BUENOS AIRES: Argentine 1986 World Cup winning defender Jose Luis Cuciuffo died after being shot in a hunting accident, Argentine newspapers reported on Sunday. He was 43.
Cuciuffo, a central defender in the side captained by Diego Maradona that won the 1986 tournament in Mexico, was fatally wounded in the stomach while out hunting in southern Buenos Aires province on Saturday evening, they said on their websites. He died in hospital.
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