“Do you know any Boca fan who is not a fan?”, said Carlin Calvo once he was interviewed in the early 1990s on the rostrum of the Candy box during a match against San Lorenzo. The mythical actor, who died at the age of 67, was a fervent fan of the Xeneize but also a tireless supporter of soccer in general. Friendship with Diego Armando Maradona was sincere and pure, to the point that she left a remembered image of both during the Opening of 1992 during a Super classic.
Calvo, Maradona, Don Diego (father of Ten) and Claudia Villafañe (Maradona’s wife at the time) were located in one of the stalls of the Candy box to follow closely what would be the 1-0 win against River with both of Manteca Martínez with that remembered celebration in which he climbed the fence. That was the classic, too, in which Ángel Comizzo heard through a radio that they threw the criminal that he Mono Navarro Montoya covered Hernán Díaz.
Those images of the football idol and the artist were kept in the retina of football fans over the years. Both jumping and cheering like two more Boca fans in the middle of the stands. But nevertheless, football brought them together repeatedly.
During a 1991 benefit meeting, Diego joked about his presence: “The condition that I put to come to this game is that Carlín play next to me, otherwise he wouldn’t come”. That day Maradona joined the team of actors on Ferro’s court and scored three goals, one of them headed after a cross by Calvo. Of course, this was not the only solidarity sporting event they shared, since on different occasions the 1986 world champion was present with the group of actors to give a hand
A decade earlier, in 1981 (when Maradona was consecrated with Boca in the Metropolitan Championship), Carlín showed his technical skills inside a field: it was in a friendly benefit between actors against journalists at the Mar del Plata World Cup stadium. That night he converted a penalty in the first part and another good in the second, for which the rapporteur called him Diego Armando Calvo; defines as Maradona, with quality “. That day he wore the number 10 shirt that identified the Fluff.
With more experience on top, Calvo flirted with cameras and soccer in 1997 and 1998 when he recorded the series RRDT, in which he played a recently retired footballer named Rodolfo Rojas who became coach of the rival team in which he played. That comedy had several Martín Fierro Award nominations and featured other actors such as China Zorrilla, Pepe Soriano, Nancy Dupláa, Diego Peretti, and Mariano Martínez.
In a 2010 interview, the actor defined Diego as one of his great friends and Maradona greeted him via social media in 2015 for his birthday.
Calvo’s fanaticism for Boca throughout his life was not a novelty and in May 2011 he received a well-deserved distinction from the club, prior to a match against Newell’s. The actor went out to the playing field, received a shirt with his name and a badge.
Only 16 days from death of Diego Armando Maradona, announced the death of the popular Argentine actor who had known how to form a great relationship with the former soccer player and with whom he knew how to share his passion for Boca.
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