Legendary Diego Armando Maradona lived in the “La Paternale” neighborhood while working for Argentinos Juniors.
The Council of Historical Studies of the “La Paternale” neighborhood decided, yesterday, Thursday, to appoint Maradona, the world champion in Mexico 1986, as a “bright inhabitant” of the neighborhood, and plans to make the neighborhood “a kind of Disney world for Maradona” as one of the gifts the neighborhood gives to the living legend on its 60th birthday. , Which is celebrated on Friday.
“We always say that honoring a person should be during his lifetime, and Diego not only represents much for our time, but for the whole country and for all Argentines,” said Council member Cesar Perez, during an interview with EFE.
He added, “On October 17th, we officially declared Diego to be a brilliant resident of La Paternale,” and also declared the neighborhood a “world football capital” in his honor.
Regarding what Diego represented to the people of La Paternale, he said, “As for the neighbors, Maradona, who came to play 150 matches without defeat, was Pelosa or the owner of thick hair, and for his neighbors Diego was the Pepe de Oro or the golden boy, as they call him here, he was a golden neighbor. His presence here is like a very important change. “
And he continued: “He is a very Maradon neighborhood, so Diego’s sisters are neighbors here, and the neighbors always remember him and call him Diego and say that he was a person of integrity and supportive of others. He always thought about the other. There are countless stories from neighbors about him and their great transmission to the young.”
Not only did this month witness the birth of the Argentine legend, it also saw his debut in the first division in the Argentine stadiums in 1976 with Argentinos Juniors, ten days before completing his 16th year.
The Argentine legend played for a number of clubs, whether inside Argentina, such as “Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors and Newell’s Old Boys”, or outside it in the old continent, “Barcelona and Seville, the Spanish, and Napoli, Italy,” but the most prominent period was in the Napoli shirt.
Maradona led Napoli to win his only continental title in his history in the European Cup season (1988-1989), in addition to his only two titles in the Italian League in the seasons (1986-1987) and (1989-1990).
He also won the Argentinian League with Boca Juniors in 1981 and the King’s Cup with Barcelona in the season (1982-1983), and while he is still a player, he coached the Racing and Deportibu Mandiu teams in Argentina.
Maradona retired on October 25, 1997 while with Boca Juniors, after being substituted in the league match between Boca and River Plate by Juan Roman Riquelme, who for years had been seen as his successor to the national team.
Maradona led Argentina to the world champion title in Mexico in 1986 at the expense of Germany.
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