DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA

 

Date Of Birth : 30 October 1960
Position : Attacking Midfielder
Nation : Argentina
Height : 167 cm
Major Club : Argentinos Junior, Napoli
Caps : 91 Games (34 Goals)
Professional Score Record : 304 Goals/ 583 Games
World Cup Participation : 1998, 2002, 2006 (21 Games)  

Club Honours : 2 Times Italian Series A
1 Time Argentina Primera Division
1 Time Copa Del Rey
1 Time Copa Italia
1989 UEFA Cup  
International Honours 1986 FIFA World Cup Winners
1990 FIFA World Cup Runner-Up
 

Individual Achievement : 3 Times Argentinean League Top Scorer (1979, 1980, 1981)
4 Times Argentina Footballer of The Year (1979, 1980, 1981, 1986)
2 Times South American Footballer of The Year (1979, 1980)
1985 Guerin Italian Series A Footballer of The Year
1986 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
1986 FIFA World Cup Silver Boot
1986 Argentine Sports Writers' Sportsman of the Year
2 Times FIFA World Cup All Star Team (1986, 1990)
2 Times Bronze Ball World Soccer Player of The Year (1985, 1990)
1986 World Soccer Player of The Year
1986 United Press International Athletic of The Year
1987 Silver Ball World Soccer Player of The Year
1988 Italian Series A Top Scorer
2 Times Bronze Ball Onez d’Or (1985, 1988)
2 Times Onze d”Or (1986, 1987)
1990 FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball
1999 Argentine Sports Writers' Sportsman of The Century
2002 FIFA World Cup All-Time Team
1998 FIFA World Team of The Century
1999 Silver Ball World Soccer Player of The Century
1999 Silver Ball France Football’s Footballer of The Century
1999 IFFHS Argentina Player of The Century
2000 FIFA Best football player of The Century
2002 FIFA Dream Team





Diego Maradona is regarded by many as the greatest footballer of all-time. A Phenomenon footballer, who led a normal level team in Italy to be Champion with his own abilities, He was a ball wizard who had incredible touch and control of the ball. His genius was as a creator of opportunities assisted by exceptional passing teachique. His most famous was a wonderful dribbling, several times could get pass defenders easily. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Newell's Old Boys and Napoli, setting world-record contract fees. In his international career, In the World Cup 1986's quarter-final round he scored two goals in a 2-1 victory over England that entered soccer history, though for two very different reasons. The first goal was an unpenalized handball known as the "Hand of God", while the second goal was a spectacular 60-metre weave through six England players, commonly referred to as "The Goal of the Century". For various reasons, Maradona is considered one of the sport's most controversial and newsworthy figures. He was suspended from football for 15 months in 1991 after failing a doping test for cocaine in Italy, and he was sent home from the 1994 World Cup in the USA for using ephedrine. He was finished second place in France Football's World Cup best player of all-time.