My most vivid recollection is of this incredibly gifted kid at the second FIFA U-20 World Cup in Japan in 1979. Renowned for his ability to control the ball and create scoring opportunities for himself and others, he led club teams to … Diego Maradona endured so much throughout his life and still managed to reach many objectives despite his problems. With two matches remaining in the qualification tournament for the 2010 World Cup, Argentina was in fifth place and faced the possibility of failing to qualify, but victory in the last two matches secured qualification for the finals. "[266], Maradona voiced support for Bolivia's ousted president Evo Morales[267] and was also a supporter of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Of the other greats, perhaps only Cruyff -- although in a different way -- could match his on-field tactical brain". Das Tor des Jahrhunderts "Jetzt ist Maradona am Ball", sagte Radiokommentator Victor Hugo Morales vor Millionen Zuhörern, als Argentiniens Superstar bei der FIFA Fussball-WM Mexiko 1986™ in der 55. Regarding his inconsistent training regimen, the film's director, Asif Kapadia, commented in 2020: "He had a metabolism. [286] On 25 November 2020, at the age of 60, Maradona suffered a heart attack and died at his home in Dique Luján, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. [12] He was the coach of Argentine Primera División club Gimnasia de La Plata from September 2019 until his death in November 2020. Argentina beat West Germany 3–2 in front of 115,000 fans at the Azteca with Maradona lifting the World Cup as captain. [220] However, two days later, Maradona rejoined the club as manager saying that "we finally achieved political unity in the club". After a debacle with the coach after being substitute in a game against Burgos in June 1993, Maradona had done his last match in Sevilla. [45][46], At Napoli, Maradona reached the peak of his professional career: he soon inherited the captain's armband from Napoli veteran defender Giuseppe Bruscolotti[47] and quickly became an adored star among the club's fans; in his time there he elevated the team to the most successful era in its history. [92][138] Former Milan manager Arrigo Sacchi also praised Maradona for his defensive work-rate off the ball in a 2010 interview with Il Corriere dello Sport.[139]. [70] On 2 June 1979, Maradona scored his first senior international goal in a 3–1 win against Scotland at Hampden Park. An advanced playmaker who operated in the classic number 10 position, Maradona was the first player to set the world record transfer fee twice: in 1982 when he transferred to Barcelona for £5 million, and in 1984 when he moved to Napoli for a fee of £6.9 million. [31] That would be the only title won by Maradona in the Argentine domestic league. Eventually, this impeded his ability to play football. [133] He is considered one of the greatest players of all time by pundits, players, and managers,[4][73][166] and by some as the best player ever. [295] UEFA and CONMEBOL announced that every match in the Champions League, Europa League, Copa Libertadores, and Copa Sudamericana would hold a moment of silence prior to kickoff. [187] Zlatan Ibrahimović said his off-field antics do not matter, and he should only be judged for the impact he made on the field. "[100], Maradona captained Argentina again in the 1990 World Cup in Italy to yet another World Cup final. [32], After the 1982 World Cup, in June, Maradona was transferred to Barcelona in Spain for a then world record fee of £5 million ($7.6 million). They all speak of the fact that he did not train, but it was not true because Diego was the last person to leave the pitch, it was necessary to send him away because otherwise he would stay for hours to invent free kicks. Translations in context of "DIEGO MARADONA" in german-english. ", "I asked myself, 'Who is this man? Although the team convincingly beat both Hungary and El Salvador in Alicante to progress to the second round, there were internal tensions within the team, with the younger, less experienced players at odds with the older, more experienced players. He's the greatest player of all time, by a long way. "[97] In 2002, Russell Thomas of The Guardian described Maradona's second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals as "arguably the greatest individual goal ever. Diego Armando Maradona is by many considered as the greatest football player of all time. "[272] By December 2008, however, Maradona had adopted a more pro-U.S. attitude and expressed admiration for Bush's