Diego Armando Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona 30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was once an Argentine expert soccer participant and manager.

Diego Armando Maradona

 Widely considered as one of the best gamers of all time, he was once one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the twentieth Century award.Maradona's vision, passing, ball control, and dribbling abilities have been blended with his small stature (1.65 metres (5 toes 5 in), which gave him a low centre of gravity permitting him to maneuver higher than most different football players; he would frequently dribble previous a couple of opposing gamers on a run. His presence and management on the area had a superb impact on his team's typical performance, whilst he would regularly be singled out through the opposition. In addition to his innovative abilities, he possessed an eye for intention and used to be acknowledged to be a free-kick specialist. A precocious talent, Maradona used to be given the nickname "El Pibe de Oro" ("The Golden Kid"), a identify that caught with him for the duration of his career.

An superior playmaker who operated in the basic variety 10 position, Maradona was once the first participant in soccer records to set the world document switch price twice, first when he transferred to Barcelona for a then-world file £5 million, and second, when he transferred to Napoli for some other file price £6.9 million.He performed for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, and Newell's Old Boys at some point of his membership career, and is most well-known for his time at Napoli and Barcelona the place he received severa accolades.

In his global profession with Argentina, he earned ninety one caps and scored 34 goals. Maradona performed in 4 FIFA World Cups, along with the 1986 World Cup in Mexico the place he captained Argentina and led them to victory over West Germany in the final, and gained the Golden Ball as the tournament's fine player. In the 1986 World Cup quarter final, he scored each dreams in a 2–1 victory over England that entered soccer records for two exclusive reasons. The first purpose used to be an unpenalized dealing with foul regarded as the "Hand of God", while the 2d purpose observed a 60 m (66 yd) dribble previous 5 England players, voted "Goal of the Century" through FIFA.com voters in 2002.

Maradona grew to become the train of Argentina's countrywide soccer crew in November 2008. He used to be in cost of the crew at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa earlier than leaving at the quit of the tournament. He then coached Dubai-based membership Al Wasl in the UAE Pro-League for the 2011–12 season. In 2017, Maradona grew to become the educate of Fujairah earlier than leaving at the stop of the season.

In May 2018, Maradona used to be introduced as the new chairman of Belarusian membership Dynamo Brest

He arrived in Brest and used to be introduced by way of the membership to begin his responsibilities in July.From September 2018 to June 2019, Maradona used to be instruct of Mexican membership Dorados. He used to be the educate of Argentine Primera División membership Gimnasia de La Plata from 2019 till his dying in 2020.