Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30, 1960, in Villa Fiorito, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was (1)___________ in an underprivileged family and spent his adolescence playing football in the street of his (2)___________.
He made his debut at the (3)___________ of 16 and throughout his professional career he played 692 (4)___________ games scoring 352 goals. He played 90 games for the Argentina National Team and scored 33 goals, 8 of (5)___________ were in World Cups.
His first team was called Estrella Roja (Red Star) and was (6)___________ by his father for the neighborhood boys. One of the players was Gregorio “El Goyo” Carrizo, (7)___________ played in the lower divisions of Argentinos Juniors, and who helped Diego to be part of the team called “Los Cebollitas” (the small onions).With only 14 years of age, he (8)___________ the public at his first game with the team and gained (9)___________ and respect as a player. With “Los Cebollitas” he (10)___________ a winning spree of over one hundred games.
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Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30, 1960, in Villa Fiorito, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was (1)___________ in an underprivileged family and spent his adolescence playing football in the street of his (2)___________.
He made his debut at the (3)___________ of 16 and throughout his professional career he played 692 (4)___________ games scoring 352 goals. He played 90 games for the Argentina National Team and scored 33 goals, 8 of (5)___________ were in World Cups.
His first team was called Estrella Roja (Red Star) and was (6)___________ by his father for the neighborhood boys. One of the players was Gregorio “El Goyo” Carrizo, (7)___________ played in the lower divisions of Argentinos Juniors, and who helped Diego to be part of the team called “Los Cebollitas” (the small onions).With only 14 years of age, he (8)___________ the public at his first game with the team and gained (9)___________ and respect as a player. With “Los Cebollitas” he (10)___________ a winning spree of over one hundred games.
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Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30, 1960, in Villa Fiorito, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was (1)___________ in an underprivileged family and spent his adolescence playing football in the street of his (2)___________.
He made his debut at the (3)___________ of 16 and throughout his professional career he played 692 (4)___________ games scoring 352 goals. He played 90 games for the Argentina National Team and scored 33 goals, 8 of (5)___________ were in World Cups.
His first team was called Estrella Roja (Red Star) and was (6)___________ by his father for the neighborhood boys. One of the players was Gregorio “El Goyo” Carrizo, (7)___________ played in the lower divisions of Argentinos Juniors, and who helped Diego to be part of the team called “Los Cebollitas” (the small onions).With only 14 years of age, he (8)___________ the public at his first game with the team and gained (9)___________ and respect as a player. With “Los Cebollitas” he (10)___________ a winning spree of over one hundred games.