Biographies of Sports Icons When the Champion Talks about Himself

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Fabrizio Ciocca

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In the world of sport, and in particular in that of football, biographies, a literary genre that is usually associated with the stories of political and historical figures rather than the lives of great sports champions, have become more and more important for a few years,. This article analyses the official biographies of four football legends, authentic planetary icons, such as that of George Best, Johann Cruyff, Diego Armando Maradona and Francesco Totti. Through the comparison of some common episodes (the first kicks, the debut in professionalism, the transition from a "simple" player to a global phenomenon) we tried to understand, from the analysis of the individual biographies, if it is possible to trace a "narrative scheme" that can meet the expectations of the readers and strengthen their relationship of identification with their idol.

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Fabrizio Ciocca, Università Sapienza di Roma

Dottorando in Storia d’Europa.

 

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Biographies of Sports Icons: When the Champion Talks about Himself. FuLiA/UFMG , Belo Horizonte/MG, Brasil, v. 5, n. 3, p. 6–26, 2021. DOI: 10.35699/2526-4494.2020.25673. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/fulia/article/view/25673. Acesso em: 24 dec. 2024.
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BEST, George. The Best. [Tradotta dall’edizione Blessed: The autobiography]. Milano: Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore, 2004.

CRUYFF, Johan. La mia rivoluzione: l’autobiografia. [Tradotta dall’edizione originale My Turn: The Autobiography, 2016]. Milano: Edizione Bompiani, 2018.

MARADONA, Diego Armando. Io sono el Diego. [Tradotta dall’edizione originale Yo Soy el Diego, 2000]. Roma: Fandango Libri, 2020.

TOTTI Francesco; CONDÒ, Paolo. Un Capitano. Città: Rizzoli, 2018.

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