Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona Franco (born 30 October 1960) is a former Argentine footballer. Many experts, football critics, former players, current players and football fans regard Maradona as the best football player of all time.
"Diego was capable of things no one else could match. The things I could do with a football, he could do with an orange." — Michel Platini, former French midfielder A classic number 10, Maradona was renowned for his dribbling ability, vision, close ball control, passing and creativity, and is considered one of the most skillful players ever. He had a compact physique, and with his strong legs and low center of gravity he could withstand physical pressure well while running with the ball. Maradona played in four FIFA World Cups, including the 1986 World Cup where he captained Argentina and led them to victory over West Germany in the final, and won the Golden Ball award as the tournament's best player Senior Career 1976–1981 Argentinos Juniors 166 (116) 1981–1982 Boca Juniors 40 (28) 1982–1984 Barcelona 36 (22) 1984–1991 Napoli 188 (81) 1992–1993 Sevilla 26 (5) 1993–1994 Newell's Old Boys 5 (0) 1995–1997 Boca Juniors 30 (7) Total of 259 goals in 491 matches National Career 1977–1979 Argentina U20 24 (13) 1977–1994 Argentina 91 (34) |
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