If there is a player in the world who has achieved outstanding results not “thanks”, but “contrary”, then this is Angel Di Maria. The biography of the star will be presented in this publication.
early years
His career began quite prosaically. At the age of 7 years, the boy was admitted to the club of his native Argentinian town of Rosario on the urgent recommendation of doctors. Angel was not at all eager to drive the ball with the boys across the field, he simply had nowhere to put his irrepressible energy. However, the boy quickly got used to the new occupation, demonstrating good results, which pleased the scouts of youth teams.
Already at the age of 17, Angel di Maria first entered the field as part of the adult Independiente team, immediately interesting the coach of the Argentinean youth soccer team. At the World Youth Championship 2007, the young star was marked by 3 goals. Already then it became clear: the player will not stay too long in his homeland, football Europe is eager to see him.
The finest hour at the 2008 Olympics
Immediately after the end of the World Youth Championship, the Argentinean signed a 5-year contract with the Portuguese Benfica, where the young player received a warm welcome. In Portugal, Angel Di Maria showed good football, which allowed him to go as part of the Argentinean football team to the 2008 Olympics. During the tournament, Angel Di Maria showed good understanding with team leader Lionel Messi. But the finest hour of our protagonist can be considered the final match with the Nigeria national team, where Di Maria scored the only goal that brought the team Olympic gold medals.
Interest from European giants
With his enchanting game both in the championship of Portugal and in the international arena, the young winger immediately attracted attention from European giants, among which the greatest interest was shown by Real Madrid and English Manchester United. The Royal Club was more fortunate, and Angel Di Maria moved to the creamy camp in the summer of 2010.
Career heyday
Angel had to do all the rough work at Real Madrid: to be the team’s motor and “projectile carrier” for the main star of the club, Cristiano Ronaldo. However, this fact shows that the Argentine player, in fact, has become a shadow leader. In addition, his ability to solve moments in key episodes did not disappear anywhere. He fully demonstrated this at the 2014 World Championships in Brazil. At the group stage, Angel Di Maria actually led the team, while Lionel Messi did not play well. A little damage did not allow Angel to participate in the semifinal and final matches. Who knows, maybe the absence of this player did not allow the Argentines to win their third title.
After the 2014 World Cup, the royal club, known as a “money bag” buying up all star football players, intended to become even stronger with promising young football players. And Angel’s requests for a salary increase were ignored. Not wanting to remain in the shadow of young football players, the player decides to move to Manchester United for a record sum for the English championship of 85 million euros.
Recession
Despite the enchanting start in the Premier League, very soon the Argentine player experienced a powerful recession in the game. He often found himself on the bench, and if he went out on the field, he could not cope with his emotions, folil and rude. In addition, in the Manchester house, where the Angel's family lived, attackers once made their way in search of profit. This completely undermined the psyche of the player, and during the 2014-2015 season he was never able to reach his previous level. At the end of the season, until the transfer value of Di Maria fell to a critically low mark, the management of United decided to sell the depressed player to the French PSG for 63 million euros.