A look at Diego Maradona’s timeline: From World Cup win to drug scandal
Arguably the greatest footballer of all time, Diego Armando Maradona breathed his last on Wednesday. With his scintillating performances, Maradona had taken Argentina to the 1986 World Cup win.
- Argentine football legend Diego Maradona passed away from a heart attack on Wednesday (November 25).
- Maradona is widely considered as the greatest football player of all times.
- He is most fondly remembered for winning the 1986 World Cup with Argentina - where he was the player of the tournament.
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New Delhi: Here is a timeline of football legend Diego Armando Maradona of Argentina. A World Cup winner, he passed away on Wednesday, aged 60, in Tigre, Buenos Aires.
1960: Born on October 30, in Lanus, Argentina
1970: Joins Los Cebollitas youth team
1971: Scouted age 11 for the junior team of Argentinos Juniors
1976: Turns professional, makes his pro debut aged 15, joins Argentinos Juniors
1977: Makes his full international debut for Argentina, aged 16
1978: Becomes youngest player ever to be picked by Argentine national team
1979: Scores his first international goal, and wins the junior World Cup
1980: Signs with Barcelona of the Spanish League
1981: Transferred to Boca Juniors for $1.96 million
1982: Plays his first World Cup for Argentina and scores twice. Is sent off in the game against Brazil. Same year, transferred to Barcelona FC for $9.81 million, a world record at the time
1983: Helps Barcelona win the Spanish Cup
1984: Is transferred from Barcelona to Serie A Napoli for $13.54 million, another record
1986: Wins World Cup as Argentina captain. Scores two goals against England, including the infamous 'Hand of God' goal and another after dribbling past six players -- it was voted 'Goal of the Century' in a FIFA poll in 2002
1987: Helps Napoli to their maiden Italian title
1989: Gets married to Claudia Villafane
1990: Faces a paternity suit after defeat to West Germany in the World Cup final
1991: Fails a drug test, and handed a 15-month suspension after testing positive for cocaine. Leaves Italy
1992: Stages a comeback at Sevilla in Spanish League
1993: Returns to Argentina, joins Newell's Old Boys, after disagreement with Sevilla
1994: Tests positive for ephedrine and is sent back home from World Cup in America
1995: Plays final season for Boca Juniors
1996: Checks into a clinic for drug addiction
1997: Announces retirement from professional soccer, aged 37, following another failed drugs test
2000: Autobiography 'Yo Soy El Diego' becomes bestseller. Goes to Cuba for two years. Complains of heart problems, collapses
2002: Relocates to Cuba to battle drug addiction issue
2004: Admitted to a hospital after he collapses again
2005: Interviews Pele as his first guest on his talk show
2008: Appointed head coach of Argentina national team; he performed this role for 18 months, until 2010 World Cup. Visits India and opens Indian Football School in Kolkata
2013: Joins Argentine Primera D club Deportivo Riestra as 'spiritual coach'
2017: Visits India again, plays in Kolkata
2018: Maradona attends Argentina's 2018 WC match against Nigeria, has a health scare at the end of it
2019: Becomes head coach of Argentine club Gimnasia de La Plata
2020: Leaves Olivos clinic in Buenos Aires after surgery for blood clot in brain; dies on November 25
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