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Football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60 his spokesman announced yesterday.   
The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November.  It was then announced he was to be treated for alcohol dependency.   


One of the greatest players of all time, Maradona was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup, producing a series of sublime individual performances.   


He played for Barcelona and Napoli during his club career, winning two Serie A titles with the Italian side.   
Maradona scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina, representing them in four World Cups.   
He 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.   


(BBC)   


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