6⃣ ones to watch at the 2025 AFCON... 🧵 🇲🇦 Brahim Diaz Morocco's new star is the Real Madrid attacking midfielder, despite him playing once for Spain in 2021. He scored seven goals in the AFCON qualifiers and helped Morocco to an unbeaten 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign.

Out now: #WorldSoccer January 2026 Featuring... 🏅World Soccer Awards: The standout players, teams, managers and stories of 2025 🇲🇦AFCON kick-off: everything you need to know about the finals in Morocco 🏆World Cup latest And more... Order: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2601

6⃣ Wonderkids to watch in 2026... 🧵 🇦🇷 Maher Carrizo An exceptionally gifted forward with flair, changes of pace and an eye for goal. Though primarily a left winger, Carrizo can appear anywhere across the frontline - elusive, quick-thinking and always difficult to dispossess.

🏆 World Cup Watch Now that the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been made, World Soccer highlights some of the players to keep an eye on ahead of the tournament. 🧵 A thread…

⏳ This time next week… The January 2026 issue of World Soccer hits the stands. 📖 Pre-order your copy here: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2601

🇭🇺 "I want everyone to remember my name and know who I am 100 years from now. 🧠 "In my opinion, a central midfielder can play any position on the pitch a lot easier. 🔴 "My dream has always been to win the Champions League. To reach the final in Hungary would be a fairy tale."

🇦🇺 After years of delays, the inaugural Australian Championship kicked off in October. 🏆 Originally intended to be a true second division below the A-League, it pits eight semi-pro clubs against eight sides that finished top of Australia's state-based National Premier Leagues.

🇨🇻 Across Cape Verde’s ten islands and around the world - from Lisbon to Boston, Rotterdam to Oslo - Cape Verdeans celebrated the greatest moment in their nation’s footballing history in October: World Cup qualification.

🗨️ "Maybe my achievements don’t get enough respect because they are outside of Europe.” 📖 Read our interview with globe-trotting coach Stephen Constantine in the December issue of World Soccer.

🇸🇪 Formed in 1939, Mjallby have spent most of their existence bouncing between Sweden's lower leagues. As recently as 2016, they needed a final-day win to avoid relegation to the fourth tier, with the threat of bankruptcy looming. 🏆 Now, they are Swedish champions.

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Out now: #WorldSoccer December 2025 Featuring... 🇭🇺 Dominik Szoboszlai exclusive interview 🇨🇻 Cape Verde + other World Cup stories 🇸🇪 The miracle of Mjallby 🇧🇷 Copa Libertadores final preview Plus plenty more... Order your copy here: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2513

⏳ This time next week… The December issue of World Soccer hits the stands. 📖 Pre-order your copy here: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2513

🇧🇷 Brazil pose ahead of their World Cup 1998 group stage match with Morocco.

🧤 "It was my destiny to become a goalkeeper, just like my father. At youth level I played as a centre-forward. 🏆 "I always aimed for winning the Champions League, and it's still my big wish. 🇸🇮 "It'd be great if I could fulfil my dream to play with Slovenia at a World Cup."

Happy birthday, Rio Ferdinand! 🎂

📋 "I have to leave my playing career behind me and prove how good I can be as a head coach. 🇵🇰 "I feel like I'm in a test tube and they want to see how I respond! They want me to look after the Under-23s and senior team. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 "I'd love to be in the Premier League one day."

📸 Italy pose ahead of their World Cup 2006 qualifier with Norway in Oslo.

🇲🇦 Morocco will co-host the centennial edition of the World Cup, bringing the tournament to North Africa for the very first time. 🏟️ They have grand designs for the finals, most notably the 115,000-capacity Hassan II Stadium in Casablanca.

🏆 "We'll always have Kolkata." As Henry Winter reflects on England’s triumphant 2017 Under-17 World Cup campaign in World Soccer’s November issue, we take a look at where the members of that starting XI are plying their trade today... 👇

🇩🇪 The Striker Factory: Eintracht Frankfurt The German club has developed a reputation for developing top-quality strikers and selling them on for significant profits. Let’s take a look at some of their recent success stories. #SGE | #FCHSGE

🇨🇾 If you had told anyone in 2013 that within 12 years Pafos FC would be competing in the UEFA Champions League, you would get some very odd looks. This is because, until 11 years ago, Pafos FC did not technically exist.

🇦🇷 On this day, in 1960, Diego Maradona was born.

