On November 25, 2021, it completes one year since Diego Armando Maradona died, due to a cardiorespiratory arrest. Idol of Argentina, Boca Juniors and Napoli, the former player was honored in various parts of Brazil.
A survey carried out by proScore points out that Diego Armando Maradona receives the honor in the names of 1,480 people in the country. Diego Armando Maradona with other surnames are 35. Diego Maradona and a different surname are 624. Dyego (with Y) Maradona and other surnames are 12. The name Diego Armando Maradona with the change of places in the names has no record. However, “Maradona” within the name appears in 809 Brazilians.
The data only take into account people who were born after 1976, the year in which Maradona made his professional football debut for Argentinos Juniors.
“Maradona played for big clubs in Argentina, Spain and Italy. He was world champion for the Argentine national team and was always very media-oriented. Where he was, he carried a crowd of fans and the entire press. huge amount of tributes”, said Mellissa Penteado, CEO of the group proScore.
One of the greatest honors that Maradona received was the retirement of Napoli’s shirt 10, where he was two-time Italian champion, in 2000. He is idolized by the Argentine people due to the 1986 World Cup title, where he was the team’s big name and noted one of the greatest goals of history, in the quarter-finals, against England.
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