The return of a success: the World Atlas of Jerseys is released, the book with the models of all the editions of the World Cup

With 88 years of history written on its pages, the “Atlas of the T-Shirts of the World” is an ideal book for football lovers, especially those who are fanatics and collectors of jerseys. But also with graphic illustrations to attract the attention of those who don’t have much to do with sport. Alexander Turner Y cune miller next to the publisher Planet They have published the new book which has a predecessor in the “Atlas of Argentine Soccer Jerseys”, published four years ago. After a great job, a compilation of the historical national jerseys is shown. With more details, Miller spoke to Clarin and told the details of the book.

“With Ale Turner we had done the Atlas of Argentine soccer jerseys four years ago, with the jerseys of all the Argentine football teams that had played in the AFA tournaments and also most of the interiors. That book did very well. They were sold as 12,000 copies and as soon as we finished it we said to ourselves: “It would be fantastic to create a World Atlas of national team jerseys with the World Cup as a backbone”“.

The book required a lot of research in order to derive historical data from Uruguay 1930 up to Russia 2018, for this the work put five writers into action. “We have also included Pablo Aro Geraldesa specialist in national team jerseys and the two boys who had taken care of the journalistic production for the other, Seba Gandara Y Agostino Martinez, which is why we have five authors. It starts like this, As soon as we finished the other, we already wanted to do it “, counted wedges about how the idea of ​​creating this book came about.

A publication full of information that tells the jerseys that have been used in the various World Cups and how, over time, they have varied in terms of design and colors. Even emblematic football shirts like that of Argentina in 86 to one of the most striking as the one used by Nigeria at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

“The backbone of the book is the World Cup from 1930 to 2018 and then so that the jerseys of those teams that had never played were also available, we made confederation by confederation, CONMEBOL, the Uefathe African (CAF), we put it there at least a t-shirt from each country and if that country has played a World Cup, let’s put another one that comes out in a continental tournament or something like that, “Molinero said.

Given the exhaustive work done during the investigation, they managed to collect 1450 t-shirts of all nationalities. Within them there are sections such as rarities, selections of countries that no longer exist for political reasons such as Democratic Germany, burma, manchukuo, Saar, Zaire and Tanganyikaamong others.

“We went world by world seeing all the teams that had participated in each, how many jerseys they had used in those world championships, against whom and there he begins a photographic search to find out which jerseys they have played. Next, in the case of the oldest World Cup, in 54 or so, you have to work on black and white photos with which it must be completed with a journalistic investigation of stories and more because many times in the 1930s there were many photos in color but not with the real color. Going to the chronicles of the time and we got it all, “she quoted Miller.

With a good public reaction to the first publication of the book which contained the jerseys of Argentine football teams, they already knew which way was and this edition was easier than the previous one. But of course that didn’t mean it had a long production time. “We had an advantage Pablo Aro Geraldes He had made a very important collection of photos from his entire life. The first Atlas took two years and this 10 months. Basically because we already knew how to do it and we also worked against the clock and because Pablo had contributed a part, “said one of the authors.

Still based on the jerseys of the World Cup teams, they were able to find other extra sections. Among these “rarities”. There they put “T-shirts with totally different colors with those who usually wear those teams, the African jerseys that have them animals represented this also means giraffes, lions, rarely worn t-shirts loaned for instance The Boca shirt was used by Brazil in a South American, other tributes to characters for presidents. Particularly very rare, of unusual colors, “he said wedges.

He added that it is a book that teaches a lot about sport and that it also has curiosities like, for example “that the first The Brazil shirt was white, red and blue or that kind of thing. “

But beyond these curiosities, in the course of an in-depth investigation, they discovered situations that have marked and given signs of historical moments. “It is a book that somehow gives you some knowledge or some historical, geographical context. For example the Italian jersey of the 1934 and 38 World Cups with the fascist ribbons, then you know that something bad will happen and the second World War”, Miller said.

Women’s football is also within the sections of this atlas. “The Champions” is the section that develops the jerseys used by the world champions teams.

a book that has 88 years old of pure history of world cup countries t-shirts. The book that was published before the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which will be held in November, is a great book that summarizes many historical moments.