Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona, nicknamed El Diez{{Inote|ESPN Eportes 28 July 2005|ESPNEportes20050728}}, Pelusa, El Diego and Dios (born October 30, 1960), is a former Argentine football (soccer) player.

Career statistics

International

• 1977–1994 Argentina (91 appearances, 34 goals)
• 21 appearances in four FIFA World Cup Championships (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
• Argentina's second highest goal-scorer

Club honours

• 1981 Argentine league (Boca Juniors)
• 1982 King's Cup (FC Barcelona)
• 1982 Cup Winners' Cup (FC Barcelona)
• 1987 Italian league (SSC Napoli)
• 1987 Italian Cup (SSC Napoli)
• 1988 Italian top-scorer (SSC Napoli)
• 1989 UEFA Cup (SSC Napoli)
• 1990 Italian league (SSC Napoli)
• 1991 Italian Super Cup (SSC Napoli)

International honours

• 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 1986 FIFA World Cup winner
• 1990 FIFA World Cup runner-up
• 1993 Copa Artemio Franchi

Coaching career

• 1994 Mandiyú de Corrientes
• 1995 Racing Club de Avellaneda
• 2005 Boca Juniors (Football vice-president)

Individual honours

• 1979–1981, 1986 Argentine Football Writers' Footballer of the Year
• 1986 Argentine Sports Writers' Sportsman of the Year
• 1979, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992 South American Footballer of the Year (El Mundo, Caracas)
• 1986 Golden Ball for Best Player of the FIFA World Cup
• 1986 European Footballer of the Year (France Football)
• 1986–1987 Best Footballer in the World (Onze)
• 1996 Golden Ball for services to football (France Football)
• 2000 "FIFA Goal of the Century" (1986 (2–0) v. England)
• 1999 Argentine Sports Writers' Sportsman of the Century
• 2000 "FIFA best football player of the century", people's choice.
• 2005 Argentine Senate "Domingo Faustino Sarmiento" recognition for lifetime achievement.