Hugo Maradona

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Hugo Maradona
Full name	Hugo Hernan Maradona
Date of birth	May 9, 1969 (1969-05-09) (age 39)
Place of birth	Lanús, Argentina
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985-1987 1987-1988 1988-1990 1990 1990 1991 1991-1993 1995 1996 1998 1999	Argentinos Juniors Ascoli Rayo Vallecano Rapid Vienna Deportivo Italia Progreso Shizuoko Future Fukuoka Blux Avispa Fukuoka Toronto Italia Toshiba Sapporo	13 (0) 28 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Hugo Hernán Maradona (born May 9, 1969), also known as El Turco, is an Argentine Association football coach and former player. He played for clubs in Argentina, Europe, and Japan, and was a member of the Argentine U-16 national team.

Born in Lanús, Hugo Maradona is the youngest one of two lesser known brothers of Diego Maradona. Nevertheless, Hugo Maradona was able to accomplish celebrity on his own, becoming a well liked player in Japan and Italy as well as in his native Argentina.

In 1985, he was a part of the Argentina squad that competed at the U-16 World Championship in China. In Argentina's first round match against Congo, he scored two goals to help the team to a 4-2 win, which however was one goal short of what Argentina needed to advance past the group stage.

During 1987, Hugo Maradona was bought from Ascoli to play in the Italian Serie A championship. He played just 13 matches without scoring a goal, and was sold at the end of the season to Rayo Vallecano in Spain. During 1989 he moved again to Rapid Vienna, and after that experience he went back to Argentina. He played in the J. League from 1995-1998.

After retiring from association football as a player, Maradona lived a relatively quiet life in Argentina, while his brother Diego maintained a life filled with public scandals and controversy.

In 2004, Hugo Maradona moved part-time to Puerto Rico, where he became part of that country's association football federation's attempt to invigorate the sport among Puerto Ricans by becoming the head coach of the Puerto Rico Islanders, a team in the American USL First Division.