Diego Maradona is an iconic Argentine former football player. He was born in Lanus, Buenos Aires, Argentina on 30 Oct 1960. He took to playing soccer from a very tender age, He joined the junior team of Los Cebollitas. He led Los Cebollitas to a 136 unbeaten streak displaying his prodigious capability and talent.
In 1976, a little before his sixteenth birthday he made his professional debut with Argentinos Junior, Where he made 167 appearances and scored 115 goals. His proper International debut came on February 27, 1977, against Hungry.
- Diego Maradona scored his first International career goal against Scotland on June 2, 1979, at Hampden Park.
- He played his first world cup tournament in 1982.
- FC Barcelona is the first football club he joined with a world record fee of 7.6 million dollars.
Below, I have mentioned the few events of Diego Maradona which make him the most popular player at the international level.
World Cup Tournament 1986
In the quarter-final match, Diego Maradona scored two goals against England and won the match.
Maradona scored one of the best goals ever, taking the balls past 5 England’s defenders and their goalkeeper before slotting it into the net. This famous goal was later called the “goal of the century.”
In the same match, Maradona also scored one of the most infamous goals in the history of football.
When the ball hit the net, British players were furious because they thought that it had touched Maradona’s hand. The goal stood and this became a great debate. Technology at the time was not advanced enough to settle the matter conclusively.
However, Maradona admitted later to put the ball in the net with his hand, saying that it has gone in “a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God”. Hence, the moniker the “hand of God” was born.
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