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one.
Diego Armando Maradona
made his media debut with another surname.
On Tuesday, September 28, 1971, an unsigned box in the Sports section of
Clarín
told about a little boy who entertained people in the breaks playing little games with the ball.
“He is left-handed but knows how to use his right.
Diego Caradona [sic], ten years old
, won warm applause at halftime of Argentinos Juniors versus Independiente, showing off a rare ability for the 'little game' with the instep, and even with chaff. "
two.
The first time that coach Francisco Cornejo saw Diego play to add him to
Los Cebollitas
(the Argentine children's team), he did not believe him that he was 10 years old and asked him for the document.
"I thought it was a dwarf," he would say later.
3.
Maradona's debut on television was in 1971 in a big way: with Pipo Mancera, on
Sábados Circulars
, the most rated show of the time.
Diego wore some
Flecha sneakers
to play a little game for 40 minutes while Mancera interviewed him.
Diego in Los Cebollitas.
At the age of 12 he was already talking.
Photo: Clarín Archive.
Four.
In the 1974 semi-final of the Evita Tournaments, Los Cebollitas played Defensores de San Telmo, who had a right-back named
Marcelo Tinelli
.
Diego's team won 7 to 2.
“I didn't know whether to kick him or whore him.
Nobody stopped him.
I never ate such a dance, "Tinelli said years later in his program, with Diego at his side.
"That's when you decided to be a television host," he replied on the 10th, laughing.
5.
The Cebollitas were a machine and the data reached the editorial office of
El Gráfico
.
In August 1973, Diego made his debut in the legendary magazine in a two-page story written by journalist Horacio del Prado.
The caption of the photo was prophetic: "At twelve, you already know them all
.
"
6.
Diego made his debut in the Primera de Argentinos on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 20, 1976. He entered the second half against Talleres de Córdoba.
They lost 1 to 0 and
Diego wore jersey 16
.
Thirteen years later, in Napoli, he would meet again with the same number.
It was on September 17, 1989, against Fiorentina.
Diego, on the bench for having arrived late to the preseason, chose 16.
He entered when they were losing 2 to 0 and turned it around: 3 to 2 and celebrate.
Today that shirt is in the museum of the Mario Kempes stadium
, in Córdoba.
It was donated by Oscar Dertycia, who played for Fiorentina and traded it with Diego.
7.
With the first pesos he earned as a professional in Argentinos, Diego invited his mother, Doña Tota, to eat pizza.
They went to "La Rumba", in Nueva Pompeya, on Avenida Sáenz
.
Years later, he wanted to buy the business, but the owners said no.
8.
Diego was one of the first players in the world to have a representative.
Jorge Cyterszpiler, a friend since the time of Los Cebollitas, became their formal manager in 1977. In addition to dealing with passes and contracts,
Cyterszpiler created Maradona Producciones
, a company to manage the player's image and publicity.
He dissociated himself in 1985 and Guillermo Coppola took his place.
Maradona, world junior champion in Japan.
1979. Photo: Clarín Archive.
9.
In 1978,
Sheffield United, of the Second Division of England,
came to buy Diego.
The economic offer was very juicy and everything was ready, they even already had the tickets bought, but at the last moment Argentinos asked for more money and the pass fell.
Diego flew into a fury and with only 17 years he threw everything at the leaders in the media.
In his place was
Alejandro Sabella
, who played for River.
10.
On May 19, 1978,
César Luis Menotti left him out of the squad for the World Cup that year.
Forty-eight hours after the decision, Argentinos beat Chacarita 5-0 with two goals from Diego.
"That day I realized that the fight was fuel for me," he said.
eleven.
Rubén Favret, Maradona's teammate in Argentinos, says: “In '79 we went to play a friendly in Brazil.
It was the era of the color television and we all wanted to bring one.
But the prizes had not been paid to us.
Diego stuck his face out and before the game he told President Próspero Consoli that if they didn't pay us, he wouldn't play.
They paid us and we all brought a television.
He was 18 years old and he was already a leader
”.
12.
Diego made his film debut in 1979. It was in
¡Qué linda es mi familia!
, with
Luis Sandrini and produced by Palito Ortega
.
In 1980 he acted in Te rompo el rating, with Moria Casán and Jorge Porcel, directed by Hugo Sofovich.
A young production assistant worked there:
Juan José Campanella
.
13.
