Maradona the Legendary Argentine footballer is no more.
PBC news: Legendary Argentine footballer Maradona is no more. He died of a heart attack at his home on Wednesday. The news was confirmed by the news agency AFP. The legend, who won the World Cup 1986, had been ill for some time.
Maradona was 80 years old at the time of his death. Maradona returned home from hospital last month. His brain underwent emergency surgery at a hospital in Buenos Aires. At that time Blood clots in the brain were removed. Maradona had a serious problem with drug addictions.
Many experts, football critics, former and current players and football fans consider him the best footballer of all time. He co-founded FIFA, the governing body of world football, with Pele, the best player of the twentieth century.
Maradona is the only player to set a world record for two transfer fees. The first transfer to Barcelona was 5 million euros and the second transfer to Napoli was 8.9 million euros.
In his professional career, Maradona has played for Argentina Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell’s Old Boys.
He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina at the international level. He has competed in four FIFA World Cups. Among them was the 1986 World Cup, where he captained Argentina and led the team to victory. He won the gold medal as the best player of the competition.
Despite his limited managerial experience, Maradona was appointed coach of the Argentina national team in November 2006. He was in charge for 18 months before the end of his contract after the 2010 World Cup.
