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Di Stéfano
Ian Hawkey
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Description for Di Stéfano
Paperback. Alfredo Di Stefano was the magician behind Real Madrid's five European Cups in a row. He would lead Madrid as a team whose playing style others learnt from, whose stylishness was envied and whose widespread appreciation elsewhere help portray Franco's otherwise isolated and right-wing Spain in a more flattering light. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 368.
'Better than Pele' - Diego Maradona 'One of the greatest footballers ever.' - Sir Alex Ferguson Pele, Best and Maradona everyone has heard of, but to the true football cognoscenti Alfredo Di Stefano, the magician behind Real Madrid's five European Cups in a row, is the greatest of them all. Over 20 years, Di Stefano was the guiding force behind three teams in three countries: at River Plate in his native Argentina; at Millonarios of Bogota in Colombia; and then in 1953, after one of the most bitter transfer tug-of-wars ... Read more
'Better than Pele' - Diego Maradona 'One of the greatest footballers ever.' - Sir Alex Ferguson Pele, Best and Maradona everyone has heard of, but to the true football cognoscenti Alfredo Di Stefano, the magician behind Real Madrid's five European Cups in a row, is the greatest of them all. Over 20 years, Di Stefano was the guiding force behind three teams in three countries: at River Plate in his native Argentina; at Millonarios of Bogota in Colombia; and then in 1953, after one of the most bitter transfer tug-of-wars ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091958565
SKU
V9780091958565
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Ian Hawkey
IAN HAWKEY writes for The Sunday Times, for whom he was European Football Correspondent, based in Spain, until 2012. His first book, Feet of the Chameleon, The Story of African Football won the National Sports Council's Football Book of the Year award and was short-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.
Reviews for Di Stéfano
A captivating book on a pioneering footballer. Read it.
FourFourTwo
Meticulously researched...incredible
Express
A book bursting with telling anecdote... a fully rounded, highly accomplished portrait
WSC
Ian Hawkey, casts an expert eye over the life and career of Real Madrid's original galactico, his experience of the politics of ... Read more
FourFourTwo
Meticulously researched...incredible
Express
A book bursting with telling anecdote... a fully rounded, highly accomplished portrait
WSC
Ian Hawkey, casts an expert eye over the life and career of Real Madrid's original galactico, his experience of the politics of ... Read more