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Simon Kuper
Birth date: September 15, 1969
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Beth's Books
Beth's Books rated it 11 years ago
Originally found on my book blog! This was the best possible book to read before the World Cup because it focuses more on countries as national teams as a whole more than individual teams. There was a lot of information that helped me better understand the World Cup and soccer in general, which is w...
chadkoh
chadkoh rated it 12 years ago
I found the chapters on economic analysis of team cashflow, as well as the analysis on hosting world sporting events the most interesting. Entertaining and thought provoking book!
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 12 years ago
I should note that I have rooted for Amsterdam’s team as well as the Dutch National team since I saw Ajax win the Champions League Final when I was in Rotterdam. I learned that this book existed and had to have it. I read it with some trepidation because I didn’t want to hate the National Team I g...
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I am not a die-hard soccer fan, but this book proves that sports are sports and fans are fans. Rightly called "the Moneyball of soccer"
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