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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Excellent book - very honest and open about the ups and downs of his lifeBy BrentGreat book that shows the 'real' Jimmy Nielsen...through the highs and lows. We know him in the U.S. as a great goalkeeper...but he's got a great story prior to that as well. If you want to read a book where someone honestly shares how they navigate life...even when they aren't perfect, this is a great book to read.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I Loved ItBy mark keyThis book was a very easy read.I started reading this on Friday and finished on Sunday.Jimmy writes more about his on personal triumphs and trials than he does about his life with Sporting KC.I also have been addicted to gambling and I thought his perspective on that was very interesting.If you are a soccer fan or not this book is definitely worth a read.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Love soccer.By DanielI like learning about his past but mainly. When he started playing for sporting kc. Welcome to the blue hell. I think he the best goalie in sporting kc history. Hope he will one day update this cause he is now coaching Energy FC OKC.

Major League Soccer's Goalkeeper of the Year for 2012, Jimmy Nielsen, has established himself as one of the best players in the league and a fan favorite in Kansas City, playing for . Yet while supporters are familiar with his achievements on the field and larger-than-life personality off it, few are aware of the remarkable story that led him to the US Midwest. Compared from a young age to Denmark's greatest ever goalkeeper, , Nielsen was scouted by Manchester United and a host of other leading European clubs, but at the point when he should have been building a great career he was instead developing a ferocious gambling habit. In 1999, he was dropped from Denmark's Under-21 team after missing curfew because of a lost night at the roulette table. Nicknamed Casino Jimmy by rival supporters, Nielsen continued to gamble the stakes getting so high that he was able to win $500,000 on a single night at one casino and then throw more than half of that away at the same venue a day later. His losses finally caught up to him in 2004, when his inability to pay off a gambling debt helped put a major bookie out of business. Avoiding bankruptcy only with financial assistance from his soccer club and with the support of a family he feared would desert him, Nielsen gradually pieced his life back together. But in his footballing career he remained unfulfilled. He had spent almost his entire career with , the team he supported as a boy, starting a record 398 games and winning the Danish championship in 1999, but he dreamed of a fresh challenge. Were it not for a phone call, from Kansas City in January 2010, that might have been the end of the story. Despite still performing at a high level, Nielsen was contemplating retirement when he was offered a contract by an American club he didn't even know existed. He said yes. Nielsen could not even have pointed out Kansas City on a map at that stage, but two years on, he is the happiest he has ever been. Moving to America has not been without its challenges from his daughter's demand that their pet gerbil come with them, to having his face cut open by a bobblehead doll that was thrown at him by a fan during a game. But the warmth of the US Midwest, the unique passion of Sporting Kansas City's fans, and the standard of US soccer easily as high, in Nielsen's opinion, as that in Denmark have given him a new lease of life. Now Nielsen wants to share his story with the fans who have taken him to their hearts and who have made him feel that he is, at last, at home in blue.

As highly as I rate Jimmy as a goalkeeper, I think he's been an even better leader for the team. All the guys respect him, he doesn't shy away from difficult situations, and he's a real connector of people. Instead of excluding guys, he brings everybody together and makes sure they all feel involved in the group. There are certain qualities that you look for in a player. You ask, Can he play the game? Does he have a good character? Is he personable? Is he marketable? To get a full package like you get from Jimmy is rare. It's a benefit on all levels to the club, the organization, the community, the city and the team to have a guy like that on your roster. --, Sporting Kansas City ManagerAll captains are leaders on the field, in the clubhouse and with management. The quest to bring championships and glory to a club is a journey that may take, in many cases, years to complete. A good captain is a leader on that journey, and a great one doesn't mind the scars that are accumulated along the way. Jimmy Nielsen is my captain, but I'm far more fortunate to call him my friend. --Robb Heineman, Sporting Club CEO/OwnerJimmy is a great player and an even better person. He is a great captain who cares about his team more than anything. He is a great leader on and off the field. There couldn't be a better guy back there between the pipes. --, Sporting Kansas City midfielderAbout the AuthorJimmy Nielsen is the captain of Sporting Kansas City and the 2012 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. He grew up in Denmark and spent 13 years playing for his hometown team, Aalborg BK starting a club record 398 consecutive games and helping the club to win its second-ever national championship. During that time he was twice named as Danish Goalkeeper of the Year. After that he had brief spells with Leicester City in England and in Denmark before joining the Kansas City Wizards as the team was then known in 2010. Since then he has twice been named to the MLS All-Star team, and in 2012 he helped Sporting KC win the US Open Cup. He lives in Kansas City with his wife and two daughters. Paolo Bandini is a freelance sports writer and broadcaster specializing in soccer and football. He spent six years on the full-time staff at the Guardian one of Britain's leading national newspapers before deciding to branch out on his own, and has since worked for a variety of employers including ESPN, The Score, BBC radio and Talksport as well as continuing to write for the Guardian. Paolo spent the 2012 NFL season covering the St. Louis Rams for nfluk.com and has since relocated full-time to Missouri, where his wife is studying for her Ph.D. This is Paolo's first complete book, though he previously contributed a chapter about Dennis Bergkamp for So Paddy Got Up: An Arsenal Anthology.

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