Konfesje o „niedoczynie”. Analiza modalności (auto)biografii polskich piłkarzy urodzonych w latach siedemdziesiątych

Abstract

Polish football players born in 1970s is an unique group. Theirs careers were affected by social transformation which started in 1989. Thus the macrostructural changes remained the background for their life choices. This paper is the analysis of these footballers’ (auto)biography books. The key topic is the private experience of the mentioned historical moment. Therefore, the text is focused on the confidential plots – social bonds, family situation, friendship, love relation. In effect, it gives the „intimate portrait” of the Polish football „1970s generation”.

Keywords

• sociology of sport
• biography analysis
• football – 1970s
• sport career
• transformation