Hugo Maradona

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Hugo Maradona
Personnel
Surname Hugo Hernán Maradona Franco
birthday May 9, 1969
place of birth Lanús , Buenos AiresArgentina
date of death December 27, 2021
Place of death Monte di ProcidaItaly
size 168 cm
position midfield
Juniors
years station
Argentinos Juniors
Men's
years station Games (goals) 1
1985 / 86-1987 Argentinos Juniors 19 0(1)
1987 SSC Naples 0 0(0)
1987-1988 →  Ascoli Calcio  (loan) 13 0(0)
1988-1990 Rayo Vallecano 64 0(9)
1990/91 Rapid Vienna 3 0(0)
1990/91 Deportivo Italia
1992 Club Atlético Progreso
1992-1994 Future Shizuoka 49 (31)
1995 Fukuoka Blux 27 (27)
1996 Avispa Fukuoka 21 0(8)
1997-1998 Consadole Sapporo 56 (15)
1999 Club Almirante Brown
National team
years selection Games (goals)
at least 1985 Argentina U-16 at least 4 0(at least 4)
Stations as a trainer
years station
2004-2006 Puerto Rico Islanders
1 Only league games are given.

Hugo Maradona , full name Hugo Hernán Maradona Franco , (born May 9, 1969 in Lanús , Buenos Aires , †  December 27, 2021 in Monte di Procida ) was an Argentine football player .

Personal

The "Turquito", 1.68 meters tall midfielder Hugo Maradona was the youngest brother of Diego Maradona . Hugo Maradona died of a heart attack on December 27, 2021 at his home in Monte di Procida near Naples . He left behind his wife, two daughters and a son.

Player career

society

After he had already belonged to the youth team of the Argentinos Juniors and made his debut on March 16, 1986 in the 3-2 defeat by Boca Juniors in the Primera División , he was at the beginning of his career in the seasons 1985/86 and 1986/87 Squad of the first division team, for which he completed 19 first division games and scored one goal during this period. He then moved to Italy for SSC Napoli , but could not prevail and was awarded to Ascoli Calcio . He was 13 times (no goals) at the club from the region marks 1987/88 in the Serie A used. In the 1988/89 season he played 35 games (six goals) in the Segunda División at Rayo Vallecano and rose with the Spanish club in the Primera División . In the first division season 1989/90 he added 29 league games and three goals to his statistics. In 1990/91 he ran three times (no goal) for Rapid Vienna in the Austrian 1st Bundesliga. In the same season, a station in Venezuela at Deportivo Italia is run for him. In 1992 he played in the Uruguayan Primera División for Club Atlético Progreso . That year he moved to Japan . From then on he was active there for Future Shizuoka in 1992, 1993 and 1994 and scored 31 goals in 49 league appearances. Fukuoka Blux in 1995 (27 games / 27 goals), Avispa Fukuoka in 1996 (21/8) and Consadole Sapporo from 1997 to 1998 (56/15) were his subsequent employers. Club Almirante Brown was his last career station in the 1999/00 season . He ended his career in 1999 when he was playing in the Nacional B club. At the end of his career he had a total of 236 games and 100 goals.

National team

Maradona was a member of the Argentine U-16 selection . With her he won the title at the U-16 South American Championship in 1985 in Argentina. He contributed two goals in the 3-2 win over Brazil. He was also on the Argentine squad at the 1985 U-16 World Cup in the People's Republic of China . There he was used in all three group matches and scored two goals. However, his team was eliminated in the preliminary round.

After an active career / coaching activity

In 2001 he coached as part of a planned comeback at Miami Fusion in Major League Soccer , which ultimately did not take place. That year, Maradona and his wife settled in Boynton Beach , Florida , and opened a bakery in Greenacres . From 2004 to 2006 he coached the Puerto Rico Islanders .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Hugo Maradona, brother of Argentina's favorite son, keeps eye on World Cup from Greenacres bakery (English) on palmbeachpost.com from June 4, 2010, accessed on November 22, 2014
  2. ^ APA: Hugo Maradona died. In: The standard. Der Standard, December 28, 2021, accessed December 28, 2021 (Austrian German).
  3. a b c d Fútbol: Hugo Maradona, la promesa de crack, jugó en San Nicolás on diarioelnorte.com.ar from July 1, 2014, accessed on November 23, 2014
  4. a b Profile on playerhistory.com ( Memento from December 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 22, 2014
  5. Hugo Maradona in the FIFA database , accessed on November 22, 2014
  6. ^ The Knowledge - Does Diego Maradona have a more famous brother? , Guardian article dated July 11, 2012