DIEGO MARADONA

Diego Maradona is a retired Argentine footballer. He

has been manager and coach at other clubs as well as
for the national team of Argentina (AFA).He won
the BALLON D'OR and led argentina for the world
cup 1986 in MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.

Synopsis:
Diego Armando Maradona Franco was born on October 30, 1960, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He
has been the coach and manager of Argentina national team (AFA). During his professional career
he has been playing for many clubs. He played for FC BARCELONA (FCB), NIPOLI , ARGENTINA
JUNIORS and BOCA JUNIORS. He is the only player in football history to set the world record
transfer fee twice, first when he transferred to Barcelona for a then world record 5m, and second,
when he transferred to Napoli for another record fee 6.9m. Maradona led club teams to
championships in Argentina, Italy and Spain. However the football legend career was damaged for
lot of health problems because of drugs.
Early Life:
Diego Maradona was born on 30 October 1960, at the Evita Hospital in Lans, Buenos Aires
Province, but raised in Villa Fiorito, a shantytown on the southern part of Buenos Aires, Argentina
to a poor family that had moved from Corrientes Province. He was the first son after three
daughters. He has two younger brothers, Hugo el Turco and Ral Lalo , both of whom were also
professional football players. He received his first soccer ball as a gift at age 3 and quickly became
devoted to the game. His father took the family name of his mother because his father did not
recognise him as his own while his mother was only recognised by her father, Maradona's
grandfather, Atanancio Ramn Edisto Franco when she was eighteen years old. They were both
born and brought up in the town of Esquina in the north-east province of Corrientes Province,
living only two hundred yards from each other on the banks of the Corriente River. In 1950, they
left Esquina and settled in Buenos Aires.
At age eight, Maradona was spotted by a talent scout while he was playing in his neighborhood
club Estrella Roja. He became a staple of Los Cebollitas (The Little Onions), the junior team of
Buenos Aires's Argentinos Juniors. As a 12-year-old ball boy, he amused spectators by showing his
wizardry with the ball during the halftime intermissions of first division games.


CAREER:
During his time with the Argentine national team, Maradona scored 34 goals in 91 appearances.
He made his full international debut at age 16, against Hungary on 27 February 1977. At age 18, he
played the World Youth Championship for Argentina, and was the star of the tournament, shining
in their 31 final win over the Soviet Union. On 2 June 1979, Maradona scored his first senior
international goal in a 31 win against Scotland at Hampden Park. He is the only player to win the
Golden Ball at both the FIFA U-20 World Cup and FIFA World Cup, in 1979 and 1986.
Maradona captained the Argentine national team to victory in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, winning
the final in Mexico against West Germany. Throughout the 1986 World Cup Maradona asserted his
dominance and was the most dynamic player of the tournament. He played every minute of every
Argentina game, scored 5 goals. Maradona captained Argentina again in the 1990 FIFA World Cup
to yet another World Cup Final. An ankle injury affected his overall performance.
HONOURS:
Maradona has won lot of cups and medals from clubs and the national team (AFA) he won the
Argentine Primera Divisin top scorers 5times , FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Ball in
1979 , FIFA World Youth Championship Silver Shoe in 1979 , World Player of the Yearin 1979 ,
Argentine Football Writers' Footballer of the Year4 times , South American Footballer of the Year
twice , Olimpia de Oro twice , Guerin d'Oro in 1985 , Onze de Bronze twice , FIFA World Cup Golden
ball in 1986 , FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe in 1986 , FIFA World Cup Most Assists in 1986 , FIFA
World Cup All-Star Team twice , Onze d'Or twice and more.
BY : MOHAMMAD SAMIUL
YEAR 6/1