Bruscolotti e maradona biography

Despite his success on the field, Maradona's personal life was getting worse and worse. Despite the success on the field, his personal life was getting worse and worse. In the football crazy Naples, the ball genius had become almost a semi-god but on the same time a victim for his own success with fans wanting him to as their property. Diego started to look for refuges.

He seemed to have vague connections with the Giuliano clan, a powerful part of the Camorra crime syndicate and was seen on a party arranged by the boss Carmine Giuliano. And unbeknownst to many, he was harboring a cocaine addiction since the mids. Eventually, this impeded his ability to play football. Though that didn't stop from taking Argentina to another World Cup final in , West Germany was too tough of an obstacle to overcome this time.

When Argentina played against the home nation in Napoli, the Neapolitans was saluting their idol and many of them had a hard time to decide which team they favored. But the life in Naples got to the worse. The press started to write about him and his mistress Cristiana Sinagra and their child that had been born in without public knowledge a child that Diego would deny any connections to for a long time.

Following a failed drug test for cocaine, Maradona finally left Napoli in He got a month suspension during his drinking and cocaine abuse continued until he finally accepted a detox program and soon began to train again. After the suspension, he joined for Sevilla , coached by the former Argentine national coach Carlos Bilardo. Maradona would play only 26 matches in his new Spanish club and it was far from the success that had been in Napoli.

After a debacle with the coach after being substitute in a game against Burgos in June , Maradona had done his last match in Sevilla. He returned again to Argentina and joined Newell's Old Boys, but this part of his career would only involve seven games. He finished his national team career with 34 goals in 91 appearances. Maradona's last club would when be Boca Juniors before calling it quits in Maradona's cocaine addiction went on until ; around the same time, he finally quit drinking and underwent a gastric bypass surgery.

In , he took over as the coach of the Argentinian national team. Maradona retired from professional soccer in , at the age of After retiring, he turned to coaching and managed the Argentine national team from to Although he faced criticism for his coaching style and tactics, he led the team to the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup. Maradona's personal life was filled with controversies and scandals.

He struggled with drug addiction throughout his career and had multiple run-ins with the law. He was involved in physical altercations with journalists and was known for his volatile temper. Maradona had a turbulent marriage with his wife Claudia Villafane, which ended in divorce. Maradona played his first World Cup tournament in He scored two goals in the 2—1 quarter-final win against England.

Replays showed that the first goal was scored by striking the ball with his hand. Maradona was coyly evasive, describing it as "a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God". It became known as the "Hand of God". Ultimately, on 22 August , Maradona acknowledged on his television show that he had hit the ball with his hand purposely, and no contact with his head was made, and that he immediately knew the goal was illegitimate.

This became known as an international fiasco in World Cup history.

Bruscolotti e maradona biography

The goal stood, much to the wrath of the English players. Maradona's second goal, just four minutes after the hotly disputed hand-goal, was later voted by FIFA as the greatest goal in the history of the World Cup. He received the ball in his own half, swivelled around and with 11 touches ran more than half the length of the field, dribbling past five English outfield players Peter Beardsley, Steve Hodge, Peter Reid , Terry Butcher , and Terry Fenwick before he left goalkeeper Peter Shilton on his backside with a feint, and slotted the ball into the net.

During the tournament, Maradona attempted or created more than half of Argentina's shots, attempted a tournament-best 90 dribbles — three times more than any other player — and was fouled a record 53 times, winning his team twice as many free kicks as any player. By the end of the World Cup, Maradona went on to win the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament by unanimous vote and was widely regarded to have won the World Cup virtually single-handedly, something that he later stated he did not entirely agree with.

Zinedine Zidane , watching the World Cup as a year-old, stated Maradona "was on another level". In a tribute to him, Azteca Stadium authorities built a statue of him scoring the "Goal of the Century" and placed it at the entrance of the stadium. At the World Cup in the United States, Maradona played in only two games both at the Foxboro Stadium near Boston , scoring one goal against Greece , before being sent home after failing a doping test.

In , the Konex Foundation from Argentina granted him the Diamond Konex Award, one of the most prestigious culture awards in Argentina, as the most important personality in Sports in the last decade in his country. Two years later, Maradona donated the Cuban royalties of his book to "the Cuban people and Fidel ". In , he won FIFA Player of the Century award which was to be decided by votes on their official website, their official magazine and a grand jury.

Maradona won the Internet-based poll, garnering Maradona has topped a number of fan polls, including a FIFA poll in which his second goal against England was chosen as the best goal ever scored in a World Cup; he also won the most votes in a poll to determine the All-Time Ultimate World Cup Team. Maradona began his managerial career alongside former Argentinos Juniors midfield teammate Carlos Fren.

In September , he was appointed manager of Mexican second division side Dorados. He made his debut with Dorados on 17 September with a 4—1 victory over Cafetaleros de Tapachula. On 13 June , after Dorados failed to clinch promotion to the Mexican top flight, Maradona's lawyer announced that he would be stepping down from the role, citing health reasons.

On 5 September , Maradona was unveiled as the new head coach of Gimnasia de La Plata , signing a contract until the end of the season. After two months in charge he left the club on 19 November. However, two days later, Maradona rejoined the club as manager saying that "we finally achieved political unity in the club". In November , Maradona died in post.

His coaching staff resigned from the club following his death. After winning his first three matches as the coach of the national team, he oversaw a 6—1 defeat to Bolivia. With two matches remaining in the qualification tournament for the World Cup, Argentina was in fifth place and faced the possibility of failing to qualify, but victory in the last two matches secured qualification for the finals.

Aaron Judge. Rafael Nadal. Lindsey Vonn. Mike Tyson. Aaron Rodgers. Professional Career A short but fearless midfielder renowned for his ability to create scoring chances for himself and others, Maradona led club teams to championships in Argentina, Italy and Spain. Life After Soccer The problems that plagued Maradona later in his playing career continued after his retirement.

Death Maradona, who was recovering from emergency brain surgery, passed away in his Argentinian home from a heart attack on November 25, Watch Next. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below.