Diego Armando Maradona
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Diego Armando Maradona is a former Argentine football player. He was born October 30, 1960 in Lanús, Buenos Aires). He was nicknamed El Diez, Pelusa, El Diego and El pibe de oro, He won the World Cup in Mexico in the year of 1986.
[change] Fame
He is regarded by many people, along with Brazilian Pelé, as the best player in the history of the game [1].
[change] Problems
In his life, he had problems and addictions to drugs. But after his drug abuse,he returned to play for Napoli of Italy for a short period. However, he failed another drug test and was banned for another year and on his 37th birthday finally announced that he was retiring from football. In 2001 he was voted player of the century. In his career, he scored 356 goals.
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