Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy to go up for auction

The Aguttes auction house will offer at auction a piece of world football history on June 6th, 2024: Diego Maradona s Adidas Golden Ball trophy (1960...

The Aguttes auction house will offer at auction a piece of world football history on June 6th, 2024: Diego Maradona's Adidas Golden Ball trophy (1960 - 2020) awarded to the best player of the Mexico ‘86 World Cup. The sale will take place on Thursday June 6, 2024, in Aguttes International Auction House- Neuilly-sur-Seine (Paris, France).

This is the most important individual distinction awarded to Maradona for a tournament in which he captained Argentina to World Cup victory, scored the ‘Goal of the Century’ and the infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal against England in the politically charged quarter-final encounter.

Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian teammate of Diego Maradona and scorer of the winning goal at the 1986 World Cup says, “At that 1986 World Cup, Diego shone like never before or since in his career; it was his monument. We knew we had the best player in the world, there was no doubt about it, we knew it for a fact.”

“My favourite recollection of this World Cup is the second goal he scored against England, which remains the most beautiful in history for me because you must consider the state of the pitch, the altitude, the context between the two countries, and what he managed to do... He breezed past six players... It was divine. On that day, he created a lasting legacy for all Argentinian sportsmen and women, not just footballers, showing just how much, you have to fight to be worthy of wearing the Argentine jersey.”