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He was born on October 30, 1960, in Villa Fiorito, a small, poor town in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as the fifth of eight children in a family that depended on his father's boatman job. -
his first contact with the world of football occurred in 1969, when he auditioned to enter the lower divisions of the Argentinos Juniors club. Los Cebollitas was the name of the team -
The team won that tournament and the 8th division championship in 1974, and the squad remained with Cornejo until they turned 14, the age at which Argentinos could sign them in the Argentine Football Association. -
A was consolidated in the starting lineup of the team, and made a great season for El Bicho, playing 49 games and scoring 19 goals, along with his official debut with the Argentine national team. -
consecrated him as the maximum figure of Argentine football, distinguished mainly by his first successes in the Argentine National Team by winning the U-20 World Cup in Japan and playing the Copa América. -
he was determined to leave Argentinos Juniors, due to his constant fights with the board. The most important offer had been made by River Plate -
After his participation in the World Cup, in which the Argentine team stayed in Barcelona, his sale to Fútbol Club Barcelona was official.62 The club paid 1200 million pesetas for his pass
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it started very badly for Maradona. On September 24, 1983, Barcelona and Athletic Club faced each other at the Camp Nou. -
After the World Cup in Italy Maradona fired his manager Guillermo Cóppola and hired Marcos Franchi. On the football side, the season would begin successfully by winning the Italian Super Cup in December -
Maradona's dream for his return to football was to be a coach and player of Boca Juniors, but there were two important problems; the first was that at that time the technical leadership was again in charge of Silvio Marzolini, and the leadership had no interest in firing him. -
For years Maradona battled against addiction to drugs, medications and alcohol, which ended up marking significantly the most moments in his life after retiring from football.