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Forgotten Football Icon: The Maradona of the East

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Gheorghe Hagi made a total of 427 club appearances and  scored 136  goals.
Gheorghe Hagi made a total of 427 club appearances and scored 136 goals.

People often let star players of bygone eras of the game slip their mind once their career is over. One such star was Gheorghe Hagi! 

He was a maestro on the football pitch. Many would have considered him to be an artist whenever he stood tall in the middle of the pitch, ready to paint the game to his liking. During his playing days, he dazzled the world with breathtaking technique and vision that made football seem less like a sport and more like poetry. Hagi's journey from the streets of Romania to the grand stages of European football is nothing short of iconic.

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