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Who is the footballer of the century?
Some people say that Pele is that person without a doubt. But then there are the
people that say Maraddona was better. So we have take the fact that Pele hasn't
tarnished his reputation the way that Maraddona has, so here is what we
think.
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THE BEGINING
30th
october 1960
He was born in Lanus, at 7am.
692 official
games He
played 241 games in Argentina (Argentinos 166, Boca 70 y Newell´s 5), 58
in Barcelona, 259 in Napoli, 29 in Sevilla and 105 in the National team.
10
títles gained
Youth World Cup 1979, Boca 1981, Barcelona (Copa del
Rey 1983), Mexico World Cup 1986, Nápoli (2 italian leagues: 1987 and
1990; Italian Cup 1987, UEFA Cup 1989 and Italian Super Cup 1991), A.
Franchi Cup 1993.
5
times best scorer
Metropolitan 1978, Metropolitan 1979, National
1979, Metropolitan 1980 and National 1980.
33
goals in National team
Second historic top goal scorer, behind Gabriel
Batistuta, who scored 40.
2
The teams that he managed
Forming double with Carlos Fren, he was Deportivo
Mandiyu coach(12 games in Apertura ´94) and Racing (11 games in Clausura
´95).
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15
the age when he begun October
20 1976, playing for Argentinos Jrs. His team lost 1 to 0 vs.Talleres of
Córdoba.
352
goals in his career He
made 116 in Argentinos, 35 in Boca Juniors, 38 in Barcelona, 115 in Napoli,
7 in Sevilla, 8 in the National youth team and 33 in major.
90
games in National team
He is the second player with most games played in
Argentine team, behind Oscar Ruggeri, who played in 98 opportunities.
8
goals in World Cups
The argentine top goal scorer in World Cups is
Gabriel Batistuta with 9
21
games in World Cups
He is the argentine player who played most games in
World cups. He shares this record with germans Seeler and Matthaeus
and polac Zmuda.
37 retiring
age(¿¿ DEFINITIVE ??)
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