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Biography Of Maradona The Legend:

Full name: Diego Armando Maradona
Date of birth: 30 October 1960
Place of birth: Lanús, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
Height: 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position: Attacking Midfielder/Second Striker
Clubs: Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona,Napoli, Sevilla, Newell´s Old Boys
Number: 10

A page of his childhood:

Diego Armando Maradona was gifted to the Earth on October 30, 1960, in Villa Fiorito, a province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The fifth of eight children raised by Diego Sr. and Doña Tota, Maradona grew up in a poor but close-knit household. He got has first soccer ball at the age of 3 as a gift and quickly became devoted and interested in the game of football.
When he was 10 he played for his neighborhood club Estrella Roja then he was scouted for Argentinos Juniors. He played in the youth of Argentinos and made his debut for the first team at age 15. He played for 5 years in Argentinos after that he went to Boca Juniors in 1981. He had impressively awesome dribbles and scored amazing goals, he won the Primera divison with Boca Juniors that year and earned a transfer to European topclub FC Barcelona.

Skills:

Maradona was a player who dribbled perfectly, he took free kick awesomely and gave assists superbly. Some of his famous goals/dribbles were seen in the 1986 Fifa World Cup against England and Belgium. He made the Goal of the Century against England in the quarter finals. He is also famous for his 'Hand of God' goal against England by scoring with his hand. He is widely seen as one of the best football players ever together with Brazilian football play
er Pele.

Life in Barcelona:

In Barcelona , Maradona scored 38 goals in 58 matches just in two seasons, once more he scored amazing goals. In a match against Athletic de Bilbao Maradona became victim of hard tackles on him. Athletic's Andoni Goikoetxea made a terrible offense on Maradona, Maradona got injured and was away from the ground for a big time but he came back later that year and scored 2 goals in a match againt Sevilla. In the final of the Copa del Rey against Athletic Bilbao 1984 Maradona got hard tackled again, this time Maradona got angry and kicked a player of Bilbao which caused a fight to start. Barcelona lost the match with 1-0 and it was Maradona's last match for Barcelona. He leaved Camp Nou in 1984 signing a contract at Napoli.

Napoli (The best period of his Life):

Maradona signed for Napoli for a transfer record of £6.9m .It was the best period of Maradona. At Napoli Maradona lead the club to its first championship in the Serie A in 1986/1987 and revised this at 1989/1990. In 1989 Napoli wins the UEFA Cup Maradona scores a goal in the 2-1 vicotry against VfB Stuttgart.

World Cup 1986 and Hand of the god:

In the 1986 Fifa World Cup Argentina got the World Champion. Maradona played a great role in this victory , he scored 5 goals and made 5 assists. One of the most famous matches was against England in the quarter final. only Six minutes were left in the second half with a score of 0-0, Maradona got the ball, he passed through some defenders and gave a pass to one of his teammates one of England defender tried to clear the ball but miscued and the ball got high into the penalty area. Then Maradona run toward and touched the ball with his left hand over goalkeeper Peter Shilton, the ball got into the goal and the referee allowed the goal. After the match Maradona said it was''The hand of god''. Four minutes after this goal Maradona scored another goal, this time after an amazing dribble passing five defenders. In 2002 the goal was voted `Goal of the Century´. Argentina won with 2-1 against England and reached the semi-finals in which they defeated Belgium with 2-0 score and both goals were from Maradona. Argentina won the final of the tournament against West Germany with 3-2. Maradona won the Golden Ball for best player of the tournament.

Last and painful year of his career:

Argentina lost the final of the Fifa world cup 1990 against West Germany after that maradona was banned for 15 months for failing a drug test for cocaine. Maradona left Napoli in 1992 and joined Sevilla in 1993 he left Sevilla too and joined Newell's Old Boys in Argentina. In the 1994 Fifa World Cup the star Maradona was back for a moment by scoring a goal against Greece at the group stage. After the match he was sent home again for failing a drug test. In 1995 Maradona returned to Boca Juniors for the last 2 years of his career.

Serving a coach:

Maradona was hired to coach the Argentinean national team in 2008. Although the Argentines boasted a talented squad headlined by Lionel Messi, perhaps the best player in the world, they lost the world cup from Germany with 0-4 and Maradona's contract was not renewed.

Earlier History:

God blessed the world of football on 5Feb1985 by awarding it the love of people Cristano Ronaldo. He was born in Madeira, Portugal, to Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and The late José Dinis Aveiro. He has one elder brother and two sisters. In His early life, He faced many hardships. His father was a gardener, who drank too much and died from kidney problem in 2005. To keep the children feed, his mother worked as a cook and a cleaning person.

In Football's World:
From his very childhood, He was addicted to football. His relatives say that he ate,drink and slept with football. When he was 10, His father (a boy’s football club equipment manager) introduced him to the game of soccer.

When He was 16 , After a stint with Nacional da liha da Madeira, he signed with Sporting Portugal in 2001. Then Manchester United paid £12 million to sign him in 2003 It was a record fee for a player of such age. In the 2004 FA Cup final, he scored Manchester's first three(3) goals and helped Manchester United to capture the championship. In 2008, he set a franchise record for goals scored. In 2009, Real Madrid paid a record $131 million for his services.

Skills:
Cristiano Ronaldo is a two-footed player, this allows him to play anywhere in the ground up front: right, left or in the middle.. Ronaldo has awesome technical abilities. He has developed a wide class of skills, (Like step-over and a different style of running) which makes him tricky and unpredictable. He can also strike powerful shots from outside the box. He can be described as winger and striker is rolled into one. Ronaldo is too good in the air and has scored a great number of headed goals as well. In addition, He can kick a Knuckle Ball Free kick and other penalty kicks.