Soccer Stars

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Head-to-Head is not just a book that shows you loads of facts and stats about fantastic stuff it’s also a fun game book How to Play 1 Grab a copy of Head-to-Head oh you have OK now get your friends to grab a copy too Lionel Messi Argentinian striker Lionel Messi is one of today’s top players He has been awarded FIFA’s World Player of the Year four times Date of birth 06 24 87 Club goals 243 International caps 91 International goals 42 Length of career 10 years Height 5 ft 6 1 2 in 1 15 11 6 16 18 Youngest Scorer As a child Messi played for the youth team at his local top-division club in Argentina He was so good that top teams in South America and Europe were interested in watching him play He moved to Spain when he was 13 years old to play on FC Barcelona’s youth team and at the age of 17 became the youngest player and goal scorer in Spain’s football league The following year Barcelona won the Champions League and in 2009 the team won three European club titles in one season Messi became Barcelona’s best-ever goal scorer in 2012 when he was just 24 years old Olympic Gold Messi is a citizen of both Argentina and Spain but has played for Argentina since 2005 He was part of the team that went to the 2006 World Cup and was on the team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics 12 Bobby Moore Bobby Moore was a super talented defensive player who captained the England team when it won the country’s only World Cup in 1966 Cup Winners Moore first played professionally in 1958 for West Ham United In 1964 West Ham won the FA Cup with Moore as captain The following year Moore led the team to win the European Cup-Winners Cup After 15 years with West Ham Moore transferred to Fulham FC in 1973 where he stayed for four years followed by a final year playing professional football in Denmark World Cup Winners Moore first played for the England national side in 1962 He played more than 100 games for his country 90 of them as captain But the highlight of his international career was the 1966 World Cup Moore captained England to a nail-biting victory over West Germany passing the ball expertly to Geoff Hurst to score in the last few seconds of the match After his retirement from soccer Moore worked as a manager a sports editor and a commentator He died in 1993 at the age of 51 Date of birth 04 12 41 Club goals 26 International caps 108 International goals 2 Length of career 20 years Height 6 ft 14 19 19 8 3 4 13 3 Now challenge your friends to see who has the highest-ranking stat the lower the number the better your chances of winning 1 good 20 goofy Player 1 Date of birth 06 24 87 Player 2 Date of birth 05 22 46 1 13 2 Each player closes their eyes and flips to a game page Now open your eyes and choose one of the soccer players Decide who goes first then that person reads out the name of the soccer player they’ve chosen plus the name of the stat For example this player has chosen Lionel Messi and the Date of Birth stat with a Head-to-Head ranking of 1 Date of birth 06 24 87 Club goals 226 International caps 64 International goals 48 Length of career 10 years Height 1 69 m 1 15 16 1 1 6 18 4 Whoever has the lowest number is the winner nice one If you have the same number you’ve tied Time to flip choose challenge again If you and your opponent land on the same game page flip again Mash it up If you don’t have the same Head-to-Head book as your friends you can STILL play The rules are the same as for the regular game above just flip choose a page pick a stat then read them out loud Now read out the Head-to-Head rankings to see whose choice is best Can a Ferrari beat a tank Can Genghis Khan defeat a king cobra snake
Soccer Stars

Soccer Stars

Who’s history’s greater soccer player: Pelé or Christiano Ronaldo? Now readers can find out with this installment in the Head-to-Head series that mashes up the world’s greatest soccer stars from the 1950s to today. Each of the 20 player profiles features a brief biography, photograph, and a sidebar of rankings in key categories. Friends flip to random pages and then “battle” one another in a chosen category. Covers the any of the game’s greatest players from three continents.

About This Book

By: Tracy Turner
Illustrated by:
Published by: Smart Apple Media by Black Rabbit Books
9-12Age Range
6.8 AR
22Pages
PeopleSubject
980LLexile
15-30 minsReading Time
WGuided Reading
WFountas & Pinnell
70DRA