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MARADONA | Sports | Football Heroes |   Video description: This episode of Football Heroes reveals the star footballer Maradona along with his achievements, milestones, career, and more. Let's look into the real lives of our favorite football players and their accomplishments. Diego Armando Maradona (30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award. An advanced playmaker who operated in the classic number 10 position, Maradona's vision, passing, ball control, and dribbling skills were combined with his small stature, which gave him a low centre of gravity and allowed him to manoeuvre better than most other players. His presence and leadership on the field had a great effect on his team's general performance, while he would often be singled out by the opposition. In addition to his creative abilities, he possessed an eye for goal and was known to be a free kick specialist. A precocious talent, Maradona was given the nickname El Pibe de Oro ("The Golden Boy"), a name that stuck with him throughout his career.  About TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: Welcome to Trendest Infotainment, your ultimate destination for a diverse range of content that educates, entertains, and inspires! From in-depth celebrity biographies and fascinating history videos to the latest in science and technology, we bring you an expansive collection of infotainment videos. Explore the stories of legendary sports personalities, dive into the history of the World Wars, marvel at wildlife documentaries, and enjoy our informative and funny shorts. There’s something for everyone on Trendest Infotainment!  Subscribe now: www.youtube.com/@UCvtG20NOq0X7l7ru-z1yBhw   #Infotainment #Documentaries #HistoryVideos #ScienceAndTech #CelebrityBiographies   Follow Trendest Media:  • YouTube:  1) TRENDEST MOVIES: www.youtube.com/@TRENDEST_MOVIES_ENGLISH  2) TRENDEST KIDS: www.youtube.com/@TRENDEST_KIDS  • Instagram:  TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: https://www.instagram.com/trendestinfotainment/  • Facebook: TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: https://www.facebook.com/TrendestInfotainment/  COPYRIGHT:  We hold the proper licenses for all videos published on YouTube. For any questions, please contact: mail@trendest.in  AYA Media Private Limited & TRENDEST Media Private Limited are companies registered under the laws of India and located in the state of Kerala, India.

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00:00One of football's most celebrated stars has to be the incomparable Diego Maradona.

00:22He played for six different clubs as well as taking part in four World Cups for Argentina.

00:30The South American hero played his first game for Argentinos Juniors on the 20th of October 1976,

00:37ten days before his 16th birthday.

00:40He stayed with the club for almost five years before being transferred to Boca Juniors.

00:45After playing for Barcelona, he went to Napoli,

00:48where he played the majority of his club games and reached the peak of his career.

00:52He went on to play for Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys before rejoining Boca Juniors in 1995.

00:59Diego Maradona was born on October 30, 1960, in Llanos, in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina,

01:06just south of the capital city in the greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

01:11He was raised in Villa Fiorito, a shanty town on the southern outskirts of the city.

01:16During the 60s and early 70s, Villa Fiorito provided the training ground for a young craftsman

01:22learning the trade that would propel him to superstardom.

01:29He was born into a poor family.

01:32The fourth child of six, he grew up with three elder sisters and two younger brothers,

01:37Hugo and Eduardo, who both became professional footballers.

01:46At the age of 10, Diego was spotted by a talent scout while playing for his local club

01:51and started playing for the Little Onions, the junior team of Argentinos Juniors.

02:02Two years later, he became a ball boy for the First Division games

02:05and would entertain spectators at half-time, showing off his wizardry with the ball.

02:12While he was at Argentinos Juniors, English club Sheffield United submitted a bid of £180,000 to secure his services.

02:24The bid was rejected, but when Boca Juniors upped the offer to £1 million, Maradona was on his way to a new club.

02:36He joined the squad midway through the 1981 season and played through 1982.

02:42He'd come close to winning a league title with Argentinos, who finished second in their division in 1980.

02:51However, at Boca Juniors, he went one better, winning his first league winner's medal in his debut season with the club.

02:59Maradona repaid Boca's faith in him, constantly proving his star quality and exciting the crowds with his flair and finesse.

03:13In his short stint at Boca Juniors, Diego Maradona couldn't put a foot wrong.

03:18He was selected to play for Argentina in the 1982 World Cup, which brought him to the attention of Spanish club Barcelona.

03:26They were so impressed with the young star that they bought him for a then world record fee of £5 million.

03:32He went on to help the club win the Copa del Rey, Spain's annual national cup competition, as well as the Spanish Super Cup, but it wasn't all good news at Barcelona.

03:42A bout of hepatitis and a broken leg threatened to put an end to his promising career, and Diego needed all his strength and determination to overcome the setbacks.

03:55Although he got his football career back on track, off the field he was getting into disputes with the team's directors.

