15 must-read soccer books like Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game by Grant Wahl

Cover of Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game by Grant Wahl

Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game

By: Grant Wahl

3.87

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

How do some of soccer’s smartest and most accomplished figures master the craft of the game? This i…

If you liked the soccer plot in Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game by Grant Wahl , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of My Turn: The Autobiography by Johan Cruyff

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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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics by Jonathan  Wilson

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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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer

3. How Soccer Explains the World

By: Franklin Foer

3.81

Format: 4 pages,

Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. In fact, it's a perfect window into the cro… read more

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  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Soccer iQ: Things That Smart Players Do by Dan Blank

4. Soccer iQ: Things That Smart Players Do

By: Dan Blank

2.50

Format: 216 pages,

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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • business
Cover of The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship by David Halberstam

5. The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship

By: David Halberstam

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

More than 6 years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected jou… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction

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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  • business
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of The Fall of the House of Fifa: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer by David Conn

7. The Fall of the House of Fifa: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer

By: David Conn

3.63

Format: None pages, Audio CD

When Sepp Blatter joined FIFA in 1975 it had just twelve employees. Forty years later, the FBI have… read more

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  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Soccernomics by Stefan Szymanski, Simon Kuper

8. 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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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • business

9. Why Soccer Matters

By: Brian Winter , Pelé

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Soccer. Football. The beautiful game. The world's most popular sport goes by many names, but for de… read more

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10. Pep Confidential: The Inside Story of Pep Guardiola's First Season at Bayern Munich

By: None

3.29

Format: None pages,

Marti Perarnau was given total access to Bayern Munich during season 2013-14. This book represents … read more

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11. 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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12. When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World

By: Wayne Coffey , Carli Lloyd

3.22

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

From the celebrated star of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, an inspiring, uplifting, and can… read more

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13. 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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Cover of Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes by Morgan Housel

14. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Revolution: The Rise of Arteta’s Arsenal by Charles     Watts

15. Revolution: The Rise of Arteta’s Arsenal

By: Charles Watts

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The inside story of Mikel Arteta’s astonishing transformation of Arsenal November 2019. Unai Eme… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook
Cover of The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports by Joshua  Robinson

16. 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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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • business
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Surviving to Drive by Guenther Steiner

17. Surviving to Drive

By: Guenther Steiner

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"

-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive

Cover of Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football by Michael  Cox

18. 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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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever by Rory Smith

19. 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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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon Kuper

20. 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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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone

21. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir

By: Sly Stone

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon by Malcolm Gladwell

22. Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.56

Format: None pages, Audiobook

What happens when Paul Simon, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in music history, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right-Wing (And How I Got Out) by Tina  Nguyen

23. The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right-Wing (And How I Got Out)

By: Tina Nguyen

3.31

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An explosive, first-person account of the alt-right from acclaimed political journalist Tina Nguyen… read more

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

24. 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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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch by Tifo - The Athletic

25. 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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  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness by Andy McCullough

26. The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness

By: Andy McCullough

4.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, based on exclusive interviews with Kershaw… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game by Joshua  Robinson

27. 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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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Be Where Your Feet Are: Seven Principles to Keep You Present, Grounded, and Thriving by Scott M. O'Neil

28. Be Where Your Feet Are: Seven Principles to Keep You Present, Grounded, and Thriving

By: Scott M. O'Neil

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Scott O'Neil, one of America's most admired sports executives, how to find regular, meaningful… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars by Sebastian Abbot

29. The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars

By: Sebastian Abbot

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Over the past decade, an audacious program called Football Dreams has held tryouts for millions of … read more

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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Jim Brown: Last Man Standing by Dave Zirin

30. Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

By: Dave Zirin

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A unique biography of Jim Brown--football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist--writt… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook
Cover of Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game by Grant Wahl

31. Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game

By: Grant Wahl

3.87

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

How do some of soccer’s smartest and most accomplished figures master the craft of the game? This i… read more

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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • business
  • audiobook

19 must-read audiobook books like Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game by Grant Wahl

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

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Revolution: The Rise of Arteta’s Arsenal

Charles Watts

4.05

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23 Top nonfiction books like How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch by Tifo - The Athletic

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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