cruijff ; Andrés Iniesta ; Eric Cantona ; Thierry Henry ; Lionel Messi ; David Beckham ; Wayne Rooney ; Frank Lampard ; The autobiographies of Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, and Wayne Rooney ; Edwin van der Sar

Manager and general managers. Glenn Hoddle and Tony Blair ; Daniel Passarella ; Arsène Wenger ; Guus Hiddink ; Sven-Göran Eriksson ; José Mourinho ; Glenn Hoddle ; Diego Maradona ; Josep Guardiola ; José Mourinho ; Arsène Wenger ; José Mourinho and Louis van Gaal ; Fabio Capello ; Diego Maradona ; Malcolm Allison ; Jorge Valdano ; Billy Beane

Some other soccer men. Anthony Minghella ; Jacques Herzog ; Franz Beckenbauer ; Mike Forde ; Ignacio Palacios-Huerta.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781568586878

1568586876

OCLC:

704388436