Joaquín is so much more than a nice guy, and has spent his entire football career trying to prove he wasn’t a flash in the pan in his 20s
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Eight years since he made his debut in the evening sun of a Norwegian summer, winter is finally coming for the King in the North
After how unpredictable 2020 has proved, surely lightning cannot strike Demirspor and their anti-establishment fans a tenth time?
La Argentina said that Ferencváros deserved the applause of fans because of their quality, “not seen for many years on Argentine fields”
Before RB Leipzig emerged on the scene a few years ago, East German football was irrelevant in the great scheme of things
One of the great women’s footballers of her generation, Anja Mittag talks through her remarkable career and the future at RB Leipzig
One of the few women running football clubs today, Patricia Rodrígue sits down to discuss her journey and work at Elche
“It was Gary who discovered us and made us who we are. He educated us, off the pitch too, gave us a different mentality”
If the big six became a big ten then civil war could break out and the Super League of the 1980s could yet become the reality of the 2020s
Hang Yuan FC are playing a prominent role in bringing football to the forefront of Taiwanese life – and the results are astonishing
Rarely has a modern footballer looked so rare; so unlike the rest. And that’s the allure that makes Dimitri Payet so special
Türkgücü Munich are “totally unique” and became the first club founded by migrants to reach the professional leagues in Germany
Few Italian defenders rank higher than Picchi and Scirea, the all-conquering liberos whose triumphs were overshadowed by their early deaths
He may be overshadowed by other innovators but Viktor Maslov is as important as anyone: the creator of both the 4-4-2 and the press
No qualification process for the World cup is as intense, bizarre and brilliant as the South American qualifiers
For Kocaelispor supporters, their team is so much more than just a football club. As they say here, “love does not have a league”
One of Bulgaria’s greatest players, considered by many to be above Hristo Stoichkov, this is the triumph and tragedy of Georgi Asparuhov
Celtic may be bidding to become the first Scottish club to win ten consecutive titles, but fans will never forget the dark 90s