by Simon Kuper
and Capello
as a “Dutch” player
under Eriksson
foreign constituency/promotion of brand
meeting wife Victoria
passing to players
preparing for after soccer career
as professional
and Real Madrid
speaking after games
as vapid celebrity
World Cup of 1998
Beckham, Victoria (Adams)
Bellos, Alex
Bend It Like Beckham (motion picture)
Benfica soccer club
Benitez, Rafael
Benzema, Karim
Bergkamp, Dennis
and Anelka
compared to Van Nistelrooy
and Van Gaal
Berlusconi, Silvio
Bernabéu stadium
Berti, Nicola
Best, Georgie
and Manchester United’s popularity abroad
on San Jose Earthquakes
as superstar rock star
Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis (motion picture)
Bierhoff, Oliver
Biermann, Christoph
Bilardo, Carlos
Bild (tabloid)
and Beckenbauer
and diary of Matthäus
Bin Hammam, Mohammad
Blair, Tony
Blatter, Sepp
Blind, Danny
Boateng, Kevin-Prince
Bojan Krkic Pérez
Bolt, Charles
Bolton Wanderers football club
Bonhof, Rainer
Boroctó (Ricardo Lorenzo Rodriguez)
Borussia Mönchengladbach soccer club
Bosman, John
Bosnich, Mark
Boston Red Sox baseball team
Bowyer, Lee
Bradley, Gordon
Brazil
and Carlos
and Romario
soccer pressure in
Brearley, Mike
Brehme, Andreas
Breitner, Paul
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer (Winner)
Brown, Gordon
Buckingham
Buffett, Warren
Buffon, Gianluigi
Bundesliga
Burns, Jimmy
Busby, Matt
Bush, George W.
Butt, Nicky
Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes)
Cagigao, Francis
Calmund, Rainer
Cambiasso, Enrique
Camden Yards baseball park
Campbell, Alastair
Campbell, Sol
Cannavaro, Fabio
Cantaloup, Nicolas
Cantona, Eric
abandoning traditional English style
immigrant arriving in England
Cantona, Eric (continued)
Manchester United’s popularity abroad
soccer as art form/himself as artist
violence of/kicking fan
Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King (Auclair)
Capellas, Albert
Capello, Fabio
announcing designated penalty takers
as coach of AC Milan
as coach of English team/World Cup 2010
Careerism
Carlin, John
Carlos, Roberto
Carra (Carragher)
Carragher, Jamie
autobiography of
and Everton
and Liverpool
stardom not fun
tabloids and
World Cup of 2006
Carrick, Michael
Carroll, Andy
Carvalho, Ricardo
Cashen, Frank
Casillas, Iker
Cech, Petr
Cell phones
C’était pas gagné (Drogba)
Chadwick, Luke
Champions League
and Ajax soccer club
and Anelka
and Ballack
Barcelona winning in 2006
and Davids
and Fabregas
Iniesta and
and Kaká
and Kluivert
motivation in
and Mourinho
Real Madrid and
and Ribéry
and Verón
Charlton, Bobby
Chef (boss)
Chelsea soccer club
and Anelka
and Carlos
conference on sports and data
and Essien
Forde working for
and Gattuso
“hated by English,”
and Lampard
and Maldini
and Malouda
monetary resources of
and Mourinho
and Owen
Chilavert, Jose Luis
Cissé, Djibril
Clarence Seedorf: De Biografie (Zwartkruis)
Clough, Brian
Cocu, Phillip
Cohn-Bendit, Danny
Coin toss
Cole, Ashley
and Arsenal
autobiography of
and Chelsea
marriage of
tabloid exposure
World Cup of 2006
Cole, Joe
Collina, Pierluigi
Colosseum in Rome
Comolli, Damien
consulting with Beane
panel on sports and date
using Moneyball
Conspiracy theories
Corinthians soccer club
Corporate man soccer players
Costacurta, Billy
Coster, Cor
Cragnotti, Sergio
Cruijff, Danny
Cruijff, Hendrik Johannes, 1947–1984
(Scheepmaker)
Cruijff, Johan
bossiness of
and Carlos
coach for Barcelona/taught style of play
creation of number four role
father’s death when twelve
goalkeepers and
invented Dutch soccer
and Litmanen
from north of the rivers
psychologists and
re-thought everything from scratch
as speaker on soccer/opinions on everything
squabbler
as superstar leader
“swimming pool” incident and
talking/coaching on soccer field
