The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November.
It was then announced that he was to be treated for alcohol dependency.
Diego Maradona was captain when Argentina won the 1986 world cup, producing a series of sublime individual performances.
He played for Barcelona and Napoli during his club career, winning two Seria A titles with the Italian sale.
Maradona holds the record for suffering the most number of fouls in a World Cup – 53, during the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. He also holds the record for the most number of fouls suffered in one game in a World Cup, when Italy fouled him 23 times in the 1982 edition of the tournament.
Maradona holds the record for making the most number of appearances as captain of any country in a World Cup. He skippered Argentina on 16 occasions.
Diego scored using his hand in the quarter-final of the 1986 World Cup against England . When he was quizzed about the incident, he said: “The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, a little by the head of Maradona.”
During his reign as manager, Argentina equalled their worst ever defeat by losing 6-1 to Bolivia in World Cup qualifiers. This led to Maradona taking a fair amount of criticism. And when his side did qualify for the tournament, he launched into an infamous "keep sucking" rant. FIFA banned him for two months after the outburst.
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) put in a request to FIFA to retire the No.10 shirt in honour of Maradona. The request was denied.
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