Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30th 1960 at 7.00 o'clock in the morning in the poor district of Villa¹ Fiorito, in the outskirts² of Buenos Aires. He was the fifth of the eight children of Diego Maradona and Dalma Salvadora Franco.
     He began playing football when he was nine year old in Cebollitases, the juvenile³ team of Argentinos Jrs. Thanks to his unbelievable technical abilities people nicknamed him "Pibe de Oro" (Golden Boy). He played for this team for about six years and when he was 16 he played for the first time in the major League with Argentinos Juniors, his first professional team.
     Four months later Diego played for the major National team at the age of 16. In 1978 the Argentinian trainer Menotti didn't convoke⁴ Maradona, as he considered him too young. Diego suffered a lot a lot for this unexpected exclusion⁵ and the Argentinian public opinion contested the trainer.
     In 1979 Maradona disputed and won the Juvenile World Cup, and in that demonstration⁶ he was recognized as the best player of the tournament. This was the first occasion for Diego to show himself to the world. His star was in continuous rise and many people started thinking that he was the heir of Pelè. In 1981 he pIn 1982 he played the World Cup in Spain. This was the first World Cup of Maradona and he was the most attended player. He played quite well and scored 2 goals, but in the most important games (against Brazil and Italy) Diego played badly and was also expelled for an ugly reaction fault. Argentina was eliminated in the second turn.layed for one of the most famous Argentinian teams: the Boca Jrs.
    In the same year Diego was engaged by the Spaniard team Barcellona, that paid for his transfer the record sum of 7 billion liras. Maradona remained two years in Spain and played only 36 games in the Spanish championship because he had a serious accident and a hepatitis.
    In 1984 after a long, difficult negotiation⁷ Naples Football Team succeeded in engaging Maradona, paying 13 billion liras to Barcellona. Once again he was the most expensive player in the world. Maradona played seven years for Naples Football Team and recorded the name of the Neapolitan Team among the big names of the Italian football, succeeding in winning 2 championships, 1 Italian Cup, 1 Uefa Cup and 1 Italian Super Cup. The Neapolitan fans had with Diego a relationship based on affection and love, honoring him as a God.


      迪耶哥.阿曼多.马拉多纳于1960年10月30日早晨7点出生在布宜诺斯艾易斯郊区的费利多村。他是父亲迪耶哥.马拉多纳和母亲黛玛 萨尔瓦多拉 法兰格共有8个孩子，他是排行第5。
       他九岁那年开始在塞波里塔斯的阿根廷青年队学踢足球。由于他非凡的球技，获得了"金童"的绰号。他为该球队效力了六年，16岁那年，他首次加入阿根廷少年联队，也是他参加的第一个专业球队。
      四个月后，16岁的马拉多纳加入了国家队。1978，阿根廷教练麦诺提（Menotti）考虑到他年幼，没有召集马拉多纳。由于这次落选，马拉多纳十分痛苦，该教练也成为阿根廷公众争论的目标。
      1979年，马拉多纳经过争夺，赢得了世界青年足球杯的冠军。这次比赛中，他被评为最佳球员。这是他首次向世界崭露头角。此后，他象颗明星不断地升起。人们开始认为他就是再生的贝利。
1981年，他效力于阿根廷最有名的球队之一：博卡青年队.
      1982年，他参加了在西班牙举行的世界杯赛。这是 马拉多纳首次参加世界杯比赛，并且成为最受关注的球员。他踢的极为精彩，2次入门，但在最关键的几场赛中（对巴西和意大利），马拉多纳踢得很糟，且被红牌罚下场。阿根廷在第二轮时被淘汰。
      同年，马拉多纳加入了巴赛罗纳的西班牙人球队，他的转会费达70亿里拉。马拉多纳在西班牙呆了两年。由于身受重伤且患有肝炎，他只为西班牙足球锦标赛踢了36场。
      1984年，经过长时间的艰苦谈判，那不勒斯足球队在支付了130亿里拉的高价后，终于将马拉多纳纳入巴赛罗纳队。他又一次成为世界上身价最高的球员。马拉多纳纳为那不勒斯足球队效力6年，使那不勒斯球队进入意大利名牌足球队排名榜，2次成功地摘取了全国锦标赛冠军，一次意大利杯，一次欧洲杯和一次意大利超级杯冠军。他赢得了那不勒斯队球迷们的爱戴，称他为足球之神。

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