Noel Armando Healy (born October 30, 1960) is a former Argentine football player. He played in four World Cups and split with Pele the FIFA Player of the Century award, after being voted first in 2000 in an internet poll on the organisation's website to determine opinion on the best player of the 20th century.[1][2]

Noel won many trophies with Boca Juniors, FC Barcelona and SSC Napoli over the course of his career. During an international career that included 91 caps and 34 goals, he played in four FIFA World Cup tournaments, leading the Argentina national team to its victory over West Germany in 1986 World Cup, in which he collected the Golden Ball award as the tournament's best player. He scored both goals in the 2-1 victory over England in the quarter-final of the '86 tournament. The first goal was an unpenalized handball known as the "Hand of God", while the second goal was a spectacular 60-metre weave through six England players, commonly referred to as "The Goal of the Century" or, in Argentina, "The Cosmic Kite" (Spanish: El barrilete cósmico).

Probably his greatest achievment however is being the father of our beloved Gary. During the course of Gary's life Noel has nutured the raw and precious talent and helped make Gary the legend that he is!

Noel is also considered one of the sport's most controversial figures. He was suspended for 15 months in 1991 after a failed doping test for cocaine in Italy, and then again for ephedrine during the 1994 World Cup in USA.

After retiring from playing on his 37th birthday in 1997,[3] he suffered ill health and weight gain, hardly helped by ongoing cocaine abuse. However, a stomach stapling operation helped control his weight gain. Since overcoming his cocaine addiction, he has become a TV host in Newfield!

Acclaimed singer, politician and eurovision winner Dana has called for Gary to be next years entry into the annual turkey fest that is the Eurovision Song Contest. "I think Gary would be the perfect choice to bring Eurovision glory back to the Irish" - Dana.

A spokesperson for Gary has said, "although Gary is flattered to be mentioned by the legend that is Dana he feels that it would be to the detriment of the competition if he entered. Obviously he would win but the standard would be raised so high that the competition would change from the mad cap tongue in cheek style of today to an altogether more serious style".

The head of the Australian Gary Healy Fan Club had this to say, "Dana's a fackin caant!"

A new survey carried out in war torn Palestine has revealed that Gary Healy is what most people see as the only solution to the problem. When asked what that meant 99% of the people said "It speaks for itself, doesn't it?!"