Diego Sinagra is an Italian football player who is considered the most famous son of legendary Argentinian football player Diego Maradona.
Wiki/Biography
Diego Armando Maradona Sinagra was born on Saturday, September 20, 1986 (34 years old in 2020) in Naples, Italy, and was raised by his mother, Cristiana Sinagra.
Diego Sinagra with his mother as a child
Growing up in Naples, Italy, Sinagra developed an interest in soccer and began playing professionally at an early age.
Diego Sinagra plays football with his childhood friend Giuseppe Falcao
appearance
Height: 5′ 5¾”
Eye color: moss green
Hair color: dark brown
Diego Sinagra Walking
Family and Race
Diego Sinagra came from an Italian Roman Catholic family in Naples.
Parents and siblings
Diego Sinagra was the product of an affair between Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona and a young local woman, Italian model Cristiana Sinagra. His father died of a heart attack on Wednesday, November 25, 2020; just two weeks after he was released from hospital after undergoing surgery for a blood clot in his brain.
Diego Sinagra with his parents
Diego Sinagra and his mother
Diego Sinagra and his father Diego Maradona
He has seven half-siblings, four half-sisters and four half-brothers. His two half-sisters, Dalma Nerea (born April 1987) and Giannina De Nora (born May 1989), are born to Maradona’s wife and Sinagra’s stepmother, Claudia Villafagne.
Diego Sinagra’s half sister Dalma Nerea
Diego Sinagra’s half sister Gianinna Dinorah
His third half-sister, Jana Maradona, was born in 1996 and is an underwear model.
Diego Sinagra with his half-sister Yana Maradona and his father Diego Maradona
His other half-brother, Diego Fernando, was born to Diego Maradona and Veronica Ojeda.
Diego Sinagra’s half-brothers Diego Fernando and Diego Maradona
His other half-siblings’ names are Santiago Lara, Joana, Lu and Javielito.
Relationships, Wife and Children
In March 2015, he got engaged to his girlfriend of many years, Nunzia Pennino, and they got married on June 10, 2015 in a Roman Catholic church in Naples, Italy.
Diego Sinagra wedding photos
The couple has two children.
Diego Sinagra and his children
sign
Diego Sinagra Signature
Profession
Early Years
Diego Sinagra started playing professional football in the amateur league by joining Italian football club Cervia in 2005. In January 2006, he moved from Campania to Inter Milan, but played only two games for the club due to injuries.
Diego Sinagra, a teenage football player
In 2007, Sinagra started playing for Quarto, another club in Eccellenza, Campania, and they were promoted to Serie D after the club won the Eccellenza playoffs that season. Sinagra left the club on 16 November 2007 after a change of head coach at Quarto, and a few weeks later he signed for Venafro of Serie D, Molisan, and while playing for Venafro, his first goal came from 30 metres out on 21 January 2008. He later left Venafro and joined beach soccer team ASD Mare di Roma. Sinagra also played for FC America – (Eccellenza Campania) (December 2008 to August 2009), Juve Stabia (August 2009 to September 2009) and US Arzanese.
Beach Soccer
Diego Sinagra joined the Italian national beach soccer team on 29 April 2008, and played in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers held in Spain from 11 May 2008 to 18 May 2008. Sinagra made his debut for the national team on 12 May 2008 against Greece. After playing four games in the Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, Sinagra helped Italy to a fourth place finish and qualify for the World Cup. In June 2008, he scored six goals in three games for Roma, and Italian head coach Giancarlo Magrini was so convinced of his performance that he included him in the squad for the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Italy lost to Brazil 5–3 in the World Cup final, in which Sinagra scored two goals, including one in the final. In 2009, Napoli Beach Soccer Club bought Diego Sinagra and led the team to win the Italian Beach Soccer Championship for the first time in history.
Diego Sinagra holds the trophy
dispute
Diego Sinagra and his mother, Christiana Sinagra, had to engage in a lengthy court battle to get Diego Maradona to acknowledge paternity.
Favorite Things
- Racing driver: Alex Zanardi
- Leaders: Fidel Castro, Che Guevara
- Sports: basketball, racing, golf, tennis
- Baseball player: Kobe Bryant
Facts/Trivia
- He is also known by the name Diego Jr. or Dieguito.
- He had to wait a long time to be recognized as Diego Maradona’s son. Sinagra and his mother, Christiana Sinagra, had to fight a long legal battle to get their blood relationship recognized.
- In 1993, Maradona’s paternity was recognized by an Italian court, and in 2007, Maradona first acknowledged Sinagra as his son; however, it was not until August 25, 2016 that Maradona publicly acknowledged Sinagra as his son, and in front of the Buenos Aires media, Maradona declared,
I love him very much, he is very much like me.”
On August 25, 2016, Maradona publicly identified Sinagra as his son
- Sinagra reportedly first met his father, Diego Maradona, in Fiuggi in 2003 when his father went there to participate in a golf tournament.
- According to some sources, Pope Francis, then Archbishop of Buenos Aires, tried to convince Maradona to acknowledge Sinagra as his son, an accusation denied by Maradona’s lawyers.
- He always wears two wristbands on his wrists with his initials “DAM” and the number “10” written on them.
Diego Sinagra’s wristband
- Sinagra has several tattoos on his body, including one of the famous Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara, and a tattoo of the number 10.
Diego Sinagra’s tattoos
- Sinagra is a big fan of Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist Pino Daniel. According to Sinagra, Pino’s melodies have been with him since he was a child.
Diego Sinagra posted on Instagram about his favorite musician Pino Daniele
- Speaking about his favorite football player, Lionel Messi, Sinagra said,
Messi is a giant, I love him, more than Cristiano Ronaldo, but more, and when people compare him to my father, I will refute them. I will also get angry when Argentines pick on him, and I will tell them ‘leave that kid alone’, because we have to enjoy it. Because apart from my father, he is the greatest player in the history of football. “
- Sinagra loves dancing and often participates in various dance reality shows with his wife Nunzia Penino.
Diego Sinagra and his wife to appear on dance reality show
- In November 2020, while his father Diego Maradona was still recovering from surgery for a brain blood clot, Sinagra and his wife Nunzia Penino were also rushed to the hospital due to complications from the coronavirus. Later, Sinagra posted on Instagram that he and his wife tested positive for COVID-19.
Diego Sinagra posts on Instagram about testing positive for coronavirus
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