Diego Maradona

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PLAYER INFO

Name	Diego Armando Maradona
Date of Birth	30 October 1960
Place of Birth	Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of Death	25 November 2020
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Career	1976-1997
Position	Attacking midfielder
Previous Editions	FIFA 20

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Diego Maradona was a retired Argentine footballer. Regarded by many as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Maradona was joint winner of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award.

During a career which included spells in Argentina, Spain and Italy, Maradona is the only footballer to have twice broken the world record transfer fee when signing for Barcelona and Napoli. Maradona scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina, winning the 1986 World Cup and the FIFA Goal of the Century award for his second goal against England in 1986.

YEARS	TEAM	APP	GOALS
5	Argentinos Juniors	166	116
1	Boca Juniors	40	28
2	FCBarcelona	58	38
8	Napoli	259	115
1	Inter	29	8
1	Newell's Old Boys	5	0
2	Boca Juniors	31	7

17	Argentina	91	34

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BASE

RELEASE DATES

Packs	October 20 - December 20
Transfer Market	October 20 - September 21
FUT Draft	October 20 - December 20
Swap Icons	He hasn't featured in any ICON Swaps release

STATS

Acceleration	95
Aggression	74
Agility	91
Balance	98
Composure	93
Crossing	84
Curve	92
Def. Awareness	27
Dribbling	95
Finishing	89
FK Accuracy	91
Heading Accuracy	66
Interceptions	38
Jumping	84
Long Passing	84
Long Shots	89
Penalties	86
Positioning	88
Reactions	87
Short Passing	87
Shot Power	80
Sliding Tackle	36
Sprint Speed	91
Stamina	80
Standing Tackle	40
Strength	73
Vision	90
Volleys	84

1982

Diego Maradona burst onto the scene in the late 1970s, having made his debut for Argentinos Juniors at just 15 years old.

He was the league’s top goal-scorer from 1978 until 1980 and his performances earned Maradona a dream move to boyhood favourites Boca Juniors. There, he won the domestic title in 1981 and was called into his first FIFA World Cup™ squad in 1982. His performances at Boca ensured Maradona moved overseas to Barcelona for a then world record fee of around £5m.

MID

RELEASE DATES

Packs	October 20 - February 21
Transfer Market	October 20 - September 21
FUT Draft	October 20 - February 21
Swap Icons	He hasn't featured in any ICON Swaps release

STATS

Acceleration	91
Aggression	76
Agility	89
Balance	98
Composure	95
Crossing	87
Curve	94
Def. Awareness	30
Dribbling	96
Finishing	94
FK Accuracy	93
Heading Accuracy	67
Interceptions	46
Jumping	80
Long Passing	87
Long Shots	91
Penalties	92
Positioning	92
Reactions	93
Short Passing	90
Shot Power	83
Sliding Tackle	39
Sprint Speed	85
Stamina	75
Standing Tackle	44
Strength	74
Vision	95
Volleys	86

1989

Maradona had his longest club spell with Napoli. There, he dominated Serie A from 1984 until 1991 and captained Napoli in their most successful era. In the 1986-87 season, Maradona’s performances helped Napoli to their first Serie A title and a second followed in 1989-90.

He left Napoli as their all-time leading goal scorer with 115 goals. On the international front, Maradona captained Argentina to a second successive FIFA World Cup™ final where they narrowly lost out to West Germany.

PRIME

RELEASE DATES

Packs	December 20 - September 21
Transfer Market	December 20 - September 21
FUT Draft	December 20 - September 21
Swap Icons	He hasn't featured in any ICON Swaps release

STATS

Acceleration	94
Aggression	76
Agility	91
Balance	98
Composure	95
Crossing	88
Curve	96
Def. Awareness	27
Dribbling	98
Finishing	97
FK Accuracy	96
Heading Accuracy	67
Interceptions	44
Jumping	82
Long Passing	89
Long Shots	94
Penalties	94
Positioning	92
Reactions	94
Short Passing	93
Shot Power	85
Sliding Tackle	37
Sprint Speed	90
Stamina	78
Standing Tackle	42
Strength	75
Vision	95
Volleys	88

1986

Despite missing games through injuries, Maradona managed 38 goals in 58 games at Barcelona and helped them to 3 domestic trophies in 1983.

The highlight for Maradona during the mid-80s however was captaining Argentina to FIFA World Cup™ glory in 1986. Maradona played every minute of the tournament, scored arguably the goal of the century, and ended with five goals and five assists – the last assist coming in the final against West Germany to win Argentina the match, and the tournament.

PRIME MOMENTS

RELEASE DATES

Packs	February 21 - September 21
Transfer Market	February 21 - September 21
FUT Draft	February 21 - September 21
Swap Icons	He hasn't featured in any ICON Swaps release

STATS

Acceleration	97
Aggression	77
Agility	93
Balance	99
Composure	99
Crossing	89
Curve	97
Def. Awareness	28
Dribbling	99
Finishing	99
FK Accuracy	97
Heading Accuracy	70
Interceptions	47
Jumping	86
Long Passing	92
Long Shots	97
Penalties	97
Positioning	96
Reactions	95
Short Passing	95
Shot Power	88
Sliding Tackle	38
Sprint Speed	95
Stamina	81
Standing Tackle	43
Strength	78
Vision	97
Volleys	90

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