DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONNA

Full name Diego Armando Maradona
 Date of birth 30 October 1960 (1960-10-30) (age 49)
 Place of birth Lanús, Argentina
 Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder/Second Striker
Youth career 1969–1976 Argentinos Juniors Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1976–1981 Argentinos Juniors 167 (115) 1981–1982 Boca Juniors 40 (28) 1982–1984 FC Barcelona 36 (22) 1984–1991 Napoli 188 (81) 1992–1993 Sevilla 26 (5) 1993 Newell's Old Boys 7 (0) 1995–1997 Boca Juniors 30 (7) Total 490 (258)
National team 1977–1994 Argentina 91 (34)
Teams managed 1994 Mandiyú de Corrientes 1995 Racing Club 2008– Argentina


                                                INDIVIDUAL ACHEIVEMENTS 

• Golden Ball for Best Player of the FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1979
• Argentine league Top Scorer: 1979, 1980, 1981
• Argentine Football Writers' Footballer of the Year: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986
• South American Footballer of the Year (El Mundo, Caracas):1979, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992
• Italian Guerin d'Oro: 1985
• Argentine Sports Writers' Sportsman of the Year: 1986
• Golden Ball for Best Player of the FIFA World Cup: 1986
• Best Footballer in the World Onze d'Or: 1986, 1987
• World Player of the Year (World Soccer Magazine): 1986
• Capocannoniere (Serie A top scorer): 1987-88
• Golden Ball for services to football (France Football): 1996
• Argentine Sports Writers' Sportsman of the Century: 1999
• FIFA BEST PLAYER OF THE CENTURY: 2000
• "FIFA Goal of the Century" (1986 (2–1) v. England; second goal): 2002
• Argentine Senate "Domingo Faustino Sarmiento" recognition for lifetime achievement: 2005