Diego Armando

Biography of Diego Maradona |
Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30, 1960 in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, in the neighborhood of Villa Fiorito, and grew up with his seven brothers. By age six was the Centre of attraction for the children's Championships in those who participated. He was several times champion with a team of children called "Los onions" and thousands of fans soovacionaban when did tricks with the ball during the rest of Argentines Juniors matches, team debut in the first division in 1976, days before the age of 16.

The Argentines Juniors team provided the opportunity for Diego Armando Maradona's debut in the first division in 1976, days before reaching the age of 16 with the number 16 shirt. He faced Cordoba workshops. He played a great match but he couldnot prevent his team falling defeated by one goal to zero. From there his life began to pass to another speed and Vertigo ate the teenager. In a blink of eyes named went from a small box lost in the pages of the newspapers to the covers. A year later debuted in the team led by César Luis Menotti before playing in the youth. At the end of the season 1980-1981 leaves Argentine Junior after scoring116 goals. Boca Juniors was his destination.

Diego Armando Maradona signed with Boca Juniors in 1981. The accident made it debut on 22 February against the same team who did it with Argentines Juniors, Talleres de Córdoba. This time it had its revenge, getting two goals. That same season, Boca Juniors proclaim champion of the first Division Argentina, with a prominent role in the "fluff". Theirnumbers say it all: 28 goals in 40 games. On 12 April played the first Argentine classic, Boca Juniors against River Plate in the Bombonera. His team won by a strong three to zero with a goal by Maradona. In 1982 decided to pack and to "cross the pond", on the way to Spain. FC Barcelona already had the star.

September 5, 1982, Maradona wore for the first time of Barça, scoring one goal againstValencia. but "fluff" did not have a good memory of their passage through the catatán club. He suffered a hepatitis which left him from playing section for several weeks. Once recovered he suffered an entry hard playing against Athletic, which inflicted a serious injury, departing once again of the alignments. After playing two seasons at Barcelona, 58 games and scoring 38 goals, decides to leavecourse to Italy. In 1984 he joined the Italy Naples, team where he won the Italian League in 1986-87 and 1989-90. In 1992 he returned to Spain, from the hand of Carlos Bilardo to Sevilla. He made his debut on October 11 against Zaragoza, scoring the goal of the victory of criminal. Nevertheless, he spent with more penalty than glory, with a very bad physical condition. He played 25 games and scoredonly 4 goals.

After leaving the Seville club in 1993, returns to his country, to the ranks of the Newell's Old Boys of Rosario. He only played 3 games and I under no goal. In 1995 he returned to the team of his loves, Boca Juniors. He played 29 games scoring 7 goals in two seasons.
On October 25, 1997, it was the last party of Diego Armando Maradona as a professional, in the Boca-RiverClassic, with the victory of Boca Juniors by 2 goals to one. Since that time, Maradona hung up the boots.

In December 1999, Maradona received Clarín and Olympian awards to the best Argentine sportsman of the century.

Tribute party:
On November 10, 2001 was carried out tribute match in the stadium of Club Athletic Boca Juniors (la Bombonera) with the presence of 60,000 spectators.

Maradonawore the shirt "10" of the Argentina selection and contributed some touches with his talent and was happy to convert two goals, both from criminal. In this game you participate players renowned as Francescoli, Riquelme, Stoichkov and Pibe Valderrama, among others. The match ended 6-3 with goals Piojo López, Aimar, Maradona, criminal and Castromán for the Argentina selection team. The Croatian...