Diego Maradona for the winning goal in the final, ensuring that he would be remembered as one of the greatest names in football history. By the end of the World Cup, Maradona went on to win the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament by unanimous vote and was widely regarded to have won the World Cup virtually single-handedly, something that he later stated he did not entirely agree with. Zinedine Zidane, watching the 1986 World Cup as a 14 year old, stated Maradona “was on another level”. In a tribute to him, Azteca Stadium authorities built a statue of
Timoteo Maradona Timoteo Maradona Timoteo Maradona (1793 – 24 August 1863) was an Argentine official and priest who played a leading role in San Juan Province in the first half of the nineteenth century. Timoteo Maradona was born in 1793 in San Juan, Argentina. He was the son of José Ignacio Fernández Maradona, a leading citizen of san Juan who was Deputy for San Juan in 1911. He married Antonia Videla, who had several children. For many years she was very sick. He was an appellate judge before becoming head of the provincial government. Maradona's opinions were Federalist, Catholic and Nationalistic. Maradona