Maradona has kidney stones removed

Diego Maradona

(Reuters) – Diego Maradona has undergone  surgery to have kidney stones removed, the Dubai hospital where  he is being treated said yesterday.

Diego Maradona

A spokesman for the Canadian Specialist Hospital said in a  statement that Argentina’s 1986 World Cup-winning captain, now  coach of United Arab Emirates side Al Wasl, would be discharged  within a few hours after a successful operation.

The 51-year-old Argentinian great, who coached his country  at the 2010 World Cup, has had various health problems over the  years, including when he spent 10 days in intensive care with  heart and breathing problems in 2004.

After quitting soccer in the 1990s, he battled drug  addiction, obesity and alcohol abuse. He had a gastric bypass  operation in 2005 and had a spell in hospital two years later  for alcohol-induced hepatitis.