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Diego Maradona died on Wednesday morning at the age of 60 a few weeks after having brain surgery. But it was the complications of a heart attack that did him in — coincidentally, for in the ...
Diego Armando Maradona Franco (Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona]; 30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award, alongside Pelé.
Diego Maradona, one of the greatest players in soccer history, has died at 60, the Argentina Football Association confirmed Wednesday.
A trial of eight health workers charged with “homicide by negligence” over the death of Diego Maradona has been postponed from ... the three-time world boxing champion from Mexico, dies at 46.
Maradona is also the subject of the 2019 film Diego Maradona, which covered his time at Napoli and is directed by Asif Kapadia. [29] According to Kapadia, he had not seen the finished product. [30] [31] On 25 November 2020, Maradona died at the age of 60, after suffering a heart attack. [32]
Argentina went on to win 2–1, with Maradona scoring a second goal known as the "Goal of the Century", en route to claiming the World Cup. The goal's name derives from Maradona's initial response on whether he scored it illegally, stating it was made "a little with the head of Maradona, and a little with the hand of God".
Considered one of the best players in history, Maradona led his country to the 1986 World Cup title. In life, he faced public scrutiny over drug addictions and other scandals. Fans Mourn Soccer ...
The Argentina, Ecuador and Cameroon national teams have been prevented from retiring the numbers of Diego Maradona (10), Christian Benítez (11) [7] and Marc-Vivien Foé (17), respectively, by FIFA rules dealing with squad numbers for Finals tournaments; in other competitions, qualifiers or friendlies, national associations may assign numbers ...