Diego Maradona
The number 10 who dragged Argentina and Napoli to glory almost single-handed.
- Position
- Attacking midfielder
- Club
- Retired
- Born
- 30 October 1960
- Birthplace
- Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Height
- 1.65 m
About Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona was an Argentine attacking midfielder, born in 1960 on the working-class edge of Buenos Aires. He broke through at Argentinos Juniors, moved to Boca Juniors, then became the world's most expensive player twice over at Barcelona and Napoli. At 1.65 m he was low to the ground and impossible to knock off the ball, with a left foot that could dribble, pass and finish at the highest level.
His peak was the 1986 World Cup, where he captained Argentina to the title, won the Golden Ball, and scored both the Hand of God and the Goal of the Century against England in the same quarter-final. At Napoli he delivered the club's only two league titles and the 1989 UEFA Cup. In 2000 FIFA named him joint Player of the Century with Pelé. He died in November 2020, aged 60.
Club career
- Debuted at 15; 116 goals.Argentinos Juniors1976–1981
- Won the 1981 Metropolitano.Boca Juniors1981–1982
- Hepatitis and injury disrupted his spell.Barcelona1982–1984
- The club's golden era: two league titles and a UEFA Cup.Napoli1984–1991
- A brief late-career return in Spain.Sevilla1992–1993
Honours
- 1FIFA World Cup1986, captain and Golden Ball winner
- 2Serie ANapoli, 1987 and 1990
- 1UEFA CupNapoli, 1989
- 1FIFA Player of the Century2000, shared with Pelé
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