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Diego Maradona

1979 · Panini Calciatori · #312

Panini’s #312 Maradona sticker, described as a rookie issue by Heritage.

Sport: Soccer
Year / season: 1979
Set: Panini Calciatori
Number: #312
Format: Sticker
Issue status: Rookie sticker

About this card

Diego Maradona’s 1979 Panini Calciatori sticker is number 312 in that release. Stickers were printed with a peel-off backing, and many were sold to fill a collector’s album, so a lot of surviving copies were stuck down at some point.

The catalog labels this a rookie sticker, based on the source cited below.

How to identify it

Check whether the backing paper is intact, because an unused sticker and one that was stuck down and lifted are different objects to a collector. Stickers are thin and crease easily, so look closely at the corners and surface.

In Diego Maradona’s run

This is the only Diego Maradona entry in the catalog so far.

In the 1979 checklist

This is the only entry from the 1979 Panini Calciatori release in the catalog so far. The full release has more stickers; this page covers the one cataloged here.

What to know about this issue

This collectible is a sticker, rather than a conventional card-stock issue.
The rookie classification is attributed to Heritage’s description; it does not establish that this was his first collectible in every market.

Inspect the source

Source reviewed 2026-10-07. The source describes this issue; it does not verify any item offered by a third party.

Heritage Auctions: 1979 Panini Calciatori Maradona #312 (opens in a new tab)

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Raw or graded. Inspect the actual copy.

The issue stays 1979 · Panini Calciatori. These are research checks, not a condition assessment of a specimen.

Raw / ungraded

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Keep authentication separate: Ungraded does not establish authenticity or mean “never authenticated.” A protective case alone does not establish a professional condition grade.

Professionally graded

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