While on the field, Maradona's soul was intertwined with the game. He was an enthusiast, a supporter on the cancha. He fought, argued, and had a very strong personality. He defended the shirt with determination and vigour, especially when he was wearing the colors of the Albiceleste.

Maradona was not tall, but he was a very resilient player, with remarkable balance and a very compact physique. Even after suffering several hits, Maradona still remained standing.

His game was impressively technical, causing crowds to applaud him through his refined technique, extreme plasticity and elegance in his movements. Maradona had a veritable arsenal of tricks.

He was a footballer blessed with divine technique, as was the custom of great players born in Argentina. The ball obeyed his most complex commands, basically a complement to his body. Maradona had tremendous control of the ball, an almost magnetic control, often with the ball glued to his body, with maximum ease in exercising his control. Even at very high speed when he performed his electrifying runs, Maradona did not lose control. Dribble after dribble, with the ball close to his feet, under his control.

His passes were formidable, and he had a vast repertoire, allowing him to centralize balls using rabonas. Whether the pass was high, low, short or long, his precision was mathematical.

Maradona was the creative axis of his teams, even when he played as a central forward. He roamed the entire pitch, reminding us of other great Argentines in this regard, such as Don Alfredo Di Stéfano himself. Maradona, however, did not finish off the attacking moves as much as Messi, for example, but always stayed deeper to create clear chances for his teammates.


CÉSAR LUIS MENOTTI: I always liked Maradona as a nine. I used him as a nine in the national team and also in Barcelona. Like Messi now, except that Maradona used to occupy more of the pitch.


His vision of the game was spectacular, to the point of observing the entire field and finding spaces that others would not. Tactically brilliant, in addition to having lightning-fast thinking, Maradona created chances that opposing defenders could not have expected.

Even though he had much more maestro characteristics, Maradona still had some goalscoring achievements in his career.