- Hugo Maradona
Football player infobox
playername = Hugo Maradona
fullname = Hugo Hernan Maradona
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|5|9
cityofbirth =Lanús
countryofbirth =Argentina
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1985-1987
1987-1988
1988-1990
1990
1990
1991
1991-1993
1995-1996
1998
1999
clubs =Argentinos Juniors
Ascoli
Rayo Vallecano
Rapid ViennaDeportivo Italia
Progreso
PJM Futures
Fukuoka Blux/Avispa Fukuoka
Toronto Italia
Consadole Sapporo
caps(goals) = 19 (1)
13 (0)
28 (3)
pcupdate = March 2008Hugo Hernán Maradona (born
May 9 ,1969 ), also known as El Turco, is an ArgentineAssociation football coach and former player. He played for clubs in Argentina, Europe, and Japan, and was a member of the Argentine U-16 national team.Born in
Lanús , Hugo Maradona is the youngest one of two lesser known brothers ofDiego Maradona . Nevertheless, Hugo Maradona was able to accomplish celebrity on his own, becoming a well liked player in Japan and Italy as well as in his native Argentina.In 1985, he was a part of the Argentina squad that competed at the U-16 World Championship in China. In Argentina's first round match against Congo, he scored two goals to help the team to a 4-2 win, which however was one goal short of what Argentina needed to advance past the group stage.
During 1987, Hugo Maradona was bought from Ascoli to play in the Italian Serie A championship. He played just 13 matches without scoring a goal, and was sold at the end of the season to
Rayo Vallecano in Spain. During 1989 he moved again to Rapid Vienna, and after that experience he went back to Argentina. He played in theJ. League from 1995-1998.After retiring from association football as a player, Maradona lived a relatively quiet life in Argentina, while his brother Diego maintained a life filled with public scandals and controversy.
In 2004, Hugo Maradona moved part-time to
Puerto Rico , where he became part of that country's association football federation's attempt to invigorate the sport among Puerto Ricans by becoming the head coach of thePuerto Rico Islanders , a team in the AmericanUSL First Division .External links
* [http://clarence.supereva.com/contents/sport/speciali/020312bidoni/maradona.html About Hugo Maradona] (Italian)
* [http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=194254/index.html FIFA.com - Individual record at FIFA tournaments]
* [http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/maradona_hugo.html Short Biography] (German)
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