Diego Maradona is widely considered one of the greatest footballers to have ever played the game.
The mercurial talent famously captained Argentina to 1986 World Cup glory over West Germany in Mexico and the No.10 also won the tournament's Golden Ball best player award.
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In club football, the 'Golden Boy's' vision, touch, control, speed, dribbling skills and goalscoring prowess almost single-handedly led Napoli to their first ever Serie A title in 1987, as well as an array of other domestic and European trophies over the next couple of years.
Maradona retired from the game in 1997 and had a two-year spell managing Argentina between 2008 and 2010, and more latterly the 55-year-old spent a season with Al Wasl in 2011.
1946: Sir Ian McGeechan, four-times British Lions coach, also a former Scotland coach.
1962: Courtney Walsh, West Indies paceman who took 519 Test wickets.
1970: Adedayo Adebayo, former England winger.
1973: Michael Oakes, former Aston Villa, Wolves and Cardiff goalkeeper.
1974: Neil Shipperley, former Southampton, Crystal Palace and Sheffield United striker.
1976: Stern John, former Trinidad and Tobago striker, also played for Nottingham Forest, Birmingham and Coventry.
1983: Iain Hume, Canada's former Leicester, Barnsley and Preston striker.
1989: Nastia Liukin (gymnastics), Moscow-born 2008 Olympic individual all-around gold medallist for the United States, born 1989.