El Diego  (English, Paperback, Maradona Diego Armando)

The autobiography of the great and controversial football player, Diego Maradona.

Summary Of The Book

El Diego: The Autobiography Of The World's Greatest Footballer is the personal life story of the man considered by many to be the greatest football player of all time.

He tells his story from his childhood to his ascent to glory in the world of football. Born in a poor shanty town in Buenos Aires, his unlikely rise to international stardom in the world of sports is put on record by the man himself.

Diego Maradona might inspire conflicting emotions in many people, but his achievements are inspirational and as he talks of his struggles on his path to glory, it would inspire the readers to chase their own dreams, however impossible it may seem.

El Diego: The Autobiography Of The World's Greatest Footballer is the story of a man who pulled himself up from the slums and eventually had major football clubs battling over him, willing to pay him millions to have him play for them.

Presented mostly in the form of anecdotes from his life, El Diego: The Autobiography Of The World's Greatest Footballer makes for extremely interesting reading, providing an insight into a man who, for all the controversies surrounding him, was ruled and defined by one overriding passion - his love of the sport he played.

About Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona was an Argentine football player.

El Diego: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Footballer is his autobiography.

Diego Maradona was born in 1960, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was born to a very poor family and most of his early childhood was spent in poverty. However, when he was ten, he was spotted by a talent scout. Maradona started playing for the Los Cebollitas team of the Argentinos Juniors. He made his professional debut in the Argentinos Juniors team when he was just a few days short of his sixteenth  birthday. Maradona later played for many of the major professional football clubs like Napoli, Sevilla and Barcelona. He has played in four FIFA World Cups. In the 1986 World Cup, Maradona led Argentina to victory, and was voted the tournament's best player and was awarded the Golden Ball. He is regarded by many peers, coaches, and fans as the greatest football player of all time. Maradona was jointly selected along with Pele as the FIFA Player of the 20th Century.