Sven-Goran Eriksson

A wonderfully honest and beautifully-written memoir from one of the most intriguing soccer managers of the last 25 years Perhaps no soccer manager has ever had his personal life dissected as thoroughly as Sven-Goran Eriksson, yet the man that monopolized the British press during five tumultuous years as England manager remains an enigma. Who, precisely, is Sven? Here, in his no-holds-barred autobiography, the secretive Swede takes readers on one of the wildest rides in world soccer. Populated by fake sheikhs, Italian lawyers, Nottingham outlaws, and, of course, many of the biggest names in the game, his is a 40-year-long career that coincides with the evolution of soccer into a global multibillion-dollar industry. Most of all, this is a surprisingly tender, sometimes heartbreaking, but never bitter account of a simple man with a most complicated story; a man who has reached a crossroads in his life, who until now has never stopped to ask himself the question: was it worth it?

My Story

Sven

Hakan Matson

Willi S. Railo

What makes a successful soccer team? How do you keep a team performing at its peak? Why does a fully fit player suddenly stop scoring goals? And how do you build up each player's mental strength to establish a culture of winning? On Soccer is the inside track on England National Team manager Sven-Goran Eriksson's views on building the best team possible. Together with leading sports psychologist Willi Railo, he discusses how to develop a winning formula, whether it is with 11 players or a single athlete.

Sven-Goran Eriksson

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