thinker about soccer
transfer to Barcelona
years in America
Cruz, Julio Ricardo
Cullmann, Bernd
Crystal Palace
Dabizas, Nikos
Damon, Matt
Daum, Christoph
Davids, Edgar
aggressiveness of
as driven fanatic
soccer players who know soccer trivia
and streetballers
Davidse, Henk
Davies, Hunter
DC United soccer club
De Boers, Frank and Ronald
De Graafschap soccer club
De Haan, Foppe
De Meuron, Jacques
De Michelis, Bruno
De Visser, Piet
Defoe, Jermain
Dein, David
Del Bosque, Vicente
Del Piero, Alessandro
Den Bosch soccer club
Denilson de Oliveira Araújo
Denoueix, Raynald
Derwall, Jupp
Desailly, Marcel
Deschamps, Didier
Dhorasoo, Vikash
Di Maria, Angel
Di Stefano, Alfredo
Die Fussball-Matrix (Biermann)
Diego Ribas da Cunha
DiMaggio, Joe
Dive (Schwalbe)
Djorkaeff, Youri
Doing too much
Domenech, Raymond
and Henry
Donovan, Landon
Drewery, Eileen
Driven fa
natics, soccer players as
Drogba, Didier
Duverne, Robert
Dyanmo Kiev soccer club
Dyer, Kieron
1860 Munich
Ekelund, Fredrik
El Grafico magazine
“El sueño del pibe” (song)
Elway, John
Emirates Stadium
Endt, David
Engineering Archie: Archibald Leitch—Football Ground Designer (Inglis)
England
Beckham and his brand
Capello as coach of
“doing too much,”
Eriksson as coach
failed “golden generation” of
few great soccer thinkers produced by
managers usually English/diplomats
match vs. Argentina in World Cup of 1998
memoirs believing would win World Cup
national treasure individuals
need for Cantona
offering Hiddink job
and Owen
record of team under Hoddle
and Rooney
ugly/beautiful players
World Cup of 2006
English Patient, The (motion picture)
Enrique, Hector
Epstein, Theo
Eriksson, Sven-Göran
as coach of English team
and Ferdinand
free-range libido of
Lisbon press conference, 2004
Owens as goal scorer
and Seedorf
and Verón
willing to use young/new players
World Cup of 2006
Essien, Michael
Eto’o, Samuel
Euro 96
Euro 2000
best defenders at
and Owen
and Van der Sar
and Zidane
Euro 2004
Euro 2008
and Anelka
and Cruijff
and Iniesta
and Ribéry
European Cup
and Maldini
and Seedorf
See also Champions League
European Player of the Year
Eusebio
Everton soccer club
and Rooney
FA Cup
Fabregas, Cesc
Fans, players as
Fawlty Towers (television show)
Fawlty, Basil
FC Porto
FC Utrecht soccer club
Fenway Park
Ferdinand, Rio
nearly complete defender
tabloid exposure
and Van der Sar
Ferguson, Alex
and Beckham
and Cantona
exertion of social control
and Gerrard
image of Manchester United and Cantona
out of touch with players
and Rooney
signing Van Nistelrooy
United vs. world attitude of
and Van der Sar
and Verón
Ferguson, Duncan
Fernandez, Luis
Fever Pitch (Hornby)
Feyenoord Soccer Club
Figo, Luis
Financial Times (newspaper)
Finland
Fitzgerald, Scott
Flamini, Mathieu
Flohe, Heinz
Fogarty, Ken
Fontanarrosa, Roberto “El Negro,”
Football Man, The (Hopcraft)
Forbes, Duncan
Forde, Mike
applying data to sport
conference on sports and data at Chelsea
interest in Moneyball
Forlan, Diego
Förster, Karl-Heinz
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Fortune, Quinton
Foster, Ben
Foster, Norman
Fowler, Robbie
Fox Soccer Channel
France
and Anelka
and Cantona
and Henry
and Hoddle
and Malouda
and Ribéry
and Wenger
World Cup in 1998
Zidane playing for
France Football (magazine)
and Ribéry
Francis, Trevor
Franco, Francisco
Fratton Park stadium
Freedman, Edward
Frick, Bernd
Fuller, Simon
Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life (Bellos)
Galacticos (world’s greatest players)
Galliani, Adriano
Galvin, Tony
Gascoigne, Paul
ruining himself on alcohol
Gattuso, Gennaro
Gattuso, Rino
Gazidis, Ivan
Gazzetta dello Sport soccer daily
Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso
Germany
and Allianz Arena
