Hugo Maradona
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Hugo Hernán Maradona (born circa May 9, 1969), also known as El Turco, is an Argentine Association football coach. A former youth international, he previously played for clubs in Argentina, Europe, and Japan.
Hugo Maradona is one of two lesser known brothers of Diego 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.
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 the J. 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 the Puerto Rico Islanders, a team in the American USL First Division.
[edit] External links
- About Hugo Maradona (Italian)
- Puerto Rico Islanders
- Short Biography (German)
