Silva (Tales from the Pitch)

by Harry Coninx

Description

A Football-Lover’s Guide to Bernardo Silva.

At the age of nine, Bernardo Silva fulfilled his childhood dream of playing for Benfica, when he joined their youth academy. But getting into the first team proved to be much more difficult than he expected.

His journey into professional football wasn’t easy, but his flexibility, his sheer skill and his willingness to work harder than anyone else was always going to win out.

Join wonderkid Bernardo Silva on his journey to the very top, winning countless trophies and achieving international stardom with one of the greatest teams in the world. And now chasing the World Cup for his national team Portugal.

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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