World Soccer Presents

World Soccer Presents is a bi-monthly souvenir bookazine collection from the team at Word Soccer magazine. Each issue provides expert analysis and insight into the world’s most popular sport, focusing on a specific theme, including, the world’s most important players, club, rivalries and tournaments.

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World Soccer Presents

The new Ronaldo • How a young Cristiano Ronaldo made his name

The perfect audition • Jamie Evans re-tells Ronaldo’s journey from Lisbon to Manchester

Stars of the show • Continuing his meteoric rise, Ronaldo was selected inWorld Soccer’s Euro 2004 Team of the Tournament by Gavin Hamilton

Teenage kicks • The impact of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and others on Euro 2004 highlighted the importance of youth, speed and precociousness in the modern game. In a special feature in August 2004, World Soccer selected the 50 most exciting teenagers in world football

In the footsteps of Best and Cantona • Cristiano Ronaldo graced the cover of World Soccer’s February 2007 issue, with Keir Radnedge hailing Manchester United’s in-form player and chronicling his rise from humble beginnings to potential superstardom

The winger: Cristiano Ronaldo • Cristiano Ronaldo was voted the best winger in the world by his fellow players in World Soccer’s “Pro’s Pro” series in June 2007

Champions League glory • Cristiano Ronaldo featured on the cover of World Soccer’s June 2008 issue as Manchester United clinched the Champions League trophy in Moscow

“I’ve become accustomed to the stories that get made up about me by the media. It’s not an issue” • Ahead of the 2008 European Championship, World Soccer sat down with Cristiano Ronaldo

Undone deals • The Spanish summer was dominated by two transfers that never happened

“I want to make history” • Cristiano Ronaldo travelled to his native Madeira in 2008 to receive the ESM Golden Shoe as Europe’s top goalscorer in 2007-08

More accolades • Ronaldo’s superstar showings saw him named the World Soccer Player of the Year in 2008, his first of many to come. It also marked the beginning of his enduring rivalry with Lionel Messi, who finished second in the polls

Brian Glanville …on Cristiano Ronaldo’s world-record move to Madrid • A year after the summer saga of 2008, Cristiano Ronaldo finally completed his world-record move to Real Madrid. Regular World Soccer columnists Brian Glanville and Jim Holden voiced their opinions on the move and the wider transfer scene

Jim Holden Falsemarket boom is threatening football’s values…

The £250m gamble • The world-record signings of Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka marked a dramatic return to Real Madrid for president Florentino Perez. But, says Sid Lowe, many questions remain unanswered about the Galacticos II project

The goal-den boy • Will Cristiano Ronaldo find his shooting boots at World Cup 2010?

Messi’s prizes • Gavin Hamilton celebrates the Argentinian wizard’s ground-breaking season for Barcelona

Ronaldo’s glory • Sid Lowe applauds a breathtaking campaign for Real Madrid’s star man

Fastest to 100 Real Madrid goals… but still unloved • Amid rumours of a potential transfer back to Manchester United, and as he prepared to face his old club for the first time since leaving Old Trafford, Ronaldo returned to the cover ofWorld Soccer’s February 2013 issue

Ronaldo on top of the world • The Portuguese megastar beat Messi and Ribery to take World Soccer’s 2013 Player of the Year prize

The pursuit of perfection • The relentless quest for excellence has finally paid off for the Real Madrid and Portugal forward

“I’ve not changed over the years. My thought is still the same: Iwant to be the best”...