The New Maradona
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".
- 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