In 1979, it was his turn to draft.
He appeared at the La Tablada barracks driving
a black Taunus coupe
.
His regime was lax, in keeping with his status as a great soccer figure.
But after winning the Youth World Cup in Japan, the dictator Jorge Rafael Videla ordered him to immediately rejoin (along with his teammates and also colimbas Juan Simón, Gabriel Calderón, Osvaldo Escudero, Sergio García and Juan Barbas) for the propaganda photo.
Since 10's hair had grown out, they shaved it again
.
14.
In February 1981, Diego wanted to leave Argentinos, he closed the pass book and no negotiations were successful.
An offer from River appeared.
Then he called a journalist from the newspaper
Crónica
to ask him a favor: to publish that he had been called from Boca and that he was going to sign.
The next day, cover: “Maradona a Boca”
.
The Xeneizes leaders understood the signal and launched the operation to buy it.
Boca paid 2.5 million dollars for a loan until mid-1982, the final pass of four players, the loan of two and the cancellation of an Argentine debt with the AFA of 1.5 million dollars.
fifteen.
On March 8, 1981, in front of 30,000 people, Diego presented one of the five Queen shows in Argentina.
He took the stage of the Vélez court and said:
“I want to thank Freddy and the Queen for making us so happy.
And now ... Another one bites the dust! ”.
16.
During Boca's tour of China and Japan, in January 1982, Diego could not sleep and went walking down the street with
Ricardo Gareca
.
In a jewelry store window, the Tiger praised a very expensive Rolex.
On February 10, Gareca had his birthday and Diego gave him the watch.
Years later he would have the same gesture with a Sevilla goalkeeper,
Ramón Rodríguez
(current sports director of the club), to whom he gave a Cartier.
17.
On the same tour, Diego surprised by wearing a brown mink coat.
His girlfriend Claudia had one just like it.
They were from a fur shop, “Pieles Parque”, whose owner was a fan of Argentinos and had given them to them
.
18.
Winter 1983, full electoral campaign for the return of democracy.
Diego was already playing in Barcelona, but he was on vacation in Buenos Aires.
He donned a suit and tie to meet face-to-face with presidential candidates and party leaders.
He got together with
Raúl Alfonsín
(UCR),
Italo Luder and Antonio Cafiero
(PJ), and
Rogelio Frigerio
(Developmentalism).
He also met the then commander-in-chief of the Army,
Cristino Nicolaides
.
It was the first time I voted.
Clemente
, the unforgettable character of Caloi, complained the next day in Clarín because he had not interviewed him.
19.
Roland Garros, June 1984.
Gabriela Sabatini
, 14, reached the junior final against Katerina Maleeva.
Diego traveled to France to see her.
Then they chatted for a while for the first time.
Gaby won.
Maradona is presented at Napoli before a San Paolo to burst.
Photo: courtesy Sergio Siano.
twenty.
Before starting each game at Napoli, one of his ideas was to kiss the head of
Salvatore Carmando
, the masseur.
Diego took him to the World Cups in Mexico, Italy and the US Today, Carmando is retired and in 2015 he published his biography:
Hands on God
.
twenty-one.
The Neapolitan Massimo Vignati put together an impressive collection with more than 300 objects by Diego left as a gift by his father, Mario Silvio, who was in charge of the San Paolo stadium for almost four decades.
During his 7 years in Naples, Diego befriended the Vignatti couple and gave them everything.
In the basement of the house, rests the jacket of the most viral warming in history, that of the song
Life is Life
(Münich, 1989).
22.
During his heyday at Napoli, Maradona hosted
Superstar 10
, a television program that aired on Mondays on Channel 10 and in which he interviewed sports figures such as
Alfredo Di Stéfano
, glory of Real Madrid, or J
uan Martín Látigo Coggi
, at that time world boxing champion.
He also used it as a platform to defend himself against criticism from the press and to fire large ammunition at leaders, technical directors and journalists.
It lasted 20 broadcasts.
2. 3.
Mexico '86.
Before the historic match on June 22 against England, for the quarterfinals, a group of lawmakers from the justicialist party presented a bill for the National Team to withdraw from the World Cup.
The reason?
"The party threatens our sovereignty in the Malvinas."
Diego:
“They don't understand anything because they never played soccer.
It is sad that they are legislators and do not deal with more important problems ”.
24.
There are five photos with the exact moment of "The Hand of God."
