10 Things You Didn't Know About Diego Maradona

2. He Has A Church Named After Him

A member of the Church of Maradona holds up a soccer ball that reads in Spanish
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The “Church of Maradona” was founded in Buenos Aires in 1998, presumably designed to annoy English fans still smarting from the Hand Of God controversy.

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