:strip_icc()/i.s3.glbimg.com/v1/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a/internal_photos/bs/2022/V/E/ParcPBQQq7A0rBeHlSfw/ap090210014404.jpg "Argentina’s biggest soccer idol, Diego Maradona, had Croatian ancestry | Qatar Cup")
“They say my ancestors lived near here. I came to see if they left me any legacy”, joked Maradona himself visiting the city of Novi Vinodolski, in the north of the Croatiain 2005, when he visited the country to attend a charity match alongside big Croatian names in tennis, such as John McEnroe and Goran Ivanisevic, and football, such as Davor Suker and Zvonimir Boban.
