Killing Maradona - How cocaine, Camora, cartels crime corrupted football s greatest

David Arrowsmith was the Director of Development at leading UK factual TV producer Zig Zag Productions. He has worked in television for over 20 years - developing unscripted ideas and acting as Executive Producer on key projects for companies such as October Films, DSP, Channel 5, Granada Television, and the BBC. He is passionate about history, and just some of his key commissions include ''1966: Who Stole the World Cup?'', ''Britain''s Bloodiest Dynasty'', ''8 Days That Made Rome'', and ''Adolf & Eva: Love & War''. He was also involved in the development of the award-winning, Nobel Peace Prize-nominated documentary ''Sri Lanka''s Killing Fields''. David was born and raised in London but is proudly half-Colombian. In fact, he is the great-grandson of a former president and directly descended from four more. He has played football for over 35 years and has no plans to stop just yet.

Product details

• Authors: David Arrowsmith, Arrowsmith David
• Publisher: Cassell Plc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 21.05.2026
• EAN: 9781788406161
• ISBN: 978-1-78840-616-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: True Crime, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, TRUE CRIME / General, Classic crime, Social & cultural history, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, history of sport, Biography: sport, Social and cultural history, Football (Soccer, Association football), Football variants and related games, Ball games, HISTORY / Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era