Messi – 2016 Updated Edition

Messi – 2016 Updated Edition
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Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Total Pages : 389
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ISBN-10 : 9781906850920
ISBN-13 : 1906850925
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Messi – 2016 Updated Edition by : Luca Caioli

Download or read book Messi – 2016 Updated Edition written by Luca Caioli and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lionel Messi is the greatest footballer of our time: a magician with uncanny ability to beat defenders, find space and score goals. At the peak of his powers during Barcelona's 2015 treble win – a decade on from his first Spanish title – the four-time Ballon d'Or winner has again eclipsed his rivals and proved emphatically that he has no intention of surrendering his crown just yet. Messi is Luca Caioli's classic portrait of modern football's star turn, now fully updated to include all the action from 2014/15. Featuring exclusive testimony from those who know him best, including coaches, teammates and even Messi himself, it offers an unrivalled behind-the-scenes look at the life of a football superstar.

Messi vs. Ronaldo - 2017 Updated Edition

Messi vs. Ronaldo - 2017 Updated Edition
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Publisher : Icon Books
Total Pages : 154
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ISBN-10 : 9781785781308
ISBN-13 : 1785781308
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Messi vs. Ronaldo - 2017 Updated Edition by : Luca Caioli

Download or read book Messi vs. Ronaldo - 2017 Updated Edition written by Luca Caioli and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2009 Real Madrid paid £80m, a then record fee, to sign a ready-made superstar in an effort to keep pace with a Barcelona side that had won it all. In doing so, they sparked a rivalry like no other; Messi vs Ronaldo. The seasons that have followed have been truly spectacular, the battle for supremacy increasing in profile and intensity all the while. Their styles, personalities and footballing allegiances continue to divide opinion, but their dominance of the record books has now put one claim beyond debate - this is football's greatest ever head-to-head. Acclaimed football writer Luca Caioli draws on invaluable testimonies from those closest to the two stars, with exclusive insights from friends, families, teammates and managers, to tell the inside story of this fascinating rivalry.

Messi – 2018 Updated Edition

Messi – 2018 Updated Edition
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Publisher : Icon Books
Total Pages : 389
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ISBN-10 : 9781785782459
ISBN-13 : 1785782452
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Messi – 2018 Updated Edition by : Luca Caioli

Download or read book Messi – 2018 Updated Edition written by Luca Caioli and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having risen to the top of the game more than a decade ago, Lionel Messi has matured into the perfect team player, as likely to provide a superlative assist as a masterful match-winner. As the star of an exceptional Barcelona team, he has won more silverware than most football clubs. Messi is Luca Caioli's classic portrait of a footballing icon, now fully updated to include all the action from 2016/17. Featuring exclusive testimony from those who know him best, including coaches, teammates and even Messi himself, it offers an unrivalled behind-the-scenes look at the career of a sporting giant.

Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo - 2017 Updated Edition

Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo - 2017 Updated Edition
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Publisher : Icon Books
Total Pages : 155
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ISBN-10 : 9781785781124
ISBN-13 : 178578112X
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo - 2017 Updated Edition by : Luca Caioli

Download or read book Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo - 2017 Updated Edition written by Luca Caioli and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lionel Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo have risen from humble beginnings in Argentina, Brazil and Portugal to rank among the most exciting talents football has ever seen. Now Luca Caioli, author of biographies of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar, asks: 'Who is the greatest of them all?' Comparing their contrasting styles, stories, records and awards, he gives you everything you need to decide who comes out on top. With exclusive insights from their friends, families, teammates and managers, Caioli presents a unique insight into what makes a modern player not just successful, but truly great.

Ronaldo – 2016 Updated Edition

Ronaldo – 2016 Updated Edition
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Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Total Pages : 331
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ISBN-10 : 9781906850944
ISBN-13 : 1906850941
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ronaldo – 2016 Updated Edition by : Luca Caioli

Download or read book Ronaldo – 2016 Updated Edition written by Luca Caioli and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Season after season, Cristiano Ronaldo continues to prove that he is one of football's true greats. A three-time winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or and the man whose astonishing goalscoring feats have fired much of Real Madrid's recent success, he is driven by an insatiable desire to succeed and to improve himself year after year. Here Madrid-based journalist Luca Caioli tells the inside story of the global superstar, featuring insights from those who know him best: coaches, teammates, girlfriends and even the man himself. Updated to include all the action from 2014/15 – a campaign in which he claimed the European Golden Shoe for a record fourth time – Ronaldo lays bare the career of a modern footballing icon.

Messi – 2013 Edition

Messi – 2013 Edition
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Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-10 : 9781906850197
ISBN-13 : 1906850194
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Messi – 2013 Edition by : Luca Caioli

Download or read book Messi – 2013 Edition written by Luca Caioli and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El Pibe de Oro. The Golden Boy. Diego Maradona's unwaning shadow looms large over world football. In 2007 the brilliant Argentine chose Lionel Messi as his successor to the famous No. 10 shirt. But you can never be sure that potential will be fulfilled. Three years later, Messi – El Pulga, the Flea – is a European Champion, Olympic Gold Medallist, the most naturally gifted footballer on the planet and a hero to millions of fans across the globe. Champions, reporters and coaches blunder time and time again in their haste to find superstars. This time they got it right. Aged only 22, he shows a degree of maturity rarely seen on the soccer pitch. Yet underneath the layers of footballing brilliance, he is still the shy boy who describes his Maradona moment with disarming simplicity: 'I saw the gap and I went for it.' Transcending both club and country, he is a sporting god who prefers homemade cookies to brand name perfumes. Author Luca Caioli draws on exceptional testimonies. Messi's parents, Celia and Jorge, his bother Rodrigo and his uncles and aunts; his coaches at Grandoli and Newell's Old Boys; Charly Rexach, Alex García, Frank Rjikaard, Gianluca Zambrotta from Barcelona; Hugo Tocalli, Pancho Ferrero, el Coco Basile, Roberto Perfumo from Argentina. And to conclude, Leo Messi himself sizes up his life so far.

Neymar – 2016 Updated Edition

Neymar – 2016 Updated Edition
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Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9781906850968
ISBN-13 : 1906850968
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Neymar – 2016 Updated Edition by : Luca Caioli

Download or read book Neymar – 2016 Updated Edition written by Luca Caioli and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a young age, Neymar Junior was identified as a future great of world football. Since then there have been both highs and lows, with triumphs at Santos sometimes overshadowed by the controversies and disappointments of his early days at Barcelona and at the Brazil World Cup. But his pivotal role in Barça's spectacular 2015 treble has reconfirmed him as one of football's most devastating attacking forces and he now stands on the brink of greatness. Fully updated and drawing on exclusive interviews with those who have known and worked with him, Neymar paints a compelling picture of the life and career of a global icon.