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

Paolo ROSSI 1982

ZICO 1983

Michel PLATINI 1984

Michel PLATINI 1985

My way… with Juventus and France

Diego MARADONA 1986

Maradona World Cup-winning captain

Ruud GULLIT 1987

Marco VAN BASTEN 1988

Ruud GULLIT 1989

Lothar MATTHAUS 1990

Armchair rider No.1 Matthaus is sitting pretty

Jean-Pierre PAPIN 1991

Marco VAN BASTEN 1992

Why Van Basten can’t stop winning

Roberto BAGGIO 1993

Paolo MALDINI 1994

Gianluca VIALLI 1995

RONALDO 1996

RONALDO 1997

The world at his feet

Zinedine ZIDANE 1998

RIVALDO 1999

Rivaldo takes on the world • World Soccer’s Player of the Year talks about his amazing 12 months in an exclusive report by Gavin Hamilton

Luis FIGO 2000

Michael OWEN 2001

RONALDO 2002

Pavel NEDVED 2003

RONALDINHO 2004

RONALDINHO 2005

Fabio CANNAVARO 2006

KAKA 2007

Cristiano RONALDO 2008

Lionel MESSI 2009

RONALDINHO 2000-09

XAVI 2010

Lionel MESSI 2011

Lionel MESSI 2012

Cristiano RONALDO 2013

Cristiano RONALDO 2014

Lionel MESSI 2015

Cristiano RONALDO 2016

Cristiano RONALDO 2017

Luka MODRIC 2018

Lionel MESSI 2019

Robert LEWANDOWSKI 2020

Robert LEWANDOWSKI 2021

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