One is from Argentine Eduardo Longoni, who covered the '86 World Cup for Noticias Argentinas.
The black and white image shows Diego flying and his fist hitting the ball.
Italian Giuliano Bevilacqua took the color photo with his fist glued to the ball.
There is another almost the same but taken from one side, by the Mexican Alejandro Ojeda Carbajal.
The fourth is with Diego on his back and belongs to Englishman Bob Thomas.
Finally, there is an aerial taken from the gallery;
anonymous author.
Maradona's second goal against the English in Mexico 86. Photo: Allsport.
25.
The shirt that Diego wore in the second half against England was worn by midfielder
Steve Hodge
, which gave him a curious fame.
He even published a book called The Man in the Shirt.
He received several offers to sell it, but kept it for 16 years.
He later donated it and today it can be seen in the Manchester Football Museum.
The one used in the PT is held by Claudia Villafañe, ex-wife of 10.
26.
On Thursday, July 10, 1986,
Diego put on the Belgrano de Córdoba shirt
to face Vélez at the Chateau Carreras World Cup stadium (today Kempes).
It was a friendly to benefit and Diego kicked a penalty that hit the post.
It ended 1 to 1.
27.
In September 1986, Diego recorded a song in Milan with the Pimpinela duo, of the brothers Joaquín and Lucía Galán.
It was called
Dear Friend
and it was dedicated to her mother.
Many years later, Lucia confessed to having had a secret affair of nine months with the footballer.
28.
Of all the world leaders Diego met, the one with whom he most empathized was with
Fidel Castro
.
The first meeting was held in 1987, when on the 10th he traveled to Havana to receive an award.
He took Claudia, little Dalma, her mother Tota, her mother-in-law Pochi, the journalist Carlos Bonelli (organizer of the contact with the Cuban leader) and the physical trainer Fernando Signorini.
Between Diego and Fidel there was a mutual flash.
Over the years they would meet again in Cuba five more times.
29.
Diego fulfilled the dream of playing a game with his two brothers, Raúl (Lalo) and Hugo (el Turco).
It was on November 15, 1987. When Granada of Spain was promoted to the First Division, they hired Lalo.
To celebrate, a friendly was organized against Malmö, the Swedish runners-up.
The three Maradona brothers were there together.
Diego wore jersey 9 and scored a goal from a free kick.
30.
Diego celebrated a goal by dancing a tango.
It was in December 1988 in a Napoli-Bologna.
Diego said it was in tribute to his father, a fan of Gardel, Julio Sosa and the Polaco Goyeneche.
31.
The biggest collector of Diego's T-shirts, books, magazines, videos, figurines, dolls and all kinds of objects is Aníbal Di Toro, a 49-year-old Argentine dentist.
His dream is to display all this material in a museum.
32.
"Dalma Nerea and Gianina Dinorah participate to you in the marriage of their parents, Diego Armando and Claudia Rosana," said the invitation card to Maradona's wedding with Claudia Villafañe.
The party was held on November 7, 1989 at Luna Park and had 1,200 guests.
It is considered the largest of the 20th century in Argentina.
33.
Maradona's personal life was marked by excesses.
“Once, with a few too many drinks, I missed home for three days.
When I came back to the room, I said to Claudia:
'The UFOs took me', hahaha.
Do I know where I was! "He told.
3. 4.
Suspended for 15 months for doping in Italy, in 1992 Diego agreed to play football 4 on
Marcelo Tinelli's
program
Ritmo de la Noche
.
His teammates: Gonzalo Bonadeo (on goal), Teto Medina, Lanchita Bissio and Tinelli himself.
They faced teams made up of artists and former players.
35.
October 30, 1992. To celebrate his 32nd birthday, Diego invited
Fabiana Cantilo
to Seville
.
He paid her the ticket from Miami and she sang in the house that Diego had rented to the famous bullfighter Juan Antonio Ruiz, known as Espartaco.
The hit of the night was the song
My disease
, composed by Andrés Calamaro, which 10 loved.
36.
On January 5, 1993,
Diego disguised himself as the Magician King Baltasar
to bring toys to the boys admitted to the San Juan de Dios hospital in Seville.
The other two kings were Diego Rodríguez and Diego Cholo Simeone, companions in the Andalusian team.
"I wanted to be the Black King when I was little," Diego said.
37.
