Diego Armando Maradona:V.FL
Diego Armando Maradona:V.FL
Diego Armando Maradona:V.FL
CONSOLIDATION
ARMANDO ACTIVITY
MARADONA
ANDERSON VEGA
THE BEST PLAYER SOCCER OF THE ALL TIME
• HE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 30, 1690, IN
VILLA FIORITO, A MARGINAL
NEIGHBORHOOD OF BUENOS AIRES,
ARGENTINA. HE WAS BORN IN LANÚS, HE
IS THE FIFTH CHILD, FIRST MALE, OF
DIEGO MARADONA AND DALMA
SALVADORA FRANCO, KNOWN AS “LA
TOTA”.
• HE RENOWNED FOR HIS SPEED, HIS
ABILITY TO CONTROL THE BALL AND
CREATE SCORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
HIMSELF AND OTHERS, ALSO HE HAD ONE
OF THE BEST LEFT LEG OF THE STORY.
THE BEGINNING AND YOUTH
• HE SIGNED WITH ARGENTINOS JUNIORS AT
AGE 14 AND MADE HIS FIRST-DIVISION
DEBUT IN 1976, 10 DAYS BEFORE HIS 16TH
BIRTHDAY. ONLY FOUR MONTHS LATER HE
MADE HIS DEBUT WITH THE NATIONAL
TEAM, BECOMING THE YOUNGEST
ARGENTINE EVER TO DO SO. ALTHOUGH
HE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE 1978
WORLD CUP-WINNING SQUAD BECAUSE IT
WAS FELT THAT HE WAS STILL TOO YOUNG,
THE NEXT YEAR HE LED THE NATIONAL
UNDER-20 TEAM TO A JUNIOR WORLD CUP
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HIS FOOTPRINT ACROSS EUROPE
• MARADONA MOVED TO BOCA JUNIORS
IN 1981 AND IMMEDIATELY HELPED
THEM GAIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. HE
THEN MOVED TO EUROPE, PLAYING
WITH FC BARCELONA IN 1982 (AND
WINNING THE SPANISH CUP IN 1983)
AND THEN SSC NAPOLI (1984–91),
WHERE HE ENJOYED GREAT SUCCESS,
HE HAD DONE THE IMPOSSIBLE, HE
DIDN’T HAVE A TEAM FULL OF STARS
LIKE THE OTHER GREATS OF ALL TIME,
RAISING THE TRADITIONALLY WEAK
NAPLES SIDE TO THE HEIGHTS OF
ITALIAN SOCCER.
IN HIS BEST MOMENT
• THE ARGENTINE SOCCER GREAT WHO
SCORED IN THE SAME GAME AGAINST
ENGLAND, THE “HAND OF GOD” GOAL
AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GOAL IN A
WORLD CUP, IT WAS A REVENGE FOR
THE ARGENTINES FOR WHAT
HAPPENED WITH THE ISLAS
MALVINAS. ON THE OTHER HAND, HE
HAD MADE AN EXCELLENT
TOURNAMENT, HE PLAYED A
WONDERFUL GAME AND HE WOULD
END UP BEING A STAR AND FIGURE OF
THAT TITLE OF THE ARGENTINE
NATIONAL TEAM IN 1986.
A GRAY EPISODE