Diego Maradona's modest, first home in La Paternal
Photogallery of pictures by Gustavo Ortiz of the first house owned by Diego Armando Maradona which Argentina Juniors gave to him for his 18th birthday.
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Maradona lived in a chabola in Villa Fiorito with his parents and seven brothers and sisters until he was 16.
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
Not long after turning 16 he moved out and rented a small apartment where he would live for the next two years.
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In 1978, Argentina Juniors bought Maradona a house of his own, in La Paternal - a neighbourhood in north east Buenos Aires.
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
In 1978, Argentina Juniors bought Maradona a house of his own, in La Paternal - a neighbourhood in north east Buenos Aires.
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
In 1978, Argentina Juniors bought Maradona a house of his own, in La Paternal - a neighbourhood in north east Buenos Aires.
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
Maradona's old bedroom in his first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
Maradona's old bedroom in his first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
Diego Armando Maradona's Puma boots, in his first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
The hallway in Diego Armando Maradona's first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires, which is now a museum run by Alberto Pérez, an ex-manager of Argentina Juniors.
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
The kitchen, with the original table, in Diego Armando Maradona's first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires.
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
The kitchen, with the original table, in Diego Armando Maradona's first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires.
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
Diego Armando Maradona's first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires was just a short walk from Argentinos Juniors' stadium.
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
Years later, Maradona recalled that this first house in La Paternal, "was like a palace" compared to his childhood home in Villa Fiorito .
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
Maradona lived in the house until 1980 when he could afford to upgarde to a mansion in Villa Devoto - a tree-lined residential area on the other side of town.
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
Interior de la primera casa de Diego Armando Maradona.
Foto: GUSTAVO ORTIZ / DIARIO AS
