before 2021, but couldn’t win anything with him until then. He started playing for Argentina in 2005, so he was there for 15+ years of their trophy drought.
And Maradona played in the 1994 World Cup, before he was kicked out for drugs. In fact, Argentina has had either Maradona or Messi in the national team in 9 of the 11 World Cups from 1982-2022, and counting — the only exceptions were 1998 and 2002.