Welcome to the Diego Maradona Soccer Academy

Training and Developing soccer players for Professional and Scholarship Opportunities!

Our South American and European training techniques focus on constant training and practicing with the ball.  

For the last 10 years our soccer school has emphasised "Everything with the ball." 

Playing professionally in Argentina and Spain and then later in Canada, Diego has seen the vast difference in training technique and player development.  Canada has a large number of great players with amazing potential but many of them get discouraged when they begin to play at higher levels or are brought to Europe or South America, as many Canadian camps and trainers do not prepare them for what they will experience.  Diego implements South American and European training in which he concentrates on players first touch, control, passing, shooting, etc. He teaches and explains to the players the whys and how's of their actions, so they are not simply doing what they are told but will be able to apply this on their own when in a game situation. 

The majority of Diego's drills focus on individual improvement.  This ensures that players of different skill levels do not need to depend on each other but only on themselves to improve.  Our sessions not only build skill but confidence and passion which is fundamental in soccer!

 "Growing up in a soccer based family, soccer has been my entire life since birth. I have trained in Argentina, Canada and Spain. I strongly believe in the South American and Argentine soccer training techniques. They are the basis of every great Argentinian player, many of them which are dominating professional soccer; Messi and of course the best player in the history of the game, Maradona! Living in Canada we see the growing influence of Argentinian players who were trained and developed with the same techniques in Argentina. Through personal player assessment, an individual and group plan for improvement and a South American training curriculum each Maradona Academy player will see improvement. I plan to use this technique of development to improve your child’s touch, control, pass, shot, vision of the field, understanding of the game, overall confidence and passion!"