Felix (Tales from the Pitch)

by Harry Coninx

Description

A Football-Lover’s Guide to João Félix.

With his creativity, acrobatic talent and sheer speed, João Félix can make top-level soccer look effortless.

But João’s journey to the top has not been easy. As a skinny kid he’d already given up on soccer once, before harnessing his inner strength and determination to win both the Portuguese and the Spanish leagues and now chasing the World Cup for his national team Portugal.

Join “the heir to Ronaldo” on his mission to become one of the greatest players in the game.

One player, one dream: To become a legend.

This biography is one of the new titles in Leapfrog’s Tales from the Pitch series. These fast-moving reads offer a fresh take on the familiar football biography format.

• Each book focuses on one up-and-coming football superstar, often players who are still to reach the summit of their career. 
• The players are from all walks of life and have faced failure, injury and rejection, making these moving and inspirational stories. 
• The books are brimming with football banter that will have the knowing fans smiling. 
• And each players story is littered with football tricks and tips, so readers can learn the arts of the glorious game. 

At only 120 pages long, Tales from the Pitch are easy to read and very fast-paced reads. So, meet the footballers behind the iconic tackles and goals, and find out what makes each of these players so special.

About the Author

Harry Coninx is a football fanatic who started writing match reports at the age of eight, and hasn’t stopped since. An amateur player, coach and referee, Harry currently works in sports data. A life-long West Ham supporter, Harry decided to write these books so all readers could celebrate the beautiful game.

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