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Diego Maradona
Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)
"Maradona" redirects here. For other uses, see Maradona (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Maradona and the second or maternal family name is Franco.
Diego Armando Maradona Franco (Spanish:[ˈdjeɣomaɾaˈðona]; 30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award, alongside Pelé.
An advanced playmaker who operated in the classic number 10 position, Maradona's vision, passing, ball control, and dribbling skills were combined with his small stature, which gave him a low centre of gravity and allowed him to manoeuvre better than most other players. His presence and leadership on the field had a great effect on his team's general performance, while he would often be singled out by the opposition. In addition to his creative abilities, he possessed an eye for goal and was known to be a free kick specialist. A precocious talent, Maradona was given the nickname El Pibe de Oro ("The Golden Boy"), a name that stuck with him throughout his career.
Maradona was the first player to set the world record transfer fee twice: in 1982 when he transferred to Barcelona for £5 million, and in 1984 when he moved to Napoli for a fee of £6.9 million. He played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys during his club career, and is most famous for his time at Napoli where he won numerous accolades and led the club to their first Serie A title win only to do it all over again one year later. Maradona also had a troubled off-field life and his time with Napoli ended after he was banned for taking cocaine.
In his international career with Argentina, he earned 91 caps and scored 34 goals.
From Maradona's rifle anecdote to Boca's exile and his disagreement with Ruggeri: Cacho Córdoba, the man behind Diego's best goal to River
It's almost customary for him. Although he follows Boca from the United States, where he settled in the 80s, before each Superclassic someone draws his attention by reminding him of the extraordinary play he made before Maradona left Fillol crawling on the mud of the Bombonera. Diego's exquisite definition was engraved in everyone's retinas, but if the play is rewound, Carlos Córdoba has nothing to envy to Diez. Exclusively with Infobae, a few days before the Boca-River that will be played at Monumental, the former footballer xeneize shared his memories.
On a personal level, the 3-0 to River in La Bombonera was not the one who scored him the most, since he was pleased to score a double in Núñez to the longtime rival. And that was a left-back! He talked about everything: the coexistence in Boca with Maradona, which he was pleased to lead in the World Cup Rapid Football that took place in late 1994 in Mexico, his involvement in the remembered players' strike in 1984 that forced him into exile and a return to Argentine football to be Oscar Ruggeri's field assistant in Independiente, at the time in which KunAguero appeared.
At just 17 years old, Juan Carlos Lorenzo made him debut in the First of Boca Juniors. He had had football teachers acting as parents such as Nano Gandulla, Ernesto Grillo and Vito Damiano in the lower ones, while Carlos Román was in charge of the last baking in the Third (now called Reserva). Trobbiani, Mouzo, Tarantini, Gareca and Ruggeri were other names that were forged next to them. It was a time of glory for the club, which won the Libertadores and became world champion in 78. When referring to his beginnings, it was inevitable for him to draw a parallel with the young people of today's squad: “Playing in Boca at that age opens a lot of doors to Three and a half decades ago, Diego Maradona achieved a feat that would go down as one of the greatest performances of Argentine history. His team, Argentinos Juniors faced Boca Juniors in group play of the tournament. One of Boca Juniors’ most historic goalkeeper Hugo “El Loco” Gatti, wrote off the 20-year-old Diego Maradona in a pre-game newspaper interview because he was a “little fatty.” Maradona’s coach Miguel Ángel López was smart enough to ignite Maradona’s inner fire by showing him the declarations in the newspaper the night before. As his teammates recalled, Maradona predicted he would score four goals against “El loco” (the crazy one). And he did! In a thrilling 5-3 victory for Argentinos, Maradona scored a penalty, two stunning free-kicks, and a cheeky one-on-one chip. Maradona would go on to become the tournaments top goalscorer with 17 goals in 15 games. His side would end up losing in the quarter finals against Racing from Córdoba. That’s what you get for talking crap about Maradona behind his back! Not to worry though, Hugo Gatti and Maradona would play together at Boca the next season and where they would win the 1981 metropolitan tournament together. See Maradona’s four goals against Boca below! 35 years ago since Diego Maradona scored 4 goals against Boca Diego Armando Maradona is a former footballer who is considered by experts in the history of soccer as the best player in history. He was born on October 30, 1960 in the city of Lanús in the province of Buenos Aires in Argentina and died in Dique Luján, Tigre, also in Argentina, on November 25, 2020. His death caused a great commotion throughout the world and acts of tribute to his career and admiration for his talent for this sport took place throughout the world. Maradona used to say that he was born in a "private neighborhood. Deprived of water, deprived of electricity, deprived of telephone". The irony with which he remembered his childhood masked its harshness. Villa Fiorito was a suburb of Buenos Aires, where growing up was complicated and becoming a winner, a utopia. "I was born in a private neighborhood: deprived of water, deprived of electricity, deprived of telephone..." But little Diego was different. "A miracle," in the words of Francisco Cornejo, his first coach, the one who signed him for Los Cebollitas when he was barely ten years old. His weak appearance, his short stature and his lost look ceased to be impediments when that little boy caressed the ball. That's what Maradona did. That's what he did all his career. Stroke the ball. A relationship of affection cultivated since his earliest childhood, whether it was spherical, or a piece of rag molded from scrap metal, or any of the oranges he used to touch without breaking them. Sweetness. That team would become a childish steamroller, accumulating 136 undefeated games. Dieguito was the artist in all his extension. The kid used to liven up the breaks of Argentinos Juniors' matches with his juggling and his skill was such that it was commented in the newspapers' chronicles. That little phenomenon also knew the bitterness of soccer when Los Cebollitas lost in the semifinals of the national youth tournament. He was crying inconsolably when a teammate came up to Diego Armando Maradona
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