Keep in mind Claudio Caniggia, the Argentine generally known as El Hilo del Vent (The Son of the Wind) along with his golden locks tailing him as he would twist and switch his manner? pal of Diego Maradona, he was as soon as banned for 13 months in 1993 for taking cocaine.
The jerseys that El Pajaro (The Hen, one other nickname) he wore throughout 1990 world cup in Italy have been stolen from his father’s house in Buenos Aires. Together with the one he scored in opposition to Italy. It was a splendid help from Maradona, weaving, twisting, fooling not less than 7 defenders earlier than he would cross it to Caniggia, who waited for the goalie to hurry out, took a brief detour, and slammed it in. The opposite jersey was worn in opposition to Nigeria in the identical world cup.
🎶 “𝐿𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙 𝟷𝟶, 𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑟𝑎́ 𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑜”
Genialidad de Maradona y definición brillante de @caniggiaclaudio para que 🇦🇷 @Argentina le gane a 🇧🇷 Brasil en la #FIFAWorldCup 1990. 🤩
¿Se repetirá el clásico en Catar? 👀
— Copa Mundial FIFA 🏆 (@fifaworldcup_es) November 2, 2022
Telam information company reported that police carried out a raid at a house within the Alto Verde neighbourhood of Cordoba within the Cordovan capital together with personnel from the Argentine Federal Police.
30 de octubre #diadelfutbol pic.twitter.com/3Nndq6qA84
— Claudio Paul Caniggia (@caniggiaclaudio) October 30, 2021
“Claudio is in Rome, he is happy and pleased with the restoration of those shirts that have been crucial to him,” his lawyer, José Vera , informed the company.
The Jerseys had Caniggia’s signatures scrawled on their again, the police informed reporters. The theft had occurred after the demise of Caniggia’s father.
El imborrable “Diego, Diego” de Cani. El pase del 10. La picardía y la definición del Pájaro. El último partido de Maradona con la camiseta de la Selección. Belleza de gol en 🇺🇸’94, también por contexto y condimentos.
Faltan 250 días para Qatar 2022.pic.twitter.com/bt7gkoGmZY
— VarskySports (@VarskySports) March 15, 2022
Caniggia was shaken by the demise of Maradona. “You don’t want to stay the life Diego Maradona lived. Day-after-day. Day-after-day. From 17-years-old ‘til the top of his life. It was not straightforward. I let you know, it was not straightforward,” he as soon as informed The Scotsman.
Que se haga justicia 🙏🏽@dalmaradona @gianmaradona pic.twitter.com/TlbWnXFsO8
— Claudio Paul Caniggia (@caniggiaclaudio) March 10, 2021
“I’ve nice recollections. I need to take into consideration the good recollections,” Caniggia continues. “The folks round him will know the story of his final years. It makes me offended, I don’t need to speak about this. Perhaps you might have learn concerning the atmosphere round him within the final years, particularly when he got here again to Argentina.”“I used to be going to the coaching floor every so often on the crew he was teaching – Gimnasia,” explains Caniggia. “I might see the video games, go into the dressing room, converse to him ten minutes earlier than the sport after which watch the sport. I did it just a few instances. After which Covid got here, I had not seen him for some time. After which he died.”
It’s not well-known that Caniggia almost performed the 2010 world cup, years after his retirement. Maradona was Argentina’s coach and the overall supervisor Carlos Bilardo met up with Caniggia with the provide to do what Roger Milla did for Cameroon.
“I mentioned, ‘Carlos, I’m not taking part in anymore. I’m 42, almost 43!’ – it was December 2009. My birthday is in January. Six months to the World Cup! I mentioned, ‘Carlos, I gave up 4 years in the past. It’s inconceivable’. He mentioned, ‘no, no, it’s important to come again’. I informed him to had been 4 years with out taking part in as knowledgeable. ‘Ah,’ he mentioned. ‘However I do know what you are able to do …’”
“My greatest remorse in soccer.”