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Diego Maradona

Also known as Diego Armando Maradona, Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

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Diego Maradona was an Argentine football player and manager who lived from 1960 to 2020 and is widely considered one of the greatest athletes in the sport's history. He matters because of his exceptional skill and influence on the game of football, as well as his significant cultural impact both in Argentina and around the world.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Diego
Gender: male
Citizenship: Argentina
Place of birth: Lanús Partido
Spouse: Claudia Villafañe
Child: Diego Sinagra
Sibling: Hugo Maradona
Occupation: actor
Languages spoken: Spanish
Native language: Spanish
Participant in: 1994 FIFA World Cup
Field of work: sport management
Sport: association football
Member of team: Argentina men's national association football team
Position played: forward
Country for sport: Argentina
Mass: 70
Image: Maradona 1986 vs italy.jpg
Height: 165
Convicted of: shooting

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pseudonym: Dios
birth name: Diego Armando Maradona
Commons category: Diego Maradona
date of birth: 1960-10-30
Commons gallery: Diego Maradona
topic's main category: Category:Diego Maradona
coach of sports team: Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
handedness: left-handedness
name in native language: Diego Armando Maradona
cause of death: cardiac arrest
manner of death: natural causes
date of death: 2020-11-25
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
nickname: El Pibe de Oro
relative: Sergio Agüero

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Diego Armando Maradona (30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the Century award, alongside Pelé.

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