ROME, Dec 28, 2021 (BSS/AFP) - Diego Maradona's younger brother Hugo has
died in Naples at the age of 52 just a year after the Argentine football
legend passed away, Italian football club Napoli confirmed on Tuesday.
"Hugo Maradona has died," Napoli said in a brief statement on their
website, confirming reports in the Italian press the former footballer had
suffered a heart attack.
The club said Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis and the team "come
together around Maradona's family and unite with them in the pain of Hugo's
death".
A former Argentine youth international midfielder, Hugo Maradona played in
Italy, Austria, Spain, Argentina and Japan, before returning to Italy to
settle there permanently and had a brief coaching career with amateur clubs
in Naples.
Maradona, who had three children, recently ran on a right-wing list in
municipal elections, which the left ultimately won.
Hugo Maradona was signed by Napoli in 1987 -- joining Diego -- before
being loaned to Ascoli.
On September 20 of the same year, the two brothers played against each
other with Diego's Napoli coming out on top 2-1.
Diego Maradona widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all
time, passed away in November 2020, aged 60.