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- Diego Maradona was one
- of the worldΓÇÖs greatest
- soccer players. An
- excellent playmaker with
- the uncanny ability to be
- in the right place at the right time, Diego was
- so good that people often compared him to
- Pelé.
-
- At age 19, Diego led Argentina to victory in
- the Junior World Cup tournament, in 1979.
- Seven years later he scored five goals and
- led his country to the World Cup champion-
- ship. The next year, he took Naples to its first
- Italian League title. (The Italian League is
- one of the best pro leagues in the world.)
- And in 1989, he guided Naples to the
- European title. In 1990, with Diego on
- the field, Argentina again advanced to