Diego Sinagra
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Diego Sinagra | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Sinagra | |
| Date of birth | September 20, 1986 | |
| Place of birth | Naples, Italy | |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker / Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Venafro | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1997-2004 2004-2005 |
Napoli Genoa |
|
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2005 2006 2007 2007- |
Cervia Vodafone Internapoli Quarto Venafro |
11 (0) 2 (0) 9 (1) 14 (1) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
||
Diego Sinagra (September 20, 1986, Naples), also known as Diego Maradona Jr., is an Italian footballer and beach soccer player who is most famous for being the son of former Argentine international midfielder Diego Armando Maradona.
Contents |
[edit] Biography
Diego Jr. was a result of an affair between Diego Maradona and a young Neapolitan woman, Cristina Sinagra. He was brought up by his mother in the Province of Naples.
Diego Sinagra had a passion for football and started playing at a young age showing promise by emunlating the skills of his father. At eleven years old he was a part of the Napoli youth squad. Diego first met his father in 2003, in the course of a golf tournament in Rome. Sinagra represented the Italian national team at under-17 age level. In 2004, the young Diego joined the youth squad of Genoa for a season.
[edit] Playing in Eccellenza and in Serie D
His start in first team football came in the amateur leagues during 2005 when he joined Cervia, a team of the Eccellenza division of Emilia-Romagna, which was subject of a national reality show, named Campioni - Il sogno.
He then joined Internapoli, from Eccellenza Campania, in January 2006, after having been without team for the first half of the 2005-06 season, he only played two games for the club as he suffered an injury which kept him sidelined. In 2007 he joined Quarto, another club in the Campanian Eccellenza;[1] Quarto were victorious in the Eccellenza play-offs that season and were promoted to Serie D. He then agreed to stay at Quarto for the 2007–08 Serie D season, but left the club by mutual consent on November 16, 2007 following a head coach replacement which caused him concerns about his role in the team.[2] He then signed for Venafro, a Molisan Serie D team, a few weeks later.[3] On January 21, 2008 Maradona scored the first goal with Venafro from 30 metres [1].
[edit] Beach Soccer
On April 29, Diego Jr. is convoked in the Beach Soccer Italy National Team for the Beach Soccer World Cup's qualifications which will be held from May 11 to 18 in Spain.[2] On May 12 Diego Junior made his debut in the national team in the match against Greece. [3]
[edit] Honours
- 2006-07 - Eccellenza Play-Off Winner (Quarto)
[edit] References
- ^ TuttoMercatoWeb
- ^ Maradona jr lascia il Quarto (Italian). ReSport.it (2007-11-16). Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
- ^ "Maradona jr acquistato dal Venafro, serie D", Corriere del Mezzogiorno, 2007-12-06. Retrieved on 2007-12-09. (Italian)
