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Diego Armando Maradona is
regarded as one of the
players ever to step onto a football
. Many consider him to be the
. He captained his national team when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup. He scored the
"Hand of God" goal against England in the
-finals. In that same
, he scored another goal that was voted as the greatest goal of the twentieth century. Maradona played for Barcelona in Spain and Napoli in Italy. Current Barcelona
Lionel Messi said: "Maradona will never leave us because Diego is
." Brazilian legend Pele, a constant rival to Maradona for the world's greatest ever player accolade, said he hoped to one day, "play together in the
" with Maradona.
