Last year on November 26th, football legend Diego Maradona left the world. Though his contribution to the football world can never be matched, we take a brief look at his life and career:
Diego Maradona received a ball as a birthday present from a cousin when he was three years old, and it became a close friend from the start.
Maradona's skill with a soccer ball captivated the world, and at the age of 16, he made his full international debut against Hungary.
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Arthur Antunes Coimbra, popularly known as Zico, who is a Brazilian football coach and former attacking midfielder said the following about Diego Maradona:
"The best of the lot, no question. In my generation, my era, he was simply the best. I saw Maradona do things that God himself would doubt were possible."
"He always had someone marking him, he always had someone hanging on to him, and yet he could still always conjure up wonderful pieces of magic. A genius."
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