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The picture above is the Lego version of Diego Maradona in action. The current coach for Argentina is a former soccer player who was deemed as the best during his heyday.

Diego Armando Maradona was born on the 30^th of October in the year 1960 in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. Widely known as one of the most celebrated and the best in his field, Maradona played for different teams apart from the Argentine National Team.  His former teams were Argentinos Juniors, Barcelona, Boca Juniors, Napoli, Newell’s Old Boys and Sevilla.

Diego Maradona was the captain for the Argentine team when they won the World Cup over West Germany in 1986. Despite his being very popular, the player-turned-coach is one of the most controversial figures in the world of soccer. In 1991 for example, the player was suspended for 15 months after failing a drug test. During that time, Maradona was in Italy enjoying the company of his teammates.  It was announced by FIFA officials later on that he was tested positive for cocaine. 3 years later, he was sent back to Argentina for testing positive for ephedrine resulting to the football star not being able to attend the 1994 World Cup in the United States.

He retired from soccer on October 30, 1997 when he turned 37. The late 90s were  difficult times for Maradona because he suffered from ill health and continuously gained weight. This was exacerbated by drug abuse. Later on, surgery was performed on the former football player to control his weight. Stomach stapling was done and after some time got his groove back overcoming both his weight problems and overcoming his addiction to cocaine. He later on became a celebrated host on Argentine television and by the year 2008, the great Diego Maradona finally became the head coach for Argentina’s national team.

This year, Maradona can be seen in the sidelines watching the Argentine team do their magic. This once controversial player, has now imparted his pizzazz in the game to the players for Argentina.