Often a doomed tag for the player concerned, but nearly every year another
young player stars in Argentinian football and is dubbed "the new Maradona".
| Year | Player |
| 1989 | Diego Latorre |
| 1990 | Redondo |
| 1992 | Ariel Ortega |
| 1998 | Pablo Aimar |
| 1999 | Marcelo Gallardo |
| 2000 | Carlos Marinelli |
| 2001 | Javier Saviola |
| 2002 | Andres D'Alessandro |
| 2003 | Juan Roman Riquelme |
| 2004 | Carlos Tevez |
| 2005 | Lionel Messi |
| 2006 | Sergio Aguero |
| 2008 | Ezequiel Lavezzi |
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The New Maradona 