Argentina’s legend Footballer Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60. He one of the greatest the sport has seen.
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Death News Detail
Today one of the famous soccer players in the world has died. The Player of the Argentina football team, Diego Maradona dies at the age of sixty years. He born on 30 October 1960 in Linus city of Argentina. While his death date is 25th November 2020 on the day of Wednesday. His full name was Diego Armando Maradona.
He earned FIFA World Cup Golden Ball Award also.
He dies due to heart attack. Almost two week ago he was shifted to hospital due to his illness for the medical treatment.
Short Profile
Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine professional footballer and football manager. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time, and by many as the greatest ever.
He was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award.
Children
Maradona had five Children: Name of each child is as under
- Diego Sinagra
- Giannina Maradona
- Dalma Maradona
- Jana Maradona
- Diego Fernando Maradona Ojeda
Wife
The wife of Diego Maradona was Claudia Villafañe. She died in the year of 2003, Almost 17 years ago.
Football Career
Diego Maradona played for Barcelona and Napoli during his club career. He won two Serie A titles with the Italian side.
Maradona scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina, representing them in four World Cups.
Diego Maradona led his country to 1990 final in Italy, where they were beaten by West Germany and could not win the FIFA World cup trophy.
Maradona Picture Gallery
Condolence
UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin:
“I am deeply saddened to hear of the death of Diego Maradona, one of world football’s greatest and most iconic figures. He achieved greatness as a wonderful player with a genius and charisma of his own.”