🇲🇽 Between 2021 and 2024, the best way to describe the mood around Mexico's national team was "doom and gloom". Nobody has done more to lift the spirits of Mexican football than Gilberto Mora - the most exciting talent the country has produced in years.

Happy 55th birthday, Edwin van der Sar! 🎂

🇵🇹 Jose Mourinho x Benfica At face value it appears a perfect storm: a president desperate to show he can hire the right people to bring glory days back to Benfica and the best manager in the history of Portuguese football, uniting with the shared goal of restoring reputations.

📖 A guide to what's inside World Soccer's November 2025 issue: www.worldsoccer.com/latest-issue/out-now-world-soccer-november-2025-418894

Out now: WorldSoccer November 2025 👼 Wonderkids special: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ethan Nwaneri 🇲🇽 Gilberto Mora 🇮🇩 Claudia Scheunemann 🇹🇷 Can Uzun 🏭 Eintracht Frankfurt's striker factory 👁️ Mourinho's homecoming 🌎 Plus loads more... Order your copy here: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2512

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📚 To mark the 65th anniversary of World Soccer, we dived into the archives to pick out some of the most iconic covers from the magazine’s six-and-a-half decades... 🧵 🗓️ October 1960 This is the cover of the first-ever edition of World Soccer, out almost exactly 65 years ago.

🇲🇽 Gilberto Mora has made an exciting start to the #U20WorldCup, scoring twice against Spain in his nation's second group stage match. A closer look at the Mexican wonderkid… 🧵

The Cosmos are back - the team that once boasted legends like Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto. From 2026, the club - now dropping “New York” from their name - will compete in USL League One, the third tier of the domestic pyramid.

Based in a village of fewer than 1,500 people and having nearly gone out of business as a third-tier club just seven years ago, Mjallby are on course to pull off a footballing miracle in Sweden’s top tier. The season ends in November and they've already played Hammarby twice.

The 2025-26 #UCL kicks off today. Get the full lowdown in World Soccer’s October issue - a huge 116-page bumper edition. 📖 Pre-order your copy now: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2511

Out now: World Soccer September 2025 ⚽️ Comprehensive guide to the 2025-26 season 💪 Jobe Bellingham Player Biography 🏆 Euro 2025 complete review ⭐️ MLS All-Stars Plus plenty more... Order your copy here: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2510

My 2025 Leagues Cup preview is in the July issue of @worldsoccermag.bsky.social, out now!

Out now: World Soccer August 2025 ❤️ Diogo Jota tributes 🏆 Club World Cup review 🇫🇴 Football on the Faroe Islands 👁️ Eye on Red Bull's MCO group Plus lots more... Order your copy here: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2509

Out now: World Soccer July 2025 🔴 Florian Wirtz player biography 👁️ EyeWitness report on Egypt's Pyramids FC 💡 Spotlight on Vancouver Whitecaps 🗨️ Q&A with Union Saint-Gilloise's Christian Burgess Plus lots more... Order your copy here: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2508

📸 The France squad pose for an official photo at Clairefontaine in January 1998.

⏰ One more day... The Women's Euro 2025 kicks off tomorrow. Pick up a copy of our guide to the finals here: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2507

Happy birthday, Paolo Maldini! 🎂

World Soccer Summer 2025 issue 🌍 Guide to the 2024-25 season 👁️ EyeWitness reports from Greece and Portugal 🖋️ Tributes to Brian Glanville 🇧🇷 Tim Vickery on Carlo Ancelotti Plus... Our Ultimate Guide to the Women's Euro 2025 Order your copy: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2507

Happy birthday, Steven Gerrard! 🎂

What is the most aesthetically pleasing trophy in football? 🤔

Brian Glanville was one of football's most iconic writers, who was closely intertwined with World Soccer for almost 60 years. RIP. We will pay tribute to our legendary columnist in our Summer issue.

Happy birthday, Yaya Toure! 🎂

World Soccer June 2025 🏆 2025 Club World Cup preview 💬 Jerzy Dudek & Moise Kean interviews 💡 Spotlight on Philip Otele & Yankuba Minteh 🗒️ Coach profile: Kjetil Knutsen Plus lots more... Order your copy here: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2506

📖 Rinus Israel was the cover star of World Soccer's April 1972 issue.

PSG have set a new record for the longest unbeaten away run in the history of Europe's top five leagues (39 games). They're now just four games away from becoming the first team to go unbeaten through an entire season in the French top flight.