By Liam Carter
published on May 30, 2024 in newsA life in pictures: Diego Maradona | SportA life in pictures: Diego MaradonaShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Arguably the world’s greatest ever footballer, Diego Armando Maradona has died aged 60. We take a look back at his colourful career on and off the pitchDiego Maradona dies aged 60Child genius Maradona became the fulfilment of a prophecyPaul BellshamMain image: Diego Maradona is lifted up as he holds the World Cup trophy for Argentina in 1986. Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty ImagesWed 25 Nov 2020 13.23 EST Last modified on Sun 21 Feb 2021 13.13 ESTA young Diego Maradona in the late 1970sPhotograph: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Scotland v Argentina, 1979Photograph: Mark Leech/Offside/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona plays football with his brothers on a beach.Photograph: Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona being carried by fans after winning the 1981 Championship with Boca Juniors at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos AiresPhotograph: AFP/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Enjoying a bit of musicPhotograph: Panoramic/Press Association ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona, in his famous number 10 shirt, is confronted by a posse of Belgium defenders during the 1982 Wold Cup in SpainPhotograph: Steve Powell/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona goes past Remi Moses (left) and Mike Duxbury at Old Trafford during the European Cup Winners’ Cup, 1984Photograph: Colorsport/ShutterstockShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona on the day of his presentation at NapoliPhotograph: Alfredo CapozziShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona is fouled during a friendly international between West Germany and Argentina in Buenes AiresPhotograph: Eamonn McCabe/The GuardianShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona, of SSC Napoli, in action during the Serie A match against Juventus in 1986.Photograph: Alessandro Sabattini/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter After winning his first Serie A with Napoli in 1987Photograph: AlamyShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona in Mexico City before the start of the World Cup final between Argentina and West Germany in June 1986Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona runs past English defenders Terry Butcher (left) and Terry Fenwick (second left) on his way to scoring his second goal during the World Cup quarter-final between Argentina and England in June 1986Photograph: STAFF/AFP/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter The 1986 World Cup quarter-final between Argentina and England, in Mexico. Maradona scores the first goal with the ‘hand of God’, past England’s goalkeeper, Peter ShiltonPhotograph: Bob Thomas Sports Photography/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona celebrates World Cup victory in 1986 after the final between Argentina and West Germany at Estadio Azteca, in Mexico CityPhotograph: Alessandro Sabattini/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona balances a football on his head as he walks off the practice field following a team session in Mexico City during the 1986 World CupPhotograph: Jorge Duran/AFP/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona marries Claudia Villafañe in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 1989Photograph: Rafael WOLLMANN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona celebrates scoring Argentina’s third goal with teammate Fernando Redondo against Greece in the 1994 World Cup in the USPhotograph: Peter Robinson/EMPICS SportShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona, escorted by police, leaves a courthouse in March 1994 after answering charges he shot and injured journalists outside his country home in the city of Mercedes, 100km from Buenos AiresPhotograph: REUTERSShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona smokes a cigar in the waters off Havana, Cuba, in 2000Photograph: Reuters File Photo/ReutersShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona talks to then-Cuban president Fidel Castro before recording the TV programme The 10’s Night in Havana in October 2005Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona and his daughter Dalma celebrate after Boca Juniors’ Martin Palermo scored against River Plate in March 2006, during their Clausura tournament match in La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires, ArgentinaPhotograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona gestures as he attends a felicitation programme at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, India, in 2008Photograph: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona and his ex-wife Claudia Villafane leave a court building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 April 2008, after a hearing against former manager Guillermo Coppola.Photograph: Leo la Valle/EPAShare on Facebook Share on Twitter As Argentina’s head coach, Maradona is greeted by schoolchildren during his visit to Kgotlelelang school at Winterveldt, South Africa, in January 2010Photograph: Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona, head coach of Argentina, celebrates after Gabriel Heinze scored the opening goal during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group B match between Argentina and Nigeria in JohannesburgPhotograph: Mike Hewitt - FIFA/FIFA/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona poses during a photocall for the Serbian director Emir Kusturica’s film Maradona by Kusturica, at the 61st Cannes international film festival in 2008Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Maradona cheers on his country during a game against Nigeria at the 2018 World CupPhotograph: Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter TopicsSportPhotographyDiego MaradonancG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKugpL%2B1e8aao6Wdoq58c3yRaWanp6Zkf3Z7wGajop6VYravec%2Bimq2toprAbrDInp6oZZ2Wv6KwzqeY