Diego Maradona
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: One of Soccer’s Greatest Players
“Every morning that I get up, I should light a candle to the soccer ball.”
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Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, and one of the most popular soccer player’s in the world is , star of the Argentina national team and a professiona ....
Middle of paper
.... neighborhoods in Buenos Aires. His father, also named Diego, was a factory worker. His mom, Dalma Franco, was a housewife. Though the family was very poor, there was always food on their table. Maradona received his first soccer ball from his father at the age of three. His father encouraged him to play soccer. Diego practiced all day and slept with the ball all night.
Maradona was soon playing for Argentina’s best youth team, Los Cebollitos (the Little Onions). His team was abl ....
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Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
