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For the casual reader, the book demands conscious attention and focus to fully appreciate the amount of research stefan has put into it. Authors simon kuper and stefan szymanski delve into soccer by abandoning all conventional. Stefan szymanski is currently the codirector for the centre of sports management at the university of michigan. By simon kuper and stefan szymanski named one of the best books of the year by the guardian, the financial times, the independent uk, and bloomberg news a new york times best seller, soccernomics pioneered a new way of looking at soccer through meticulous data analysis and incisive and witty commentary. The book has been translated into fifteen languages.
The winner of the william hill prize for sports book of the year in britain, kuper writes a weekly column for the financial times. Stefan szymanski on soccernomics and how sabermetrics, inequality and finance rules the sport. Soccernomics by simon kuper, stefan szymanski waterstones. With soccernomics, the fts indispensable simon kuper and topflight sports economist stefan szymanski bring scrupulous economic analysis and statistical rigor to a sport long dependent on hoary and, it seems, unfounded assumptionsgripping and essential. Understanding soccer finance has become essential for comprehending the beautiful game. The focus of his current research is sports management and economics. Soccernomics is a statistical study of the worlds most popular sport in the vein of steven levitts bestseller freakonomics. In 2003 he published his book ajax, the dutch, the war. Galetti collegiate professor of sport management at the university of michigans school of kinesiology.
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Authors simon kuper and stefan szymanski delve into soccer by abandoning all conventional wisdom about the sport and studying it strictly by the numbers. He started researching the economics of professional football in 1989, and has since come to spend his entire time researching the economics and business of sport. San francisco chronicle with soccernomics, the fts indispensable simon kuper and topflight sports economist stefan szymanski bring scrupulous economic analysis and statistical rigor to a sport long dependent on hoaryand, it seems, unfoundedassumptions. A light yet insightful read, soccernomics throws up several revelations and mythbusters some beautiful, some shocking and some unpalatable for the lovers of the beautiful game. Bleacher report the author simon kuper and the economist stefan szymanski do for soccer what moneyball did for baseball. Soccernomics is the most intelligent book ever written about soccer. Australiaand even iraqare destined to become the kings of the worlds most popular sport 8601416487601. Soccernomics english paperback by stefan szymanski, simon kuper. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read soccernomics. Tim harford has called him one of the worlds leading sports economists. Galetti professor of sport management at the university of michigan between 20082012 he was a professor of economics at cass business school, city university, london. Simon kupers first book, football against the enemy, won the 1994 william hill sports book of the year prize and is widely acknowledged as one of footballs seminal books. Stefan szymanski books list of books by author stefan.
Stefan szymanski is a professor in the department of sport management at the university of michigan. He writes for the financial times and has won the william hill prize for sports book of the year. Simon writes a weekly sports column in the financial times and has previously written football columns for the times and the observer. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Stefan szymanski stefan szymanski is the stephen j. Lies, damn lies, statistics and soccernomics the new. The majority of the soccer analysis diminishes on cliche, fashion, and groupthink. S, japan, australia, and even iraq are destined to become the kings of the worlds most popular sport by simon kuper and stefan szymanski is a nonfiction book analyzing the economics of soccer around the world, but mainly in the english leagues. He has written five books, including the bestseller soccernomics with simon kuper. Stefan szymanski on soccernomics and how sabermetrics. Soccernomics 2018 world cup edition book depository. Kuper and szymanski use math to tell us which national team has the best fans, who are the biggest over and underperformers of the game, and even investigate the correlation between suicide rates and major soccer events.
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