The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
By: Simon Kuper
4.24
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times j…
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1. My Turn: The Autobiography
By: Johan Cruyff
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Johan Cruyff is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history. Throughout his … read more
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2. Fear and Loathing in La Liga
By: Sid Lowe
4.30
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Fear and Loathing in La Liga is the definitive history of the greatest rivalry in world sport: FC B… read more
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3. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
By: Jonathan Wilson
4.15
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a manager puts into play, and this fascinating study tr… read more
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"Many before have hailed the end of history; none have ever been right."-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
"Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse."-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
"كان مينوتي شخصية رومانسية بشكل يفوق الوصف. كان نحيلا كقلم رصاص، ومدخنا شرها يتدل شعره على ياقته، أشيب السوالف، وله نظرة محدقة كصقر، بدا كما لو كان تجسيدا للبوهيمية الأرجنتينية، كان جناحأ أيسر ومفكرا،…"-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
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5. Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina
By: Jonathan Wilson
3.64
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Roman Riquelme, Sergio Aguero, Lionel Messi ... Argentina i… read more
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6. Das Reboot: How German Football Reinvented Itself and Conquered the World
By: Raphael Honigstein
4.42
Format: 718 pages,
July 13th 2014, World Cup Final, the last ten minutes of extra time: Germany forward Mario Gotze, r… read more
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7. Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches
By: Carlo Ancelotti
0.00
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Ancelotti is Europe's greatest manager -- Paul Hayward Telegraph He's a great coach and an amazing … read more
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8. Messi: The Inside Story of the Boy Who Became a Legend
By: Luca Caioli
3.74
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
Lionel Messi is widely regarded as the greatest soccer player in the world. Sports journalist and b… read more
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9. How to Watch Soccer
By: None
4.36
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
"For Americans new to European soccer, terms like 'false striker, ' 'double accordion' or 'moving t… read more
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10. The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines
By: Michael Cox
3.88
Format: 496 pages,
An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan, about the development of Premier League… read more
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11. Fever Pitch
By: Nick Hornby
3.44
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no pr… read more
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12. The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
By: Joshua Robinson
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Club is the previously untold inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wi… read more
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"The rise of the English Premier League is a story about the sports world's wildest gold rush. In the span of twenty-five years, the league's twenty clubs have increased their combined value by 10,000…"-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
"I'm not saying that we're Disney, but if you think about it, it's not that dissimilar, Berrada said. We have characters - which are players - that our fans relate to; we put on a show every three or …"-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
13. Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football
By: Michael Cox
4.37
Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition
Continental football has always cast a spell over the imagination. From the attacking flair of Real… read more
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14. Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever
By: Rory Smith
3.84
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs … read more
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15. The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
By: Simon Kuper
4.24
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times j… read more
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16. The Barcelona Legacy: Guardiola, Mourinho and the Fight For Football's Soul
By: Jonathan Wilson
4.07
Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition
Manchester, 2018: Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho lead their teams out to face each other in the 17… read more
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17. Bring the Noise: The Jürgen Klopp Story
By: Raphael Honigstein
4.11
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
JüKlopp's coaching career began in the German second tier at the unfashionable club of FSV Mainz 0… read more
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18. Het plan
By: Nando Boers
4.10
Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition
Het plan geeft de lezer een ongekende blik achter de schermen bij een van de beste sportploegen ter… read more
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19. LeBron
By: Jeff Benedict
4.40
Format: None pages, Audiobook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the #1 bestselling author of The Dynasty and Tiger Woods—the “defi… read more
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20. Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution
By: Ryan O'Hanlon
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An in-depth examination of the rise of analytics in soccer and the wild experiments unfolding aroun… read more
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21. Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game
By: Joshua Robinson
4.21
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Essential World Cup Reading Featured in The New York Times' 'What to Read During the World Cup' … read more
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