Only about two dozen relatives and close friends attended the ceremony in Argentina’s capital city on Thursday.
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Maradona, who died of a heart attack Wednesday at the age of 60, will be laid to rest in the Jardin de Paz cemetery, where his parents were also buried, Sebastian Sanchi told AFP.
The Brazilian three-time World Cup winner was often Maradona’s closest competitor in polls to decide the greatest footballer of all time.
The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November
Footage broadcast by local TV stations showed the former World Cup winner leaving the Olivos clinic in an ambulance.
The former Napoli and Boca Juniors player had emergency surgery last Tuesday for a subdural haematoma, a blood clot on the brain.
“We saw that in the postoperative phase Diego had episodes of confusion,” Leopoldo Luque told reporters, adding that therapists had linked the behaviour to “abstinence” and that the necessary treatment would last “a few days”.
In a statement released on Tuesday night, the 1986 World Cup winner’s PR handlers said the operation “was all successful and it happened as expected”.
A source with knowledge of the situation, as well as local media, said on Tuesday.
“He’s doing better but we think he should stay for another day,’’ Dr Leibarzt Leopoldo Luque told television station TyC Sports.
The 60-year-old Maradona was reportedly taken to the Ipensa clinic in La Plata, about an hour from Buenos Aires.
The 59-year-old, who turns 60 on Friday, began isolating at his home in Argentina on Tuesday, after last coming into contact with the guard on Saturday.
His announcement helped to allay fears the Argentina football legend had contacted the virus after hugging a colleague who was later found to have tested positive.
The decision was announced on Monday
Footballing legend Diego Maradona has resigned from his role as head coach of Argentinian side Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata less than three months after taking the job.
Diego Maradona has made what is believed to be a serious approach to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the manager of Manchester United.
Local media in Buenos Aries are suggesting the football legend was detained when he flew into the Argentina capital from Mexico.
Diego Maradona has been fined for dedicating a recent victory by his Mexican club to Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, Mexico’s football federation said on Monday.
Diego Maradona hailed Cristiano Ronaldo after his wonder performance for Juventus in their Champions League win over Atletico Madrid.
Argentina’s 1986 World Cup soccer winning captain, Diego Maradona, has three children in Cuba and will travel to the country to legally recognise them, his lawyer told Argentine media.