 | Ronaldo (Robbie Readers) (Robbie Readers)
By: Mitchell Lane Publishers Price: $ 14.00
From just being Dadado to his family when he was a child in Brazil to being O Fenômeno (The Phenomenon) when he was out on the soccer field, Ronaldo has entertained and amazed soccer fans for years. He joined his first professional team at age 14, and just a few years later became an international player. He has played for teams in Brazil, Spain, Italy. and Holland. Despite a few injuries and setbacks, this speedy striker has scored hat tricks, won the World Cup, and earned the Golden Boot award. The Phenomenon always keeps his fans excited... |
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 | Landon Donovan: World Class Soccer Star (Robbie Readers)
By: Mitchell Lane Publishers Price: $ 14.85 Reviews: 1 Average Rating: 5.0
Landon Donovan is one of Americas soccer superstars. He is the captain of the United States mens national team. He has always been good at soccer. When he was five years old, he scored seven goals in his first soccer game—playing against six- and seven-year-olds. When he was 16, he was named Most Valuable Player in the Under-17 World Championships in New Zealand. He was part of the U.S. team that advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup, and he led the San Jose Earthquakes to the Major League Soccer Championship in 2003. In... |
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 | Clough: The Autobiography
By: Transworld Publishers Price: $ 17.95 $ 11.48 Reviews: 1 Average Rating: 4.0
For the last three decades, Brian Clough has been the most charismatic manager in soccer. Though his talent has earned him a fortune, he remains a working-class hero. Tactically brilliant, Clough had an unmatched ability to motivate players, yet he has never been far from controversy, and some of his rows—particularly with his long-standing managerial partner Peter Taylor—are the stuff of tabloid legend. |
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 | VINNIE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
By: Headline Price: $ 12.21
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 | Wayne Rooney: Simply Red
By: Mainstream Publishing Price: $ 22.00 $ 14.18 Reviews: 1 Average Rating: 5.0
Wayne Rooney is undoubtedly the most talked-about teenager in Britain, due to his undeniable soccer skills, record transfer fees, and controversial off-the-field activities. The debate has continued to rage over Rooney since he became the worlds most expensive teenager after joining Manchester United in September 2004. So is Rooney the new Pele, or heading for early burnout like George Best and Paul Gascoigne? This book tells the full, explosive story of Wayne Rooneys rise to fame. It delves beneath the headlines and the scandal to... |
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 | Pele: His Life and Times
By: Welcome Rain Publishers Price: $136.11 Reviews: 1 Average Rating: 5.0
Born in Brazil in 1940, Edson Arantes do Nascimento--better known as Pele-- was perhaps the first true superstar athlete, and is still one of the most recognized people in the world. |
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 | Michael Owen: Off the Record
By: Harpercollins Uk Price: $ 15.95 $ 11.10
Boy wonders come and go, but Michael Owen has made the giant leap from sensational teenage star into one of the most consistent and respected strikers in world football - and hes still only 24 at the time of writing his new autobiography, Off The Record. A child goal-machine in North Wales who went on to acheive at all levels of the game, Owen has seemingly been the star since he was in diapers. Warts and all autobiography is the modern standard of course, and while chapters in Off The Record are primarily concerned... |
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 | Freddy Adu (Amazing Athletes)
By: First Avenue Editions Price: $ 6.95 $ 2.55
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 | A Will to Win: The Managers Diary
By: Andre Deutsch Price: $ 17.50 $ 10.43
This is Alex Fergusons compelling account of Manchester Uniteds rollercoaster 1996/97 season at home and in Europe. Outspoken as ever, Fergie confides to his diary the shocks, setbacks, and secrets of life at Englands biggest football club. |
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| | Paul Gascoigne: the Inside Story
By: Harpercollinswillow Price: $ 82.55
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