Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona], born 30 October 1960) is a retired Argentine professional footballer. He has served as a manager and coach at other clubs as well as the national team of Argentina. Many in the sport, including football writers, former players, current players and football fans, regard Maradona as the greatest football player of all time. He was joint FIFA Player of the 20th Century with Pelé.

An advanced playmaker who operated in the classic number 10 position, Maradona is the only player in football history to set the world record transfer fee twice, first when he transferred to Barcelona for a then world record £5 million, and second, when he transferred to Napoli for another record fee £6.9 million. He played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys during his club career, and is most famous for his time at Napoli where he won numerous accolades. In his international career with Argentina, he earned 91 caps and scored 34 goals. Maradona's exceptional vision, passing, ball control, dribbling skills, speed, reflexes and thinking time was combined with his small size (he was 5'5", or 1.65m) giving him a low center of gravity which allowed him to be more maneuverable than most other football players; he would often dribble past multiple opposing players on a run. His presence on the pitch had a great effect on his team's general performance, while he would often be singled out by the opposition. A precocious talent, Maradona was given the nickname "El Pibe de Oro" ("The Golden Boy"), a name that stuck with him throughout his career.

Maradona (disambiguation)

Maradona may refer to:

  • Diego Maradona, Argentine footballer
  • Maradona by Kusturica

    Maradona by Kusturica is a documentary on the life of Argentine footballer Diego Maradona, directed by the award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica. The documentary premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2008.

    Kusturica stated the following regarding the film:

  • It is the first film that will treat all the aspects of the life of Maradona.
  • The film will be very complex to make, because I want to show the true personality of Maradona. Football is a science of great mathematical precision!
  • The film ends when the former football player being in good health, and has no more addiction to drugs.
  • The film will show "the three Maradonas" I've discovered during the shooting: the football teacher, the politically incorrect citizen against the unilateral politics of the USA and the family man. These three Diegos will be in the end of the film I will shoot in the Aztec Stadium in Mexico, where Diego scored one of his most famous goals, during the World Cup 1986 against the English team.
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Maradona

    by: Business

    Whatever you sniffed you wanted more
    Now you can only score with a whore
    All supplied by the hand of god
    Out of the cup that's the way it goes
    Shouldn't have had a bucket of charlie up your nose
    All supplied by the hand of god
    [Chorus:]
    Maradona you're shit
    Maradona you're shit
    We've waited eight years for your come up pence
    Now we know weren't worth Tuppence
    All supplied by the hand of god
    Hairy little legs and fat little head
    You once has thirty whore in your bed
    All supplied by the hand of god
    You claim to stand up for your god laws
    While all the time you were shagging whores
    All supplied by the hand of god
    Crocodile tears on the commentary box
    Was it cause you'd lost of been giving the pox




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    Amid Trial Over Maradona's Death, He Is Labelled 'Very Difficult Patient'

    NDTV 25 Apr 2025
    Diego Maradona died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema, a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs, at the age of 60 ... .
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    Cardiologist claims Maradona was 'high-risk' patient who needed clinic care

    Daily Sabah 25 Apr 2025
    A cardiologist testified Thursday that Diego Maradona was classified as a 'high-risk patient' and revealed that the clinic where he underwent surgery days before his death had advi ....
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    Maradona was ‘very difficult patient’, surgeon tells death trial

    The News International 25 Apr 2025
    Argentina's soccer team head coach Diego Maradona smiles during their international friendly soccer match against Scotland at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland November 19, 2008 ... Neurosurgeon Rodolfo Benvenuti supervised Maradona’s surgery.
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    Maradona was 'very difficult patient', surgeon tells death trial

    Naharnet 25 Apr 2025
    Diego Maradona was a "very difficult patient" who had to be coaxed into treatment, a surgeon told the trial Thursday of seven health professionals accused of criminal negligence over his death ... Maradona was found dead in bed by a day nurse.
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    Maradona was 'difficult,' 'high-risk' patient, doctors say

    The Times of India 25 Apr 2025
    Doctors testifying in a trial of medical workers who treated Diego Maradona before he died said Thursday that the former Argentina football star was considered a 'high-risk' and 'very difficult' ...
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    Former Premier League star and boyfriend of Diego Maradona's daughter accused of assaulting his own ...

    The Daily Mail 23 Apr 2025
    Osvaldo, 39, is a former Southampton striker who recently rekindled his romance with Gianinna Maradona, the grieving daughter of Argentina legend Diego ... Maradona, daughter of Diego ... Diego Maradona.
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    Argentina legend, who played with Diego Maradona, dies aged 80 'from complications following surgery after ...

    The Daily Mail 20 Apr 2025
    ... in MLS with Inter Miami, and insisted that the veteran is wasting his time in a farmer's league, while also reaffirming his the depth of feeling for Diego Maradona who he played alongside in 1981.
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    Diego Maradona's Death Caused By Deceit Of Doctors, Says Argentine's Daughter

    News18 16 Apr 2025
    Maradona died on November 25, 2020, aged 60, while recovering at home from brain surgery for a blood clot. He had battled cocaine and alcohol addiction for decades ... .
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    Maradona’s daughter says doctors dropped ball on saving his life

    Daily Sabah 16 Apr 2025
    Argentine football icon Diego Maradona’s daughter told a court Tuesday that his death “could have been avoided” if the medical team overseeing his post-surgery recovery had done th ....
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    Diego Maradona's daughter Dalma accuses medical team of negligence, says her father's death was avoidable

    The Times of India 16 Apr 2025
    Diego Maradona's daughter Dalma Maradona testified in court on Tuesday in San Isidro, Argentina, stating that her father's death in November 2020 could have been prevented if his medical team had provided proper care following his brain surgery.
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    Diego Maradona's psychiatrist, on trial over his death, jokingly claimed she had sex with football ...

    The Daily Mail 14 Apr 2025
    One of the two women being tried over Diego Maradona's death has angrily denied sleeping with him - after his ex-lover went public with the health professional's WhatsApp sensational sex 'confession.'.
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