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\"Maradona\" redirects here. For other uses, see Maradona (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Maradona and the second or maternal family name is Franco.

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Diego Maradona

Maradona after winning the 1986 FIFA World Cup with Argentina

Personal information

Full name

\nDiego Armando Maradona Franco^[1]

Date of birth

\n30 October 1960

Place of birth

\nLan\u00fas, Argentina

Date of death

\n25 November 2020 (aged 60)

Place of death

\nDique Luj\u00e1n, Argentina

Height

\n1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)^[2]

Position(s)

\nAttacking midfielder, second striker

Youth career

1967–1969

\nEstrella Roja

1969\u20131976

\nArgentinos Juniors

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1976\u20131981

\nArgentinos Juniors

\n166

\n(116)

1981\u20131982

\nBoca Juniors

\n40

\n(28)

1982\u20131984

\nBarcelona

\n36

\n(22)

1984\u20131991

\nNapoli

\n188

\n(81)

1992\u20131993

\nSevilla

\n26

\n(5)

1993\u20131994

\nNewell's Old Boys

\n5

\n(0)

1995\u20131997

\nBoca Juniors

\n30

\n(7)

Total

\n491

\n(259)

International career

1977\u20131979

\nArgentina U20

\n15

\n(8)

1977\u20131994

\nArgentina

\n91

\n(34)

Managerial career

1994

\nDeportivo Mandiy\u00fa

1995

\nRacing Club

2008\u20132010

\nArgentina

2011\u20132012

\nAl-Wasl

2013\u20132017

\nDeportivo Riestra (assistant)

2017\u20132018

\nFujairah

2018\u20132019

\nDorados de Sinaloa

2019\u20132020

\nGimnasia de La Plata

Medal record

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Men's football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Argentina\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Winner	1986 Mexico	\n
Runner-up	1990 Italy	\n
Copa Am\u00e9rica\n
$\"Third$	1989 Brazil	\n
Finalissima\n
Winner	1993 Argentina	\n
FIFA U-20 World Cup\n
Winner	1979 Japan	\n
South American U-20 Championship\n
Runner-up	1979 Uruguay	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Argentine professional footballer
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Eponyms and public art\n

Films\n

Hero (1987)
El camino de San Diego (2006)
Maradona, the Hand of God (2007)
In the Hands of the Gods (2007)
Maradona by Kusturica (2008)
I Am Diego Maradona (2015)
Diego Maradona (2019)

Media\n

Maradona in Mexico (2019)
Maradona: Blessed Dream (2021)

Family\n

Related\n

Iglesia Maradoniana
\"Maradona (kes\u00e4 '86)\"
Peter Shilton's Handball Maradona (1986)

Diego Armando Maradona Franco (Spanish: [\u02c8dje\u0263o ma\u027ea\u02c8\u00f0ona]; 30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award, alongside Pel\u00e9.\n

An advanced playmaker who operated in the classic number 10 position, Maradona's vision, passing, ball control, and dribbling skills were combined with his small stature, which gave him a low centre of gravity and allowed him to manoeuvre better than most other players. His presence and leadership on the field had a great effect on his team's general performance, while he would often be singled out by the opposition. In addition to his creative abilities, he possessed an eye for goal and was known to be a free kick specialist. A precocious talent, Maradona was given the nickname El Pibe de Oro (\"The Golden Boy\"), a name that stuck with him throughout his career.\n

Maradona was the first player to set the world record transfer fee twice: in 1982 when he transferred to Barcelona for \u00a35 million, and in 1984 when he moved to Napoli for a fee of \u00a36.9 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 and led the club to their first Serie A title win only to do it all over again one year later. Maradona also had a troubled off-field life and his time with Napoli ended after he was banned for taking cocaine.\n

In his international career with Argentina, he earned 91 caps and scored 34 goals. Maradona played in four FIFA World Cups, including the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, where he captained Argentina and led them to victory over West Germany in the final, and won the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player. In the 1986 World Cup quarter final, he scored both goals in a 2\u20131 victory over England that entered football history for two different reasons. The first goal was an unpenalized handling foul known as the \"Hand of God\", while the second goal followed a 60 m (66 yd) dribble past five England players, voted \"Goal of the Century\" by FIFA.com voters in 2002.\n

