- Hardcover: 464 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Press; 1st Edition edition (11 Sep 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0593061586
- ISBN-13: 978-0593061589
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 577,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The story behind the new England football manager, by the man best qualified to write it.
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Fabio Capello is a born winner. As a midfielder with Roma, Juventus and Milan, he won four Italian league championships and two cups, and played for his country 32 times, scoring a goal at Wembley in 1973 in Italy's first ever win in England. As a manager, Capello's fierce determination has seen him win championships - nine of them in 16 years - with every club he has taken charge of, from the great Milan team he helped create in the early 1990s to Real Madrid with David Beckham in 2007. Now he faces his greatest challenge yet, the challenge that he has said is his long-cherished dream, and the last of his glittering coaching career. To restore England to the top of the world football tree, to take his adopted country to the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, and to win it. For Capello, nothing less than the best will do. For England, it is win or bust. And you don't want to lose under Capello. In this, the first ever biography of the new England manager, award-winning writer Gabriele Marcotti travels from Capello's early days in Italy to his first months in his new job at Soho Square to tell the story of the man behind the steely glare, the method behind the sometimes manic behaviour. Capello's drive for success at any cost has seen him make more than a few enemies over the years, and Marcotti has talked to them all, as well as his closest associates. No-one has ever got this close to Capello before, and this is the story not just of a remarkable career, but of the life of a truly extraordinary man.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a Marcotti fan, let me just state that Marcotti's biography is, for me, one of the best of the year, and easily joins Patrick Barclay's biography of Mourinho (as well as the Ferguson biography, "This Is The One"), as the definitive work on its subject. That said, what are you waiting for? Put the order in.
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Fabio Capello is a great football manager. This book offers a great review of Fabio's life the keys to his success. It would have been nice to read more about his family. The gist you do get is that he has a great relationship with his wife, Laura and this is where he gets a lot of his power from. Too bad to see him the England job. However, Fabio is a man that believes in respect and the FA did undermine his authority which caused him to resign. It is a great loss for England, as I believe a great team was starting to unfold. There are very few managers in the world with Capello's track record, his experience & skill.
I picked up a few great ideas from this book and I am sure you will to!
I picked up a few great ideas from this book and I am sure you will to!
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
In this impeccably researched and detailed life of Fabio Capello, Gabriel Marcotti succeeds in unraveling England's brilliant but frequently enigmatic manager. Perhaps because as English fans we are spoiled by foreign imports, Capello's true pedigree is sometimes underestimated. But Marcotti outlines in precise detail the extent of his successes: nine league titles in sixteen seasons at four different clubs. It is an achievement unparalleled in modern football.
Anyone who listens to Marcotti on FiveLive on a Friday night will be aware of his passion and knowledge of world football. He is a charming if not slightly anoraky broadcaster and comes across similarly in his biography of Capello . I particularly enjoyed the recounting of Capello's playing career in the 1960s and 1970s, also the account of his time with Milan in the early-1990s.
However, sometimes I felt bombarded by detail and that this book would have benefited from stricter editing. The prose is occasionally flabby and prone to cliché. Sometimes Marcotti is too keen to insert himself into the narrative and to validate his work by showing how close he is to a source.
But otherwise this is a fine, well researched and often compelling book that draws its elusive subject from his shell. Indeed after reading it, I feel more assured of England's prospects at the next World Cup than I have for a long time.
Anyone who listens to Marcotti on FiveLive on a Friday night will be aware of his passion and knowledge of world football. He is a charming if not slightly anoraky broadcaster and comes across similarly in his biography of Capello . I particularly enjoyed the recounting of Capello's playing career in the 1960s and 1970s, also the account of his time with Milan in the early-1990s.
However, sometimes I felt bombarded by detail and that this book would have benefited from stricter editing. The prose is occasionally flabby and prone to cliché. Sometimes Marcotti is too keen to insert himself into the narrative and to validate his work by showing how close he is to a source.
But otherwise this is a fine, well researched and often compelling book that draws its elusive subject from his shell. Indeed after reading it, I feel more assured of England's prospects at the next World Cup than I have for a long time.
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