The Argentine, who is considered by many to be the greatest of all time, died after undergoing cardiac arrest • Recently underwent head surgery • Just recently celebrated his 60th birthday • Won the World Cup during his career and starred in Naples and Barcelona, among others
Diego Maradona after winning the 1986 World Cup
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Sad report:
Diego Armando Maradona, who is considered the greatest footballer in the history of the game, passed away today (Wednesday), about a month after celebrating his 60th birthday.
He apparently suffered a heart attack.
Recently Maradona was first hospitalized after his family members felt that his mental state was poor, but a series of tests he underwent at the hospital revealed a blood clot in his brain, which rushed him to the operating room.
An entire Argentine nation is entering the days of national mourning for who is considered the greatest hero in its history.
The man who cheated on the English in Mexico 86, with his own feet brought to Albiceleste the second and final World Cup in its history, and that there is a church of believers in Diego as theirs.
It is likely that Naples, which he marched to the only two championships in its history towards the end of the 1980s, will declare days of mourning for the man who came to Italy's poor south, breaking the hegemony of the rich north represented by Milan and Juventus.
His controversial figure in everything to do with off-court was a complete consensus on everything to do with the pitch and the magic touch on the ball.
The perfect touch, the tremendous kicks from any situation, the stationary situations and the cooking.
Maradona was the perfect package, so perfect that it is doubtful that all Leo Messi fans will disagree with the statement that the number 10 of yesteryear was the greatest of them all.
Stations of his life
Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30, 1960 in the city of Lanus in Argentina, but at an early age his family moved to a poor suburb of Buenos Aires.
He spent his young years as a footballer at Argentinos Juniors, playing in the media from 1976-1981.
10 days before celebrating his 16th birthday he made his debut for Argentinos' senior team, becoming the youngest Argentine in history to share a league game.
Although considered a tremendous talent, he was not called up to the team for the 1978 World Cup held in his homeland and ended in the Albiceleste's first win in the coveted Cup.
The failure in Barcelona and the exclusion in the World Cup
In 1981, Boca Juniors decided to pay a million and a half dollars and purchased the diamond.
A year later he was sold to Barcelona for three times the amount, but his career at Barcelona did not soar.
Apart from winning the Spanish Cup and the local Super Cup, he was absent from many games after contracting jaundice and suffering a serious ankle injury.
He will also prefer to forget the 1982 World Cup in Spain, after suffering a red card in the game against Nemesis Brazil, in which the Argentines lost and were eliminated from the tournament.
The move to Naples and the peak moment in Mexico
In the summer of 1984, the president of Naples, Corrado Perliano, decided to put all his eggs in Maradona's basket.
He bought it from Barcelona for $ 7.5 million, a purchase that changed the history of the Southern club forever.
A double in the 1986/1987 season, another championship in the 1989/1990 season, and a historic UEFA Cup win in 1989 were recorded in the name of number 10. An entire city followed him in fire and water and made him a national hero. During his time in Naples Maradona began using cocaine, until his bitter end at the club in 1992 after being caught on a drug test and suspended for more than a year from the pitches.
While dizzying success in Naples, the 1986 World Cup came in Mexico.
Maradona took on a not-quite-talented team on his back, and marched it to a trophy win.
He scored five goals and cooked up five more;
Scored against England with the hand after the game became the "hand of God" and then scored the biggest goal in history after running across half a court, swept all of England's tough defensive players, also passed goalkeeper Peter Shilton and rolled into the net.
In the final against Germany at the Aztec Stadium Maradona did not score, but cooked up the winning goal for Jorge Borochaga, in a tremendous game that ended in a 2: 3 victory for Argentina.
As mentioned, after this World Cup Maradona recorded a series of successes in Naples, however after being kicked out of it due to drug problems, his career entered a phase of decline.
The 1994 World Cup suspension
After leaving Napoli Maradona signed for Sevilla.
He was on the squad for his 1994 World Cup in the United States and even scored in the game against Greece, but was suspended from further games after being caught using ephedrine-
boosting drugs. -37 has announced his retirement from football.
A coaching career that did not take off
Unlike his great days as a player, as a Maradona coach there was never a success story.
He received the coaching staff of the Argentina national team between 2008 and 2010.
In the 2010 World Cup, which the team barely qualified for, he managed to march the team to the quarterfinals, but there was defeated 4-0 by Germany and finished his way in the team.
He has also tried his luck at the Racing Club and last year at the Gymnasium La Plata, but without significant success.
The visits to Israel
Argentina and Maradona have reached three friendly and pre-World Cup qualifiers.
Even before the huge success in Mexico '86, Maradona and his friends defeated the Israeli team 2: 7 at the Raj Stadium. Before the 1990 World Cup it was closer and ended in a 1: 2 victory for the visitors. Before the 1994 World Cup, Argentina easily won 0: 3.
The tumultuous personal life
As we noted at the outset, in contrast to the consensus on his ability on the pitch, his private figure was the subject of controversy and lack of appreciation.
If this is the frequent use of cocaine;
If this is the story in which he admitted only after many years that he has a girl in Naples;
Whether it's the close relationship with dictators such as Fidel Castro and the wild weekend he spent in Pablo Escobar's' prison in Colombia;
Maradona, for better or worse, did not knock an account to anyone and said and did everything he felt and thought.
His medical problems started a long time ago, after he retired from football.
The use of cocaine that hurt the heart, surgery to shorten the stomach and a host of other problems led to his hospitalization in 2007 in a life-threatening condition. He managed to get out of it and even collaborated on a docu-film about his life shot by Emil Kosturica.
At the end of the day he was an idol of an entire country, which continued to follow every step and which he did many years after retiring from football, and which is currently in utter mourning from the loss.
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