Diego Maradona In Critical Condition, Rushed To Hospital… Three Days After His Birthday

Football legend Diego Maradona was hospitalized in his native Argentina on Monday, according to multiple media reports out of the South American country.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, the 1986 World Cup winner was admitted to a hospital in the city of La Plata, where he serves as the manager of Argentina Primera División club Gimnasia de La Plata, just three days after celebrating his 60th birthday on Oct. 30.

The reports said that Maradona underwent tests, but didn’t reveal his condition nor the reason he needed to seek urgent medical attention.

One local outlet, La Nacion, reported that while it “is not an emergency situation,” Maradona and his doctor, neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, agreed that he required inpatient care. 

It also suggested that Maradona, who has suffered from health problems in the past, would be moved to a long term care facility in the nearby capital of Buenos Aires.