Ángel Fabián Di Maria (born February 14, 1988), nicknamed Angel, is a footballer born in Rosario, Argentina, who plays as a winger for Serie A club Juventus and the Argentine national football team, is one of the best Argentine superstars in world football and one of the strongest wingers in world football. On December 18, 2022, he scored a penalty in the World Cup final in Qatar and scored another goal to help Argentina win the World Cup. Considered the "best comrade" of Argentine king Messi.
Di Maria
Di Maria's speed and dribbling skills are top-notch, he is good at breaking through with the ball and launching fast and effective defensive counter-attacks, and his assists are excellent, and his physical strength is also a major advantage, and he can constantly run back and forth at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. In the Argentine national team, Di Maria is an important attacking core, and Di Maria's absence is very weak in the Argentine offensive, completely two teams at different levels.
Di Maria
Di Maria's left foot is very skilled and often performs scissor-foot tricks. He can assist with scissor feet and has tried scissor foot to break goals. It also became his signature move on the pitch. The heart gesture after the goal is given to the family as well as to the fans.
Di Maria was born in Rosario and grew up poor. Di Maria began his professional football career in 2005 with Argentine Serie A side Rosario Central. In January 2007, he had the opportunity to play in the Russian Premier League, and the Kazan Ruby offered him a contract. At first, he agreed, but soon he changed his mind and refused. He later represented Argentina Under-20 at the 2007 World Youth Football Championship, where he performed well and helped Argentina win the championship. Di Maria's outstanding performance attracted the attention of several European clubs, and he eventually chose Portuguese Premier League side Benfica.
After joining Benfica, Di Maria quickly adapted to the team and quickly established himself in the starting line-up. In October 2009, a new contract was signed with Benfica until June 30, 2015. The first hat-trick was scored on 27 February 2010 against Upper Calendar Sports Club (final score 4–0).
Benfica period
On July 7, 2010, after the semi-finals of the World Cup in South Africa, Real Madrid officially announced that Di Maria had signed a six-year contract, and Di Maria's annual salary was 2 million euros. On 4 August 2010, Di Maria made his debut as a Real Madrid player in a friendly away match against American CF. On 22 August 2010, Real Madrid won his first goal at the Bernabéu Cup at home against Sporting Club Penarol. On 18 September 2010 , he scored his first La Liga goal against Real Sociedad ( 1–2 ) . He scored his first Champions League goal in the second away game against Auxerre in the group stage of the Champions League on 29 September 2010.
Real Madrid period
In the 2014 Copa del Rey final, Di Maria scored the Barça goal for the team, helping the team win 2-1. In the 2014 UEFA Champions League final, Di Maria had a number of exciting individual breakthroughs and creativity throughout the match, helping the team win the title with a 4-1 victory over city rivals Atletico Madrid, and was named Player of the Match after the match.
The Angels excelled at Real Madrid, but then Real Madrid president Florentino unilaterally insisted on selling Di Maria.
On 26 August 2014, Manchester United officially announced the signing of Di Maria, wearing the number 7 shirt for a transfer fee of £59.7 million, breaking the record for transfer fees in the Premier League and Manchester United. He made his debut for Manchester United against Burnley on 30 August 2014. He then made his debut at Manchester United's home stadium at Old Trafford against Queens Park Rangers on 14 September, opening the scoring with a free kick, and then assisted Mata's goal to help United win 4-0, and his outstanding performance attracted praise from everyone. In the 2014-15 season, Di Maria made 33 appearances for United in all competitions, contributing four goals and 12 assists.
Manchester United period
On August 5, 2015, Di Maria personally announced that he had passed the Paris Saint-Germain physical test, and on August 6, Paris Saint-Germain officially announced the signing of Di Maria, wearing the number 11 shirt for a transfer fee of about 44.5 million pounds, signing a four-year contract. After joining Paris Saint-Ger, Di Maria frequently used his excellent dribbling and breakthrough ability to provide assists to his teammates.
In the 2015-16 season, Di Maria made 47 appearances in all competitions for Paris Saint-Germain, contributing 15 goals and 25 assists.
The period of the Great Paris
In the 2016-17 season, Di Maria made 43 appearances in all competitions for Paris Saint-Germain, contributing 14 goals and 15 assists.
In the 2018-19 season, Di Maria made 44 appearances in all competitions for Paris Saint-Germain, contributing 19 goals and 17 assists. In his seven seasons, Di Maria made 295 appearances in all competitions for Paris Saint-Germain, contributing 92 goals and 112 assists.
On 8 July 2022, Di Maria joined Juventus on a free transfer with the number 22 shirt.
Di Maria started playing for Argentina in September 2008 and has since represented Argentina in four World Cups and five Copa Americas, helping the team win the 2021 Copa America, the 2022 Euro-American Cup and the 2022 World Cup.
In the national team