Angel Di Maria Age, Biography, Net Worth, Football Career, Facts

Ángel Di María is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Argentine national team. He can play as either a winger or an attacking midfielder. Ángel was born and raised in Rosario, Argentina, and belonged to a poor family. You will know all about Angel Di Maria’s full biography including his journey in world football and the different clubs he played for and Everything.

Who Is Angel Di Maria?

Ángel Fabián Di María is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Argentine national team. Ángel entered professional football through the Rosario Central club in 2005 and then moved to Portugal in 2007 to join Benfica. After playing for three years, he signed for Real Madrid for 25 million euros.

Playing for the club, he played an important role for the club during the 2011-12 League and the UEFA Champions League. In 2014 he signed Manchester United for € 59.7 million. He played only one season for the club, after which he decided to join PSG for 44 million euros. From the national team, he had contributed his presence in three FIFA World Cups and four Copa América tournaments.

Angel Di Maria Information

Full Name	Angel Fabian Di Maria
Nickname	Fideo
Profession	Association football player
Date of Birth & Age	14 February 1988 (35 Year)
Birth Place	Rosario, Argentina
Religion	Catholic
Marital Status	Married
Hometown & Country	Argentina
Height	180 Centimeters

Angel Di Maria Early life

Di María was born on February 14, 1988, in Rosario, Santa Fe, as one of the three children of Miguel and Diana, and grew up in Perdriel. When he was a baby, he was unusually active and, on the recommendation of a doctor, he signed up for soccer at age three.

He also helped his parents with his work at a local coal yard along with his two sisters, Vanessa and Evelyn. Due to the low income, his family earned, buying football boots and keeping up with the Di Maria fans was difficult for his parents. He considers himself a “family man” and has used a significant amount of his salary to “give back” to his family [6]. After being transferred to Benfica, he asked his father to stop working and bought a house for his parents and sisters.

Angel Di Maria Football Career

Angel has represented five clubs in his career: Benfica, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, and Rosario Central. We will review his time on these teams in the following sections.

Angel joined the youth wing of ‘Rosario Central’ in 1995 and honed his skills there. He scored the first professional goal of his life in 2006 in the ‘Apertura’ tournament against ‘Quilmes’. He was also part of the U-20 national team that played in the ‘FIFA World Cup’. There he performed exceptionally well and bagged a $ 6.5 million offer from ‘Boca Juniors’.

Clubs	Season
Paris Saint-Germain	2005-07
Benfica	2007-10
Real Madrid	2010-15
Manchester United	2014-15
Paris Saint- Germain	2015-current

• Rosario Central

At age four, Di María joined Rosario Central. As he had already agreed to play for his local club, Torito, 35 balls were handed out in compensation.

Di María made his professional debut on December 14, 2005, in Rosario del Apertura’s last match, a 2-2 draw against Independiente, replacing Emiliano Vecchio.

• Benfica

In July 2007, he officially joined “Benfica”, a Portuguese local team, and started playing as a winger. He performed well with the team and the managers soon considered offering him another contract.

In 2009, he was held for three more years. In October of that year, one of the best footballers in the world, Diego Maradona, praised his skills and said that he was “Argentina’s next superstar.”

In October 2009, Di Maria signed a new contract with Benfica, extending his current contract for three years until June 30, 2015, with a release fee of at least 40 million euros.

Diego Maradona endorsed him to become “Argentina’s next superstar” later that month.

• Real Madrid

In June 2010, “Real Madrid”, one of the best football clubs in the world, officially announced that they were in talks with “Benfica” for the transfer of Angel. On August 29, 2010 he made his league debut with ‘Real Madrid’ in a match that ended in a draw.

The following month, he scored his first league goal in a match against Real Sociedad. He also performed very well in helping his team reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, which was the first time his team had played in seven years.

In April, he played an important role in Real Madrid’s victory in the Copa del Rey. By the end of his first season with ‘Real Madrid’, Ángel had appeared in 53 games and scored 9 goals, which was an exceptional performance for an attacking midfielder.

• Manchester United

In 2014, he signed a five-year contract with “Manchester United” for a whopping £ 59.7 million transfer fee. It was one of the most important transfer deals the club had ever made. However, he scored only 4 goals in the 34 games in which he played. Soccer experts cited it as one of the worst deals in soccer history.

