Millions of fans of Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona flocked, Thursday, to the presidential palace in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, to bid farewell to the Argentine star, who died Wednesday as a result of a heart attack, at his home, at the age of 60.
Large numbers of Maradona fans have gathered in front of the presidential palace, since Thursday morning, to attend the funeral ceremonies of the football legend, and the area surrounding the presidential palace was crowded with fans who insisted on bidding farewell to their favorite star.
The death of the football legend, Maradona, came about two weeks after he underwent surgery at the level of the brain, after suffering a hemorrhage, as it was the last health battles that the tango star fought, before his departure from life.
The football legend was born on October 30, 1960 in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, and began his football career as a player in the Argentinos Juniors team in 1976.
Maradona fought a season with Boca Juniors 1981-1982 and then moved to Barcelona, where he played for the Catalan team between 1982 and 1984 before spending 7 seasons with Napoli to lead the South team to the throne of Italian and European football.
Maradona led Napoli to twice winning the Italian League, the Coppa Italia, the local Super Cup and the European League, before concluding his career with Boca Juniors in 1997.
At the international level, Maradona represented Argentina at the age of only 16, then won his first titles with the Tango at the age of 18 by crowning the World Youth Cup.
Maradona made his debut in the first World Cup in 1982 when he was twenty-two years old, scoring 5 goals in this tournament.
Maradona glowed in the 1986 World Cup with a performance that was the highest in his career, scoring 5 goals and providing 5 other assists to lead Argentina to the title, and then led him to the 1990 final before losing to the German national team.
The fans received their last look at Maradona–
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