[custom_adv] The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager suffered a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home. He had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November and was to be treated for alcohol dependency. [custom_adv] Maradona was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup, scoring the famous 'Hand of God' goal against England in the quarter-finals.In a statement on social media, the Argentine Football Association expressed "its deepest sorrow for the death of our legend", adding: "You will always be in our hearts." [custom_adv] Maradona played for Barcelona and Napoli during his club career, winning two Serie A titles with the Italian side. He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina, representing them in four World Cups. [custom_adv] Maradona led his country to the 1990 final in Italy, where they were beaten by West Germany, before captaining them again in the United States in 1994, but was sent home after failing a drugs test for ephedrine. [custom_adv] During the second half of his career, Maradona struggled with cocaine addiction and was banned for 15 months after testing positive for the drug in 1991. [custom_adv] He retired from professional football in 1997, on his 37th birthday, during his second stint at Argentine giants Boca Juniors. [custom_adv] Having briefly managed two sides in Argentina during his playing career, Maradona was appointed head coach of the national team in 2008 and left after the 2010 World Cup, where his side were beaten by Germany in the quarter-finals. [custom_adv] He subsequently managed teams in the United Arab Emirates and Mexico and was in charge of Gimnasia y Esgrima in Argentina's top flight at the time of his death. [custom_adv] After his retirement, Maradona fought drug addiction, alcohol abuse and obesity. In an improbable comeback he was named national coach in 2008, where he had mixed results and failed to translate his playing skills into coaching expertise. Before becoming coach of his home country in 2008, he coached Argentine first-division clubs Deportivo Mandiyu in 1994 and Racing Club in 1995. [custom_adv] Born in 1960, Maradona began his playing career in the domestic league aged 15 and won his first international cap a year later, scoring his first senior international goal in a friendly against Scotland in 1979. [custom_adv] He used to be known as "El Peluza," literally "lint" in Spanish and a word used to describe poor street kids. Then he was more often called "El Pibe de Oro" -- The Golden Boy -- and his legendary rise from poverty to lead Argentina to glory at the World Cup still resonates in a country where the national ego is wrapped up in the performance of football on the global stage. [custom_adv] Some Argentine journalists likened him to the classic "picaro" character of 16th century Spanish literature, the rascal who lives by his wits and seeks every advantage. [custom_adv] Maradona was a man who reacted spontaneously, rarely thinking things through to measure what might be the effect his actions or remarks, as was the case with his foul-mouthed tirade that got him banned in 2009.