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Maradona, considered one of the best footballers in history, died this Wednesday at his home in Argentina, at the age of 60.
Soccer agent Jorge Mendes was devastated on Wednesday by the death of 60-year-old Argentine Diego Armando Maradona, whom he considered a “genius.”
“I feel very sad and devastated by the prompt disappearance of a world icon, an eternal and inescapable legend of football, my childhood idol and with whom I had the privilege of living. It is a day of mourning for world football. We will never forget you, ”said Jorge Mendes, quoted by his Gestifute agency.
Maradona, considered one of the best footballers in history, died this Wednesday at his home in Argentina at age 60, announced his agent and friend Matías Morla.
According to the Argentine press, Maradona, who trained the Argentines in the Gimnasia de La Plata, suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in the province of Buenos Aires.
His football career, from 1976 to 2001, was marked by the fact that Argentina won the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, and the two Italian titles and the UEFA Cup won in the service of the Italians in Naples.
Argentine President Alberto Fernández decreed three days of national mourning for the death of Maradona.
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