AFP, Buenos Aires :
Factfile on Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday at the age of 60 following
a heart attack:
Name: Diego Armando Maradona Franco
Date of birth: October 30, 1960
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death: November 25, 2020
Place of death: Tigre, Argentina
Height: 1.65m
Playing career
Argentinos Juniors (1976-81), Boca Juniors (1981-82), Barcelona (ESP/1982-84), Napoli (ITA/1984-91), Sevilla (ESP/1992-93), Newell’s Old Boys (1993), Boca Juniors (1995-97)
International caps: 91 (1977-94)
International goals: 34
Position: attacking midfielder/playmaker
Honours:
FIFA World Cup winner (1986)
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (1986)
UEFA Cup winner (1989)
Italian champion (1987, 1990)
Argentine champion (1981)
Spanish Super Cup (1983)
Spanish Cup (1983)
Italian Cup (1987)
Italian Super Cup (1990)
Top scorer in Italy (1988), Argentina (1979, 1980)
FIFA Player of the Century (2000)
Coaching career
Textil Mandiyu (1994), Racing Club (1995), Argentina (2008-2010), Al Wasl (UAE/2011-12), Al-Fujairah (UAE/2017-18), Dorados (MEX/2018-19), Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (2019-20).
Factfile on Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday at the age of 60 following
a heart attack:
Name: Diego Armando Maradona Franco
Date of birth: October 30, 1960
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death: November 25, 2020
Place of death: Tigre, Argentina
Height: 1.65m
Playing career
Argentinos Juniors (1976-81), Boca Juniors (1981-82), Barcelona (ESP/1982-84), Napoli (ITA/1984-91), Sevilla (ESP/1992-93), Newell’s Old Boys (1993), Boca Juniors (1995-97)
International caps: 91 (1977-94)
International goals: 34
Position: attacking midfielder/playmaker
Honours:
FIFA World Cup winner (1986)
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (1986)
UEFA Cup winner (1989)
Italian champion (1987, 1990)
Argentine champion (1981)
Spanish Super Cup (1983)
Spanish Cup (1983)
Italian Cup (1987)
Italian Super Cup (1990)
Top scorer in Italy (1988), Argentina (1979, 1980)
FIFA Player of the Century (2000)
Coaching career
Textil Mandiyu (1994), Racing Club (1995), Argentina (2008-2010), Al Wasl (UAE/2011-12), Al-Fujairah (UAE/2017-18), Dorados (MEX/2018-19), Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (2019-20).