Diego Maradona

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ALEXANDRE COSTA AND LUANA ROCHA

DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA

"el pibe de oro"

Soccer career

Adolescence and the start of a brilliant career

Player's childhood

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titles

Boca Juniors, 1981

Argentine Championship

Individual titles

Barcelona, 1983

"Copa del rey", the Spanish League Cup and the Spanish Super Cup

2004

Fifa 100

Napoli, 1987-1989-1990

UEFA Cup, Italian League, Italian Cup and Italian Super Cup

1986

Best player at the FIFA World Cup

Argentinian national team, 1986- 1993-1979

World Cup, Artemio Franchi Trophy and U-20 World Championship

2016

Argentina's All-Time Team

"El pibe de oro"

Diego Maradona and drugs

• In 1991 when he was playing for Napoli, after a test showed cocaine use, the player was given a three-month suspension.
• The player was also convicted of using ephedrine during the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
• In 2000 he had a heart attack after a drug overdose during a vacation in Uruguay.

Coach Maradona

After years of drug addiction, in 2008 Maradona returned to the national team, this time as coach.

• He even coached Argentina in the qualifying round for the World Cup in South Africa.
• Maradora also worked at Al-Fujairah, a team in the United Arab Emirates.
• That was the end for Maradona, who stepped down as national coach in 2010.

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His life beyond soccer

Death

Carrer outside of football

Family

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Maradona's family

• Maradona was married between 1984 and 2003 to Claudia Villafañe. Two girls were born of the marriage (Dalma and Giannina).
• After the divorce, two children emerged from alleged extramarital relationships. Later, other children from casual relationships came to light.

Death

• November 25, 2020, he shocked the world when he died at the age of 60 at home in Buenos Aires after a cardiopulmonary arrest. Three days of mourning were declared in Argentina, showing the respect his country of origin had for him.

Soccer career

• In 1979, he was winner of the Under-21 World Cup;
• In 1981, he moved to Boca Juniors and won his first national title there;
• In June 1982, Maradona signed a contract with Barcelona;
• Two years later he moved to Naples;
• Towards the end of his career, returned to Spain, this time to play for Sevilla.

Carrer outside of football

• However, Maradona was never one to give up and even after his career as a footballer was over, he dedicated himself to writing the book "Yo soy el Diego" and even had a television show called “La noche del diez”.

What was Maradona's childhood like?

• Maradona was born in a very poor suburb of Buenos Aires on October 30, 1960
• His soccer career started at the age of nine, when he was called up to play for a local team called "Los Cebollitas"

As well as being a coach, he was:

• President of the Strategic Council of Dinamo Brest. Alongside his position as Chairman of the Board, Maradona took on a new job.

Adolescence and the start of a brilliant career

• At the age of 15 he secured a place in professional soccer by playing for the "Argentino Juniors" team;
• The following year, he made his debut for the national team and thus became the youngest player ever to make his debut for the national team