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Diego Armando Maradona Online Memorial: Forever Loved and Remembered

Memorial portrait of Diego Armando Maradona

In Loving Memory of Diego Armando Maradona

Argentine football player and manager

30 Oct 1960 25 Nov 2020

A fearless number 10 whose imagination, courage, and joy changed football forever.

Diego Armando Maradona's Birth Location

Lanús

Diego Armando Maradona's Burial Location

Jardín Bella Vista

Diego Armando Maradona's Death Location

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Diego’s A Life of Courage, Discipline and Achievement

From the earliest ambitions to defining contests, hard-won milestones and the character remembered beyond competition

The First Signs of Determination for Diego

The First Signs of Determination for Diego

His career carried both extraordinary triumph and public struggle, but his creative gifts remained unmistakable: he played as if every touch could open a new path.

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Learning the Discipline for Diego

Learning the Discipline for Diego

For Argentina, Maradona earned 91 caps and scored 34 goals. At the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, he captained his country to the title, won the Golden Ball, and produced two of football's most remembered moments in the quarter-final against England, including the slaloming run later named FIFA's Goal of the Century.

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The Breakthrough That Changed Everything for Diego

The Breakthrough That Changed Everything for Diego

He also led Argentina to the 1990 World Cup final and later coached the national team at the 2010 tournament.

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Meeting the Greatest Challenges for Diego

Meeting the Greatest Challenges for Diego

At Napoli, Maradona became a civic icon. He also led Argentina to the 1990 World Cup final and later coached the national team at the 2010 tournament. At Napoli, Maradona became a civic icon.

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The Person Beyond Competition for Diego

The Person Beyond Competition for Diego

After arriving in 1984 for a world-record fee, he helped transform the club, leading it to its first Serie A title in 1987, another league title in 1990, and the 1989 UEFA Cup. Naples remembered him not only as a champion but as someone who made a proud, overlooked city feel seen.

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In Loving Memory of Diego Armando Maradona

“Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day.”

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Diego Armando Maradona In Motion, Determination and Triumph

Photographs tracing the discipline, defining performances and human story beyond the statistics

Diego Armando Maradona remembered in a defining public moment

Diego: A Defining Public Moment

A carefully preserved image from Diego Armando Maradona’s life and public story.

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Voices That Remember Diego

Family, teammates, rivals and admirers remember the competitor and the person beyond the arena

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The Life Story ofDiego Armando Maradona

Diego’s Story, Held Close

The complete story of the upbringing, sacrifices, relationships and resilience behind an extraordinary public journey

Chapter 1

Diego’s Where the Journey Began

Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine footballer and manager whose left foot, balance, and audacity made him one of the defining figures in world sport. Born in Lanus and raised in Villa Fiorito, he emerged as a teenage prodigy with Argentinos Juniors before starring for Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, Newell's Old Boys, and Boca again.

Diego’s Where the Journey Began — a photograph from Diego Armando Maradona Memorial
Chapter 2

The First Signs of Determination for Diego

His career carried both extraordinary triumph and public struggle, but his creative gifts remained unmistakable: he played as if every touch could open a new path.

The First Signs of Determination for Diego — a photograph from Diego Armando Maradona Memorial
Chapter 3

Learning the Discipline for Diego

For Argentina, Maradona earned 91 caps and scored 34 goals. At the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, he captained his country to the title, won the Golden Ball, and produced two of football's most remembered moments in the quarter-final against England, including the slaloming run later named FIFA's Goal of the Century.

Learning the Discipline for Diego — a photograph from Diego Armando Maradona Memorial
Chapter 4

The Breakthrough That Changed Everything for Diego

He also led Argentina to the 1990 World Cup final and later coached the national team at the 2010 tournament.

The Breakthrough That Changed Everything for Diego — a photograph from Diego Armando Maradona Memorial
Chapter 5

Meeting the Greatest Challenges for Diego

At Napoli, Maradona became a civic icon. He also led Argentina to the 1990 World Cup final and later coached the national team at the 2010 tournament. At Napoli, Maradona became a civic icon.

Meeting the Greatest Challenges for Diego — a photograph from Diego Armando Maradona Memorial
Chapter 6

The Person Beyond Competition for Diego

After arriving in 1984 for a world-record fee, he helped transform the club, leading it to its first Serie A title in 1987, another league title in 1990, and the 1989 UEFA Cup. Naples remembered him not only as a champion but as someone who made a proud, overlooked city feel seen.

The Person Beyond Competition for Diego — a photograph from Diego Armando Maradona Memorial
Chapter 7

Courage Through Life's Hardest Chapters for Diego

Maradona died on 25 November 2020 at age 60. Naples remembered him not only as a champion but as someone who made a proud, overlooked city feel seen. Maradona died on 25 November 2020 at age 60.

Courage Through Life's Hardest Chapters for Diego — a photograph from Diego Armando Maradona Memorial
Chapter 8

The Example That Lives On for Diego

Around the world, supporters, players, and former rivals mourned him as a singular artist of the game: flawed, beloved, and unforgettable.

The Example That Lives On for Diego — a photograph from Diego Armando Maradona Memorial

The People at the Heart of Diego’s Life

The family relationships and generations that belong to Diego’s story.

The Parents Who Shaped Diego’s Beginning

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Diego Maradona Sr.

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Diego Maradona Sr. is publicly documented as father within Diego Armando Maradona’s family story.

Diego Maradona Sr. is publicly documented as father within Diego Armando Maradona’s family story.
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Beyond the Public Story: Remembering Diego

A closer remembrance of the family bonds, humour and quieter qualities that achievement could never fully reveal

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