Research Catalog

Title

Messi : more than a superstar / Luca Caioli.

Author

Caioli, L. (Luca), 1958-

Publication

• London : Icon Books, 2014.
• London : Icon, 2014.
• ©2014

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Details

Additional Authors

Rodney, Sheli,

Description

viii, 344 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations; 20 cm

Uniform Title

Messi. English

Alternative Title

Messi.

Subjects

• Soccer players
• Messi, Lionel, 1987-
• Futbol Club Barcelona
• Biography
• Spain > Barcelona
• Soccer players > Biography
• Soccer players > Spain > Barcelona > Biography

Genre/Form

Biography.

Note

• Translated from the Spanish by Sheli Rodney.
• "2015 updated editon"--Cover. There have been several previous versions both in Spanish and in English. At least one of the latter shares the edition statement "Updated edition" found on the title page of this resource.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-343).

Contents

Rosario : conversation with Celia and Marcela Cuccittini -- Garibaldi Hospital : 24 June 1987 -- The smallest of them all : a summer afternoon in 1992 -- The same as always : conversation with Cintia Arellano -- Red and black : 21 March 1994 -- He was a Gardel : conversation with Adrián Coria -- Size, small : 31 January 1997 -- Across the pond : 17 September 2000 -- Provisional licence : 6 March 2001 -- Puyol's mask : conversation with Álex García -- Debut : 16 November 2003 -- Videotape : 29 June 2004 -- The football is his toy : conversation with Francisco 'Pancho' Ferraro -- A friend : conversation with Pablo Zabaleta -- Soap opera : 3 October 2005 -- A breath of fresh air : conversation with Fernando Solanas, Head of Sports Marketing at Adidas Iberia -- Boy of the match : 22 February 2006 -- Difficult, very difficult : conversation with Asier del Horno -- Not even a single minute : 30 June 2006 -- Positive discrimination : conversation with Jorge Valdano -- The devil : 10 March 2007 -- Jaw-dropping : conversation with Gianluca Zambrotta -- Leo and Diego : 18 April 2007 -- A long career ahead of him : conversation with Frank Rijkaard -- You have to prove it : conversation with Carlos Salvador Bilardo -- Disappointment : 15 July 2007 -- An electric kid : conversation with Alfio 'El Coco' Basile -- Bronze and silver : 17 December 2007 -- Physical thinking : conversation with Roberto Perfumo, 'El Mariscal' -- The long journey towards gold : 22 May 2008 -- Happiness : 27 May 2009 -- Third time lucky : 1, 19 and 21 December 2009 -- Floods of tears : 3 July 2010 -- Surprise : 10 January 2011 -- Simply the best : 28 May 2011 -- A thwarted dream : 16 July 2011 -- Ace of cups : 14/17/26 August 2011 -- Hat-trick : 9 January 2012 -- Record : 7 January 2013 -- Messidependence : 19 May 2013 -- Barcelona : conversation with Leo Messi -- A turbulent season : 17 May 2014 -- History's revenge : 13 July 2014.

ISBN

• 9781906850814 (paperback)
• 190685081X (paperback)

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library