He belonged to a poor family at the time of his birth as his father was a mechanic and his mother was a homemaker. Di Maria made his introduction for Rosario Central in 2005 in this manner beginning his senior vocation. He started giving very good performances day in and day out. While in the club, Angel showed up in thirty-five matches and conveyed six objectives. In any case, Angel's football profession began to get pace in 2007 when he was picked to play for the under – 20 squad.

In the FIFA under 20 world cup, he played very well and caught the eye of many coaches around the world. He scored 3 goals and propelled his team Argentina to win the world cup. By then all the European football club administrators eyes were attracted to him and in this manner in 2007, Angel at long last arrived at Sports Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal with an exchange charge of 800,000 euros.

He was still a youngster but his skills had developed to play in the senior team. While in the club, Angel played in the Portuguese League and won the first two seasons with Benfica. He additionally helped in the triumph of Portuguese Liga in 2009. In 2008, Di Maria turned out to be a piece of the Argentina squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He helped his team to in the Olympic gold medal after scoring in the final Against Nigeria. On 22 December 2009 Angel scored 2 objectives for Argentina in an informal neighborly match with Catalonia.

His immensely good performances caught the eye of the biggest club in the world such as Real Madrid and Manchester United. In 2010, Angel was exchanged to Real Madrid Club de Futbol situated in Madrid under man transfer speculation. His transfer fee was reported $37 million which was quite a handsome amount for a player at that time. Di Maria was picked as a part of the 23 players for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

He started off on the bench in the Real Madrid team as the team was packed with very talented players at that time and to get a playing time for new players as quite difficult. He soon started to play as very important role at the club helping them to win the champions league as well. He was then transferred to Manchester United for a fee of $65 million. He, however, didn't do well at the club and after just one year was sold to PSG for $50 million.

He is currently playing very well for the club. He is married to Jorgelina Cardoso and currently lives with his wife in Paris. His salary is an astounding $255,000 per week and his net worth is $40 million.