Diego Maradona, Argentina's soccer legend and newly appointed chairman of the board of Dynamo Brest football club, attends a news conference in Brest, Belarus July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
BREST, Belarus (Reuters) - Argentina great Diego Maradona took over as chairman of Belarus soccer club Dynamo Brest on Monday after signing a three-year contract and said he hoped the country's strongman President Alexander Lukashenko would become a fan.
Maradona has caused a sensation in Belarus by agreeing to take charge of a club that was rescued from bankruptcy two years ago. He plans to move to Brest after parting company with Al-Fujairah FC where he was coach of the United Arab Emirates club.
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