Picture of Maradona when he was a kid and didn't have much money
Maradona was 1 of 6 kids and was born with a poor family but that didn't stop him from becoming a soccer legend. The legacy he leaves behind with that fact is that he inspires the low level class people to always look forward t his goals. That's what he did no matter what the money problems were he still continued to play soccer. He eventually even took his family out of poverty.
After scoring his 1st goal also known as, "The Hand of God"in the World Cup of 1986. He be came an idol and a leader for Argentina. Shortly after, there were over thousands of Argentinian named after him. Out of every 18 boys one of them had "Diego" as their first name.
"After Diego Maradona retires from both being a player and coach he kicks a ball during penalty shoot-out charity fundraiser, supporting the institute of hemotology and transplantation on September 29, 2010 in Moscow, Russia. Maradona raised 500,000 USD for the children's charity."
After Diego Maradona's Goal in the World Cup of 1986, "The Hand of God" then later scoring the second goal to assure the win he became a big hero for Argentina. A decade later there were over thousands of Argentinian boys named after him. Out of every 18 boys at least one of them were named "Diego" as their first name. Diego also had several fund raisers after his retirement as a player and as a coach in order to give back to the community.