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American soccer legend Landon Donovan’s unfiltered account of his celebrated career, his battle with mental health, and his search for peace beyond the game.

Brought to you by Penguin. On 19 November 1995, the world learned the name Gianluigi Buffon. At the tender age of seventeen he made his Serie A debut for Parma against European giants Milan, facing down the likes of Roberto Baggio and George Weah, keeping a clean sheet. During his...

Brought to you by Penguin. One of the greatest football managers of our time tells the story of his illustrious career through his record-breaking seven Champions League wins Carlo Ancelotti has won domestic titles in all of Europe's top five leagues, with teams including AC Milan, Juventus...

'Guardiola has no balls. He drove me like a Fiat . . . I'm a Ferrari' Zlatan Ibrahimovic - professional football's most mercurial player, Swedish national hero, tabloid fixture, fashion icon, modern day-philosopher and black belt in Taekwondo. Born to a Muslim father from Bosnia, and a Catholic...

Honest, vulnerable and full of heart, this is a sports memoir like no other. Winner of the Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year 2018 'Enough depth and humanity to make your average football autobiography look like a Ladybird book.' - TELEGRAPH The Boy on the Shed is a story of love and...

When a career-ending injury saw former Ireland and Millwall striker Richie Sadlier retire from football at age 24, his life spiralled out of control. Without structure or a sense of purpose, fuelled by a dependency on alcohol, he spent years running from the dark memories and feelings that had haunted him since childhood. Until one day he hit rock bottom and decided to confront his demons.

The major new memoir from Sir Alex Ferguson, filled with never-before-seen photographs and memorabilia from his private archives. Twenty-one games. One extraordinary life. Sir Alex Ferguson is widely regarded as the greatest football manager of all time. In this intimate and heartfelt memoir, he...

In Pelé: 10 Facts About the King of Football, Jasmine Dyggan brings to life the extraordinary story of a boy from the slums of Brazil who became a global icon, an agent of hope, and the first true superstar of the beautiful game. With clarity, insight, and deep admiration, this concise but powerful portrait explores ten pivotal facts that define Pelé’s unmatched career and lasting legacy.

'Emotional, insightful, beautifully written. A story of making saves and being saved. The best football book I have read this year.' Henry Winter Sir Alex Ferguson looked at Joe Sealey: 'You know your dad saved my career?' Joe replied: 'And you saved his.' More than three decades before, in 1990...

'For me, he is England's greatest ever player' - Gary Lineker 'Sir Bobby was a hero to millions, not just in Manchester or the United Kingdom, but wherever football is played around the world' - Manchester United FC Sir Bobby Charlton is widely acknowledged as the greatest player ever to wear an...

A deeply personal football memoir from former Newcastle United and West Ham striker Andy Carroll. In January 2011, at the age of twenty two, Andy Carroll became the most expensive British footballer in history. A Geordie powerhouse, one moment he was the hero of Newcastle United at St James’...

The story of how soccer has transformed the world—as seen through nine World Cups—by one of our most talented writers on the sport. The World Cup is the biggest sporting spectacle on Earth—a chance every four years for the greatest players to win international glory, and a month-long media...

This audio edition is narrated with class by the author, Martin O'Neill. Martin O’Neill is one of the most fascinating and respected figures in football. In On Days Like These, he tells the story of his remarkable career. 'You'll never get your head out of this . . . The stories are fantastic'...

"My family doesn't do happy endings. We do sad endings or frustrating endings or no endings at all. We are hardwired to expect the next interruption or disappearance or broken promise." Hope Solo is the face of the modern female athlete. She is fearless, outspoken, and the best in the world at...

Growing up Jewish in London with a difficult home life, Jonathan Wilson had plenty of reasons to feel he didn't belong, and one reason to feel certain he did: football. Wilson discovered his love for the game as a young boy; through his adolescence and adulthood and well into his later years it remained an important part of his life.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “A captivating read from one of our country’s greatest athletes.” ―Christine Sinclair, former captain of the Canadian Women's National Soccer Team and National Bestselling Author of Playing the Long Game Out of the Toronto suburb of Brampton comes an irresistible...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER For the first time in depth and in public, Olympic soccer gold-medalist Christine Sinclair, the top international goal scorer of all time and one of Canada's greatest athletes, reflects on both her exhilarating successes and her heartbreaking failures. Playing the Long Game...

Fußballerin, Vorbild, Mensch: Die große Autobiografie von Ausnahmesportlerin Alexandra Popp. Alexandra Popp: Eine einzigartige Karriere im Frauenfußball. Im Rahmen der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2024 in Australien und Neuseeland blickt Deutschland erneut auf sie: Alexandra Popp, Stürmerin und Kapitänin der Nationalmannschaft. Als Fußballerin begeistert sie mit ihren Toren, ihrem Kampfgeist und ihrer mitreißenden Persönlichkeit nicht nur Fußballfans, sondern ein ganzes Land. Mit dem VfL Wolfsburg gewann Popp alle wichtigen Trophäen im Clubfußball, mit der Nationalmannschaft wurde sie Olympiasiegerin und schoss Deutschland ins EM-Finale 2022.

Gedanken in der Nachspielzeit: Nach Beendigung seiner aktiven Laufbahn legt der Profifußballer Nils Petersen seine faszinierende Lebensgeschichte vor. Darin lesen wir, wie dieser talentierte Stürmer aus dem beschaulichen Wernigerode den steinigen Weg in den Profifußball gemeistert hat und als bester Joker der Bundesliga-Geschichte die Schuhe an den berühmten Nagel hängt.