Maradona : the boy, the rebel, the god. / Guillem Balagué.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balagué, Guillem, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maradona, Diego, 1960-2020.

Maradona, Diego.

Soccer players--Argentina--Biography.

Soccer players.

Argentina.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 362 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly coloor) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2021.

Summary:

Diego Armando Maradona was one of the greatest footballers of all time. He was also one of the most controversial. In an international career with Argentina he earned 91 caps, scored 34 goals and played in four FIFA World Cups. His vision, passing, ball control and dribbling skills, and his presence and leadership on the field, often electrified his own team's overall performance. Yet, while he was regarded as a god on the pitch, his turbulent private life was the focus of relentless media attention -- including tales of drug abuse and constant health issues. Based on in-depth interviews and first-hand stories, this biography represents a psychological and sociological approach to the legend. This journey of exploration takes the author to Argentina, Spain, Italy and Dubai. Along the way, he asks what fosters such adulation, and how this adoration engendered a self-destructive personality.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. El Pelusa

1. Don Diego, the father

2. The mother, Dona Tota

3. Goyo Carrizo, a friend still in Villa Fiorito

4. Francis Cornejo and Cebollitas

5. First-team debut for Argentinos Juniors

II. Diego

6. A dominant force at Argentinos Juniors

7. The meeting with Pele

8. The 1979 World Youth Championship in Japan

9. Jorge Cyterszpiler

10. The transfer to Boca Juniors

III. Maradona

11. The stay at Boca Juniors

12. The 1982 World Cup in Spain

13. FC Barcelona: his teammates and the media

14. His friends in Barcelona, the clan

15. Claudia Villafane

16. Cesar Luis Menotti and Andoni Goikoetxea

17. Goodbye Barcelona, hello Napoli

18. Corrado Ferlaino and the Stadio San Paolo

19. From Cyterszpiler to Coppola

20. Guillermo Coppola

21. Carlos Salvador Bilardo

22. The 1986 World Cup in Mexico: the superstitions

23. England

Argentina. First half

24. England

Argentina. Second half

25. England

Argentina. Third half

26. The semi-final against Belgium and the final against West Germany

IV. Diego Armando Maradona

27. Cristiana Sinagra and the first Scudetto

28. All Maradona is in Napoli

29. From the second Scudetto to the 1990 World Cup

30. The 1990 World Cup in Italy

31. The end at Napoli

32. Sevilla FC

33. Newell's Old Boys and the road to World Cup USA 94

34. The doping in the 1994 World Cup

35. Boca Juniors again in the slide down

36. The road to becoming a god.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781409157755

140915775X

9781409157762

1409157768

OCLC:

1266171639