04:02With no resolution in sight, Maradona demanded to be transferred out of Camp Nou in 1984.

04:11He was snapped up by Napoli in Italy's Serie A for another record fee of £6.9 million.

04:18It was here that Diego Maradona really began to catch light.

04:23He played a crucial role in delivering the club the most successful period in its history.

04:291986-1987 was to prove a landmark season for Napoli.

04:34They pulled off the double, winning the league title and the Coppa Italia in the same season.

04:39Maradona had already earned the adoration of the fans, but after helping make Napoli the first southern Italian team to win the league, he was elevated to the status of club icon.

04:50The hero they'd long been waiting for.

04:55Napoli placed second in the league the following year, during which Diego continued to dominate, becoming the league's top scorer.

05:04The 1988-89 season was to be another successful one.

05:08They were runners-up in the league and placed second in the Coppa Italia in 1989.

05:14The impressive season also produced a UEFA Cup victory, Napoli's first major European title.

05:20They defeated Juventus, Bayern Munich and PAYOK on the way to the final, where they defeated VfB Stuttgart 5-4 on aggregate.

05:31Another Serie A title came with the 1989-1990 season, and they also claimed the Italian Super Cup in 1990.

05:39Unfortunately, however, the Maradona era was nearing its end.

05:43Rumours abounded that he'd started using drugs, and he failed the doping test by the Italian Football Federation, testing positive to cocaine.

05:51He was banned for 15 months.

05:54That marked the end of his reign at Napoli. He left the club in disgrace in 1992.

06:00He joined Spanish club Sevilla in 1992, but would never again repeat his previous form.

06:06Nor would Napoli win another Serie A title.

06:10As well as making a great name for himself at Napoli, some of Diego Maradona's finest moments were played out in the international arena.

06:19He made his debut for Argentina on 27 February 1977, at the age of 16, against Hungary.

06:26At 18, he starred in the World Youth Championship for Argentina, before scoring his first senior international goal against Scotland on 2 June 1979.

06:37Much to his disappointment, he was left out of the successful 1978 World Cup score.

06:42However, after dominating the National League in the following seasons, the selectors could not deny him again.

06:49He played his first World Cup in 1982.

06:52Argentina lost their first match against Belgium.

06:55However, Maradona starred in the next match, against Hungary, scoring twice in a convincing win.

07:02They also defeated El Salvador to progress to the second round, where they were defeated by Brazil and eventual winners Italy.

07:11Maradona captained the squad to victory at the 1986 World Cup.

07:15He was the team's driving force, and was the most exciting and dominant player of the Cup.

07:21He played every minute of every game, scoring five goals and making five assists.

07:28It was his part in a 2-1 win over England, however, that made him a legend.

07:33In the quarter-final match, he scored both of his team's goals, one famous and one infamous.

07:40Replays showed he scored the first goal by striking the ball with his hand.

07:45The referees didn't notice, and the goal was allowed.

07:48It would forever become known as the Hand of God goal.

07:52The second goal, however, came to be remembered for very different reasons.

07:56Diego dribbled the ball past six English players, including the goalkeeper, to score the goal, which was later voted the FIFA goal of the century.

08:05Maradona also took part in the next two World Cup campaigns, during which Argentina failed to dominate.

08:11He ended up being sent home from the 1994 competition after testing positive to ephedrine.

08:18It marked the end of his illustrious international career and put paid to any hopes of another World Cup victory.

08:27Throughout his club and international career, he was revered as a god by the Argentinian fans.

08:37As his former teammates shaped up for the 2006 World Cup, he accepted a position as commentator for the Spanish television station Cuatro.

08:47After being presented to journalists at a press conference, he revealed his desire to one day coach the national team.

08:56I want Argentina to win the World Cup.

08:59If Argentina wins the World Cup, I will fight to become the coach of the national team.

09:05If Argentina doesn't win the World Cup, it's something I owe to myself.

09:11As you can see, I know a lot of things, but I think this is the fruit of my life, of my career.

09:23After the resignation of national coach Alfio Bazil in 2008, Maradona immediately flagged his interest in the position.

09:32Despite possessing little managerial experience, it was announced on 29 October 2008 by AFA chairman Julio Grandona that Diego Maradona would take on the position from December.

09:46His goal for the team was to reach the World Cup finals, and although they suffered a humiliating 6-1 defeat to Bolivia along the way,

09:54equaling their worst ever losing margin, they managed to qualify in fourth place.

10:02With his on-field play bettered by none, the World Cup champion often found it hard to keep his feet on the ground.

10:08Not only did he possess sublime football skills, he literally had millions of fans in Argentina worshipping him as a football deity.

