Diego Armando Maradona or simply, Maradona was born on October 30, 1960, in Buenos Aries and will celebrate his 59th birthday on Wednesday. He is widely regarded as one of the best football players of all-time of not the best of all time. Maradona played for Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell’s Old Boys during his club career.