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Autor von Pelé: The Autobiography
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Why Soccer Matters: A Look at More Than Sixty Years… von Pelé
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kevinkevbo | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Jul 14, 2023 | A Minor Miracle: A group of orphans and their guardian get together to try to save their orphanage.
Crossbar: The story of an Olympic high jumper who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory.
Not Rated, Mild language
Crossbar: The story of an Olympic high jumper who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory.
Not Rated, Mild language
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SITAG_Family | Jan 5, 2023 | A good book to fill in the details of the greatest footballer ever.½
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charlie68 | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Sep 30, 2021 | I’m writing this during halftime of the third-place match between Brazil and the Netherlands. Brazil is down 0-2 and is coming off of the worst World Cup semifinal defeat: their 7-1 loss against Germany earlier this week. How is this possible? One of ESPN’s Men in Blazers remarked that as he spoke to different members of the Brazilian team, more than one of them told him—straight out—that God had chosen him for this team and to bring glory to Brazil as they hosted this World Cup, the first since their disastrous 1950 final match, when they lost against Uruguay.
Why Soccer Matters begins with that World Cup, when Pele was ten and listened to it, with the rest of Brazil, on the radio. Newspapers proclaiming Brazil’s victory had already been printed (a la “Dewey Defeats Truman”) and everyone there truly believed, as the chant goes, that they would win. That same kind of thinking was seen in the coverage of the 2014 loss to Germany, when the story on ESPN and everywhere else was not Germany’s win, but Brazil’s defeat. This opening section of the book is a terrific portrait of the hysteria that swept Brazil and what the loss did to the lives of the players. In 1970, the goalkeeper Barbosa was in a store and a woman patented at him and told her son, “That is the man that made all of Brazil cry.”
The remainder of Why Soccer Matters covers four more World Cups and Pele’s involvement in each, two as a player (1958 versus Sweden and 1970 verses Italy) and two as ambassador (1994 in the US and 2014 in Brazil). Pele describes his rising fame and his constant surprise at how he is worshipped, his courtship by the Cosmos, and his work with the Brazilian government. There are some terrific anecdotes (especially one regarding a hotel maid whose husband planned on seeing Pele play but had a fatal heart attack two weeks before the match), insights into the training Pele underwent when he began his career at Santos, and the ways in which soccer was affected by the rise of TV and bigger paychecks. Throughout it all, he comes across as a down-to-earth man who thanks God for his gifts and speaks humbly about them.
Brian Winter, the ghostwriter, deserves great credit for fashioning Pele’s reminiscences into a page-turning book. It isn’t Ulysses, nor does it attempt to be. It’s a book to be read in a weekend. If you’re interested in what it’s like to be one of the most famous athletes in the world or if the 2014 World Cup has sparked your interest in the beautiful game (a phrase I knew but did not know was coined by Pele), read this.
Why Soccer Matters begins with that World Cup, when Pele was ten and listened to it, with the rest of Brazil, on the radio. Newspapers proclaiming Brazil’s victory had already been printed (a la “Dewey Defeats Truman”) and everyone there truly believed, as the chant goes, that they would win. That same kind of thinking was seen in the coverage of the 2014 loss to Germany, when the story on ESPN and everywhere else was not Germany’s win, but Brazil’s defeat. This opening section of the book is a terrific portrait of the hysteria that swept Brazil and what the loss did to the lives of the players. In 1970, the goalkeeper Barbosa was in a store and a woman patented at him and told her son, “That is the man that made all of Brazil cry.”
The remainder of Why Soccer Matters covers four more World Cups and Pele’s involvement in each, two as a player (1958 versus Sweden and 1970 verses Italy) and two as ambassador (1994 in the US and 2014 in Brazil). Pele describes his rising fame and his constant surprise at how he is worshipped, his courtship by the Cosmos, and his work with the Brazilian government. There are some terrific anecdotes (especially one regarding a hotel maid whose husband planned on seeing Pele play but had a fatal heart attack two weeks before the match), insights into the training Pele underwent when he began his career at Santos, and the ways in which soccer was affected by the rise of TV and bigger paychecks. Throughout it all, he comes across as a down-to-earth man who thanks God for his gifts and speaks humbly about them.
Brian Winter, the ghostwriter, deserves great credit for fashioning Pele’s reminiscences into a page-turning book. It isn’t Ulysses, nor does it attempt to be. It’s a book to be read in a weekend. If you’re interested in what it’s like to be one of the most famous athletes in the world or if the 2014 World Cup has sparked your interest in the beautiful game (a phrase I knew but did not know was coined by Pele), read this.
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Stubb | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Aug 28, 2018 | Overall I enjoyed this book or at least enjoyed what I read of it. Instead of reading more of it and finishing it I decided to drop it for another book called The Mist by Stephen King. The other book peaked my interest a little more because I like Stephen KIng’s books more. The Why Soccer Matters book was kind of dull.
Why Soccer Matters is about Pele’s life. For people who don’t know Pele he is one of the all time greats of soccer. It tells the story of his early life growing up in Brazil to the older years in his life. He talks about how poor he was and all the adversities he had overcame. My favorite part of the book that I read was when it says how he and his friends would steal food and materials to buy a soccer ball and shoes to play soccer. I thought it was a great book so far, but Stephen King’s books peak my interest a little more.
Why Soccer Matters is about Pele’s life. For people who don’t know Pele he is one of the all time greats of soccer. It tells the story of his early life growing up in Brazil to the older years in his life. He talks about how poor he was and all the adversities he had overcame. My favorite part of the book that I read was when it says how he and his friends would steal food and materials to buy a soccer ball and shoes to play soccer. I thought it was a great book so far, but Stephen King’s books peak my interest a little more.
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jaos14 | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 29, 2015 | This book is a sort of an autobiographical picture book of what soccer players love about the game. It teaches children about soccer and the importance of playing your best. This is an awesome book for any soccer player.
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aloupe | 1 weitere Rezension | Feb 17, 2014 | es una autobiografía del rey pelé,libro interesante y muy bien escrito ya que chalala de poli
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maja.dm1 | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 13, 2013 | For the Love of Soccer is intended for 8+ to 7+years old. A great read aloud, two lines of text per page and illustrations that move and run right off the page. The art...kicks you right into the game, and you are hammering down the field with your teammates. The story has Pele playing soccer juxtaposed a young fan playing soccer in an inner city park. The reader moves from Pele on the field running and kicking with his team mates in a heated game, to the children, on their field, playing their heated game. By placing both games side by side, with players in mid air and larger than all the surrounding setting, this composition, reflects a soccer game's intensity. The last spread has Pele autographing a soccer for the boy playing soccer in the city park. This book is a fun enjoyable book and good for young students to use as a template to great their own big book on sports.
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nzfj | 1 weitere Rezension | Jul 11, 2010 | Gekennzeichnet
robledo | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 24, 2008 | To this day, I wonder if Pele actually read this book before he allowed them to put his name on it. It's terrible.½
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ardh | Dec 6, 2005 | ANAQUEL DE LA DERECHA, SEGUNDA GAVETA, DE ARRIBA HACIA ABAJO.
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ERNESTO36 | May 4, 2019 | Links
Wikipedia (English)
Wikidata (English)
Wikipédia (Portuguese (Brazil))
Articles (Guardian) (English)
Obituary (Guardian) (English)
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