A life in pictures: Diego Maradona

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 pitch

Paul Bellsham

Main image: Diego Maradona is lifted up as he holds the World Cup trophy for Argentina in 1986. Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images

Wed 25 Nov 2020 13.23 EST Last modified on Sun 21 Feb 2021 13.13 EST

A young Diego Maradona in the late 1970s
Photograph: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
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Scotland v Argentina, 1979
Photograph: Mark Leech/Offside/Getty Images
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Maradona plays football with his brothers on a beach.
Photograph: Getty Images
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Maradona being carried by fans after winning the 1981 Championship with Boca Juniors at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires
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Enjoying a bit of music
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Maradona, in his famous number 10 shirt, is confronted by a posse of Belgium defenders during the 1982 Wold Cup in Spain
Photograph: Steve Powell/Getty Images
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Maradona goes past Remi Moses (left) and Mike Duxbury at Old Trafford during the European Cup Winners’ Cup, 1984
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Maradona on the day of his presentation at Napoli
Photograph: Alfredo Capozzi
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Maradona is fouled during a friendly international between West Germany and Argentina in Buenes Aires
Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/The Guardian
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Maradona, of SSC Napoli, in action during the Serie A match against Juventus in 1986.
Photograph: Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images
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After winning his first Serie A with Napoli in 1987
Photograph: Alamy
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Maradona in Mexico City before the start of the World Cup final between Argentina and West Germany in June 1986
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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 1986
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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 Shilton
Photograph: Bob Thomas Sports Photography/Getty Images
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Maradona celebrates World Cup victory in 1986 after the final between Argentina and West Germany at Estadio Azteca, in Mexico City
Photograph: Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images
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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 Cup
Photograph: Jorge Duran/AFP/Getty Images
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Maradona marries Claudia Villafañe in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 1989
Photograph: Rafael WOLLMANN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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Maradona celebrates scoring Argentina’s third goal with teammate Fernando Redondo against Greece in the 1994 World Cup in the US
Photograph: Peter Robinson/EMPICS Sport
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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 Aires
Photograph: REUTERS
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Maradona smokes a cigar in the waters off Havana, Cuba, in 2000
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Maradona talks to then-Cuban president Fidel Castro before recording the TV programme The 10’s Night in Havana in October 2005
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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, Argentina
Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images
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Maradona gestures as he attends a felicitation programme at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, India, in 2008
Photograph: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images
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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/EPA
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As Argentina’s head coach, Maradona is greeted by schoolchildren during his visit to Kgotlelelang school at Winterveldt, South Africa, in January 2010
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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 Johannesburg
Photograph: Mike Hewitt - FIFA/FIFA/Getty Images
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Maradona poses during a photocall for the Serbian director Emir Kusturica’s film Maradona by Kusturica, at the 61st Cannes international film festival in 2008
Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images
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Maradona cheers on his country during a game against Nigeria at the 2018 World Cup
Photograph: Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images
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A life in pictures: Diego Maradona