Diego Maradona: A career in images
(VOVWORLD) - Football legend Diego Maradona passed away on November 25, 2020 in Tigre city, Argentina after a heart attack. Here is a look at some of the best moments from his career.
Maradona was born in Buenos Aires on October 30, 1960, to a poor family. The “Golden Boy” said that he could not tell what his life would have been without playing football, his lifetime passion. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Diego Maradona in the 1970s (Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images)
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16-year-old Maradona warms up in Buenos Aires in 1977. A year earlier, he made his professional debut with Argentinos Juniors club. A few months after that, he made his international debut with Argentina’s national team. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Maradona celebrates on the shoulders of teammates after they won the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. (Photo: Allsport/Getty Images)
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Maradona sits at his home in Buenos Aires in 1980. From the earliest days of his career, he was known as “El Pibe de Oro” (“The Golden Boy”) (Photo: Michel Barrault/Onze/Icon Sport/Getty Images)
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Maradona is carried by fans after leading Buenos Aires club Boca Juniors to championship in 1981. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
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Diego Maradona made his World Cup final debut for Argentina in 1982 in Spain. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Maradona shakes hands with England goalkeeper Peter Shilton before the World Cup quarter-final in Mexico in 1986. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Diego Maradona’s ‘Goal of the Century’ against England in the 1986 World Cup (Photo: Getty Images)
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Maradona, the legendary soccer midfielder, leads Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Pelé (L) and Maradona hold “Sports Oscar” trophies in 1987. They were joint winners of the FIFA Player of the Century award, a one-off award created to decide the greatest football player of the 20th century. (Photo: AP)
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Maradona is an icon at Italian club Napoli where he won the UEFA Cup in 1989, plus two league titles. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Napoli’s number 10 jersey is retired in his honor. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Maradona meets Pelé in 2016. (Photo: Getty Images)
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“I have lost a dear friend, and the world has lost a legend,” 80-year-old Pelé said. “One day, I hope, we will play football together in the sky.” (Photo: Getty Images)
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The legend and the man on and off the field, Maradona was one of a kind. (Photo: AFP)
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