Angel Di Maria: an angel wandering in search of happiness

If there is a footballer in the world who has achieved outstanding results not "thanks" but "in spite of", then this is Angel Di Maria. The biography of the star will be presented in this publication.

early years

His career began rather prosaically. At the age of 7, the boy was admitted to the club of the native Argentine town of Rosario, at the urging 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 became accustomed to the new occupation, showing good results, than pleased scouts of youth teams.

Already at the age of 17, Angel di Maria entered the field for the first time as part of the adult team "Independiente", immediately interested in the coach of the Argentine youth team for football. At the Youth World Championship-2007 young star was marked with 3 goals. Even then it became clear: the player does not sit out at home, he wants to see football Europe.

Star hour at the Olympics-2008

Immediately after the completion of the World Youth Championship, the Argentinian signed a 5-year contract with the Portuguese "Benfica", where the young player was given a warm welcome. In Portugal, Angel Di Maria showed good football, it allowed him to go to the Argentina national team for the 2008 Olympics. During the tournament Angel Di Maria showed a good understanding with the team leader Lionel Messi. But the starry hour of our main character can be considered the final match against Nigeria, where Di Maria scored the only goal that brought the team gold medals of the Olympic Games.

Interest from European grandees

With his enchanting play both in the Portuguese championship and in the international arena, the young winger immediately chained attention from European grandees, among which Madrid Real Madrid and English Manchester United showed the greatest interest. The Royal Club was more fortunate, and Angel Di Maria moved to the "cream" camp in the summer of 2010.

The heyday of a career

Angel had to perform in the "Real" all the rough work: to be the motor of the team and the "shell of the shells" for the main star of the club Cristiano Ronaldo. However, this circumstance shows that the Argentine player, in fact, became a shadow leader. In addition, his ability to solve moments in key episodes was not lost anywhere. This is fully demonstrated by him at the World Cup in 2014 in Brazil. In the group stage, Angel Di Maria actually led the team, while Lionel Messi did not stick to the game. A small damage did not allow Angel to participate in the semifinal and final matches. How to know, perhaps, the absence of this player and did not allow the Argentines to win their third title.

After the World Cup-2014, the royal club, known as the "money bag", buying up all star players, intended to further strengthen its young promising players. And Angel's requests for salary increase were ignored. Not wanting to remain in the shadow of young players, the player decides to go to Manchester United for a record for the English championship amount of 85 million euros.

Recession

Despite the enchanting beginning in the Premier League, very soon the Argentine player experienced a powerful decline in the game. He increasingly found himself on the bench, and if he went out into the field, he could not cope with his emotions, he was foul and rude. In addition, in the Manchester house, where the family lived, Angel, once the intruders made their way in search of profit. This finally undermined the player's psyche, and during the 2014-2015 season he could not reach his previous level. At the end of the season, until the transfer fee of Di Maria fell to a critically low mark, the management of "United" decided to sell the despondent player to the French "PSG" for 63 million euros.