Soccer Men

Simon Kuper (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

2014 | 2nd edition
Nation Books (Verlag)
978-1-56858-458-4 (ISBN)

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In his national bestseller, Soccernomics, Simon Kuper pioneered a new way of looking at soccer, the world's most popular game, through his witty and meticulous use of data. In Soccer Men, Kuper explores the heart and soul of the sport by getting up close and personal with soccer's greatest players and coaches. An inquiry into the genius and hubris of the modern game, Soccer Men details the lives of international stars such as Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Josep Guardiola, Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, and David Beckham, describing their upbringings, the soccer cultures they grew up in, the way they play or coach, and the baggage they bring to their relationships at work. In this updated edition, Kuper profiles Hope Solo, Raymond Domenech, Andrea Agnelli, Robin van Persie, Carlo Ancelotti, and more. He also provides a brilliant comparison of two tales of immigrant life: Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint and the autobiography of Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Simon Kuper is one of the world's leading writers on soccer. The winner of the William Hill Prize for sports book of the year in Britain, Kuper writes a weekly column for the Financial Times. He lives in Paris.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.4.2014
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 210 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-56858-458-X / 156858458X
ISBN-13	978-1-56858-458-4 / 9781568584584
Zustand	Neuware