photo results | Diego Armando Maradona | Diego Armando Maradona (born October 30, 1960) is an Argentine former footballer. He played in four World Cups and received the FIFA award of Player of the century (People's choice) after being voted in 2000 in an international internet fan poll as the best football player of all time.
Maradona won many trophies with Boca Juniors, FC Barcelona and SSC Napoli over the course of his career. During an international career that included 91 caps and 34 goals, he played in four FIFA World Cup tournaments, leading the Argentina national team to its victory over West Germany in 1986 World Cup, in which he collected the Golden Ball award as the tournament's best player. His second goal against England in the quarter-finals of the '86 tournament -- a spectacular 60-meter weave through six England players -- is commonly referred to as "The Goal of the Century." or, in Argentina, "The Cosmic Kite" (Spanish: El barrilete cósmico).
He is also considered one of the sport's most controversial figures. Maradona was suspended for 15 months in 1991 after a failed doping test for cocaine in Italy, and then again for ephedrine during the 1994 World Cup in USA.
After retirement from professional football on 30 October 1997, he suffered ill health and weight gain, along with ongoing cocaine abuse. However, a stomach-stapling operation helped control his weight gain. Since overcoming his cocaine addiction, he has become a TV host in Argentina. | |
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(211) | | The Argentina Football Association (AFA) has banned away fans from all first division matches for the rest of the year in a bid to curb crowd violence which has played havoc with the championship.... | |
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(211) | | MADRID, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Real Madrid officially presented their Brazilian defender Marcelo on Wednesday as an important signing for the club's future success.
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(211) | | MADRID, Spain (Ticker) - Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon remains hopeful that David Beckham will remain with the team.
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Gimnasia-La Plata players have denied receiving death threats from their own fans on the eve of a 4-1 home defeat by Boca Juniors.
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(211) | | The Argentina Football Association (AFA) has lifted a ban which prevented away fans from attending first division games for the rest of the year.
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