Hugo Maradona dies at 52 years
Hugo Maradona has died. Only 13 months after the death of Diego Armando Maradona, the family suffers this hard blow again. Hugo, younger brother of 52 years of the mythical fluff, has died of cardiac arrest as reported ‘The Gazzetta dello Sport‘.
Hugo Maradona was a professional footballer
Although very far from the level exhibited by Diego, something that was logical since we are talking about one of the best footballers in history, Hugo Maradona he was also a professional soccer player. In fact, he played in teams like Ascoli in Calcio galactic years 80, on loan from Napoli, where he faced his brother.
The day the Maradona brothers played a friendly with Granada together
Was a 18 November 1987. Maradona was one of the best player in the world and had just won the World Cup in Mexico 1986 and the Scudetto with Napoli. Granada was playing in the Second Division at that time and invested 34 millions of old pesetas in Lalo, the middle brother of the Maradona. Diego promised to play a friendly match as a gesture of gratitude for the opportunity to his brother and thus help Granada to recover part of that money. And so, Diego, Lalo and Hugo, the Maradona brothers played a friendly with Granada.