In February 1993, in the framework of the celebrations for the 100 years of the AFA,
Diego was chosen as the best Argentine footballer of the century
.
In December 2000, FIFA gave him the award for the best player of the century on the planet in Zürich.
Historical: Maradona on the balcony of the Rosada, with the 86 Mexico Cup and the full square.
Photo: Pablo Grinberg.
38.
Sunday June 13, 1993 was Maradona's last match at Sevilla.
At home at Sanchez Pizjuán, against Burgos, Diego infiltrated one knee at halftime to continue playing.
But
Carlos Bilardo
took him out eight minutes into the second half and on the 10th he got angry.
He threw the captain's tape to the ground and, in front of the TV cameras, insulted the DT.
Out of the row, Maradona broke the locker room and went home.
Days later, he caught up with Bilardo
.
39.
On the night of October 7, 1993, Diego returned to Argentine soccer.
He put on the Newell's shirt to face Emelec from Ecuador.
It was 1 to 0 with a goal of his, from the right and at the angle.
In the audience there was
a leprous fan of just six years old named Lionel Messi
.
40.
In order to get in shape for the '94 World Cup, his physical trainer
Fernando Signorini
, who was called El Ciego, took him to the El Marito field, in La Pampa.
It was a place away from everything, very austere and no frills.
They trained ten days in a row in double shifts.
"Where did you bring me, Blind?" Diego reproached Signorini when he first entered his room and the television was not on.
"I brought you to Fiorito, Diego," was the reply.
41.
Just before the '94 World Cup, Diego met
Andrés Calamaro
.
It was a cold night, for television, at the entrance to the Ezeiza concentration.
Together with Fito Páez, the three of them sang an epic version of
Salud (money and love)
, a song composed by El Salmón for the band Los Rodríguez.
42.
Before a friendly against Croatia in Zagreb (0-0), during the grueling tour prior to the '94 World Cup, Diego asked his friend Davor Suker (they had been teammates at Sevilla) to take him to visit the grave of
Drazen Petrovic
, one of the best basketball players in history.
He left him an Argentine shirt with the number 10 on it.
43.
Sue Ellen Carpenter.
This is the name of the nurse who led Diego by the hand to drug control, after the game against Nigeria in the '94 World Cup.
Her boyfriend, at that time, was Argentine.
Today, at age 59, Carpenter works at an Atlanta female fertility clinic and has two children.
44.
After doping at the '94 World Cup,
Charly García
composed
Maradona Blues
.
He sang it for the first time on the program 360 Todo para ver, hosted by Julián Weich on Channel 13. That day, October 23, Charly turned 43 and Diego was the star guest.
Two geniuses: Messi and Maradona.
South Africa 2010. Photo: Reuters.
Four. Five.
To return to Boca in October 1995, the idol painted a lock of yellow on his hair, which ended up being a horizontal strip.
He did so in repudiation of "the masks" and Daniel Passarella, coach of the National Team at that time, who had forced the players on the squad to cut their long hair.
46.
In an official match, Diego faced one of his nephews, Daniel López (son of his sister Ana).
It was in a Boca-Argentinos Juniors, on October 15, 1995. The only goal of the match was made by Maradona, from a free kick.
47.
With the cap and gown, on November 6, 1995, Diego received
the diploma to the "inspiring teacher of dreaming students"
at the University of Oxford, England.
He gave an exciting half-hour speech talking about the paddocks, poverty, the player and power.
The initiative came from the Argentine Esteban Cichello Hübner, at that time a student of Applied Linguistics and today a professor at that prestigious university.
48.
The relationship between Maradona and Mauricio Macri, except for exceptional moments, was always strained.
The first public conflict was unleashed in January 1996, when the newly assumed president of Boca reduced the prizes of the players on the campus.
Diego, the captain, nicknamed him
Cartonero Báez
, alluding to the witness in the Monzón Case.
49.
Maradona first confessed his addiction to cocaine in January 1996, in a report given to journalist Gabriela Cociffi, from
Gente
magazine
.
They were very strong statements that impacted the national and international press.
They were made within the framework of the Sun without drugs campaign, which the government of Carlos Menem launched that summer with Diego as the main figure.
This is how Diegp celebrated a key goal for Palermo in the qualifying rounds for South Africa 2010. Photo: AFP Alejandro Pagni.
fifty.
April 1997. Diego ruled out his return to Boca because the club had modified his shirt after signing a millionaire contract with Nike.
