Diego Maradona's brother is dead

The 52-year-old died of a heart attack in his home in Monte di Procida near Naples on Monday evening, as his relatives announced on Tuesday. Hugo, the youngest of the Maradona brothers, had settled in the Naples area after a short football career. In 1990 he also played with little success for Rapid Vienna in Austria.

Hugo Maradona was acquired in 1987 at the age of 18 by SSC Napoli, the club of his brother, who died in November 2020, and played a single game for the southern Italians before moving to Ascoli on loan. He continued his career at Rayo Vallecano and Rapid before returning to Italy. In the Austrian league he only made three appearances. As a player, Hugo Maradona was also involved in Japan and Canada. As a coach, he later looked after amateur teams from the Campania region.

Hugo Maradona leaves behind his wife and three children. “He led a healthy life and was still active in the world of football,” his lawyer Angelo Pisani told Italian media. In the last local elections in Naples in October, Maradona was offered a candidacy alongside mayoral candidate Catello Maresca, but he did not accept. Among other things, because of problems with Italian citizenship, which he had not yet acquired.

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Diego Maradona's brother is dead

A little more than a year after Diego Maradona's death, his younger brother Hugo also died.

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