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Diego Maradona. Diego Armando Maradona ( Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona]; 30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. 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.
FIFA Player of the Century. FIFA Player of the Century was a one-off award created by FIFA to decide the greatest football player of the 20th century, announced at the annual FIFA World gala, held in Rome on 11 December 2000. [1] Diego Maradona and Pelé were joint winners of the award. [2] [3]
Pelé Pelé with Brazil in 1970 Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento (1940-10-23) 23 October 1940 Três Corações, Brazil Died 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) (aged 82) São Paulo, Brazil Resting place Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica, Santos, São Paulo Occupations Footballer humanitarian Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Spouses Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi (m. 1966; div. 1982) Assíria Lemos Seixas (m. 1994 ...
Maradona (kesä '86) Peter Shilton's Handball Maradona (1986) v. t. e. " The hand of God " ( Spanish: La mano de Dios) was a goal scored by Argentine footballer Diego Maradona during the Argentina v England quarter finals match of the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The goal was illegal under association football rules because Maradona used his hand to score.
Born in Naples, Italy, Sinagra – nicknamed Diego Jr. or Dieguito – was the result of an out-of-wedlock affair between Maradona and a young local woman named Cristiana Sinagra. He was brought up by his mother. His paternal grandfather Diego Maradona Senior "Chitoro" (1927–2015), who worked at a chemicals factory, was of Indigenous Guaraní ...
Hugo Hernán Maradona (9 May 1969 – 28 December 2021), also known as El Turco, was an Argentine football player and coach. He was the younger brother of Diego Maradona . [1] He played as a midfielder for clubs in South America, Europe, Japan, and Canada, and was a member of the Argentina U-16 national team .
Garrincha. Manuel Francisco dos Santos (28 October 1933 – 20 January 1983), nicknamed Mané Garrincha, best known as simply Garrincha ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡaˈʁĩʃɐ], "little bird"), [3] was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, and by ...
New Maradona. New Maradona or New Diego was a title given by the press and public to promising Argentine football players in reference (and reverence) to Diego Maradona as a benchmark. Since Maradona retired, people had been anticipating someone to lead the Argentina national team to a World Cup final, like Maradona did in 1986 and 1990.