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.
He played in the Argentine first division for Talleres, in his home city
of Cordoba, Velez Sarsfield and Boca Juniors and French clubs Nimes and
Reims.
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