They evaluate to take the World Cup in Qatar the Maradona collection of the Fashion Museum - the counter

La principal colección de vestimenta del fallecido astro del fútbol mundial Diego Maradona y que posee el Museo de la Moda, en Santiago, podría ser expuesta próximamente en el Mundial de Qatar, a realizarse este año.

Among the garments not only those with which he participated in the National Team and the various clubs where he militated, but also of his first era in the "Cebolitas" team, as well as trophies and photographs.

There are currently no plans to exhibit it again in Chile, "but the idea is at some point to be able to take it outside and we are trying to take this exhibition to Qatar for the next World Cup and pay tribute to Diego in that country," explains Gabriel Basso,Executive Director of the Fashion Museum Foundation.Maradona's collection was exhibited until a few months ago, in 2021.

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When asked about the origin of the collection, Basso says that the entire collection was bought in London and are original objects.

"That is the great merit of the collection, which is complete and reflects all Maradona's trajectory, from the beginning of his career.There are many signed shirts, "he explains.

This was done within the framework of a project linked to the 62nd World Cup and football.The Fashion Museum has the largest collection in Chile about the 62nd.

"It seemed important to have a collection of such high level as Diego Maradona, with the intention of strengthening our football collection," he explained.

The clothing "represents one of the biggest players of all time.His figure was very important in the 80s and 90s, "he says.

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Among the garments, Basso stands out "first that of chives that is super difficult to find because they are also children's things, then some shirts appear from the 17th, the 9 that are shirts that Diego occupied when he debuted in Argentinos Junior andObviously there was a much greater player than he who occupied number 10 ".

"There is a shirt that occupied in the World Cup in Mexico 86 that we believe it was from the Argentine-Belgium match, and well, the last blue shirt where he marks his last goal for the National Team.".

The clothing covers a wide period: from the selection when he was youth champion in the World Cup in Japan and then all the periods where he participated in the World Cups.

"Recall that the 78 Maradona World Cup was not summoned, so there are the Youth World Cup shirts, there is the 82 World Cup shirt, there is a sportswear of the 86th World Cup,".

The collection includes one of that World Cup shirts where one of the best players chosen and turned the best goal of all the World Cup time.Then comes Italy 90, where he was runner -up of the world, and the United States 94, where his last part with the Argentine National Team ends.

Maradona Universe

Faced with the consultation about why collecting clothing from the Argentine star, Basso explains that it represents one of the greatest players of all time, and apart from that his figure was a very important figure in the 80s and 90s.

"Apart from politics, it was always against FIFA, it had a whole representation that the other football stars did not fulfill what have been important for the sport.So that is what is very close to him, not only the sports part, but everything that involves this universe by Diego Armando Maradona and obviously that we consider it but the greatest within the first two of all time ".

The collection also includes t -shirts ranging from the time of chives as a child, trophies, photographs, a lotFirst time of the 80s later Barcelona, Naples where he made his best stage, Seville and then again Newell's Old Boys and ends again in Boca Juniors, which is his team that "He loves mad".

Currently, the collection is also exposed for specific moments.After the death of the Argentine star, the Fashion Museum opened the first exhibition of Maradona, which was exhibited for several months of 2021.

It is "for a topic more than any conservation.According to the conservation of the Fashion Museum, the garments, especially.It has to do with fabrics and that kind of thing, it cannot be exposed for a very long time, because the deterioration is very fast, "he says.