Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award.
Maradona after winning the 1986 FIFA World Cup with Argentina
Maradona playing at the Torneos Evita in 1973 (a national sporting event in Argentina) with the "Cebollitas"
Maradona's most famous nutmeg during his debut in the Primera División, 20 October 1976
Maradona being held aloft by fans of Boca Juniors after winning the 1981 Metropolitano championship
In association football, a playmaker is a footballer who controls the flow of the team's play, and is often involved in offensively and defensively playing passing moves which lead to goals, through their vision, technique, ball control, creativity and passing ability.
Attacking midfielder Diego Maradona (shirt number 10) right before scoring the "Goal of the Century" for Argentina against England in the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico
Deep-lying playmaker Andrea Pirlo playing for Italy against England in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012
Luka Modrić is known for his ability to blend advanced playmaking with box-to-box play and deep-lying positioning.
Ronaldinho – pictured with Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics – occasionally played as an inverted winger throughout his career.
