19 best-selling nonfiction books like Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football by Michael Cox

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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…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football by Michael Cox , here is a list of 19 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

Similar categories in Johan Cruyff's My Turn: The Autobiography book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
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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

Similar categories in Sid Lowe's Fear and Loathing in La Liga book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • history
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
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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

Similar categories in Jonathan Wilson's Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • history
  • unfinished
  • 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

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4. Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football

By: David Winner

3.89

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

The Netherlands has been one of the world's most distinctive football cultures. From the birth of f… read more

Similar categories in David Winner's Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • history
  • unfinished
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
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5. Penso quindi gioco

By: Andrea Pirlo , Alessandro Alciato

3.83

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

"Per me il gruppo conta tantissimo, ma se mi dimenticassi di me stesso toglierei forza proprio ai m… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Pirlo's Penso quindi gioco book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
"After the wheel, the PlayStation is the best invention of all time."

-Andrea Pirlo, Penso quindi gioco

"I don’t give a toss about pressure. I spent afternoon sleeping and playing Playstation. Then I went out and won the World Cup."

-Andrea Pirlo, Penso quindi gioco

"It’s an enemy that I can’t allow to wound me a second time. It’s already done enough damage: most of it hidden far from the surface."

-Andrea Pirlo, Penso quindi gioco

"- Mino, toglimi una curiosità. Come si pronuncia il tuo cognome? Dove va l’accento? Ràiola o Raiòla? - Come vuoi tu, basta che mi paghi."

-Andrea Pirlo, Penso quindi gioco

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6. 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

Similar categories in Jonathan Wilson's Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • history
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
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7. 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

Similar categories in Raphael Honigstein's Das Reboot: How German Football Reinvented Itself and Conquered the World book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • history
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports

8. 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

Similar categories in Carlo Ancelotti's Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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9. 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

Similar categories in Stefan Szymanski's Soccernomics book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • history
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports

10. 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

Similar categories in Chris Anderson's The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

11. 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

Similar categories in None's Pep Confidential: The Inside Story of Pep Guardiola's First Season at Bayern Munich book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

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12. My Life in Red and White

By: Arsène Wenger

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For the very first time, world-renowned and revolutionary football manager Arsène Wenger tells his … read more

Similar categories in Arsène Wenger's My Life in Red and White book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • history
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
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13. 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

Similar categories in Joshua Robinson's The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • history
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • 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 Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football by Michael  Cox

14. 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

Similar categories in Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

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

15. 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

Similar categories in Rory Smith's Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • 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

16. 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

Similar categories in Simon Kuper's The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • history
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution by Christoph Biermann

17. 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

Similar categories in Christoph Biermann's Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of The Expected Goals Philosophy: A Game-Changing Way of Analysing Football by James Tippett

18. 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

Similar categories in James Tippett's The Expected Goals Philosophy: A Game-Changing Way of Analysing Football book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

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

19. 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

Similar categories in Ryan O'Hanlon's Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • 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

20. 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

Similar categories in Tifo - The Athletic's How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Pep Lijnders: Intensity: Inside Liverpool FC by Pep Lijnders

21. 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

Similar categories in Pep Lijnders's Pep Lijnders: Intensity: Inside Liverpool FC book and Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football

9 must-read audiobook books like Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football by Michael Cox

Transform Your Habits

My Turn: The Autobiography

Johan Cruyff

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Fear and Loathing in La Liga

Sid Lowe

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Transform Your Habits

My Life in Red and White

Arsène Wenger

3.63

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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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