Oliverio Coelho (b. 1977, Buenos Aires) has published the novels Tierra de vigilia (2000), Los invertebrables (2003), Borneo (2004), Promesas naturales (2006), Ida (2008), Un hombre llamado Lobo (2011), Bien de frontera (2015), and the story collections Parte doméstico (2009) and Hacia la extinción (2013).
Photo of Stadio Diego Armando Maradona by Stefano Tammaro / Stock.adobe.comReflecting on his love of football, Oliverio Coelho has an epiphany: some players on the pitch stand out, not just for their…