Former Argentine football superstar Diego Maradona will enter a mental health clinic in Buenos Aires for 13 days for treatment for alcohol abuse, his personal doctor Alfredo Cahe said Thursday.

"We are starting another phase. Maradona is able to go out for therapeutic reasons. He can exercise and see his family," Cahe told radio Del Plata.

Maradona, who has struggled with cocaine and alcohol abuse for years, was hospitalized for 22 days in April suffering from hepatitis linked to heavy drinking