Diego Armando Maradona - International Appearances


The outstanding Argentine player obtained 91 international caps with his National Team, scoring 34 goals. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:    30-10-1960
Died:    25-11-2020
Country: Argentina
Caps:    91     (W42 - D29 - L20 - GF137 - GA85 - %62.09)
Goals:   34     (0.37 per match)
Age First Cap:  16 yr 120 d     27- 2-1977 vs. Hungary  5-1
Age Last Cap:   33 yr 238 d     25- 6-1994 vs. Nigeria  2-1
National Team Career: 17 yr 118 d

 
Caps  Goals   Date        Venue            Opponent       Score       Competition

   1          27- 2-77    Buenos Aires     Hungary          5-1
   2          24- 8-77    Buenos Aires     Paraguay         2-1       Copa Félix Bogado
   3          31- 8-77    Asunción         Paraguay         0-2 (1)   Copa Félix Bogado   
   4          19- 4-78    Buenos Aires     Eire             3-1
   5          25- 4-79    Buenos Aires     Bulgaria         2-1
   6          22- 5-79    Bern             Netherlands      0-0 (2)   FIFA 75th Anniversary
   7          26- 5-79    Roma             Italy            2-2
   8          29- 5-79    Dublin           Eire             0-0
   9   1  1    2- 6-79    Glasgow          Scotland         3-1
  10   1  2   25- 6-79    Buenos Aires     F.I.F.A.         1-2
  11      2    2- 8-79    Rio de Janeiro   Brazil           1-2       Copa América 
  12   1  3    8- 8-79    Buenos Aires     Bolivia          3-0       Copa América
  13   1  4   30- 4-80    Buenos Aires     Eire             1-0
  14      4   13- 5-80    London           England          1-3
  15      4   16- 5-80    Dublin           Eire             1-0
  16   3  7   21- 5-80    Wien             Austria          5-1
  17      7   18- 9-80    Mendoza          Chile            2-2
  18      7    9-10-80    Buenos Aires     Bulgaria         2-0
  19   1  8   12-10-80    Buenos Aires     Poland           2-1
  20      8   15-10-80    Buenos Aires     Czechoslovakia   1-0
  21   1  9    4-12-80    Mar del Plata    Soviet Union     1-1
  22   1 10   16-12-80    Córdoba          Switzerland      5-0
  23     10    1- 1-81    Montevideo       West Germany     2-1       Copa de Oro
  24   1 11    4- 1-81    Montevideo       Brazil           1-1       Copa de Oro
  25     11    9- 3-82    Mar del Plata    Czechoslovakia   0-0
  26     11   24- 3-82    Buenos Aires     West Germany     1-1
  27     11   14- 4-82    Buenos Aires     Soviet Union     1-1
  28     11    5- 5-82    Buenos Aires     Bulgaria         2-1
  29     11   12- 5-82    Rosario          Romania          1-0
  30     11   13- 6-82    Barcelona        Belgium          0-1       World Cup
  31   2 13   18- 6-82    Alicante         Hungary          4-1       World Cup
  32     13   23- 6-82    Alicante         El Salvador      2-0       World Cup
  33     13   29- 6-82    Barcelona        Italy            1-2       World Cup
  34     13    2- 7-82    Barcelona        Brazil           1-3       World Cup
  35   1 14    9- 5-85    Buenos Aires     Paraguay         1-1
  36   1 15   14- 5-85    Buenos Aires     Chile            2-0
  37   2 17   26- 5-85    San Cristóbal    Venezuela        3-2       World Cup Qualifier
  38     17    2- 6-85    Bogotá           Colombia         3-1       World Cup Qualifier
  39   1 18    9- 6-85    Buenos Aires     Venezuela        3-0       World Cup Qualifier
  40     18   16- 6-85    Buenos Aires     Colombia         1-0       World Cup Qualifier
  41     18   23- 6-85    Lima             Peru             0-1       World Cup Qualifier
  42     18   30- 6-85    Buenos Aires     Peru             2-2       World Cup Qualifier
  43   1 19   14-11-85    Los Angeles      Mexico           1-1
  44     19   17-11-85    Puebla           Mexico           1-1
  45     19   26- 3-86    Paris            France           0-2
  46     19   30- 4-86    Oslo             Norway           0-1
  47   2 21    4- 5-86    Tel-Aviv         Israel           7-2
  48     21    2- 6-86    Cd.de México     South Korea      3-1       World Cup
