Simon Kuper

Simon Kuper was a British and French writer and journalist (born 1969). He was born at Kampala.

Simon Kuper in brief

Born
1969
Known for
writer and journalist
Place of birth
Kampala
Contents

Recognition and collections

Simon Kuper received Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Award for Sports Journalism. Work by Simon Kuper is held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Catalogued works

37 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1901 to 1997.

Football Against The Enemy. Make Soap from the Ref! Soccernomics. Why England Lose. Ajax, the Dutch, the War. Chosen Country. אייאקס, הולנד והמלחמה. La complejidad del Barça. Chums. Complejidad Del Barça / the Barcelona Complex. Football Men. Futbol Asla Sadece Futbol Değildir. Oxford Tories. Ajax-Hollandalilar ve Savas. Futbolun Sifreleri. Happy Traitor : Spies, Lies and Exile in Russia. Desperate Union. Soccer Against the Enemy. Barça. Football Against Enemy 18 x Dumpbin. The Barcelona Complex. Spies, Lies, and Exile. Magnum football. Soccer men. Futbol i ego vragi. Why England Lose Other Curious Phenomena Explained. The Football Men by Simon Kuper. El Ftbol Es As Una Explicacin Econmica Sobre Los Mitos Y Verdades Del Deporte. Football Dissidents and Other Fans Hpb. Magnum Soccer. Perfect Pitch Vol 1 5 Copy Shrinkpack. Retourtjes Nederland. Hans van der Meer. Perfect Pitch. Fútbol contra el enemigo. Nature and society in historical context / edited by Mikuláš Teich, Robinson College, Cambridge, Roy Porter, The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, and Bo Gustafsson, The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences (SCASSS), Uppsala., dated 1997, held by Wellcome Collection. Strangeways Research Laboratory, dated c.1901-1999, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski, 2010, <em>Soccernomics</em>, Rio de Janeiro, Tinta Negra, pp. 310, Anuac, 2015. Simon Kuper, World Cup Fever. A Footballing Journey in Nine Tournaments, Football(s) Histoire culture économie société, 2026. Kuper, Yuri or Youri, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Simon Kuper, Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK, Society, 2022. Patient preferences for drug therapy in inflammatory arthritis: protocol for a living systematic review and evidence map to inform clinical practice guidelines, BMJ Open, 2025. Simon Kuper, World Cup Fever. A Footballing Journey in Nine Tournaments, Football(s), 2026.

Digitised editions and texts

4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Perfect pitch. 4, Dirt (1999) — Internet Archive. Soccernomics (2009) — Internet Archive. Simon Kuper - Futbol Asla Sadece Futbol Değildir — Internet Archive. Football Against the Enemy (2003) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1969Simon Kuper born at Kampala.
  2. 1999Perfect pitch. 4, Dirt digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 2003Football Against the Enemy digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2009Soccernomics digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Simon Kuper”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    Consult the source
  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2118355: Simon Kuper

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Consult the source

Elsewhere in Books

15,964 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

Read the complete books index

For owners

Own a work by Simon Kuper?

A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.