Hugo Maradona, Diego’s brother, dies at 52

This Tuesday Hugo Maradona, Diego Armando’s younger brother, died at 52 years of age due to cardiac arrest. As it progressed FanpageHugo has died at his home in Monte di Procida, a municipality in the province of Naples, where he lived with his family. He was found dead at 11:52 a.m. (local Italian time). Hugo Maradona’s goodbye comes just over a year after the death of Diego Armando Maradona.

Like Diego, Hugo Maradona also developed his own football career, acting as an attacking midfielder. He left the quarry of Argentinos Juniors and Napoli bought his pass in 1987, when he was just 18 years old. From there he played on loan at Ascoli during a season, facing his brother – at that time in the Neapolitan team -. A year later he put Heading to the Spanish league to play for Rayo Vallecano, where he played more than 60 games in the two seasons in which he was. In 1990 he tried his luck in Austria signing for Rapid Vienna before recover his best level in the Venezuelan Deportivo Italia, scoring 11 goals.

A year later, he passed through Club Progreso de Uruguay without much success before deciding to play. in Japanese football, where he achieved his best numbers in the ranks of PJM Future (31 goals), Avispa Fukuoka (35) and Consadole Saporo (15). In 1999 he signed for Brown de Arrecifes, playing just over twenty games before hanging up his boots.

He did not make his debut with the Argentine national team, but he did win the South American Under-16 Championship that took place in 1985 with the Albiceleste, scoring two goals in the last and final date against Brazil.

Already in his time as a coach, Hugo Maradona made his debut with the Puerto Rico Islanders in 2004 before returning to Italy, where he managed Boys Quarto for six seasons. Then he became Mariano Keller’s coach until 2017, his last experience being that of Real Parete, a modest Neapolitan team that belonged to the Italian ninth division. Rest in peace, Hugo.