Diego Armando Maradona ya kasance ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙwallon ƙafa ta Argentina da manaja. Ana ɗaukarsa ɗaya daga cikin manyan playersan wasan kowane lokaci, yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka ci nasarar haɗin gwarzon FIFA na karni na 20. Hangen nesa na Maradona, wucewa, sarrafa ƙwallo, da ƙwarewar dribbling sun haɗu da ƙaramin mutum (1.65 metres (5 ft 5 in), wanda ya bashi ƙananan cibiyar ƙarfin damar bashi damar motsawa fiye da sauran yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa; sau da yawa yakan dribble 'yan wasan adawa da yawa da suka gabata a kan gudu.
Kasancewar Diego Maradona da jagorancinsa a filin wasa ya yi matukar tasiri ga kwazon kungiyarsa baki daya, yayin da 'yan adawa suka fi mayar da shi saniyar ware. Baya ga iya fasahar kirkire-kirkirensa, ya mallaki ido don cin kwallo kuma an san shi kwararre ne na bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida. Kwararren gwanin basira, an ba Maradona lakabin "El Pibe de Oro" ("The Golden Kid"), sunan da ya makale tare da shi a duk rayuwarsa. Babban mai yin wasa wanda ya yi aiki a matsayi na al'ada na lamba 10.
Maradona shi ne dan wasa na farko a tarihin kwallon kafa da ya sanya kudin canja wurin tarihi a duniya sau biyu, na farko lokacin da ya koma Barcelona kan kudin da ya yi fice a duniya £ 5 miliyan, sannan na biyu, lokacin da ya koma Napoli kan wani kudin rekoda £ 6.9 miliyan. Ya buga wa kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, da kuma Newell's Old Boys a lokacin yana kulob dinsa, kuma ya fi shahara a lokacinsa a kungiyoyin Napoli da Barcelona inda ya samu yabo da yawa.
A wasansa na kasa da kasa tare da Argentina, ya samu damar buga wasa 91 kuma ya ci kwallaye 34. Maradona ya taka leda a Kofin Duniya na FIFA hudu, ciki har da Kofin Duniya na 1986 a Meziko inda ya jagoranci Ajantina kuma ya jagorantar da su kan Jamus ta Yamma a wasan karshe, kuma ya lashe Zinare na Zinare a matsayin dan wasan da ya fi kowa a gasar. A wasan karshe na cin Kofin Duniya na 1986, ya ci kwallaye biyun a wasan da suka doke Ingila da ci 2-1 wanda ya shiga tarihin kwallon kafa saboda dalilai biyu daban.
Burin farko shi ne rashin kulawa mara kyau wanda aka sani da "Hannun Allah", yayin da manufa ta biyu ta biyo bayan dribble 60 m (66 yd) da ya wuce 'yan wasan Ingila biyar, suka zabi "Goal na Century" daga masu jefa kuri'a na FIFA.com a 2002. Maradona ya zama kocin kungiyar kwallon kafa ta kasar Ajantina a watan Nuwamba na shekarar 2008. Ya kasance mai kula da kungiyar a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2010 a Afirka ta Kudu kafin ya bar kungiyar a karshen gasar. Sannan ya horar da kulob din Al Wasl na Dubai a cikin Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa a kakar 2011–12.
A cikin 2017, Maradona ya zama kocin Fujairah kafin barin sa a karshen kakar wasa ta bana. A watan Mayu 2018, an sanar da Maradona a matsayin sabon shugaban kungiyar Belarus din Dynamo Brest. Ya isa Brest kuma kulob din ya gabatar da shi don fara aikinsa a watan Yuli. Daga Satumba 2018 zuwa Yuni 2019, Maradona ya zama kocin kulob din Dorados na Mexico. Ya kasance kocin kungiyar Gimnasia de La Plata ta Argentina Primera División daga 2019 har zuwa mutuwarsa a 2020.
Wasu daga cikin mafi kyawun maganganun daga Diego Maradona an jera su a ƙasa.
