The Embassy of Argentina in Dublin has opened a virtual book of condolences for Diego Maradona.
The death of the football legend on Wednesday, aged 60, rocked the sporting world.
Maradona is widely regarded as one of the finest players ever to grace the sport.
He led his country to success at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and featured for a number of top clubs including Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli and Sevilla.
Tributes have poured in from all over the world, from sporting and non-sporting figures including President of Ireland Michael D Higgins.
Irish fans who want to pay their respects to Maradona can email their message for the Dublin book of condolences to adm_eirla@mrecic.gov.ar.
The Embassy of Argentina in Dublin is inviting football fans from around Ireland to pay tribute to the late Diego Maradona
A Virtual Book of Condolences has been opened. All messages can be emailed to adm_eirla@mrecic.gov.ar pic.twitter.com/jiMrS56VYP— FAIreland ⚽️🇮🇪 (@FAIreland) November 27, 2020
In his message in honour of Maradona, President Higgins wrote: “It is with sadness that I and supporters of football everywhere will have learned of the death of Diego Maradona, arguably and widely regarded as the World’s greatest football player of all time.
“Football fans around the world will remember Maradona not only for his phenomenal talent for ball control, passing and dribbling, but for the vision of him on the field and the joy he brought to so many. He was an inspiration for many a young child playing football.
“His winning of the accolade ‘FIFA Player of the Century’ in 1999 - an award he shared with Pelé — is testimony to the high regard he was, and will continue to be, held in by football fans for many years to come.
"While he will be sadly missed by his family and friends at Boca Juniors, his loss will also be felt by millions of soccer fans in Argentina and across the world.”
Thousands of fans turned out to pay their respects to Maradona in Buenos Aires on Wednesday and Thursday and there were some unsavoury scenes as fans who didn't get a chance to see his coffin clashed with police.
Three days of mouring were declared in his native Argentina.
