Felix

With his creativity, acrobatic talent and sheer speed, Joa?o Fe?lix can make top-level soccer look effortless.But Joa?o's journey to the top has not been easy.

As a skinny kid he'd already given up on soccer once, before harnessing his inner strength and determination to win both the Portuguese and the Spanish leagues.

Join "the heir to Ronaldo" on his mission to become one of the greatest players in the game.

This biography is one of the new titles in Leapfrog's Tales from the Pitch series.

These books offer a fresh take on the familiar soccer biography format.

Each of these fast-moving reads focuses on one up-and-coming soccer superstar, players who are still to reach the summit of their career.

From the young Portuguese talent Joao Felix, to Virgil van Dijk and Raheem Sterling, these biographies cover the full range of European soccer. The players are from all walks of life and have faced failure, injury and rejection, to ultimately make their dreams come true.

So meet the fresh young talent behind the iconic tackles and goals and find out what makes each of these players so special.