The trailer for the highly-anticipated film focused on Diego Maradona's sensational and controversial career has been released.
Featuring exclusive interviews with Maradona himself and constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from his personal archive, the film charts his rise to the top of world football and the difficulty that plagued his later years.
The documentary comes from the BAFTA and Academy Award-winning team behind films focused on Formula One driver Ayrton Senna and singer Amy Winehouse.
The doc focuses primarily on Maradona's time at Napoli, when he rose to the top of world football but also where his problems began to spiral out of control.
Maradona spent seven years at the Italian giants after arriving from Barcelona in 1984 and quickly became a club legend. Napoli had never won the Serie A title but managed to do so within two years of his arrival.
In his glittering, though controversial time in Naples, Maradona won two Serie A titles, the Italian Cup, the Italian Super Cup and the UEFA Cup.
Unfortunately, Maradona’s time with Napoli ended on a sour note. He wanted to leave the club at the end of the 1988/89 season when Marseille came calling but the club ultimately refused to sell.
In 1991 Maradona failed a drugs test, when traces of cocaine were found in his urine after a match against Bari. He received a 15-month ban and never wore the Napoli shirt again.
Maradona went on to briefly play for Sevilla and Newell’s Old Boys, before returning to Boca Juniors in 1995, for two years.
His playing career saw him win the Golden Ball award at the 1986 World Cup, voted joint FIFA Player of the 20th Century alongside Pele, as well having his second goal against England in the ‘86 tournament voted the Goal of the Century in a FIFA poll in 2002.
Released in UK cinemas on June 14, director Asif Kapadia has insisted he thought it was 'vital' to make a documentary about the 58-year-old.
He said: 'Diego Maradona is about an uneducated streetwise kid from a shantytown, thrust into the height of worldwide fame, earning huge amounts of money, given a Godlike status, all because of his magical left foot.
'I wanted to try to understand this charismatic genius, to show all sides of his personality, focusing on his time in Naples, when he became the greatest player in the world, but also where his problems began to spiral out of control.
'It was vital to make a film about Diego which appeals to people who love football but also those who have little interest in sport or who see Maradona as a cheat.
'I wanted to challenge these preconceptions and to understand this complex, brilliant character - enabling him to tell his story in his own words, revealing his struggles for success but also the devastating effects of fame and fortune.'