Ex-Barça: Maradona to Argentina

Former Barcelona player Diego Maradona (48) has yesterday been officially presented as the new head coach of the Argentinian national team.

Maradona's last coaching experience dates back to 1995, when he was for a short while the manager of Argentinian first division club Racing Club.

Arriving from Argentinian club Boca Juniors in the summer of 1982, Diego Maradona played two seasons for Barcelona. After a dispute with Barcelona president Josep Lluís Nuñez, the attacker joined Italian club Napoli in 1984.

With Barcelona, Maradona won one Spanish cup in 1983, one Spanish super cup in 1983, one Spanish league cup in 1983 and one European super cup in 1982.

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