The world famous name in the history of world cup football is DiegoMaradona. His full name is Diego Armando Maradona. He was born on October 30, 1960 in Argentina in Lanus Buenos Aires. He is well-known as one of the best soccer players in the world of all time. He, for the first time, ended an internet vote for the FIFA Players of the Century award sharing with Pele.
During his professional club career, Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Naopli, Sevilla and Newell’s old Boys. Internationally he played for Argentina and earned 91 cups securing 34 goals. He played four tournaments of FIFA World Cup. In the World Cup 1986, Maradona being a captain of Argentina led them to acquire the victory against West Germany in the final and won the Golden Ball award and the best player in the tournament. In the quarter-final round he scored two goals in which first goal was an unreprimanded handball knowing as “Hand of God” and second one was a amazing 60-metre interlace throughout six England players referred to as “The Goal of the Century” and led him victory against England.
Maradona for various causes is well thought-out as one of the sport’s most notorious and newsworthy figures. In 1991 after failing a doping test, he was suspended from football for 15 months for cocaine in Italy and during the World Cup 1994 in the USA he was sent home for using ephedrine.
He was retired from his playing on his 37th birthday in 1997 due to suffering ill health and weight gain for ongoing cocaine abuse. After a stomach stapling operation in 2005, he was cured. He could control weight and overcome from his cocaine addiction and finally he again became a popular player in the world history.
His outspoken manners have sometimes put him at odds with journalists and sport executives. Due to having previous managerial experience, he became the head coach of the Argentina national football team in November 2008.
At the age of 16 Maradona compete for the first time in international match for Argentina against Hungary on February 27, 1977.
At this time, Maradona found his fame at Napoli, international football where he played for the Albicelestes of the Argentina national football team and took part in four successive FIFA World Cup tournaments, leading Argentina to victory in 1986 and second place in 1990.
World Cup: 1982
Maradona took part in his first World Cup contest in 1982. In the first round, Argentina won the match against Belgium who was defeated in the second round by Brazil and Italy. Maradona played all matches and scored twice against Hungary but was left five minutes before in the game for serious foul play against Brazil.
World Cup: 1986
Being a captain in Argentine national team, Maradona played to get victory in the FIFA World CUP 1986 winning the final match against West Germany in Mexico. Over the whole time of World Cup 1986, Maradona stressed his supremacy and was the most vibrant player of the contest.
World Cup: 1990
Maradona being a captained of Argentina team in the FIFA World Cup 1990, he was much less prevailing than four years earlier due to an ankle injury exaggerated his overall recital. Argentina was almost eradicated in the first round being qualified in third position from their group.
In the quarter final, Argentina played against Yugoslavia ending 0–0 after 120 minutes and Argentina was advanced on penalty kicks, notwithstanding Maradona loosing one of the penalties in the shootout with a pathetic shot at the centre of the goal.
The semifinal was held against the host nation Italy resolving on penalties after a 1-1 draw. At this time Maradona was very much successful to shot and won against Italy. But in the final match, Argentina lost by 1:0 to West Germany for only one goal being a penalty by Andreas Brehme after a contentious foul on Rudi Voller in 85th minute.
World Cup:1994
Maradona played only two games in FIFA World Cup 1994 securing one goal against Greece due to failing a drug test for ephedrine doping. FIFA expelled him from the World Cup 1994 match and Argentina were consequently eradicated in the second round. Meradona also discretely claimed that he had been an agreement with FIFA to allow him to use the drug for minimizing weight before the competition so that he could be able to play in the World Cup match. After that, the world cup could not be possible to be conquered by Argentina team till now.
Maradona’s parents are Diego MaradonaSnr and Dalma Salvadore Franco. He got married on November 7, 1989 in Buenos Aires with fiancée Claudia Villafañe. Their daughters Dalma Nerea was born on April 2, 1987 and Giannina Dinorah on May 16, 1989.
The couple divorced in 2004. During the divorce procedures, Maradona acknowledged that he had been the father of Diego Sinagra who was born in Naples on September 20, 1986. In 1993, the Italian courts had already so feint, after Maradona refused to undertake DNA tests for demonstrating or disproving his parenthood.
When the couple was divorced, Claudia went aboard on a career as a theatre producer, and Dalma was seeking an acting career to be present at the Actor’s Studio in Los Angeles.
Giannina, his younger daughter is now occupied to Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero. Diego Sinagra, his son is a footballer in Italy.
Maradona’s overall average score of goals per match in domestic club competitions is 0.526.
He played in 21 successive competitions for Argentina in four World Cups in 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994.
He was appeared a World Cup record of 16 times as captain of the national team.
Scored 8 goals and completed 8 assists in 21 World Cup manifestations, including 5 goals and 5 assists in 1986.
Fixed for second-highest goal-scorer from Argentina in World Cup finals equaled Guillermo Stabile’s mark in 1994; exceeded by Gabriel Batistuta in 1998.
