Messi
Subtitle: more than a superstar
By: Luca Caioli
Edition: Updated edition.
Publisher: Icon; Icon Books, Limited
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9781906850913; 9781906850920
Subjects: Soccer players; Biography
Description: Lionel Messi is a mesmerising talent who has continued to astound the world of football ever since assuming his role at the heart of a star-studded Barcelona side in 2004. Overcoming a career-threatening growth hormone deficiency, he has won almost everything there is to win, including an unprecedented four FIFA Ballons d'Or. Luca Caioli draws on numerous exclusive testimonies to tell Messi's story, including his parents and extended family, his coaches, those who have played alongside him and even Messi himself. Messi is a revealing portrait of football's most unassuming superstar, updated to include the dramatic 2013/14 season and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in which his match-winning performances finally began to win over his harshest critics - his fellow countrymen.
Notes: Translated from the Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references.