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Messi: The must-read biography of the World Cup champion, now fully updated (Guillem Balague's Books) Paperback – 8 Sept. 2022

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The story of one of the greatest footballers of all time, Barcelona and Argentina's Lionel Messi. 'I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi' Diego Maradona Despite all the fame and adulation, remarkably little is known about Lionel Messi, the modest and intensely private footballing genius. Just how did the boy from Rosario, Argentina, become the world's greatest player? Guillem Balague has had unprecedented access to Messi's inner circle: his coaches, team-mates and family. In addition, Pep Guardiola has provided exclusive analysis of the player. The result is an authoritative and compelling account of the wonderful mystery that is Messi. 'I can tell my grandkids one day that I coached Lionel Messi' Pep Guardiola

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Guillem Balague is a Spanish football journalist, prizewinning author and pundit, first for Sky Sports and now for BBC Radio 5 Live. He is the author of A SEASON ON THE BRINK - A PORTRAIT OF RAFA BENITEZ'S LIVERPOOL (2006); the first biography of PEP GUARDIOLA (2012); MESSI (2013); CRISTIANO RONALDO (2015), the Football Book of the Year at the Cross Sports Book Awards; and the bestselling Brave New World - INSIDE POCHETTINO'S SPURS (2017). He is chairman of non-league Biggleswade FC, and lives in Hitchin in Hertfordshire. http://www.guillembalague.com/en/home https://twitter.com/GuillemBalague https://www.facebook.com/guillembalague

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• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 688 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1399605801
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1399605809
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 4.45 x 19.69 cm
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"After reading Messi , Leonardo Faccio's exceedingly well-written, captivating, and almost poetic biography of arguably the best soccer player the world has ever known, I can tell you what Lionel Messi would be doing if he didn't play soccer: Nothing." — Playback STL "I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi." —Diego Maradona

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• ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0345802691
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anchor (4 September 2012)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780345802699
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345802699
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 kg 50 g
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.21 x 1.17 x 19.99 cm
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
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About Messi

For soccer enthusiasts and sports fans in general, an in-depth look at the life of the beautiful game’s greatest star, Argentine footballer Lionel Messi. Whether you call it soccer, football, fútbol , or the “beautiful game,” it is the most popular sport in the world, and Argentine footballer Lionel Messi stands as one of its finest players—not only of his time, but of all time. Admired around the globe for his athleticism, skill, and fierce competitiveness, Messi has, at the age of 24, already shattered records at one of the most storied clubs in the world, FC Barcelona. Now, in this comprehensive biography, Messi fans can learn more about his life and career. Argentine journalist Leonardo Faccio describes how Messi, as a talented youth player in Buenos Aires, left his home for Spain in search of the medical help his family could not afford to treat his rare hormone deficiency. Small of stature, but possessing tremendous natural gifts, Messi developed into a star at Barcelona’s famed Masia soccer school. In this book, Faccio has written not only a biography of an enigmatic celebrity, but a meditation on athletic genius, drawing on interviews with Messi himself, as well as with everyone from his family, teammates, childhood friends—even his favorite butcher. In-depth and intimate, soccer fans who enjoy watching Messi come alive on the field will delight as he comes alive on the page.

About Leonardo Faccio

Leonardo Faccio was born in Buenos Aires in 1971. He has spent the last ten years living in Barcelona, where he writes for various publications, including El Periodico and Etiqueta Negra, and received an honorable mention from the Gabriel Garcia… More about Leonardo Faccio

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"After reading Messi , Leonardo Faccio's exceedingly well-written, captivating, and almost poetic biography of arguably the best soccer player the world has ever known, I can tell you what Lionel Messi would be doing if he didn't play soccer: Nothing." — Playback STL "I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi." —Diego Maradona

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• ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0345802691
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anchor (Sept. 4 2012)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780345802699
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345802699
• Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 kg
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.21 x 1.17 x 19.99 cm
• #83 in Soccer Coaching
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