Diego Maradona (1960-2020) Biography, Family

Quick Info

Profession	Professional Footballer
Nationality	Argentine
Date of Birth	30/10/1960
Age	60 years (died on 25, Nov, 2020)
Birthplace	Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of Death	25/11/2020

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Full Name	Diego Armando Maradona Franco
Nickname(s)	Hand Of God The Golden Boy El Pibe de Oro

Religion	Christianity
Ethnicity	Argentinian
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Place of Death	Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death Cause	Heart Attack

Marital Status	Divorced
Affairs/Girlfriends	Lucia Galan (1981-1982) Singer Cristiana Sinagra (1985) Veronica Ojeda (2013) Rocio Oliva (2014) Footballer
Marriage Date	07/11/1984

Father	Diego Maradona Senior (Construction Worker)
Mother	Dalma Salvadora Franco (Homemaker)
Siblings	Hugo Maradona Raul Maradona Ana Maria Maradona Rita Maradona Maria Rosa Maradona Elsa Maradona
Spouse	Claudia Villafañe (1984-2003)
Children	Diego Maradona Junior Diego Fernando Maradona Dalma Maradona Gianinna Maradona Jana Maradona

Football Debut

International	Early 1977 for Argentina against Hungary
Club	20/10/1976 for Argentinos Juniors (age 15)

Jersey Number

#10 (Argentina), #10 (FC Barcelona)

Position

Attacking Midfielder

Retirement

25/10/1997

Awards, Honors, Achievements

International

Argentina	FIFA World Cup: 1986 Artemio Franchi Trophy: 1993 91 international appearances, 34 goals

Club

Boca Juniors	Argentine Primera División: 1981 Metropolitano
Barcelona	Copa del Rey: 1983 Copa de la Liga: 1983
Napoli	Serie A : 1986–87, 1989–90 Coppa Italia: 1986–87 Supercoppa Italiana: 1990
Newell's Old Boys	1993-1994

Individual

Argentine Primera División top scorers: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1980
FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Ball: 1979
Argentine Football Writers' Footballer of the Year: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986
South American Footballer of the Year: 1979, 1980
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 1986
FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe: 1986
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1986, 1990
World Soccer Awards Player of the Year: 1986
Coppa Italia top scorer: 1987–88
South American Team of the Year: 1995
Ballon d'Or for services to football (France Football): 1996
World Team of the 20th Century: 1998
FIFA Player of the Century: 2000
FIFA Goal of the Century (for his second goal against England in 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter-final): 2002
Golden Foot (FIFA Legend): 2003
Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award: 2012
AFA Team of All Time: 2015
World Soccer Greatest XI of all time: 2013

Club Career

Restaurant	Santino
Food	Pizza Pasta Cakes

1. Diego Maradona grew up in a very impoverished family.
2. As a child, he safeguarded his football by sleeping with it under his shirt.
3. He captained Los Cebollitas during an impressive 136-match unbeaten run.
4. In 1979, Maradona netted his debut goal for Argentina against Scotland.
5. He was the first footballer to break the world record transfer fee twice.
6. Maradona led Argentina to a thrilling FIFA World Cup triumph in 1986.
7. In 1991, he tested positive for cocaine use.
8. Before his passing, Maradona's final words were: "I feel sick."
9. His two memorable goals in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final against England included the controversial 'Hand of God' goal and a solo dribbling masterpiece.
10. At Napoli, he became the club's greatest player in history and led them to their only two Serie A titles in the club's 94-year history at that time.