Diego Maradona's brother Hugo dies in Naples aged 52

ROME - 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.BSS/AFP