Diego Maradona: święta historia
Diego Maradona: Holy History

Summary/Abstract: Diego Armando Maradona: no other football player had reached such a quasi-divine status as the one enjoyed today by this Argentinian player. No other has a “church” composed of more than 10 000 faithful followers. No player’s biography contains such drama or ambivalence. In none does football merge so closely with poetics and religion. Finally, no player has believed to such a degree in his divine calling, or that he is a incarnation of divinity whose site of revelation is the playing field. Interestingly, all biographies – books, films – apply a quasi-religious vocabulary to describe Maradona. At the same time, his life really does echo a model ascribed to certain saints or mythical figures. In no case is this, however, simple or exemplary “saintliness” but rather the model of a “holy sinner” or a holy fool at odds with the world…

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