It was getting difficult for ‘Manchester United’ to keep Angel with them longer, and he was transferred to ‘Paris Saint-Germain’ in 2015. His performance improved and he helped his team to win the final of the ‘ Ligue Cup ‘. He also made the “Ligue 1” record for most assists in a season, with 18 assists. In the following season, his team also won the “Ligue Cup”. In the 2017-2018 season, he played a crucial role in his team’s victory in the “Coupe de France”.

He also played for his national team in the 2010, 2014 and 2018 “FIFA World Cups” and in various other tournaments.

• Paris Saint-Germain

On August 2, 2015, it was confirmed that Di Maria will have a medical examination before joining Paris Saint-Germain, and four days later Manchester United revealed that he had been sold to the French champions for an undisclosed fee, estimated at around £ 44. million, and had signed a four-year deal.

Juventus

On 8 July 2022, Di María joined Juventus as a free agent after signing a one-year contract. He made his debut for the club on 15 August, in the opening match of Juventus’ Serie A season; He scored the first goal and then assisted on Dušan Vlahović’s second goal in an eventual 3–0 home win, but was substituted in the second half after suffering an injury.

On 15 September, he made his 100th Champions League appearance and debut for Juventus in that competition, in a 2–1 home defeat against his former club Benfica. On 5 October, Di María provided a hat-trick of assists in a 3–1 home win against Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League, becoming the third-highest provider of assists in the history of the competition.

Despite his contributions, Juventus finished third in the group stage, which put them in the play-offs of the Europa League knockout round and, as a result, failed to reach the round of 16 of the Europa League. Champions for the first time since 2013.

On 23 February 2023, he scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 away win over Nantes in the Europa League. On 9 March he scored his fourth goal in the competition, after scoring the only goal in the home victory over Freiburg. He impressed throughout the season, despite suffering multiple hamstring injuries, which limited his playing time. On June 6, Di María confirmed his departure from Juventus, after the expiration of his contract.

Return to Benfica

On 6 July 2023, Di María signed a one-year contract with Benfica and was presented in front of 2,500 Benfica fans at the entrance of the Estádio da Luz. On 9 August, Di María made his second Benfica debut, scoring the first goal in a 2–0 victory over Porto in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, winning his first trophy with the club. With two assists and a goal in a 4–0 victory over Vitória de Guimarães on 2 September, he reached five goals in his first four league games, the best in the league.

International career

He was part of the Argentina U-20 team that won the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and came second at the 2007 South American Youth Championship.

Di Maria appeared with the senior team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, where his team finished second. He was also a member of the 2015 and 2016 Copa América teams, where his team came in second.

In the qualifying campaign for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Di Maria made 18 appearances. Di María was named to coach Jorge Sampaoli’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia on May 22, 2018. He scored a long-distance goal against France on June 30 in a 4-3 loss. that saw Argentina leave the World Cup. Cup in the round of 16.

He was selected to Lionel Scaloni’s last 23-man Argentine team for the 2019 Copa América on May 21, 2019. It will be good to read more about Angel Di María’s biography.

Individual Awards

•          Primeira Liga: Player of the Month April 2010
•          UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2013–14
•          La Liga top assist provider: 2013–14
•          2014 FIFA World Cup: Dream Team
•          Olimpia de Plata: 2014
•         UEFA Team of the Year: 2014
•          FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2014
•          ESM Team of the Year: 2015–16
•          Premier League Goal of the Season: 2014–15
•          Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2015–16, 2018–19
•          Ligue 1 top assist provider: 2015–16
•       Coupe de France top goalscorer: 2017–18

Angel Di Maria Net Worth

His Net Worth is around 22.6 Million dollars.

Angel Di Maria Personal Life

Angel Di Maria has both Italian and Argentine passports, as her ancestors were from Italy.

In 2011 he married Jorgelina, an Argentine compatriot. They have a daughter named Pia.

Angel is considered a family man. He used his first paycheck to make his father quit his job. He soon bought a house for his family.

Angel Di Maria Wife

• Ángel Di María’s wife – Jorgelina Cardoso is five years older than the footballer. The couple married in 2011 and they still live in harmony. His wife is the number one fan of the footballer. She is willing to dispute with opponents on social media for any criticism.

Summary

Angel Di Maria has quickly become international stardom with football. He took up sports at an early age and focused his life on playing professional Football.