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E D ITO R’S N OT E
WHAT DOES FOOTBALL TELL US ABOUT OUR WORLD?
To find out, you need to travel far and wide. To places like
Ivory Coast
in West Africa, a country ravaged by civil war,
where the streets are only safe when all the children and lo-
cal youths are out battling over a ball – or the national team
is in action. SPIEGEL reporter Ullrich Fichtner got together
with the players during the African Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Then he visited Abidjan and happened upon a meeting of
their mothers. What does football tell us about West Africa?
Among other things, that sports and politics are inextricably
linked. That soccer has the power to change people’s lives, and
Kurbjuweit, Ronaldinho
is a force to be reckoned with (page 50).
For this SPIEGEL special on the 2006 World Cup, an issue
conceived and designed by Lothar Gorris, Cordt Schnibben
and Alfred Weinzierl, the magazine’s football enthusiasts
headed off around the globe. In the Ukrainian capital of
Kiev,
our Moscow correspondent Walter Mayr researched a story on
the parliamentarian-cum-national team coach Oleg Blokhin
(page 44). In
Barcelona
our reporter Dirk Kurbjuweit waited
a whole week for an interview with Brazilian superstar
Ronaldinho (page 70). In
Rome
Alexander Smoltczyk delved
into the past and present of Italian footballing icon Francesco
Totti (page 34). Jörg Kramer visited the booming soccer nation
Fichtner at a football academy in Abidjan
of
Mexico
(page 56). Our reporter Alexander Osang flew to
Los Angeles,
where he observed the preparations of the U.S.
squad, met with coach Bruce Arena and got a first glimpse of
American idol and teenage prodigy Freddy Adu (page 80). In
Madrid
Lothar Gorris and Thomas Hüetlin talked to former
Real Madrid manager Jorge Valdano, who is regarded in South
America and Spain as the sport’s philosopher (page 98). Uwe
Buse flew to
Sialkot, Pakistan,
where 60 percent of the
world’s footballs are produced (page 118). And Michael
Wulzinger ventured to crisis-stricken
Argentina,
whose slums
have spawned some of the world’s finest players and become
recruiting grounds for its top leagues (page 38).
Osang, Arena
OUR TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS
journeyed the farthest. For 30
years now, Hamburg-based Walter Schmitz has been captur-
ing the globalization of the beautiful game on film. He visit-
ed World Cup stadiums in
Germany
and dirt pitches in
Cameroon.
And he watched beach soccer at its best in Rio de
Janeiro (page 10). Frankfurt native Martin Schoeller made
his way to
New York, Madrid, Toulouse, Rome, Munich
and
Leipzig,
where he immortalized an all-star team from the
past – eleven players who have defined the face of football.
Schoeller – whose haunting portraits are traded on the inter-
national art market – spends most of his time photographing
Gorris, Valdano, Hüetlin (above), Buse in Pakistan (below)
capricious celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Bill Clinton for
the U.S. magazines
New Yorker
and
Esquire.
His challenge for
SPIEGEL proved no less daunting: Zinedine Zidane, three-
time World Footballer of the Year, kept him waiting for three
hours in Madrid. And Pelé’s advisers took a lot of persuading
before allowing their illustrious charge to board the elevator
at his Leipzig hotel and risk the ride up to the makeshift stu-
dio (page 61).
Twin versions of this SPIEGEL special issue have been published
in German and English.
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MONTSERRAT VELANDO / CONTACTS / AGENTUR FOCUS
BERT SPANGEMACHER
SCOTT NELSON / WPN
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Superstar Ronaldinho
Street player in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
IN THIS ISSUE
G LO B A L P L AY E R S
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ESSAY What football says about our world.
By Dirk Kurbjuweit; photography by Walter Schmitz
GERMANY Jürgen Klinsmann, the reviled reformer.
By Dirk Kurbjuweit
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ITALY Roma’s Francesco Totti isn’t just any
old footballer. He’s Italy Incarnate.
By Alexander Smoltczyk
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38
ARGENTINA Thousands of young players
in the country’s slums dream of a future in the
European game.
By Michael Wulzinger
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UKRAINE Once the Soviet Union’s star striker,
national coach Oleg Blokhin now embodies the new
republic’s football hopes.
By Walter Mayr
IVORY COAST The national team that set out to
unite a country divided by war.
By Ullrich Fichtner
MEXICO The country’s economic boom is powering
a self-sufficient football industry.
By Jörg Kramer
STEFAN MATZKE / SAMPICS (LEFT.); SCOTT NELSON / WPN (RIGHT)
I D O LS
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LEGENDS From Pelé to Zinedine Zidane,
Just Fontaine to Franz Beckenbauer – football’s
international hall of fame photographed
by Martin Schoeller
ART
Dirk Kurbjuweit
on the magical skills
that make Brazil’s footballing genius Ronaldinho so
unique
HEART
Thomas Hüetlin
on the courage
and determination of star striker Wayne Rooney,
England’s working-class hero
TALENT Nike’s campaign to turn the 16-year-old
American Freddy Adu into the next Pelé.
By Alexander Osang
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E S S AY
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PSYCHOLOGY Football’s fickle gods – sporting
dates with fate and the vagaries of an essentially
simple game. An essay
by Christoph Biermann
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Rooney fanwear
Mexican football fans
MONEY
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SPONSORS Big, big business: How sports
manufacturer Adidas is parading its products at
football’s greatest pageant.
By Michael Wulzinger
MANAGERS Ex-Real Madrid manager Jorge
Valdano on conservative and progressive football,
commerce and creativity.
By Lothar Gorris and Thomas Hüetlin
BPI / IMAGO (LEFT); REUTERS / CORBIS (RIGHT)
FAME
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1974 WORLD CUP Long hair and loose morals.
A German football fest revisited.
By Klaus Brinkbäumer
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Editor’s note
Credits
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COVER: ILLUSTRATION BY TIM O’BRIEN FOR SPIEGEL SPECIAL
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AGENTS The Uruguayan Juan Figer is one of the
world’s most powerful player brokers. Brazil is his
favorite hunting ground.
By Hauke Goos
112
PLAYERS During the past decade, the Serbian
Marco Pantelic has represented eleven clubs
in eight countries. A footballing odyssey in the
Bosman era.
By Matthias Geyer
GLOBALIZATION Pakistan has become the
world’s football factory. But rival producers are
counter-attacking with new designs, materials and
technologies.
By Uwe Buse
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W O R L D C U P A TO Z
Who is the dictator of Togo?
Who coaches Costa Rica? Who
is the Swiss team’s top star?
Where do the fans meet up in
Munich? Which World Cup
exhibitions are currently run-
ning in Hamburg? A 48-page
section packed with informa-
tion on the German venues
and the participating countries.
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G L O B A L P L AY E R S
The Global Game
What football says about our world
ESSAY: DIRK KURBJUWEIT
PHOTOGRAPHY: WALTER SCHMITZ
GERMANY:
Munich’s World Cup arena
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