Diego Maradona, 1960-2020

Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who was one of the game’s most gifted players, has died at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home

1960: Born Oct 30 in Lanús, Buenos Aires province

1970: Joins Los Cebollitas under-14 team

1976-81: Plays for first division club Argentinos Juniors

1981: Signs for Boca Juniors, wins first division championship

1982: Joins Barcelona for world-record $8 million

1984: Sold to Napoli for more than $10 million. Elevates team to most successful era in its history

1986: Captains Argentina to victory at World Cup in Mexico. Scores two most famous goals – Hand of God and Goal of Century – in quarter-final against England

1990: Argentina knock host nation Italy out of World Cup but lose final against Germany

1991: Banned for 15 months after positive cocaine test

1992: Joins Spanish club Sevilla

1993: Returns to Argentina to play for Newell’s Old Boys

1994: Expelled from World Cup in U.S. after failing drug test for ephedrine

1995-97 Second stint at Boca Juniors

1997: Retires before his 37th birthday. Retirement plagued by several health issues due to cocaine habit and alcoholism. Suffers major heart attack in 2004

2008-10: Manager of Argentina, takes team to World Cup quarter-finals

Nov 25, 2020: Dies at age 60, three weeks after successful surgery on brain blood clot


Sources: AP, BBC
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