Panini Legends

From rookie to final playing sticker, this unique collection showcases the world''s greatest footballers through their Panini sticker album appearances. Every footballing star has a ''rookie'' Panini sticker, the first time they appear as a young, hopeful and triumphant entry, being about to write their names in the history books. These stickers are among the rarest and most expensive around, including the first Lionel Messi appearance in 2004/05, Cristiano Ronaldo in his debut season at Sporting Lisbon in 2002/03 and Monaco''s 18-year-old Kylian Mbappe from the 2016/17 Panini Foot Ligue 1 set.The much-loved Panini football sticker albums have documented the rise of footballing legends from David Beckham to Neymar Jnr. The continuing editions of the book provide a perfect snapshot of the game''s heroes, season-by-season and through each international competition. Here each star is featured when they are just breaking into the team, right through to their swansong as an experienced and feted star. Smiling or sullen, permed, mulleted or crop-haired, full of excitement or displaying a ''done it all'' expression, we follow their successes and their disappointments.Some are one-club players modelling a succession of styles, others are well-travelled expensive acquisitions in their new colours. We see Gary Lineker going from a young hopeful at Leicester City to spells at Everton, Barcelona and Spurs, meanwhile becoming one of England''s stars in the 1986 and 1990 World Cup squads. Similarly, the fortunes of Maradona, Henry, Zidane, Rooney, Ibrahimovic, Messi, Cantona, Buffon, Neymar, Mbappe and others are charted in all their Panini glory with accompanying statistics and the history of each player''s career. Panini Legends provides a fascinating celebration of the game''s top players as only the famous sticker brand can. It uses the familiar poses and frames of the full colour stickers to indulge the nostalgia of those who collected the originals, to see how their heroes changed with each new season, and to track the rise of each of them to superstardom.>...

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Greg Lansdowne is a leading authority on PANINI sticker albums and the author of Stuck on You: The Rise and Fall...and Rise of Panini Stickers and Panini Football Stickers: The Official Celebration. @Panini_book PANINI was founded in 1961 in Modena, Italy with the launch of its first Calciatori/Football Players collection. It now has subsidiaries in Europe, Latin America and the United States. In the run-up to a FIFA World Cup, PANINI produces millions of albums, selling them to over 150 territories.

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Introduction How to Collect Diego Maradona Kenny Dalglish Gary Lineker Kevin Keegan David Beckham Paul Gascoigne Gareth Bale Johan Cruyff Megan Rapinoe Karim Benzema Zlatan Ibrahimovic Eric Cantona Ruud Gullit George Weah Lothar Matthäus Michael Laudrup Ronaldo Didier Drogba Marta Romário Cristiano Ronaldo Ray Wilkins Robert Lewandowski Kylian Mbappé Ronaldinho Luís Figo Hidetoshi Nakata Ju¨rgen Klinsmann Neymar Júnior Roberto Baggio Didier Deschamps Roger Milla Paolo Rossi Bobby Charlton Glenn Hoddle Caroline Graham Hansen Pelé Tim Cahill Oliver Kahn Bobby Moore Ally McCoist Olivier Giroud Erling Haaland Franco Baresi Kevin de Bruyne Peter Shilton Roy Keane Alexia Putellas Bryan Robson Pernille Harder George Best Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Alessandro Del Piero Ellen White Liam Brady Peter Schmeichel Dino Zoff 'Jay-Jay' Okocha Sergio Ramos Mohamed Salah Trevor Francis Gianluigi Buffon John Barnes Miroslav Klose Samuel Eto'o Son Heung-min Marco Van Basten Luka Modric Pep Guardiola Harry Kane Paolo Maldini Michel Platini Bebeto Fabien Barthez Lionel Messi Thierry Henry Andrés Iniesta Dennis Bergkamp Wayne Rooney Francesco Totti Antoine Griezmann Jean-Pierre Papin Gianfranco Zola Zinedine Zidane Franz Beckenbauer Gianluca Vialli Honourable Mentions