100 Genios del Balón / 100 Soccer Geniuses - Paperback

by Alberto Lati (Author)

C mo surgieron los mayores genios del bal n? Sus or genes e inicios. Todos los obst culos a los que se sobrepusieron. Su vida antes de la gloria.

La infancia de los cracks. Pel vendiendo cacahuates para tener un bal n, Maradona dominando una naranja por Villa Fiorito, Cruyff pidiendo a su madre que cosiera una franja roja a su playera para que pareciera del Ajax, Garrincha dormido en una f brica, Cristiano Ronaldo escapando al gimnasio de madrugada, Messi entrando a la cancha por presi n de su abuela. Historias y an cdotas fascinantes detr s de cada crack.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Where did the greatest soccer cracks come from? What were their beginnings like? What type of obstacles did they have to overcome? How were their lives like before they achieved fame and glory?

These were their beginnings: Pele selling nuts so that he could afford a soccer ball; Maradora juggling an orange in the streets of Villa Fiorito; Cruyff asking his mother to saw a red stripe on his t-shirt so that it could look like he was from the Ajax Club; Garrincha sleeping at a factory; Cristiano Ronaldo sneaking out at dawn to go to the gym; and Messi pushed by his grandmother to go into the field. Fascinating stories behind each soccer crack.

Author Biography

Alberto Lati Mercado (Ciudad de México, México, 20 de junio de 1978) es un periodista, conductor, conferencista y escritor mexicano. Licenciado en Ciencias de la Comunicación por la Universidad Iberoamericana.