Maradona

Full Name:

Diego Armando Maradona

Born:

30 October 1960

Life in Soccer:

He is an Argentina former football player and the current manager of the Argentina national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best football players of all time

Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors,Boca Juniors,Barcelona,Napoli,Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting world-record contract fees. In his international career, playing for Argentina, he earned 91 caps and scored 34 goals. He played in four FIFA WORLD CUP tournaments, including the 1986World Cup where he captained Argentina and led them to their victory over West Germany in the final, winning the Golden Ball award as the tournament's best player.

In that same tournament's quarter-final round he scored two goals in a 2–1 victory over England that entered football history, though for two very different reasons. The first goal was an unpenalized handball known as the "Hand of God", while the second goal was a spectacular 60-metre weave through six England players, commonly referred to as "The Goal Of the Century".

His outspoken manners have sometimes put him at odds with journalists and sport executives. Although he had little previous managerial experience, he became head coach of the Argentina national team in November 2008.