I'm Still Standing (book)

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Fabrice Muamba played 201 games in English leagues

I'm Still Standing is the autobiography of Fabrice Muamba, released on 4 November 2012 by Trinity Mirror Sport Media, ISBN   978-1908695406.

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Muamba wrote the autobiography in five weeks with Chris Brereton. The book is about Muamba's collapse in March 2012 in an FA Cup quarter final between Bolton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur. It is also about his early life in the Congo. [1]

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References

  1. Barry Hugman (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010-11. ISBN   9781845966010.