1. Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona is arguably one of the greatest talents the game has ever seen. His combination of speed, balance, grace, skill and vision made him virtually unplayable when he was on-song. The mercurial forward suffered from addiction problems that destroyed large portions of his career. Thrice he was banned from the sport for testing positive for prohibited substances.
He failed a drug test in March of 1991, earning a 15-month ban and effectively ending his golden period in Italy with Napoli. During the 1994 World Cup finals in the United States, he once again tested positive, marking a solemn end to his international career with Argentina while earning another 15-month ban from football. Maradona’s final positive test occurred in 1997, signalling the end of his illustrious career. In an interview for the 2008 film ‘Maradona’ by Kusturica, Maradona claimed;
“Do you know the kind of player I would’ve been if I had not used cocaine? What a player we’ve lost! I have a sour taste in my mouth because I could have been a lot bigger!”
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