As the World Cup returns to Mexico in 2026, exactly 40 years after one of football’s most iconic tournaments, The Heroes of Mexico 86
celebrates the players who captivated the world in that golden summer of 1986.
This stunning 112-page, limited-edition book is inspired by the famous sticker album and features a full profile of every player you collected and swapped all those years ago. Each nation’s section is also accompanied by a manager profile, detailed player statistics and evocative imagery that brings the tournament vividly back to life.
Revel in football nostalgia as you discover each player’s story – from humble beginnings to World Cup stardom, from agony and ecstasy on the pitch to extraordinary highs and personal struggles in the years after.
Read about the wing wizard who spent years in a desert jail as a political prisoner, the captain tragically killed in a car crash at just 36, and the Golden Boot winner with his own podcast empire. From Altobelli to Zico, and the Danish Dynamite to Diego Maradona, discover the full stories behind The Heroes of Mexico 86
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