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Soccer Men: Profiles Of The Rogues, Geniuses, And Neurotics Who Dominate The World's Most Popular Sport (2011)

by Simon Kuper(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1568586876 (ISBN13: 9781568586878)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Nation Books

review 1: Kuper is a Dutch soccer journalist who has compiled a huge set of profiles of the most influential players and managers of the past 30 years or so. Some of the profiles are pretty out of date, so some have short updates appended to them. It was pretty interesting to find out which players are autodidacts and how others list sleeping as their only hobby – they can’t be bothered to read or even watch movies, but are focused only on soccer. I also got a good sense of how the game has developed and the differences in style in various countries.
review 2: This was a good book to read to pick up some facts about a selection of players and managers. It definitely filled in quite a few knowledge gaps for me. I had to have a break from reading it for a few days a... mores it got repetitive reading profile after profile. However, that is the point of the book! I really enjoy Kuper's writing and find him the easiest and most entertaining football writer to read. He's also the most grounded football writer I have come across who keeps to very realistic opinions of the men he is writing about. I also felt really sorry for him with his encounter with his childhood footballing hero - it was really sad!If you have yet to read one of his books I recommend going for Soccernomics first (it's the updated version of Why England Lose) and going for this as a follow-up text. less

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