“I know I’ll return to the national team some day, it’s my destiny. I’m waiting,” said Maradona, speaking to Sky Sports in an interview broadcast on Friday.Having once been at death’s door with a priest at his bedside and having suffered heart problems, obesity and drug addiction before defying doubters to get the Argentina job in 2008, it would be unwise to write off his chances of returning.
Carlos Bilardo, coach of the Argentina side that won the World Cup in Mexico in 1986, has played a major part in Maradona’s life but even he would not venture an opinion on his former captain’s future or chances of a comeback.Bilardo has a part in the choice of Maradona’s successor to lead Argentina to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, though only to advise an Argentine Football Association (AFA) selection committee on the candidates.
Date of birth -30 October 1960 (1960-10-30) (age 50)
Place of birth- Lanús, Buenos Aires province,
Playing position -Attacking Midfielder/Second Striker
Early yearsMaradona was born in Lanús, but raised in Villa Fiorito, a shantytown on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires, to a poor family that had moved from Corrientes Province. He was the first son after three daughters. He has two younger brothers, Hugo (el Turco) and Eduardo (Lalo), both of whom were also professional football players.At age 10, Maradona was spotted by a talent scout while he was playing in his neighborhood club Estrella Roja. He became a staple of Los Cebollitas (The Little Onions), the junior team of Buenos Aires’s Argentinos Juniors. As a 12-year-old ball boy, he amused spectators by showing his wizardry with the ball during the halftime intermissions of first division games.Readmore