Play Like Your Football Heroes: Pro tips for becoming a top player by Matt Oldfield

Play Like Your Football Heroes: Pro tips for becoming a top player by Matt Oldfield

CELEBRATE THE 2026 WORLD CUP WITH THIS ULTIMATE SKILLS HANDBOOK FOR RISING FOOTBALL STARS - FULL OF STORIES, TIPS AND TRICKS ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE PLAYERS.

WRITTEN BY THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ULTIMATE FOOTBALL HEROES, UNBELIEVABLE FOOTBALL AND THE FOOTBALL GOAT AND THE EXPERTISE OF A FORMER PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER.

Get football smart! Learn the tips, tricks and secrets behind the success of 20 of your favourite football icons, including Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, Mo Salah, Son Heung-min, Virgil van Dijk and more!

Learn tactics, skills, and strengths including:
- Dribble like Lionel Messi
- Score like Harry Kane
- Set up goals like Vivianne Miedema
- Face challenges like Mo Salah

With top tips on how to train, play, think and live smart, as well as challenges for the reader, this inspiring and interactive guide will inspire football-mad kids to play just like their heroes.

Matt Oldfield loves football. He loves playing football, watching football, reading about football, but most of all, he loves writing about football. With his brother, Tom, he writes the bestselling Ultimate Football Heroes series of playground-to-pitch biographies. He is the co-author of The Football GOAT series, where players such as Messi and Ronaldo go head-to-head in a battle of stats, stories and facts. He has also worked with Lioness Beth Mead on her children’s book. He has won the Children’s Sports Book of the Year Award twice as well as being shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Award.

Seth Burkett is an English writer and futsal player and former professional footballer. Having played professional football in Brazil for Sorriso EC and Sri Lanka, Seth now dedicates his time to writing and speaking in schools. He is the co-author of The Football GOAT with Matt Oldfield.