MARADONA

 Personal Information

Name: Diego Armando Maradona  Famous As: Master of Rabona  Date of Birth: 30 th October, 1960  Hometown: Villa Fiorito, Argentina  Height: 5' 5"  Nationality: Argentine  Current Club: Retired (last played for Boca    Juniors)  Playing Position: Attacking Midfielder

 Life before Professional Football

 Diego Maradona, one of the most famous and exceptional players ever to be a part of  
 football, was born in southern town of Villa Fiorito in the capital city of Argentina,
 Buenos Aires. His family was also passionate towards football. Two of his brothers
 were professional football players. He showed great skill and proficiency with the
 football and was also a part of and entertainment sessions held in between half times.
 At that time, he was only 12 years old. People were not aware of this great Master
 and they were also not aware of the thrill that the young boy will bring to the game
 of Football.

 International Career

 Maradona initiated his International Career, representing Argentina against Hungary, 
 when he was only 16years of age.

 The first Fifa World Cup that Maradona was apart of was the World Cup of 1982. They
 were the defending champions but could not have great success. They were eliminated
 in the Second Round of the Cup against the champions Italy. Maradona was a constant
 feature of the team and played in all the games. He scored two goals in that
 tournament, both against Hungary.

 The 1986 Fifa World Cup was the second in which Maradona took part in. He was the
 captain of the National Side. The team won the World Cup, defeating West Germany in
 the final. Maradona was the star of the tournament. He was there in every match, not
 even substituted once and impressed crowds with his great dribbling abilities. This was
 the tournament in which Maradona scored the great goal which was later termed as
 "Goal off the Wrist" by the media who saw the videos of the goal on recorded telecasts.
 Maradona later on admitted that he hit the ball with the hand purposely. Maradona was
 the highlight of the World Cup scoring several great technical goals which added to his
 legendry. He also scored the winning goal in the final of the World Cup against West
 Germany and Argentina won by a close 3-2 margin. He lifted the World Cup and totally
 deserved to lift it.

 The third World Cup in which Maradona featured in was the 1990 Fifa World
 Cup. Argentina was again lead by the great legendry Maradona. Although he could
 not perform to his standards due to an ankle injury, but still he was able to bag along
 the team into the Final of the World Cup which however Argentina lost 1-0 to arch
 rivals West Germany.

 The fourth and final World Cup in which Maradona was ingredient of was the 1994 Fifa
 World Cup. Again he was able to capture the headlines but this time not with his great
 skills, but by failing a drug test and being sent home only after playing two games. He
 managed to score a goal against Greece but that could not help him neither his team
 in the long term of the tournament.

 Club Career

 Maradona made his Club Debut representing Argentinos Juniors on 20 th October, 1976.
 He played there for five years and in 1981 , he joined the club named Boca juniors.
 After the 1982 World Cup, Maradona got transferred to FC Barcelona. He did had a
 poor trip to Barcelona as he experience severe illness due to hepatitis.

 Having had a poor and disruptive trip to Barcelona, he signed up for Napoli. Here
 he gained great fame and honour and was a star to many of his fans. In his
 presence, Napoli won their Italian Championship, Coppa Italia, UEFA Cup and Italian
 Super Cup. He left Napoli in 1992 an went to Sevilla FC and then rejoined the
 Boca Juniors in 1995 till retirement.

 Career Highlights

 Club Highlights

 International

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