Ronaldo!: 21 Years of Genius and 90 Minutes That Shook the World

by Wensley Clarkson

Book Overview

It should have been a day of crowning glory for one of the world's most impressive footballers. Instead, it literally brought the talented young star to his knees. His worst nightmare came true, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857823362
• ISBN13: 9781857823363
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Blake Publishing
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

very good book

This book mostly talked about his life off of the pitch and all the stress he went thourgh in the the World Cup.

this book is not onely about star its about brazil

i got this book for my birth day a i read it. i thought that itall talk a bout soccer, but it didn't. i taked abot how he grow up inbrazil and how the enverment was so diffecult in there. how he escaped from all bad things like gaging and drug and alcholes. his father was not so lucky. he smoked and he had alot of alckholes and drug. he was very unkind to his wife and his son. there fore, his wife decided to built up her self and her son.

This book explains Ronaldo`s life on and off the pitch

This book is GREAT! It explains Ronaldo`s footballing life and his personal, and public life, and many secrets only a few on the earth know.

An amazingly gripping story of the Football God of the 90's!

Ever since the final whistle of the World Cup final I have had a big unanswered question. Why did the world's best player in the world's best team play so badly in the one game, the most important game, of his life so far, giving one of the world's worst performances in front of the world's biggest ever event audience of 2 billion. Months before the world cup the papers were full of Ronaldo. How Ronaldo would score more goals than ever seen before. How this would be his world cup like Pele's 1970, Kempes' 1978, Rossi's 1982, Maradona's 1986, and Romario's 1994. TV Programmes showed endless clips of his sublime skills, his genius. Months after the tragedy that was France '98. No credible explanation has appeared until now!! Clarkson's book to answer the question of what happened on that fateful day in Paris.He gives a complete picture of what makes up the man - Ronaldo. Clarkson delves into Ronaldo's childhood, giving an account of the early flashes of brilliance, his love of the game, his disappointments, the influence of his family and even his lack of confidence with girls. Then he takes us through Ronaldo's early career in a lowly 2nd division Brazillian League team. Then the breakthrough and subsequent move to Europe followed by stardom and megabucks. Then we are told of the trials and tribulations of his life in Europe. The immense build up to the World cup and the account of what actually happened to Ronaldo's Brazil. I must confess I did not let the book go until i had read in from cover to cover. Clarkson has a lovely smooth flowingly style of writing which captures the essence of the story. After reading the book I felt i had understood one of the most intriguing mysteries of footballing history.