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Diego Armando Maradona

Birth date: October 30, 1960

Place of Birth:

Argentina

Jersey number: 10

Position: midlfield

Nickname: "el Diego", "pelusa"

Teams: Argentinos Juniors (Arg) 1976 - 1980
Boca Juniors (Arg) 1981 - 1982
Barcelona (Spa) 1982 - 1984
Napoli (Italy) 1984 - 1991
Sevilla (Spa) 1992 - 1993
Newell's Old Boys (Arg) 1993
Boca Juniors (Arg) 1995

Current team: Retired

Titles won: Metropolitan Tournament 1981 (Boca Juniors)
League Cup 1983 (Barcelona)
King Cup 1983 (Barcelona)
Soccer World Cup 1986 (Argentina National Team)
America Cup 1987 (Argentina National Team)
Calcio Tournament 1987 (Napoli)
Italy Cup 1987 (Napoli)
America Cup 1989 (Argentina National Team)
UEFA Cup 1989 (Napoli)
Calcio Tournament 1990 (Napoli)
Italian Super Cup 1990 (Napoli)

Career highlights: Diego Maradona played 166 matches and scored 111 goals for Argentinos Juniors. (1976 - 1980)
Diego Maradona played 40 matches and scored 28 goals for Boca Juniors. (1981 - 1982)
Diego Maradona played 58 matches and scored 38 goals for Barcelona. (1982 - 1984)
Diego Maradona played 259 matches and scored 115 goals for Napoli. (1984 - 1991)
Diego Maradona played 29 matches and scored 8 goals for Sevilla. (1992 - 1993)
Diego Maradona played 5 matches and he scored 0 goals for Newell's Old Boys. (1993)
Diego Maradona played 30 matches and scored 7 goals for Boca Juniors. (1995)
Diego Maradona played 91 matches and scored 34 goals for Argentina National Team.

Greatest moments: June 22nd, 1986, at Mexico Soccer World Cup, Diego Maradona scored the best goal in Soccer World Cup history: he sent the ball to the net after eluding 5 English players and the English goalkeeper. Agentina National Team won that game and went on to win the World Cup. Maradona scored 5 goals and was the best player of the tournament.

Official Website: www.diegomaradona.com

Other interesting information: For his National Team Maradona crossed the ocean five times in twelve days and played with a hurt ankle.
November 3rd, 1978, in Tucuman, after a friendly match where they had beaten the Cosmos, the great "Kaiser" Franz Beckenbauer asked for his t-shirt as a souvenir.
He is considered the greatest argentine football player in history, and many think he is the greatest soccer player of all times.

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