a deity for the way he led Napoli to its only two Serie A titles — in 1987 and 1990 — and raised the spirits of the southern Italian city, which remains far removed both geographically and socio-economically from the country’s soccer capitals of Milan and Turin.“Maradona wasn’t just a player.
He represented the spirit of Napoli for years,” said former Napoli president Corrado Ferlaino, who owned the club when Maradona played there.A person close to Maradona said he died Wednesday of a heart attack.
He was 60. The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.Upon hearing the news, Naples Mayor Luigi De Magistris immediately proposed that the city’s San Paolo Stadium be.