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Published 20:58 3 Jul 2018 BST
The Argentinian is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers to ever kick a ball, but he remains a controversial figure in the game, with his drug and financial problems well documented.
Throughout the mid-1980s and 1990s, Maradona was addicted to cocaine - he was sent home from the 1994 World Cup after two games after failing a drug test for ephedrine doping. Maradona would claim in his autobiography that it was due to an energy drink that his personal trainer had advised him to drink.
He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for the Argentinian national side and lifted the World Cup with his country in 1986. He then went on to manager Argentina from November 2008 and July 2010.Quiz: Name all 25 of these obscure 2014 World Cup players
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