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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Zinedine Zidane, Marco Van Basten, Ronaldo, Roberto Baggio, Diego Maradona, Ruud Gullit, Paolo Maldini, Michel Platini, Michael Owen, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zico, Kaká, Lothar Matthäus, Rivaldo, Fabio Cannavaro, Luís Figo, Gianluca Vialli, Pavel Nedvěd, Jean-Pierre Papin, Paolo Rossi. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt:Appearances (Goals). National team caps and goals correct as of 20:02, 3 July 2009 (UTC)Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979 in Chester) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United. The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997. In his first full season in the Premier League he finished as joint top scorer. He repeated the feat the following year and was Liverpool's top goal scorer from 19972004, in spite of a recurring hamstring injury. His first major club honours came in 2001 when Liverpool won a cup treble of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and Football League Cup, and Owen was the recipient of the Ballon d'Or that year. He went on to score 118 goals in 216 appearances in the English Premier League for Liverpool. Owen moved to Real Madrid for £8 million in mid-2004 but was frequently used as a substitute. In spite of this, he scored 13 goals in La Liga and had the season's highest ratio of goals scored to number of minutes played. He returned to England the following season, joining Newcastle United for £16 million. He had a promising start to the 200506 season but injuries largely ruled him out over the next 18 months. After his return he became team captain and was the team's top scorer for the 200708 season. After the final season of his four year contract, Newcastle were...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=205247 ... Read more