16 Best soccer books like The Expected Goals Philosophy: A Game-Changing Way of Analysing Football by James Tippett

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The Expected Goals Philosophy: A Game-Changing Way of Analysing Football

By: James Tippett

3.58

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

The Expected Goals method is football’s best-kept secret. The metric gives unparalleled insight int…

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1. Soccer in Sun and Shadow

By: Eduardo Galeano , Mark Fried

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Discussing everything from the leveling of the Twin Towers to the death of the sole survivor of tha… read more

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"و كان لدى الرب وقت ليهتم بشئون كرة القدم، فكم من مسئوليها سيبقون أحياءً"

-Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow

"¿En qué se parece el fútbol a Dios? En la devoción que le tienen muchos creyentes y en la desconfianza que le tienen muchos intelectuales"

-Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow

"[Garrincha] was the one who would climb out of the training camp window because he heard from some far-off back alley call of a ball asking to be played with, music demanding to be danced to, a woman…"

-Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow

"Han pasado los años, y a la larga he terminado por asumir mi identidad: yo no soy más que un mendigo de buen fútbol. Voy por el mundo sombrero en mano, y en los estadios suplico: una linda jugadita, …"

-Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow

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2. 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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3. Golf is Not a Game of Perfect

By: Bob Rotella

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Filled with insightful stories about golf, Dr. Bob Rotella’s delightful book will improve the game … read more

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  • sports
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4. The Second Half

By: Roddy Doyle , Roy Keane

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Memoir by one of the greatest of modern footballers, and former captain of Manchester United and Ir… read more

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  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power by Simon Kuper

5. Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power

By: Simon Kuper

4.50

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Soccer is much more than just the most popular game in the world. It is a matter of life and death … read more

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  • soccer
  • sports
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6. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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7. Soccernomics

By: Stefan Szymanski , Simon Kuper

4.67

Format: 88 pages,

Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally… read more

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8. The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong

By: Chris Anderson , David Sally

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Moneyballmeets Freakonomicsin this myth-busting guide to understanding--and winning--the most popul… read more

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9. Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography

By: Alex Ferguson

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The celebratory, revealing, inspiring, and entertaining autobiography of the greatest manager in th… read more

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10. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

By: Tim Marshall

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning jou… read more

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"All great nations spend peacetime preparing for the day war breaks out."

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

"India and Pakistan can agree on one thing: neither wants the other one around."

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

"What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other."

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

"THE MIDDLE OF WHAT? EAST OF WHERE? THE REGION’S VERY name is based on a European view of the world, and it is a European view of the region that shaped it. The Europeans used ink to draw lines on map…"

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

11. Jag är Zlatan: Zlatans egen berättelse

By: David Lagercrantz , Zlatan Ibrahimović

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Daring, flashy, innovative, volatile--no matter what they call him, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of so… read more

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12. 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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13. Soccermatics: Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game

By: David Sumpter

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

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14. 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

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15. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

By: Tim Marshall

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more

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16. 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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17. Perfect Sound Whatever

By: James Acaster

3.85

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The hilarious and heartwarming new memoir from James Acaster: cult comedian, bestselling author, un… read more

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Cover of Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever by Rory Smith

18. 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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Cover of The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon Kuper

19. 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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20. 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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Cover of Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution by Christoph Biermann

21. Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution

By: Christoph Biermann

4.25

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Well written and thoughtful. Takes us on a tour of some of Europe's most innovative football thinke… read more

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Cover of Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World by Tom Burgis

22. Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

By: Tom Burgis

3.80

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • An Economist Book of the Year “A must-read for anyo… read more

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"When the past threatens to ambush you in the present, change the past."

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

"It was to Blair that Nazarbayev turned for counsel at this delicate moment. The information blackout on Zhanaozen had been insufficient to prevent the basic details leaking out. It was as though some…"

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

"Nazarbayev found that he and his regime had a certain chemistry with figures from Blair’s strand of Western politics: the Third Way. It was a system that purported to wed the humanity of the left to …"

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

"Nazarbayev had learned that Westerners could be just as adept as he was in turning money into power and power back into money. Some, like Dick Evans and Jonathan Aitken, went about it from positions …"

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

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23. The Expected Goals Philosophy: A Game-Changing Way of Analysing Football

By: James Tippett

3.58

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

The Expected Goals method is football’s best-kept secret. The metric gives unparalleled insight int… read more

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Cover of Data Game: The Story of Liverpool FC's Analytics Revolution by Josh Williams

24. Data Game: The Story of Liverpool FC's Analytics Revolution

By: Josh Williams

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Data Game: The Story of Liverpool FC's Analytics Revolution explores the lesser-known story of how … read more

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Cover of Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution by Ryan O'Hanlon

25. 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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Cover of How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch by Tifo - The Athletic

26. How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch

By: Tifo - The Athletic

3.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

'I love Tifo' Ian Wright 'Tifo are great' Alan Shearer 'Tifo have changed the game when it comes to… read more

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Cover of Pep Lijnders: Intensity: Inside Liverpool FC by Pep Lijnders

27. Pep Lijnders: Intensity: Inside Liverpool FC

By: Pep Lijnders

3.88

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

“OUR IDENTITY IS INTENSITY,” declares Liverpool FC assistant-manager Pep Lijnders in this compellin… read more

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  • sports
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28. Va-Va-Voom: The Modern History of French Football

By: Tom Williams

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The players, the teams, the goals, the games, the scandals, the gloom and the glory: the story of F… read more

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Cover of Done Deal: An Insider's Guide to Football Contracts, Multi-Million Pound Transfers and Premier League Big Business by Daniel Geey

29. Done Deal: An Insider's Guide to Football Contracts, Multi-Million Pound Transfers and Premier League Big Business

By: Daniel Geey

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Insightful, enlightening and thought-provoking, leading Premier League lawyer Daniel Geey lifts the… read more

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Cover of Thomas Tuchel: Rulebreaker by Daniel Meuren

30. Thomas Tuchel: Rulebreaker

By: Daniel Meuren

3.85

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

"Absorbing. An essential primer for Chelsea fans and a warning to everyone who isn't a Chelsea fan.… read more

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Cover of The Mind Game: Gaining a Psychological Edge in Fantasy Premier League by Ross Dowsett

31. The Mind Game: Gaining a Psychological Edge in Fantasy Premier League

By: Ross Dowsett

3.90

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

“The Mind Game arms you with the knowledge and self-awareness required to navigate the temperament-… read more

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23 Top nonfiction books like The Expected Goals Philosophy: A Game-Changing Way of Analysing Football by James Tippett

Transform Your Habits

Soccer in Sun and Shadow

Eduardo Galeano , Mark Fried

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Golf is Not a Game of Perfect

Bob Rotella

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The Second Half

Roddy Doyle , Roy Keane

2.50

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Transform Your Habits

My Turn: The Autobiography

Johan Cruyff

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning: The Biography

Guillem Balagué

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Back From the Brink: The Autobiography

None , Paul McGrath

3.73

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