  49   1 22    5- 6-86    Puebla           Italy            1-1       World Cup
  50     22   10- 6-86    Cd.de México     Bulgaria         2-0       World Cup
  51     22   16- 6-86    Puebla           Uruguay          1-0       World Cup
  52   2 24   22- 6-86    Cd.de México     England          2-1       World Cup
  53   2 26   25- 6-86    Cd.de México     Belgium          2-0       World Cup
  54     26   29- 6-86    Cd.de México     West Germany     3-2       World Cup
  55   1 27   10- 6-87    Zürich           Italy            1-3
  56   1 28   27- 6-87    Buenos Aires     Peru             1-1       Copa América
  57   2 30    2- 7-87    Buenos Aires     Ecuador          3-0       Copa América
  58     30    9- 7-87    Buenos Aires     Uruguay          0-1       Copa América
  59     30   11- 7-87    Buenos Aires     Colombia         1-2       Copa América
  60     30   16-12-87    Buenos Aires     West Germany     1-0
  61   1 31   31- 3-88    Berlin           Soviet Union     2-4       Four Nations Cup
  62     31    2- 4-88    Berlin           West Germany     0-1       Four Nations Cup
  63     31   12-10-88    Sevilla          Spain            1-1       Copa Hispanidad
  64     31    2- 7-89    Goiânia          Chile            1-0       Copa América
  65     31    4- 7-89    Goiânia          Ecuador          0-0       Copa América
  66     31    8- 7-89    Goiânia          Uruguay          1-0       Copa América
  67     31   10- 7-89    Goiânia          Bolivia          0-0       Copa América
  68     31   12- 7-89    Rio de Janeiro   Brazil           0-2       Copa América
  69     31   14- 7-89    Rio de Janeiro   Uruguay          0-2       Copa América
  70     31   21-12-89    Cagliari         Italy            0-0
  71     31    3- 5-90    Wien             Austria          1-1
  72     31    8- 5-90    Bern             Switzerland      1-1
  73   1 32   22- 5-90    Tel-Aviv         Israel           2-1
  74     32    8- 6-90    Milano           Cameroon         0-1       World Cup
  75     32   13- 6-90    Napoli           Soviet Union     2-0       World Cup
  76     32   18- 6-90    Napoli           Romania          1-1       World Cup
  77     32   23- 6-90    Torino           Brazil           1-0       World Cup
  78     32   30- 6-90    Firenze          Yugoslavia       0-0 (3)   World Cup
  79     32    3- 7-90    Napoli           Italy            1-1 (4)   World Cup
  80     32    8- 7-90    Roma             West Germany     0-1       World Cup
  81     32   18- 2-93    Buenos Aires     Brazil           1-1       A.F.A. 100th Anniversary
  82     32   24- 2-93    Mar del Plata    Denmark          1-1 (5)   Artemio Franchi Cup
  83     32   31-10-93    Sydney           Australia        1-1       World Cup Qualifier
  84     32   17-11-93    Buenos Aires     Australia        1-0       World Cup Qualifier
  85   1 33   20- 4-94    Salta            Morocco          3-1
  86     33   18- 5-94    Santiago         Chile            3-3
  87     33   25- 5-94    Guayaquil        Ecuador          0-1
  88     33   31- 5-94    Tel-Aviv         Israel           3-0
  89     33    4- 6-94    Zagreb           Croatia          0-0
  90   1 34   21- 6-94    Boston           Greece           4-0       World Cup
  91     34   25- 6-94    Boston           Nigeria          2-1       World Cup


(1) Argentina lost 1-3 on penalty kicks.
(2) Argentina won 8-7 on penalty kicks.
(3) Argentina won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
(4) Argentina won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
(5) Argentina won 5-4 on penalty kicks.

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    91    42   29   20  137-  85      113      62.09

34 Goals in 91 Matches (0.37 per match) 

Types of Goals / Matches

Friendlies             40  /  17
World Cup              21  /   8
World Cup Qualifiers    8  /   3
Copa America           12  /   4
Other Tournaments      10  /   2

Total                  91  /  34

  


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Last updated: 26 Nov 2020

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