The Complete Book of Soccer [Hardcover]

Chris Hunt (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2008 | Series: Complete Book of Soccer

The Complete Book of Soccer is every soccer fan's bible.

This information-packed book captures all the exciting action, color and passion of the world's most popular sport. The Complete Book of Soccer provides a comprehensive history of the game, profiles its greatest stars, and includes data on tournaments, along with team histories and statistics galore. Here are some of the features:

• Informative biographies of over 200 of the greatest players
• Profiles of more than l00 top contemporary players
• Stories of the legendary coaches and teams
• Detailed histories of the World Cup and European championships
• Origins and evolution of soccer and its rules
• 500 action photographs.

Editor Chris Hunt tells the whole story of all the world's major competitions, including the Champions League, the World Club Cup, the UEFA Cup, the Copa Libertadores, Olympic soccer, the African Nations Cup, the Copa America, the Asian Cup and the Women's World Cup. Any question on international soccer is likely to be answered in this complete reference to the game.

(20061215)

Editorial Reviews

Review

A complete compendium of soccer lore... astonishingly complete, with up-to-date information and statistics as recent as the 2006 World Cup. (Linda Turk Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal 20070128)

This is an essential companion for any soccer fan... captures the excitement and passion of this amazing game. (Calgary Sun )

Everything you ever wanted to know... [this] information-packed encyclopedia... captures the passion and colour of the world's most popular game. (James MacGowan Ottawa Citizen )

Tu guía escencial para el más popular de todos los deportes. (La Raza (Chicago, IL) )

About the Author

Chris Hunt was managing editor of the soccer weekly Match and is now a freelance sports journalist. He lives in England.

(20061210)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Firefly Books (February 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1554071615
• ISBN-13: 978-1554071616
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #588,130 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It was a good book for people who know nothing about football, September 3, 2009

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J. Dantoni (Bellerose, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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I just got this book because it talked about the basics of football and what you need to know. Famous players, past matches, World Cup, etc. Being American my knowledge was very limited on the subject so a book like this fills in some info. Nothing in detail really just casual 'need to know' knowledge. If you really want a great history of football book you should read, "The Ball Is Round" by David Goldblatt. Its like reading a textbook on football and if you are into very detailed oriented books on the subject this is the one book you want to read.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Book of Soccer, December 12, 2009

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Robyn D. Mackellar "Red Elder" (Bunbury, Western Australia) - See all my reviews
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I bought this for my grandson, who is FANATICAL about footy. I'm really pleased with the book, it will make a great Christmas present

3.0 out of 5 stars A lot of material, but quite british oriented..., July 26, 2010

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Marcel Goic Figueroa "mgoic" (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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The book provides a lot of material about the history of soccer and their major tournaments. However I consider it too british oriented with long descriptions about England teams and European competitions...