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An autopsy report released to Argentine media said Maradona died in his sleep after suffering heart failure just two weeks after leaving the hospital after surgery.
Doctors have also detected dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart muscle becomes weak and cannot pump enough blood to the rest of the body.
Maradona’s autopsy was performed at a hospital in San Fernando, near Buenos Aires, prosecutor John Broyard said.
“An autopsy will be carried out to determine the causes of death, which has no natural characteristics.”announced the prosecutor.
According to the prosecutor, the death occurred at 12:00 local time (17:00 – Romanian time), according to News.ro.
Former soccer great Diego Armando Maradona, 60, died of cardiac arrest, the international press writes.
The death was announced by the Todo Noticias channel, which spoke with Matías Morla, Maradona’s agent and friend.
Maradona had recently undergone brain surgery after a blood clot was discovered. Brand.
Maradona underwent successful surgery on his brain on November 3 to remove a subdural hematoma, discovered after a CT investigation.
The bruise was supposedly caused by “trauma” and could be the result of a blow that the former footballer recently suffered.
During the hospitalization, Maradona’s personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, affirmed that the former player had “confusing episodes related to abstinence, which requires treatment for several days.” Luque did not explain what abstinence is all about.
The former Napoli, FC Barcelona and Boca Juniors player has been hospitalized several times in recent years, mainly due to the extravagant lifestyle he led. In January 2019, Maradona arrived at the hospital with stomach bleeding.
He also felt bad at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, when he was filmed fainting in his box at the Argentina-Nigeria match. In 2004, Maradona was hospitalized with serious heart and respiratory problems due to cocaine use.
In 2007 he entered a clinic in Argentina to overcome alcohol problems.
Diego Maradona’s career
Maradona was considered by many in the world of football (including sports journalists, former and current players, fans, etc.) as the best footballer of all time, sharing with Pelé the title of Player of the Century awarded by FIFA.
Throughout his career as a professional player, Maradona played for Boca Juniors (1981, 1995-1998), FC Barcelona (1982-1984), (1984-1991), FC Sevilla (1992-1993) and Newell’s Old Boys. 1993-1994).
In his international career, he played 91 games for the Argentine national team and scored 34 goals. He competed in four FIFA World Cup finals, including the 1986 World Cup, when he led Argentina to the final title, defeating the Federal Republic of Germany in the final act and winning the Ballon d’Or, the best award. player of the tournament.
In the same tournament, in the quarterfinal match, played against England, he scored two goals in Argentina’s victory with the score of 2-1, goals that enshrined him worldwide. The first goal was scored with his hand and then called the hand of God, and the second goal was scored after a race of about 60 meters in which he dribbled over six players.
Maradona is also considered one of the most controversial figures in the world of sports. He was suspended for 15 months in Italy in 1991 after he was found to have used cocaine and in 1994 he was sent home from the finals of the World Cup in the United States. used ephedrine.
After retiring, at the age of 37, Maradona faced serious health problems and weight gain caused mainly by cocaine abuse.
