Paolo Di Canio: The Autobiography

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-08-01
Publisher(s): Trafalgar Square
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Summary

The fully updated, explosive autobiography of West Ham's hot-tempered but outrageously gifted Italian striker. Paolo Di Canio is a player who doesn't recognise the footballer's code of conduct: he says what he thinks and heaven help the person who has crossed him. That's the root of his troubles as well, of course. Born into a working-class family in Rome, he displays the archetypal Latin temperament, which has seen him get into more trouble with referees than can be good for his health. But is there more to him than a one-man inner-city riot? In his autobiography, Di Canio relives his colourful career with a host of clubs, from the likes of Milan, Napoli and Juventus in Italy to Celtic, Sheffield Wednesday and, most recently, West Ham. He also provides his own version of the shove on referee Paul Alcock, his anger at his former club, Sheffield Wednesday, and the feelings of betrayal and isolation following his four-month ban from the game. He reveals the real reasons behind his retreat into exile in Italy before his career was rescued from oblivion by Harry Redknapp and West Ham. With a new chapter focussing on the 2000/01 season, which ended with Harry Redknapp's surprise departure, this updated edition is another entertaining instalment of Di Canio's career in the English Premiership.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1(8)
`Look at this beautiful, talented boy!'
9(26)
King of the Quarticciolo
35(30)
Lazio and the Irriducibili
65(20)
Painkillers, psychiatrists and faith healers
85(40)
`You're finished, Di Canio!'
125(26)
Standing up to Juventus
151(26)
Celtic passions
177(30)
When the punches started flying
207(18)
`My God, what's going to happen to you?'
225(32)
Happy as Harry
257(14)
Young Hammers
271(20)
From Devil to Saint
291(18)
Foreign fields
309(12)
Career statistics 321(12)
Index 333

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