The idol got angry because two white stripes were added to the traditional yellow stripe.
"That's not my jersey, it's the Michigan jersey," he said.
A month later he signed the contract and returned to Boca in July.
He wore the shirt with the white stripes.
51.
Saturday October 25, 1997, River-Boca at the Monumental.
Who plays, who does not play.
That the tear, a doping on hold.
Only sometimes did he train with the squad led by Bambino Veira.
The truth is that he went out to play, greeted coach Ramón Díaz and hardly touched her.
At halftime he was replaced by Juan Román Riquelme.
Boca won with an agonizing 2 to 1 in the rain.
"River's panties fell off," he said.
It was the end.
52.
Interned in a Swiss clinic to rehabilitate from his addiction, Diego was angered because the attending physician, Harutyan Arto Van, gave a press conference with the details of the detoxification plan.
"Excuse me, I could not stand the pressure of the media, everyone wanted to know," he excused himself.
"Welcome to the planet," Maradona replied.
I have lived with this pressure for twenty years and you did not last two days. "
53.
In June 2000, Diego returned to the Azteca Stadium to relive his masterpiece against England.
In a sweater and long pants, he started the story standing behind the half court and advanced, carrying the ball gently with his left foot.
He remembered every move, every rival that came to him at the crossroads and the kick of the Englishman Butcher in the right ankle just before the decisive shot.
"It was the goal of my life," he said.
54.
Diego also had idols.
One was
Chavo del 8.
As a child he was a fan and as a grown up too.
For his television show on Channel 13, in 2005, he invited Roberto Gómez Bolaño and he was very excited.
He hugged him and told him: “I had very bad times in my life, but when I saw Chavo, I relaxed, it gave me great tranquility.
I see you and it fills my soul.
With Chavo I feel freer, happier, I love my daughters and life more ”.
55.
One of the unforgettable moments left by that cycle (
La noche del 10
) was when he interviewed himself.
Thanks to an editing game, Diego was able to ask himself and answer, for example, "What things do you regret?", "When was the last time you took drugs?"
The one who acted as Diego's substitute in the rehearsals was
Pablo Codevila
, producer of that cycle.
56.
Thanks to the initiative of a group of fans that raised money through Facebook, a statue of Diego was made in Mar del Plata.
The figure has his hand on his heart while listening to the hymn.
It was inaugurated by Diego himself in 2006. It is located in the entrance hall to the Bombonera.
In 2014 another was inaugurated in Recoleta (with the World Cup in Mexico in hand).
And in 2018 a third was presented on the terrace of the headquarters of the Board of Historical Studies of La Paternal and Villa Miter, in Alvarez Jonte at 2100. He is seen with the ball at his feet.
Maradona, a fan of the National Team.
2006 World Cup. Photo.
Ariel Grinberg.
57.
The first time Diego and Messi were able to chat alone was in Rosario, in August 2007. They agreed there because Diego went to play a “Showbol” game and the Barcelona star was on vacation.
The journalist Verónica Brunati, witness to the meeting, remembers: “Leo was very shy and Diego was softening him, he was very warm.
He even told him that one day he was going to direct it.
He praised him a lot and made a joke on the similarity of his goal against Getafe to his against England.
Diego took him aside and they talked alone for about an hour ”.
Later, on the 10th he left a very current premonition: "As long as Leo feels happy on the court, he is going to amuse people."
58.
Diego believes that green brings bad luck.
Being the coach of the National Team, one day Pocho Lavezzi came out of the locker room with boots of that color.
Maradona asked him: "Who are you going to train with?"
"With you, Diego!"
"No, no, with those green boots you won't train."
Lavezzi ran to put on blue ones.
59.
In the Arab Emirates, while he was a technician for Al Fujairah, the son of a sheikh wanted to give him a house with a zoo that had 40 species of animals.
Diego said to him: “Wait, teacher, who feeds the lion?
Look, I have a great shit ”.
60.
Daniel Salem is Diego's largest video image collector.
Marplatense, 47 years old, lives in Malaga and works as a concierge in a hostel.
His night hours are dedicated to his archive.
His obsession is getting full games and training sessions.
On Facebook, he has more than 100,000 followers.
One of your treasures?
The 1980 friendly between Argentinos Juniors and Pereira in Colombia, where according to Diego he scored one of the best goals of his career
.