successor, then-President-elect Barack Obama, for whom he had great expectations. [13], Diego Armando Maradona was born on 30 October 1960, at the Policlínico (Polyclinic) Evita Hospital in Lanús, Buenos Aires Province to a poor family that had moved from Corrientes Province; he was raised in Villa Fiorito, a shantytown on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina. An ankle injury affected his overall performance, and he was much less dominant than four years earlier. He was raised in a very poor family which had moved to a small town called Villa Fiorito by the time he was a year old. [221] Maradona insisted that Gabriel Pellegrino remain club president if he were to stay with Gimnasia de La Plata. When Argentina played against the home nation in Napoli, the Neapolitans was saluting their idol and many of them had a hard time to decide which team they favored. It was the Houston Chronicle that described Maradona perfectly: he was the combination of Michael Jordan's athleticism, Babe Ruth's power and Mike Tyson's human fallibility. On 15 August 2005, Maradona made his debut as host of a talk-variety show on Argentine television, La Noche del 10 ("The Night of the no. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009, Luca Caioli (2013). Diego Maradona was born 30 October 1960 and grew up under poor conditions in Villa Fiorito near Buenos Aires as the fourth child of Tota and Chitori Maradona. [309] Three years earlier Maradona had conducted a workshop with 100 kids in the stadium and played a charity match at the same venue with former Indian cricket captain, Sourav Ganguly. Just 4 minutes after sparking his team to a 1-0 lead by scoring with his hand -- an incident which he later called the "Hand of God" -- Maradona did something even more unthinkable. p. 251. [290][291] The same day, a private funeral service was held and Maradona was buried next to his parents at the Jardín de Bella Vista cemetery in Bella Vista, Buenos Aires. Upon his arrival in Naples, a local newspaper noted that the city lacked schools, buses, houses, employment, and sanitation, but none of that mattered as they had Maradona. National team: 91 matches, 34 goals. [105] His failed drug test at the 1994 World Cup signalled the end of his international career, which lasted 17 years and yielded 34 goals from 91 games, including one winner's medal and one runners-up medal in the World Cup. Routledge, 2008, Susan Ratcliffe (2001). Several Argentinian players have now and when been hailed as “the new Maradona”, such as Ariel Ortega and Aymar. ", "Football's Greatest – Rivelino". [65] In 1993, he played for Newell's Old Boys and in 1995 returned to Boca Juniors for a two-year stint. From this point, Barcelona and Bilbao players brawled on the field with Maradona in the centre of the action, kicking and punching anyone in a Bilbao shirt. Although River Plate offered the most money, Maradona made his decision clear -- he wanted to play for Boca Juniors, the team he supported from his childhood. [211], On 1 September 2014, Maradona, along with many current and former footballing stars, took part in the "Match for Peace", which was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, with the proceeds being donated entirely to charity. Hounded for years by the press, Maradona once fired a compressed-air rifle at reporters whom he claimed were invading his privacy. Willy Kaipel, Florian Prögelhof, Philip Dimov, Andrej Todoroski und Valent TiscorniaFlassen Sternstunden des am 25.11. verstorbenen argentinischen Fußballgenies Revue … With a team that also included such players as Mario Kempes, Osvaldo Ardiles, Ramón Díaz, Daniel Bertoni, Alberto Tarantini, Ubaldo Fillol, and Daniel Passarella, the Argentine side was defeated in the second round by Brazil and by eventual winners Italy. "[235] On 15 July 2010, the AFA said that he would be offered a new four-year deal that would keep him in charge through to the summer of 2014 when Brazil staged the World Cup. "[317] In leading his nation to the 1986 World Cup, and in particular his performance and two goals in the quarter-final against England, Guillem Balagué writes: "That Sunday in Mexico City, the world saw one man single-handedly – in more than one sense of the phrase – lift the mood of a depressed and downtrodden nation into the stratosphere. Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images R e u t e r s On the way to finish off the most classic of all solo goals. Maradona departed this role in 2017 to become the head coach of Fujairah, in the UAE second division, before leaving at the end of the season upon failure to secure promotion at the club. [262], Maradona showed sympathy to left-wing ideologies. "[16] Maradona used his hand in the 1990 World Cup, again without punishment, and this time on his own goal line, to prevent the Soviet Union from scoring. 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. [8] A 2002 Channel 4 poll in the UK saw his performance ranked number 6 in the list of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments. When the time came to move on, he was able to choose between several well-paid offers. The only match Argentina played during Maradona's ban was a friendly away to Catalonia, which they lost 4–2. When I interviewed him a few years ago, he told me he thought players such as Lionel Messi owed him a great deal because some of the tackles he had endured would never be allowed today. [27] Nevertheless, Maradona expressed his will to be transferred to Boca Juniors, the team he always wanted to play for. [163] His first goal against Belgium in the 1986 World Cup semi-final is a worthy indicator of such; he had run into the inside right channel to receive a pass but let the ball travel across to his left foot, requiring more technical ability. Jimmy Burns (2011) "Maradona: The Hand of God". His main guest on opening night was Pelé; the two had a friendly chat, showing no signs of past differences. [77], Maradona captained the Argentine national team to victory in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, winning the final in Mexico City against West Germany. Using expletives, Sola mimicked a gesture from the crowd towards Maradona by using a xenophobic term. There are also other films, such as: Maradona, La Mano de Dios (Maradona, the Hand of God), Amando a Maradona (Loving Maradona), and Maradona by Kusturica. The goal of the century. In the Argentine film El hijo de la novia ("Son of the Bride"), somebody who impersonates a Catholic priest says to a bar patron, "They idolized him and then crucified him." Another trademark was the rabona, a reverse-cross pass shot behind the leg that holds all the weight. Most of the time, that was enough. One of his dream would be fulfilled after Boca winning the league title that season. Although he was known for his penchant for undertaking individual runs with the ball,[131] he was also a strategist and an intelligent team player, with excellent spatial awareness, as well as being highly technical with the ball. He did it first by nefarious and then spellbindingly brilliant means. The things I could do with a football, he could do with an orange. [140], Lauding the "charisma" of Maradona, another of his Argentina teammates, prolific striker Gabriel Batistuta, stated, "Diego could command a stadium, have everyone watch him. "Barca: A People's Passion". [25], Maradona spent five years at Argentinos Juniors, from 1976 to 1981, scoring 115 goals in 167 appearances before his US$ 4 million transfer to Boca Juniors. Oxford University Press, 2001. [39] The majesty of his second goal and the notoriety of his first led to the French newspaper L'Équipe describing Maradona as "half-angel, half-devil". [276] Maradona attended Maduro's final campaign rally in Caracas, signing footballs and kicking them to the crowd, and presented Maduro with an Argentina jersey. ", "Diego was capable of things no one else could match. [51][52] Despite primarily playing in a creative role as an attacking midfielder, Maradona was the top scorer in Serie A in 1987–88 with 15 goals, and was the all-time leading goalscorer for Napoli, with 115 goals,[53] until his record was broken by Marek Hamšík in 2017. He also stated, "I believe in Chávez, I am a Chavista. "Messi: The Inside Story of the Boy Who Became a Legend", Jimmy Burns. ", "Even if I played for a million years, I'd never come close to Maradona. "[274], In December 2007, Maradona presented a signed shirt with a message of support to the people of Iran: it is displayed in the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' museum. [41] One Barcelona executive stated, "When I saw those scenes of Maradona fighting and the chaos that followed I realized we couldn't go any further with him. ", "The top five players of all time – where does Johan Cruyff rank on our list of greats? [159][160][161][162], Maradona was dominantly left-footed, often using his left foot even when the ball was positioned more suitably for a right-footed connection. The fifth of eight children raised by Diego Sr. and Doña Tota, Maradona …

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