Diego Maradona was football's archetypal troubled genius, a world-beating player whose life and career scaled the most dazzling heights but also plumbed the darkest depths.
Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30, 1960, in Lanus, just outside Buenos Aires, and grew up in one of the poorest areas of the Argentine capital. His senior World Cup debut in 1982 in Spain went badly. Maradona was treated brutally by defenders and ended his tournament with a red card for retaliation as Argentina, already eliminated, lost to Brazil.He atoned 4 years later, propelling his country to victory in Mexico and making the tournament his own.
After the game, Maradona said he scored "a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God." Four years later in the United States, Maradona seemed restored to health. He scored against Greece and celebrated by racing to scream into a TV camera, a disturbing mixture of joy, relief and rage.
Facing a ban in Spain, Maradona moved to Napoli, becoming the first player to break the world transfer record twice.
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