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The 60-year-old, flamboyant player, was best known for leading Argentina to the 1986 Football World Cup title. The footballer earlier this month, had undergone surgery for a brain clot.
The football legend celebrated his 60th Birthday on October 30 and had shown up that night for Gimnasia's national championship match against Patronato, which his team won 3-0.
Here are some interesting points about the legendry footballer-
- Diego Armando Maradona was born on 30 October 1960, three days after Muhammad Ali won his first professional boxing fight.
- Regarded as the greatest footballer of all time, Maradona one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award.
- On 20 October 1976, Maradona made his professional debut for Argentinos Juniors, 10 days before his 16th birthday. He entered to the pitch wearing the number 16 jersey and became the youngest player in the history of Argentine Primera División. Few minutes after debuting, Maradona kicked the ball through Juan Domingo Cabrera's legs, making a nutmeg that would become legendary.
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- He represented his country, Argentina 91 times, during which he scored 34 goals for Argentina. He represented Argentina in four World Cups, 82, 86, 90, and 94.
- FIFA has called his 1986 goal against England the Goal of the Century. No, not the Hand of God goal – the one which happened four minutes after when he dribbled past desultory defenders to put one past England goalie Peter Shilton. That made the score 2-0.
- Che Guevara is one of his heroes. The footballer has a tattoo of the revolutionary on his right arm. He is also best mates with Fidel Castro.
- Ever since 1986, it is common for Argentines abroad to hear Maradona’s name as a token of recognition, even in remote places.
- He played 490 official club games during his 21-year professional career, scoring 259 goals; for Argentina, he played 91 games and scored 34 goals. An Internet poll conducted by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association named Maradona the top player of the 20th century.
- In 2008 Maradona was named head coach of the Argentine national team.
- In 2011 Maradona was hired to coach the United Arab Emirates club Al Wasl. However, the team struggled, and Maradona was fired the following year. He worked for several other clubs before becoming coach of Mexico’s Dorados de Sinaloa in 2018.
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Probably, the world may never see another Maradona again!