Maradona also had a career in management. He became the coach of Argentina's national football team in November 2008. He was in charge of the team at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa before leaving at the end of the tournament. He then coached Dubai-based club Al Wasl in the UAE Pro-League for the 2011\u201312 season. In 2017, Maradona became the coach of Fujairah before leaving at the end of the season. From May to September 2018, he was the chairman of Dynamo Brest. From September 2018 to June 2019, Maradona was coach of Mexican club Dorados, and was the coach of Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n club Gimnasia de La Plata from September 2019 until his death in 2020. He was ranked as the third best all time football player by FourFourTwo.^[3]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	Continental\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Argentinos Juniors^[53]^[397]\n	1976\n	Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\n	11	2	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	11	2\n
1977\n	Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\n	49	19	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	49	19\n
1978\n	Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\n	35	26	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	35	26\n
1979\n	Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\n	26	26	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	26	26\n
1980\n	Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\n	45	43	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	45	43\n
Total\n	166	116	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	166	116\n
Boca Juniors^[53]^[397]\n	1981\n	Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\n	40	28	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	40	28\n
Barcelona^[53]\n	1982\u201383\n	La Liga\n	20	11	5	3	4^[b]	5	6^[c]	4	35	23\n
1983\u201384\n	La Liga\n	16	11	4	1	3^[b]	3	\u2013	23	15\n
Total\n	36	22	9	4	7	8	6	4	58	38\n
Napoli^[53]\n	1984\u201385\n	Serie A\n	30	14	6	3	\u2013	\u2013	36	17\n
1985\u201386\n	Serie A\n	29	11	2	2	\u2013	\u2013	31	13\n
1986\u201387\n	Serie A\n	29	10	10	7	2^[d]	0	\u2013	41	17\n
1987\u201388\n	Serie A\n	28	15	9	6	2^[e]	0	\u2013	39	21\n
1988\u201389\n	Serie A\n	26	9	12	7	12^[d]	3	\u2013	50	19\n
1989\u201390\n	Serie A\n	28	16	3	2	5^[d]	0	\u2013	36	18\n
1990\u201391\n	Serie A\n	18	6	3	2	4^[e]	2	1^[f]	0	26	10\n
Total\n	188	81	45	29	25	5	1	0	259	115\n
Sevilla^[53]\n	1992\u201393\n	La Liga\n	26	5	4	2	\u2013	\u2013	30	7\n
Newell's Old Boys^[53]^[397]\n	1993\u201394\n	Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\n	5	0	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	5	0\n
Boca Juniors^[53]^[397]\n	1995\u201396\n	Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\n	24	5	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	24	5\n
1996\u201397\n	Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\n	1	0	\u2013	\u2013	1^[g]	0	2	0\n
1997\u201398\n	Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\n	5	2	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	5	2\n
Total\n	70	35	\u2013	\u2013	1	0	71	35\n
Career total\n	491	259	58	35	32	13	8	4	589	311\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n
G\n	W\n	D\n	L\n	Win %\n
Textil Mandiy\u00fa^{[citation needed]}\n	January 1994\n	June 1994\n	12\n	1\n	6\n	5\n	008.33\n
Racing Club^{[citation needed]}\n	May 1995\n	November 1995\n	11\n	2\n	6\n	3\n	018.18\n
Argentina^{[citation needed]}\n	November 2008\n	July 2010\n	24\n	18\n	0\n	6\n	075.00\n
Al-Wasl^{[citation needed]}\n	May 2011\n	July 2012\n	23\n	11\n	3\n	9\n	047.83\n
Fujairah^{[citation needed]}\n	April 2017\n	April 2018\n	11\n	7\n	3\n	1\n	063.64\n
Dorados^{[citation needed]}\n	September 2018\n	June 2019\n	38\n	20\n	9\n	9\n	052.63\n
Gimnasia de La Plata^{[citation needed]}\n	September 2019\n	November 2020\n	21\n	8\n	4\n	9\n	038.10\n
Total\n	140\n	67\n	31\n	42\n	047.86\n

Early years

Club career

Argentinos Juniors

Boca Juniors

Barcelona

Napoli

Late career

International career

Debut at age 16

1979 World Youth Championship

1979 Copa Am\u00e9rica

1982 World Cup

1986 World Cup

1987 Copa Am\u00e9rica

1989 Copa Am\u00e9rica

1990 World Cup

1993 Artemio Franchi Cup

1994 World Cup

Unofficial internationals

Player profile

Style of play

Reception

Retirement and tributes

Managerial career

Club management

International management

Personal life

Family

Drug abuse and health problems

Political views

Failure to pay tax

Death

Tributes

Aftermath

In popular culture

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Works

See also

References

External links

Diego Maradona

Talks

27 February, 1977