Diego Maradona: Pele Mourns as Football Legend Dies at Age 60

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Football Legend and formal Argentina international forward, Diego Maradona has died at age 60 having suffered from heart attack at his home in Buenos Aires. 

He had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November and was to be treated for alcohol dependency

Maradona captained his country Argentina when they won the 1986 World Cup, scoring the famous 'Hand of God' goal against England in the quarter-finals.

In a statement on social media, the Argentine Football Association expressed "its deepest sorrow for the death of our legend", adding: "You will always be in our hearts."

Maradona played for Barcelona and Napoli during his club career, winning two Serie A titles with the Italian side.

He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina, representing them in four World Cups.

Maradona led his country to the 1990 final in Italy, where they were beaten by West Germany, before captaining them again in the United States in 1994, but was sent home after failing a drugs test for ephedrine.

During the second half of his career, Maradona struggled with cocaine addiction and was banned for 15 months after testing positive for the drug in 1991.

He retired from professional football in 1997, on his 37th birthday, during his second stint at Argentine giants Boca Juniors.

Having briefly managed two sides in Argentina during his playing career, Maradona was appointed head coach of the national team in 2008 and left after the 2010 World Cup, where his side were beaten by Germany in the quarter-finals.

He subsequently managed teams in the United Arab Emirates and Mexico and was in charge of Gimnasia y Esgrima in Argentina's top flight at the time of his death.



Amidst this shocking incident fellow legend and great Brazilian footballer Abedi Pele has mourned his fellow legend Diego Maradona.

“What sad news. I lost a great friend and the world lost a legend. There is still much to be said, but for now, may God give strength to family members.

“One day, I hope we can play football together in the sky,” 80-year-old Pele wrote in Portuguese on Twitter.

Diego Maradona was indeed an inspirational footballer and legend to many especially to his country following all of his achievements, although he has is negative sides but he's definitely one of the big stars young footballers would want to look up to.

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