10:16His love for everything Maradona gave the football megastar a warped sense of reality, and pretty soon he would be making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

10:26In the mid-1980s, right at the peak of his brilliant career, Maradona slipped into his two-decade addiction to cocaine.

10:35It was allegedly during his two seasons with Spanish club FC Barcelona that the Latin American genius first experimented with the banned substance.

10:44However, as reported by BBC Sport, it was his transfer to Napoli in 1984 that elevated his newfound pastime into a full-blown addiction.

10:54Seven years on, Maradona gave the positive dope test that saw him banned for 15 months.

11:01Sadly, he didn't learn his lesson, and in the 1994 World Cup he was ejected from the tournament, his international career effectively over.

11:10However, not all his off-field exploits were controversial.

11:14On November 7, 1989, Maradona married long-time fiancée Claudia Villafane at a ceremony held in Buenos Aires.

11:23Claudia and Diego had two children together, Dalmaneria and Janina D'Onora.

11:29Despite stating that Claudia was the love of his life in his autobiography, Maradona also revealed that he hadn't always been faithful to her.

11:38His commitment issues added to his lengthy drug addictions, and subsequent health problems led to the couple's divorce in 2004 after 15 years of marriage.

11:48They remain very good friends, and have since been seen together in public on various occasions, including the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

11:57Politically, Argentina's greatest footballer has also found it hard to stay faithful.

12:02During the 90s, he openly supported the right-wing presidency of Carlos Menem.

12:07However, in more recent times, he has leaned more towards left-wing ideologies.

12:12Whilst receiving treatment in Cuba, his meeting with Cuban President Fidel Castro gave him the perfect opportunity to show off the tattoo of Fidel he has on his leg.

12:22The football legend also proudly revealed his tattoo of Ernesto Guevara.

12:27Although his marital problems and swinging political ties have raised concerns among his fans, since retiring from football, the biggest worry for his supporters has been their hero's health.

12:38Thanks to his drug addictions, Diego's weight ballooned at an alarming rate, resulting in some dramatic scares.

12:47During April of 2004, he was rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack caused by a cocaine overdose.

12:54He was lucky to survive the ordeal, but after five days on a respirator, he was given the all-clear.

13:00Clearly, one near-fatal incident wasn't enough to make him shake the habit.

13:04In March 2007, he was rushed to hospital a second time, sparking erroneous reports that he had died.

13:12Suffering from hepatitis and alcohol abuse, it seemed that Diego's lavish lifestyle had finally caught up with him.

13:18The doctors weren't optimistic.

13:22The state of Diego Armando Maradona's health is stable and is progressing.

13:29I wouldn't say in a very advanced manner, but well enough.

13:36He's been five days here, and we are hoping he's getting better.

13:39We love him very much, I adore him, and I travelled 1,400 kilometres to encourage Diego Armando Maradona.

13:48And I hope he recovers, because we are very worried.

13:52Upon his discharge from hospital, a court ruling initially confined Diego to the private park clinic in Buenos Aires.

13:59The decision was overturned four months later.

14:03On this day and date, a resolution has been passed which is not entirely firm yet,

14:15but which authorises the transfer of Diego Armando Maradona to a clinic located in Cuba.

14:27He requested the clinic himself in an audience held days ago.

14:33Which received the consent of his family members, with the condition that there were certain guarantees.

14:43Maradona was transferred to the Sensarm clinic in Cuba.

14:47Although he had been coming to Cuba since 2000 to overcome his addictions,

14:51this time he was given strict guidelines by the court and his family.

14:56Having felt the tap of the Grim Reaper on his shoulder, he needed little motivation to regain control of his life.

15:05Bloated, obese and barely able to speak at the time of his hospitalisation, Maradona bravely faced the long hard road ahead.

15:14Even at the very beginning of the journey, he was upbeat about what happened.

15:19He is stable, his vital signs are normal and his attitude is positive.

15:25He had a good night and is resting and having a good morning.

15:43Despite the amazing turnaround, Diego remained humble.

15:51I don't pretend to be an example for anyone.

15:56For me, it is enough to take it one day at a time.

16:01Right now, I'm on very good terms with my daughters, with my parents, my colleagues and my friends.

16:07And that's all I can ask God.

16:10God gave me a second chance and I'm grasping this new opportunity.

16:14What advice would you give to these new generations of young people who are interested in football?

16:23I just tell them to take pleasure in playing football.

16:25The money, the millions, that comes along later, naturally.

16:30What's important is to enjoy football.

16:32There's no success without taking pleasure in the game.

16:38After surviving two very close calls, Maradona has changed his outlook on life.

16:45His two decades of indulging in a rockstar lifestyle are behind him

16:49and the Argentinian great is quite literally a shadow of his former self.

