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As the fourth-best-supported club in Italy, Napoli have been starved of success ever since their formation in 1926. After some good seasons under William Garbutt in the 1930s they briefly threatened to win the scudetto in the 1950s, when ship-builder Achille Lauro pumped money into the team, and then occasionally in the 1960s and 1970s. Napoli’s fans have always had a soft spot for charismatic foreign stars. The team’s heroes over the years have usually been forwards – the flamboyant Paraguayan Attila Sallustro in the 1920s and 1930s, the Brazilian Luis Vincio in the 1950s, Omar Sivori and José Altafini in the 1960s. Nobody, however, has ever come close to the adulation received by the greatest player ever to play for Napoli, and the only man to bring a championship trophy to the city: Diego Armando Maradona.