Arguably the world’s greatest ever footballer, Diego Armando Maradona has died aged 60. We take a look back at his colourful career on and off the pitch
Maradona runs past English defenders Terry Butcher (left) and Terry Fenwick (second left) on his way to scoring his second goal during the World Cup quarter-final between Argentina and England in June 1986
The 1986 World Cup quarter-final between Argentina and England, in Mexico. Maradona scores the first goal with the ‘hand of God’, past England’s goalkeeper, Peter Shilton
Photograph: Bob Thomas Sports Photography/Getty Images
Maradona, escorted by police, leaves a courthouse in March 1994 after answering charges he shot and injured journalists outside his country home in the city of Mercedes, 100km from Buenos Aires
Maradona and his daughter Dalma celebrate after Boca Juniors’ Martin Palermo scored against River Plate in March 2006, during their Clausura tournament match in La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maradona and his ex-wife Claudia Villafane leave a court building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 April 2008, after a hearing against former manager Guillermo Coppola.
Maradona, head coach of Argentina, celebrates after Gabriel Heinze scored the opening goal during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group B match between Argentina and Nigeria in Johannesburg
Maradona poses during a photocall for the Serbian director Emir Kusturica’s film Maradona by Kusturica, at the 61st Cannes international film festival in 2008
