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[h1]Maradona´s grand-grandfather comes from Praputnjak, Croatia[/h1]
Croatian Times
Argentinean football team coach Diego Armando Maradona's predecessors come from the western Croatian village of Praputnjak, according to historians quoted in the weekly Vrime.
"Maradona's grand-grandfather Matej Kariolic, the father of the footballer's grandmother Salvadora, comes from the tiny village of Praputnjak. Our local priest has researched it and found it all in church books", pensioner Stanko Kariolic has told to the weekly Vrime.
Stanko Kariolic has also said Maradona a few years ago has visited the nearby place of Novi Vinodolski and when asked about his grand-grandfather "he has made a joke asking whether there was some land left to sell".
The new theory denies the version that Maradona's grand-grandfather emigrated to Argentina from the southern Croatian island of Korcula.
"I've researched the church books and found no Kariolic surname in Korcula since the 14th century", local priest Bozo Banicevic told the paper.
Croatian Times
Argentinean football team coach Diego Armando Maradona's predecessors come from the western Croatian village of Praputnjak, according to historians quoted in the weekly Vrime.
"Maradona's grand-grandfather Matej Kariolic, the father of the footballer's grandmother Salvadora, comes from the tiny village of Praputnjak. Our local priest has researched it and found it all in church books", pensioner Stanko Kariolic has told to the weekly Vrime.
Stanko Kariolic has also said Maradona a few years ago has visited the nearby place of Novi Vinodolski and when asked about his grand-grandfather "he has made a joke asking whether there was some land left to sell".
The new theory denies the version that Maradona's grand-grandfather emigrated to Argentina from the southern Croatian island of Korcula.
"I've researched the church books and found no Kariolic surname in Korcula since the 14th century", local priest Bozo Banicevic told the paper.
