Proud Man Walking: My Chelsea Diary

Ranieri, Claudio

ISBN 10: 0007190719 / ISBN 13: 9780007190713

Published by CollinsWillow, 2004

About this Item

VGC.CollinsWillow,2004. First UK edition-first printing.Blue hardback(silver lettering to the spine,small dent and nick on the edges of the cover) with Dj(very small tear,small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC.Illustrated with colour,b/w photos.Nice and clean pages with two small marks and ink marks on the outer edges, small stain marks inside the first five and last two pages of the book,light shelf wear on the edges of the pages.302pp including Claudio Ranieri factfile.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Proud Man Walking: My Chelsea Diary
• Publisher: CollinsWillow
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007190719
• ISBN 13: 9780007190713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First UK edition-first printing.
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biographies : Sports

About this title

Synopsis

Betrayed by his club but beloved by the fans, former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has been a constant headline-maker in 2004. Occasionally puzzling, often eccentric, but always fascinating and refreshing, the Italian describes the highs and lows of an extraordinary season at Stamford Bridge - and the dramatic end to his English journey. This collaboration between Italian journalist Massimo Marianella and Ranieri promises to reveal the inside story of a rollercoaster year at Stamford Bridge, with a first-hand account of coaching the most expensively assembled team in the Premiership, alongside the increasing pressures of satisfying his bosses as Chelsea's season came to a close.

About the Author

Claudio Ranieri was born in Rome in 1951. After an unspectacular playing career with Roma, he took up the coaching reins at Cagliari before moving on to Fiorentina, Valencia and Atletico Madrid. He quit Atletico in March 2000 and took over as manager at Chelsea later that summer. He was sacked in June 2004, and is now coach at Valencia. Massimo Marianella has been a broadcaster for Sky Sports Italy for the past eleven years. Voted Italian Television Sports Journalist of the Year in 1998 and Italian Broadcaster of the Year in 2001, he has been a close associate of Claudio Ranieri for many years.