Maradona, eternal: his story in the CONMEBOL Copa América
Diego Armando Maradona played three Copa América editions and totalled 12 matches and four goals for Argentina: he debuted in 1979 aged 18 wearing the number 6 because the 10 belonged to Bujedo, returned in 1987 with four games and three goals and finished third in 1989. Born in 1960, he would have turned 66 this 30 October.
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Em 30 de outubro o futebol celebra o nascimento de Diego Armando Maradona, e a marca dele também está na CONMEBOL Copa América, torneio que disputou em três edições.
A primeira foi em 1979, com apenas 18 anos. A curiosidade daquela participação foi a camisa: o 10, número com o qual se tornou mundialmente conhecido, não estava disponível — era do zagueiro Juan Carlos Bujedo — e Maradona jogou com a 6, com a qual marcou seu primeiro gol na competição, contra a Bolívia.
Oito anos depois ele voltou, na edição de 1987 organizada na Argentina, apenas um ano depois de se consagrar campeão do mundo no México 1986. Foi o melhor registro dele: quatro partidas e três gols, entre eles uma cobrança de falta contra o Equador que entrou perto do ângulo. A Albiceleste terminou em quarto e o Uruguai levou o título.
A última participação veio no Brasil 1989, com seis encontros disputados e o terceiro lugar da Argentina, sua melhor colocação nas três edições. O Brasil foi campeão.
No total, o capitão argentino somou 12 partidas e quatro gols na competição. O Dez morreu em 25 de novembro de 2020, e neste 30 de outubro teria completado 66 anos: nasceu em 1960 e segue sendo um dos grandes nomes do futebol sul-americano de sempre.
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