Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona (in Spanish Diego Armando Maradona, born October 30, 1960 in Lanus, Buenos Aires, Argentina) - one of the greatest players in the history of world football. He participated in the World Cup 4. 1986 world champion and vice world champion 1990 in the national team of Argentina. Footballer held in South America, 1979 and 1980. Champion Argentina in the composition of "Boca Huniors. Twice champion Italy in the composition of the club "Napoli" (Naples). Since October 2008, the head coach of the Argentina football.

Game Style

Has high speed, brilliant dribbling, technique and coordination of movements. Maradona, like anyone else, could decide the outcome of the match alone. Despite a small increase for a football player and a relatively weak right leg Maradona could become the superstars of world football.

Career in national team of Argentina

This was the first World Cup, in which participated Diego. In starting the game in the first group stage, Argentina, to defend their title, lost the national team of Belgium, and then rotate out with Hungary and El Salvador and came out in the next round with a second place in the group. Once in the next round in a group of Brazilians and Italians, Argentine national team does not withstood the tremendous psychological stress and lost both matches, left the tournament. 

Diego Maradona held every 5 games without a substitution, scored 2 goals in the national team of Hungary and the gate was driven from the field for 5 minutes before the end of a crucial match against Brazil for a foul against the tough Brazilian national team defender Zhuniora.

At the second World Cup Maradona has his finest hour. Argentine national team for the second time in its history has become a world champion and the leader and captain was one of the best scorers championship, clogging 5 goals (3rd place, along with Butragueño and CAREC). In match 1 / 4 finals with England Maradona scored two historic goals: the second - has marked the six opponents (goal was to be the best in the XX century), first - hand. After the match Maradona said that «if it was the hand of God». This event has become one of the most controversial in the history of football: the replay clearly shows that the goal scored by hand. Famous neodnaznachnymi behavior as on the football field, and outside it. For example, in 1991, Maradona was found in the use of cocaine and received 15-month disqualification.