16:55As a coach of the national team, he now has the opportunity to give back to the game that gave him so much over his career.

17:07Regularly seen in public smiling and waving to his fans,

17:10a much healthier looking Maradona proudly announced on Argentine television in May 2007

17:15that he had quit drinking and had not used drugs in two years.

17:27After retiring, Maradona was keen to contribute to the sport that had given him so much pleasure.

17:33What I would like to do now is to try and give Boca everything that I learned over many years,

17:40good or bad, and put them at Boca's service and we'll see what happens from there.

17:49Not only did he plough his knowledge into the sport, he also put in plenty of time through numerous charity events.

17:55In May 2006, he took part in a football match called Soccer Aid,

17:59a British charity event that raises money for UNICEF.

18:05The game, featuring World Cup legends, celebrities and other football stars,

18:09is played between England and the rest of the world.

18:16Maradona joined other legends like Gianfranco Zola, Brian Robson and Marcel De Salle.

18:22Two years later he was at it again, this time playing in Bolivia

18:25to raise money for the victims of the flood that left more than 60 people dead

18:29and nearly 100,000 homeless in February 2008.

18:36Years earlier he'd taken part in another friendly match that was organised in his own honour.

18:41In November 2001, 50,000 fans crammed into Argentina's Bombonera Stadium

18:47to watch the then overweight striker join other football legends

18:51in a one-off match between Argentina and the All-Stars.

18:57Undeniably a little sluggish, he still managed to pull off some moments of Maradona magic,

19:02reminding the crowd of his former brilliance with deft touches and a cracking attempt from 30 metres out.

19:10However, the highlight of the match as far as the fans were concerned

19:13would have to be seeing their hero score twice to claim victory for his team,

19:17with both goals coming from penalties.

19:22Afterwards, the World Cup hero thanked the crowd for the tribute.

19:27I've always tried to be happy while playing soccer and to make all of you happy.

19:33I think I achieved that and the truth is that I didn't expect all of this.

19:37This is too much for one person, for one footballer.

19:41I thank you with all of my heart.

19:51Maradona's global notoriety and amazing life story inspired Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica

19:58to create a documentary about the Argentinian.

20:02The film, entitled Maradona by Kusturica, is based on the story of the Argentinian footballer

20:07Maradona, who died in a car accident.

20:11In the film, Kusturica tells the story of the Argentinian footballer Maradona,

20:17The film, entitled Maradona by Kusturica, explores every aspect of the footballer's life,

20:23including his struggles with drugs and alcohol,

20:26and his relationship with the devoted fans who worship him as their god.

20:30Kusturica believes it was a story that had to be told.

20:35And I think Maradona was going in different parts of his life,

20:39through the different periods,

20:41and he stayed the best player ever on this planet.

20:46Nobody was playing better football, and I think nobody will play better football than Maradona.

20:51And this is an important story about this man.

20:54There's also been a film made about the famous number 10.

20:57Titled LDS, in Spanish, the 10 use song and dance to chronicle the extraordinary life

21:03that Maradona has lived thus far,

21:05conveying the message that the actions of a single person can make a difference.

21:11He left behind the lesson that the poor, the humble person,

21:15also had the right to progress and become a person who can do good in the world.

21:22No sporting legend's career is complete without a statue erected in their honour.

21:28Luckily for Maradona, the Boca Juniors decided that the winner of the 1986 World Cup

21:33deserved such a tribute.

21:37Standing 3 metres tall and made out of bronze and cement,

21:40his 300 kilogram likeness stands proudly in the Boca Juniors Museum in Buenos Aires.

21:47The statue was financed by fans of the football great.

21:54Maradona also won the Golden Ball for best player of the 1986 FIFA World Cup,

21:59where he also scored the goal of the century.

22:06With so many devoted fans,

22:08it was only a matter of time before one obsessed supporter

22:11took his love for Maradona that one step further.

22:14And on his 38th birthday, the Church of Maradona was formed.

22:18We all knew he was the God.

22:20We had to start up a movement, and what better than a Church of Maradona?

22:25If we have the God, how do we congregate?

22:28As a church, that's the idea, to find a name for this,

22:33that in the world of soccer is the Church of Maradona.

22:36It is unprecedented, and we expect from now on

22:39it will continue to grow worldwide, as it has been doing.

22:44The Church boasts around 100,000 followers from over 60 countries.

22:51The Church of Maradona is more about loving football than praying.

22:55He makes magic.

22:57Compared to Roman times and nowadays in which popularity

23:01is projected through the football as a supreme sport on the planet,

23:05he is qualified to be a God.

23:07God or mortal, Maradona certainly brought with him a touch of the divine.

23:35The Church of Maradona

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