- "Duk mutanen da suka soki ya kamata su ci maganganunsu." - Diego Maradona
- "Yana jin kwallon kuma wannan shi ne bambanci da sauran." - Diego Maradona
- "Ba shi da matsala wajen jurewa, kuma yana daukar kwallon a samansa, tare da matsala guda daya shi ne saurin da yake yi." - Diego Maradona
- “Shugaba ne kuma yana ba da darasi a kyakkyawar kwallon kafa. Yana da wani abu daban da kowane dan wasa a duniya. ” - Diego Maradona
- “Shugaba ne kuma yana koyar da darasi a kyakkyawar kwallon kafa. Yana da wani abu daban da kowane dan wasa a duniya. ” - Diego Maradona
- "Ni baƙi ne ko fari, ba zan taɓa yin launin toka a rayuwata ba." - Diego Maradona
- “Ni ne Maradona, wanda ke yin kwallaye, wanda ke yin kuskure. Zan iya daukar duka, ina da kafadu manya wadanda zan iya fada da kowa. ” - Diego Maradona
- "Tabbas ina da galaba a kan wasu, saboda zan iya ci gaba sosai daga Kofin Duniya da na buga." - Diego Maradona
- “Na ba da duk abin da nake da shi. Yanzu ina son jin daɗin iyalina. ” - Diego Maradona
- “Ina jiran abokan wasa na su rungume ni ba wanda ya zo. Na gaya musu, 'Ku zo ku rungume ni ko alkalin wasa ba zai kyale shi ba. ” - Diego Maradona
- "Ina raye kuma ina so in ci gaba da rayuwa." - Diego Maradona
- "Ba na da wata damuwa amma na san cewa wata rana zan sake zama kocin wasu 'yan wasan." - Diego Maradona
- "Na zo ne don kara wani abu ba wai don in karbe matsayin kowa ba." - Diego Maradona
- “Idan zan iya neman afuwa kuma in koma in canza tarihi zan yi. Amma burin har yanzu manufa ce, Argentina ta zama zakaran duniya kuma ni ne dan wasan da yafi kowa a duniya. ” - Diego Maradona
- "Idan ba kwa son buga kwallon kafa mai tsafta, to ku hau kan 'yan kallo." - Diego Maradona
- “Abin girmamawa ne a gare ni kasancewa a nan. Ina fatan zan iya biyan wannan kwarin gwiwa da kulob din ya ba ni. " - Diego Maradona
- “Abin birgewa ne sosai kallon shi yana wasa. Yana yin abubuwa masu ban mamaki da kwallon. ” - Diego Maradona
- “Messi ya ci kwallo kuma ya yi murna. Cristiano ya ci kwallo kuma ya nuna kamar yana cikin tallar shamfu. ” - Diego Maradona
- “Kudi ba abu ne mai motsa rai ba. Na yi abin da ya same ni a wannan lokacin. ” - Diego Maradona
- “Mahaifiyata tana ganin ni ne mafi kyau. Kuma na tashi ne don in gaskata abin da mahaifiyata ta gaya mini. ” - Diego Maradona
- "Tabbas a wasannin farko kun yi taka tsantsan, wataƙila kun fi abin da ya kamata ku yi." - Diego Maradona
- "Iyayengiji suna taimakon wadanda suka taimaki kansu." - Diego Maradona
- “Matsalar ita ce dukkansu taurari ne a Madrid. Kana bukatar wanda zai kai ruwan rijiyar. ” - Diego Maradona
- "Ba za a yi muhawara ba game da wane ne dan kwallon da duniya ta taba gani - ni ko Pele. Kowa zai ce da ni. ” - Diego Maradona
- "Abubuwa ba su da tsabta ko tsabta a duniyar kwallon kafa a yanzu kuma mutane da yawa sun fahimci wannan gaskiyar." - Diego Maradona
- “Wannan rana ce ta farin ciki matuka. Wadannan mutane gasan gaskiya ne, babbar kungiya ce. ” - Diego Maradona
- "Ganin kasata ta fadi a wasan kwallon kafa yana da matukar wahala ga wanda ya sanya rigar." - Diego Maradona
- "Ganin kwallon, don gudu bayanta, ya sa na zama mutum mafi farin ciki a duniya." - Diego Maradona
- "Idan Allah ya kaddara lokacin sa, ina jin zai zo domin mu." - Diego Maradona
- "Lokacin da na sanya rigar 'yan kwallon kasar, takanta daya da fata na ya sa ta tsaya a karshen." - Diego Maradona
- “Idan mutane suka yi nasara, to saboda aiki tukuru ne. Sa'a ba ta da nasaba da nasara. ” - Diego Maradona
- “Lokacin da kuka ci nasara, ba za a kwashe ku ba. Amma idan ka bi mataki-mataki, tare da karfin gwiwa, za ka iya yin nisa. ” - Diego Maradona
- "Duk da cewa kocin na da damar yin murnar nasarorin da kungiyar ta samu, akwai hanya da kuma yadda za a yi hakan ba tare da tsananta wa abokin karawar ba." - Diego Maradona
- "Misali ne a gare shi saboda kai mai nasara ne." - Diego Maradona
- "Kuna iya fadin abubuwa da yawa game da ni, amma ba za ku taba iya cewa ban yi kasada ba." - Diego Maradona