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The Diego Armando Maradona stadium will be named after San Paolo on the recommendation of the mayor of Naples himself.
The former Argentine star during his stay at Napoli, helped the team win many trophies, a fact that led the club to retire the jersey with the number 10.
During this period, the team won the only championship titles, in 1987 and 1990.
The mayor of Naples, Luigi De Magistris, proposed to change the name of Maradona’s football “home” in the city, giving it his name.
News of his death drew scores of tributes from around the world, but the duel seems to be heaviest in his homeland Argentina and Naples, where he starred from 1984 to 1991.
“We will name the San Paolo Stadium in honor of Diego Armando Maradona,” the mayor wrote on Twitter.
Let’s call Diego Armando Maradona the ν !!!
– Luigi de Magistris (@demagistris) November 25, 2020
“Diego Armando Maradona, the best footballer of all time, has died. He made our people dream, he made (his team) Napoli valuable with his genius. In 2017, Diego became an honorary citizen, Neapolitan and Argentine. You gave us joy and happiness. Naples loves you! “He wrote.
Maradona first arrived in southern Italy in the summer of 1984 after finishing his turbulent season in Barcelona.
Since his first season, he has scored 14 goals in Serie A to finish behind Michel Platini and Alessandro Altobelli as the league’s top scorer, while Napoli finished in eighth place.
In 1986-87, the world soccer legend led Napoli to the Scudetto’s first triumph, an achievement the club repeated in 1989-90.
In all, the Argentine spent six full seasons at the club, leaving in the middle of the seventh season when he tested positive for cocaine.
He played a total of 259 appearances for Napoli, scoring 115 goals, and continues to be recognized as an idol with his face appearing in graffiti throughout Naples nearly 30 years after his departure.
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