Italian football legend Roberto Baggio is widely considered among the greatest footballers of his generation. Baggio, also known as Il Divin Codino (The Divine Ponytail) for his unique hairstyle, has had a controversial career. And the controversies have had an impact on his performances on the field.
Despite the controversies, he gained fame for his curling freekicks and dribbling skills besides his fierce instincts in front of the goal. His career is now all set to be documented by Netflix. Baggio: The Divine Ponytail, a documentary on his life now has a release date, with the trailer already out.
The documentary will be a parallel dramatisation of the former Italian international's childhood, further through to the rise to stardom. Indeed, Baggio was unstoppable at the peak of his career and went on to win the Ballon d'Or apart from the FIFA Player of the Year accolade for his impeccable form in 1993.
Baggio's character will be played by Romulus actor Andrea Arcangeli, while the documentary is directed by Letizia Lamartine. Interestingly, this isn't the only documentary that aims to showcase the life of a former Italian football star. Sky Sport Italia are prepping up to air their documentary on Roma legend Francesco Totti later this month.
Following his exceptional exploits in front of goal against Spain and Bulgaria in the quarter-final and semi-final respectively, Italy were up against Brazil in the final. But the striker missed out on a penalty in the tie-breaker, thus losing out on the title. The 54-year-old would go on to describe it as the worst moment of his career
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