Tribute to the legendary athlete Diego Maradona

in athlete •  4 years ago 

The Golden boy who inspired many childs, dies due to heart attack at the age of 60. He was a pure talent who gave FIFA World Cup victory to Argentina in 1986.

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Diego Maradona born on 30 October 1960 in Argentina. He has a big family as he was the only son after 4 sisters and Diego also has two younger brothers, they are also professional football players.

Maradona in his early life started playing football for the state team and comes as a real talent in front of the jury. After that he started playing for the club's.

At the age of sixteen he played in Argentina primera division for the team Argentina juniors and became the youngest player to debut. After that he played for many club's including Barcelona, Boca juniors, Sevilla and many more.

In the 1986 FIFA World Cup he led the Argentina national football team and dominated throughout the tournament . In the final match with Germany Maradona scored two goals which are the total goals scored by Argentina national team in that match. After that his goal was named as "Hand of god". He was also player of the tournament in 1986 world cup.

In 2000 he was awarded as FIFA player of the century by FIFA. Before that he retired from international football in 1997.

In the year 2020 he has some health issues from starting of the year. On November 2 he was hospitalized for some psychology problems. He had a brain surgery. But on 25 November he died due to the heart attack.

In short he was a legend and lived his as a king. His contribution to world football is not fogetable.

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