# Killing Maradona

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- Book: [Killing Maradona](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-arrowsmith/killing-maradona) ([Killing Maradona.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-arrowsmith/killing-maradona.md))
- Authors: [David Arrowsmith](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-arrowsmith)
- Publisher: Cassell
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-17-8840-617-8
- Published: 2026-05-21
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Drugs, cartels, mafia, addiction, the FBI, and coercion - this is the untold story behind the tragic decline of football's most gifted and controversial legend. Maradona was football's ultimate genius - a magician on the pitch whose talent rivalled only Pelé. But off the field, the boy from the barrios of Buenos Aires became entangled in a dark web of criminal influence and personal demons. From the Cali Cartel's attempts to lure him into the drug trade, to the Camorra's grip on his life in Naples; from clashes with the Italian government to Pablo Escobar's sinister hospitality, Maradona's life was a battleground far beyond football. Battling addiction, betrayal, and exploitation, Maradona's story is one of genius corrupted - a man caught between adulation and self-destruction, whose medical neglect and FBI scrutiny culminated in a tragic end. Marking the 40th anniversary of Argentina's legendary 1986 World Cup victory, Killing Maradona is a searing investigation into the forces that destroyed football's first 'Golden Boy.'