Diego Armando Maradona: hero or villain? One thing is certain: he was the greatest footballer of his generation - and perhaps of all time. A poor boy from a Buenos Aires shanty-town, his genius with a ball took him to the heights of European and world football, and his struggle with the pressures of life inside and outside the game pulled him right back down again. Never before has Maradona given us his extraordinary story in his own words. Until now. About the Author Translator MARCELA MORA Y ARAUJO works as a journalist, writer and producer specializing in Argentinian football. Prizes One of the world's greatest footballers finally tells his story in his own words 20041109 Reviews This is an operatically emotional book, and also an exceptionally vivid one', Martin Amis, Guardian .'A revealing autobiography of a footballing genius', Sunday Times Sports Book of the Week .'El Diego illustrates the man's simple, unadulterated love for the game, for the pure unsullied act of taking a football and making it dance to his exuberant tunes. It's a love story, without a happy ending, stopping when he walks off the pitch for the last time', Scotsman .'It is the autobiography of a footballer, not a celebrity who played football - Maradona's is a turbulent love story about his passion for the game', The Times .'Let's say it now, the real reason you want to read a book written by Diego Maradona is to see whether a genius who could skip past every assailant on the planet (except the ones with a wrap of coke) can actually hold a pen, let alone string a sentence together. Thankfully he can.', Arena .'If you want to know what makes the all-time greats of the beautiful game tick, this book has to join Pele's Bobby Moore's, George Best's and the rest on the shelf', Sportsladmag From The Publisher: "Sometimes I think that my whole life is on film, that my whole life is in print. But it's not like that. There are things that are only in my heart, that no one knows."
-Diego Maradona
Soccer superstar Diego Armando Maradona was a poor boy from a Buenos Aires shantytown. His genius with a ball took him to the heights of European and World football, and his struggle with the pressures of life inside and outside the game pulled him right back down again. Hero or villain, one thing is certain -- he was the greatest footballer of his generation -- and perhaps of all time. Now, in his own words, Maradona gives us his extraordinary story.
From his poverty-stricken origins to his greatest glories, he recounts with astonishing frankness and brilliant soccer insights the pivotal moments of a legendary life. We see inside the mind of one of the most controversial and complex sportsmen of our times -- a man torn between the demands of corporate club bosses, the fans, the media, and his own tempestuous personal life.
As we follow each of Maradona's triumphs and despairs, deaths and resurrections, the man behind the madness is revealed -- El Diego is a confessional, a revelation, an apology and a celebration. |
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