and Ballack
and Beckenbauer
East German players
hosting world cup in 1974
Klinsmann hiring sports scientists
late-night conversations turn to war
and Matthaüs
soccer animosity towards because of war
and Werder and Bayern
World Cup of 2006
See also Bayern Munich; Bundesliga
Gerrard, Steven
anxiety about foreigners
autobiography of
banished from English squad by Capello
and Everton
locker room excitement
not breaking with boyhood club
and Owen
and practical jokes
relaxation of Rooney
and school
World Cup of 2006
Ghana
Giggs, Ryan
Ginola, David
Gladwell, Malcolm
Glenn Hoddle Academy
Glenn Hoddle: My 1998 World Cup Story (Hoddle)
Globalized soccer players
Go Ahead Eagles soccer club
Goalkeeping
expectations of by country
not allowed to pick up passes from teammates
older keepers
using Moneyball to evaluate
and Van der Sar
Goethe-Institut
Goldblatt, David
Golden Ball for European Player of the Year
Golden Ball winners of Under-17
World Cup
Gomes, Heurelho
Gordon, Craig
Gourcuff, Yoann
Govou, Sidney
Graham, George
Grant, Avram
Greaves, Jimmy
Greenwood, Ron
Grinta (grit)
Grip, Tord
Grobbelaar, Bruce
Grondona, Julio
Gronkjaer, Jesper
Grosso, Fabio
Grunwald, Dolf
Guardiola, Josep “Pep,”
as Barcelona coach
and Barcelona style of play
Guingamp, France
Gullit, Ruud
Haan, Arie
Hall, Paul
Hamann
Hard Gras magazine
Hargreaves, Owen
Harris, Ron “Chopper,”
Hasselbaink, Jimmy Floyd
Hawarden, Wales
Heerenveen soccer club
Heinze, Gabriele
Heitinga, John
Helder, Glenn
Helmer, Thomas
Hemingway, Ernest
Henry, John
Henry, Thierry
and Anelka
at Barcelona
goal scoring of
and Ribéry
watches soccer on television
and Wenger
world’s best striker
Herberger, Sepp
Hertha Berlin soccer club
Herzog, Jacques
Heuijerjans, Thieu
&nbs
p; Hiddink, Guus
and Lampard
World Cup appearances of
Hiele, Joop
Hierro, Fernando
Highbury stadium
Higuaín, Gonzalo “Pipita,”
History of Football Association
Hjelm, Ari
HJK Helsinki
Hoddle, Glenn
calm as player
as coach of English team
found God/artist
Glenn Hoddle Academy
lack of English trust in
outsider not interested in tradition
and Owen
sacked for non-soccer reasons
“The Italian Job” match
and Tony Blair
use of psychic for healing soccer injuries
use of sports psychologist
and visualization
World Cup of 1998
Hodgson, Roy
Hoeness, Uli
HOK architecture firm
Holland
care about Germany because of war
Cruijff and Michels invent Dutch soccer
and Gullit
and Hölzenbein
kids follow players/not teams
Matthäus and
penalty kicking help at World Cup 2010
and Romario
soccer players mostly from north
Van der Sar playing for
and Van Nistelrooy
World Cup with Hiddink
See also Cruijff, Johan
Hölzenbein, Bernd
Hopcraft, Arthur
See also Football Man, The (Hopcraft)
Hornby, Nick
Houghton, David
Houllier, Gérard
Howard, Tim
Hudson, Ray
Huntelaar, Klass-Jan
Ibrahimovic, Zlatan
Iñaki Urdangarin
Ince, Paul
Inglis, Simon
Iniesta, Andrés
Inter Milan soccer club
and Ibrahimovic
and Seedorf
Interviewing soccer players
Ipswich City soccer club
Islam
Italy
and Cannavaro
and Passarella
playing soccer in
“The Italian Job” match
World Cup of 2006 and Gattuso
Ivory Coast
Jacquet, Aimé
James, Bill
James, David
Jancker, Carsten
Jansen, Wim
Japan
Jensen, John
Jeremies, Jens
Johan magazine
Johnson, David
Johnson, Glen
Jongbloed, Jan
Journalists following only one club
Juventus soccer club
and Ibrahimovic
Van der Sar
Kadyrov, Ramzan
Kahn, Oliver
Kaiway, Mark
Kaká
and Cesc
as corporate yes-man
followers on Twitter
and Gattuso
Kansas City Wizards
Kanu, Nwankwo
Katwijk, Netherlands
Keane, Roy
aggressiveness of
salary of
Keegan, Kevin
Keizer, Piet
Kempes, Mario
Kennedy, Robert F.
Kenyon, Peter
Keown, Martin
Kezman, Mateja
Kharin, Dmitri
Khedira, Sami
Kicker (magazine)
