Soccer men
Subtitle: profiles of the rogues, geniuses, and neurotics who dominate the world's most popular sport
By: Simon Kuper
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781568586878; 9781568586939
Subjects: Soccer coaches; SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer; Soccer players; Biography
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes index.