The “Hand of God” and the living legend of Napoli and the Argentinian International football team is a football icon for millions of fans. The player boasts an astonishing career leading his international team to the FIFA World Cup victory in 1986. He played like for several top clubs including Barcelona.  However, Napoli appeared to be his home for many years. He led his team to numerous Seria A titles and scored 115 goals. Marek Hamsik is yet the only player who managed to equal the result of the glorious Diego. After so many years on and away from the pitch, (Maradona tried himself as the Argentinian international team manager) let’s have a short flashback. Who is Diego Maradona? What is Maradona age? How many children does he have? Is he married or not? There are so many questions still to answer. So, let’s get started!

How Old is Maradona?

Goal Hailing from Buenos Aires, Diego Armando was born on October 30, 1960. He is 58 years old. He managed to win numerous trophies throughout his long career. Maradona led several teams to the victory in local championships (Argentina and Italy). Moreover, he ensured the award-winning victory of the Argentinian international team in the FIFA 1968 final. Maradona was married once. He was accused of taking drugs during his career and after retiring. The player was forced to complete the rehab program. He has children and tries to stay involved in football as far as he can.

Diego Maradona Childhood

The future football icon was born 58 years ago in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He spent his childhood in the province of the capital called Villa Fiorito. He had seven brothers and sisters. Although the family was rather poor and actually lived from hand to mouth, it was close-knit household.

At the age of three, the Hand of God got his first ball and started playing on the streets with his mates from the borough. At the age of 10, Diego got his chance to join Los Cebollitas youth team. It was one of the most popular and recognizable Argentinian clubs by that time. Maradona overwhelmed spectators and coaches with his incredible skills from the start. It helped him make a professional debut in the senior team at the age of 16.

Diego Maradona Professional Career

The Argentinian football legend made a name for himself as a fearless and skillful midfielder. He was able to create a scoring opportunity from nothing. Diego has always been a team player able to assist if the partner was in a potentially better scoring situation. The FIFA World Cup 1986 appeared to be the turning point in his career. Maradona scored twice including his legendary goal in the quarterfinals against England. The Hand of God has turned into a signature and moniker for the award-winning player.

Diego Armando boasts a great record of accomplishment of playing in World Cups featuring 91 international appearances with 31 goals in four different world cups. He played for Barca but did not gain much success from there. Moving to Seria A was a wise decision for the Argentinian player. He scored 115 goals for his team and retired in 1997 at the age of 37. He suffered from multiple injuries and decreasing shape because of taking drugs.

Maradona Life off the Pitch

The player has always been quite a controversial figure. While performing amazing skills on the pitch, he was involved in numerous scandals for taking drugs. In 2000, he had his first heart attack and was forced to complete the treatment course. The same thing happened in 2004. Moreover, the player had to fight with obesity. For this reason, he was involved in the gastric surgery. Despite all conflicts and health problems, Maradona was about to win the title of the best player in the 20^th century. Unfortunately for his fans, Diego was forced to share the prize with Pele but refused to stay on stage with the legendary Brazilian. In the year 2008, Diego Armando tried himself as the Argentinian international team manager during the FIFA World Cup in 2010. However, the effort appeared to be an epic failure after the 4-0 defeat against Germany. Not even Messi could help his mates. Despite all rumors, scandals, health problems and failures, Maradona is still the living legend for millions of fans around the globe. He is the Argentinian hero.

Maradona Family, Wife and Children

The success on the pitch was replaced by failures in his personal life. Maradona was married once between 1986 and 2003. His ex-wife’s name is Claudia Villafane. Later Maradona proposed to a 23-year old model Rocio Olivia but was rejected. The player has five children. The last one whose name is Diego Sinagra was not recognized by Diego for a long time. However, the living legend accepted Sinagra as a son who was born by a woman from Naples. She was rumored to have some affairs with Maradona. His current family consists of two daughters from his first marriage as well as a young son Diego Fernando and a younger daughter Jana.

All You Need to Know about Diego Maradona Age, Bio and Facts

 

Lionel Messi 2015 Copa America Wallpapers

The last year FIFA World Cup runners-up team Argentina are the favorites of the tournament along with Brazil and Uruguay as they have one of the strongest team of the World. As all you know, why Argentina is the favorites than other teams. The Argentinian have World’s best player Lionel Messi who can turn around the game single handily. Messi is one of the most popular football player along with Ronaldo. Messi have large fan following in the World, if you are one of them and looking for the Lionel Messi 2015 Wallpapers, then you have landed at right place. Here we have collected the Lionel Messi 2015 Copa America Wallpapers, check out below the Lionel Messi Wallpapers.

Lionel Messi 2015 Copa America Wallpapers

See Also: Copa America 2015 Fixture

The biggest fest of the South America, Copa America 2015 has been kicked off on 11th June. This time competition has been hosting by Chile and will run more than 3 weeks. The tournament features one of the strongest teams of the South American likes Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay and Chile. Argentina have played their opening group stage match against Paraguay in which Messi announced his arrival with a goal in the very first game but couldn’t win the game for Argentina after taking the 2-0 lead and ended the match in a draw situation. Argentinian forward surely will be in frame in the upcoming games in the group stage and knock out stages.

 

Although the Argentine striker Lionel Messi has entered into list of Argentina Top 10 goal scorers list but he is still not highest goal scorer of Argentina. There is one player who is still leading the list of top 10 Argentina goal scorers. But we can forget the role of Messi in qualification process of 2014 FIFA World Cup. He suffered a lot due to his injuries in last season. But the player is now looking fit and fine to make huge impact on upcoming biggest football tournament which begins from 12th of June in Brazil for second time. Before enjoying this tournament, lets have a look on Argentina top 10 goal scorer list in history of National football team.

Argentina Top 10 Goal Scorers Of All Time

No.	Player Name	Goals	Matches
1	Gabriel Batistuta	56	78
2	Lionel Messi	50	107
3	Hernan Crespo	35	64
4	Diego Maradona	34	91
5	Sergio Aguero	33	70
6	Gonzalo Higuain	26	55
7	Luis Artime	24	25
8	Daniel Passarella	23	70
9	Leopoldo Luque	22	45
	Jose Sanfillippo	22	29

Note: List was last updated on 30 March 2016 At the top position, Gabriel Batistuta is still maintained. The former Argentine striker scored 56 goals in 78 games with an average score of 0.718. Thereafter at second spot, the four times FIFA Ballon D’or winner Lionel Messi is there who is holding record of scoring 37 games after playing 84 games total for his national team. Messi’s average goal score count is 0.446. In this list of top 10, there are are 3 players who are still playing for their national football team which are Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero. This trio will be present in 2014 Brazil world cup. The attack of this team is considered as the best of all teams & is one of the strongest competitor to win this tournament. Along with this trio, world class midfielders like Angel di Maria, Javier Mascherano, Jose Ernesto Sosa will join them. Messi will lead this national team in 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Schedule of Argentina For 2014 World Cup

First Match: Against Bosnia and Herzegovina [15th June 2014] Second Match: Against Iran [21st June 2014] Third Match: Against Nigeria [25th of June 2014] Argentina will play first match of group stage against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 15th of June 2014 at Rio de Janerio. Their second group stage match is scheduled against Iran & third is against Nigeria on 21st & 25th June respectively. Complete team squad of Argentina is declared and the players are ready for this world cup.