In Argentina there is a religion where Maradona is seen as a prophet, the Maradonian Church. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_Maradoniana https://en.m.w

In Argentina there is a religion where Maradona is seen as a prophet, the Maradonian Church. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_Maradoniana https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_Maradoniana This is a video about it by Vice: https://youtu.be/knRo_1xrJ2A https://youtu.be/knRo_1xrJ2A They perform baptisms and marriages. Members usually use Diego for their children's first or middle names. They also spell "god" as "d10s" (dios + 10, where 10 is Diego's jersey number). There are many songs dedicated to him, such as https://youtu.be/EAk-l1VHzBw https://youtu.be/EAk-l1VHzBw ...and a museum, I think. Maradona's immortal play is "el gol del siglo": https://youtu.be/jOz2uGMTA2w https://youtu.be/jOz2uGMTA2w The atmosphere during that match was pretty tense since Argentina and England had an armed conflict 4 years prior, the Falklands War.