Diego Maradona's modest, first home in La Paternal
![Maradona lived in a chabola in Villa Fiorito with his parents and seven brothers and sisters until he was 16.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/C44E4MEUTBONLFCT44ZCLYRFPI.jpg?auth=e81896f6b014353ec6285998d60771e3ba2f7729d48fbd7b05b5876725511081&width=360)
![Not long after turning 16 he moved out and rented a small apartment where he would live for the next two years.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/QEXRJRRZCRKOJEHMPMGPS6FKME.jpg?auth=bd764a42acc3162756eb5c354aa13376f3b6b7bc7698b59874b8300f184456af&width=360)
![In 1978, Argentina Juniors bought Maradona a house of his own, in La Paternal - a neighbourhood in north east Buenos Aires.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/XFLCVILDI5LW7P2B7ZWMAKVQCA.jpg?auth=e834b0aa3a64dadcf11ef4d442b71efd9749e195258176e118af25d5ed5174ee&width=360)
![In 1978, Argentina Juniors bought Maradona a house of his own, in La Paternal - a neighbourhood in north east Buenos Aires.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/H4JPBHQXCBNIZOLGFTMP2TVO6I.jpg?auth=ec7ab9329ddd6c00a5cdba50065e0c4549fcfb70074021e88670e119d1d5a86f&width=360)
![In 1978, Argentina Juniors bought Maradona a house of his own, in La Paternal - a neighbourhood in north east Buenos Aires.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/4WCR4CBR2RKA3IB2YG3IHRUBQI.jpg?auth=3746617c84ea1e114af4e7130060591085faca0a941badaa5403ead49244ed63&width=360)
![Maradona's old bedroom in his first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/QYF3YCT4ZZK7NKXAKLNKWOUXIE.jpg?auth=68a34fddcfbb8dc2b0ffe22ff4cc3d98818dad0e4c0cf5a3085c6aac2d3d46b5&width=360)
![Maradona's old bedroom in his first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/NNSXWCKY7ZJNJEA45DLUS2GSIY.jpg?auth=0cb812af54136c3f26d5ee202f40e0fb6d6812b8a2b502cb762ab1a89e5376a3&width=360)
![Diego Armando Maradona's Puma boots, in his first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/6BCUT2IYUBKRZLYOVGGI5TGAKM.jpg?auth=db62e4fa86930442b7ca1fcb02c69d116474a1399abb690f68d44b724a70a361&width=360)
![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.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/LILARIJYUJPJBKGKCN3DYIXQZY.jpg?auth=6ef1b9c5519b9c404e87ef75e8c276fff40e86df8e550e09ec0bd531bd351dca&width=360)
![The kitchen, with the original table, in Diego Armando Maradona's first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/YCBDOGWJQJPRZJ3C663SFJG7WY.jpg?auth=576f2cec85a880d88332b55ceb0a532e99d45a93c604daf78b9a8f0eaf99c6e1&width=360)
![The kitchen, with the original table, in Diego Armando Maradona's first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/T2MSV65JLZL7PE6OHOIGY2TQMQ.jpg?auth=52564ea351f740181347056833190b2d4fef4fbbb061ea8b4b54f38e09a089c2&width=360)
![Diego Armando Maradona's first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires was just a short walk from Argentinos Juniors' stadium.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/NYVYKSQYABJ5NKVDYRITLGREZM.jpg?auth=b56df39fc9ce8c6c4212f3aaba75cfd13a3b928df422d2ee6888a89829b718f5&width=360)
![Years later, Maradona recalled that this first house in La Paternal, "was like a palace" compared to his childhood home in Villa Fiorito .](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/KS5UVHHL3NNQ3FSH32BY7BB3TM.jpg?auth=c355b04695108a5e8491ec7640c79c23d4f4211273fa9da399392e466aed9d32&width=360)
![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.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/Y7CGWN7LRJOK3PVCON727SAPTE.jpg?auth=44c05e49eddb722914e341b7931d955b593262543e2994fba1dd897c07dd427c&width=360)
![Interior de la primera casa de Diego Armando Maradona.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/DDSH3R2BNZJAJIEILVP26YJP3A.jpg?auth=0df2bfbccd0e5bd7e0f678fb225f1a749dae53463fc5abe34e04dac365b22f8a&width=360)
![Maradona's contract with Argentinos Juniors.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/JZIWF3ODXRIHTMJM5O2XKWCIR4.jpg?auth=71d1b15521f199f9e0bec069406e277ba2620b5ef61f24a808112b2aea430917&width=360)
Maradona lived in a chabola in Villa Fiorito with his parents and seven brothers and sisters until he was 16.
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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.
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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 ORTIZDIARIO AS
In 1978, Argentina Juniors bought Maradona a house of his own, in La Paternal - a neighbourhood in north east Buenos Aires.
Foto:GUSTAVO ORTIZDIARIO AS
Maradona's old bedroom in his first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires
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Maradona's old bedroom in his first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires
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Diego Armando Maradona's Puma boots, in his first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires
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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 ORTIZDIARIO AS
The kitchen, with the original table, in Diego Armando Maradona's first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires.
Foto:GUSTAVO ORTIZDIARIO AS
The kitchen, with the original table, in Diego Armando Maradona's first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires.
Foto:GUSTAVO ORTIZDIARIO AS
Diego Armando Maradona's first house in La Paternal, Buenos Aires was just a short walk from Argentinos Juniors' stadium.
Foto:GUSTAVO ORTIZDIARIO 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 ORTIZDIARIO 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 ORTIZDIARIO AS
Interior de la primera casa de Diego Armando Maradona.
Foto:GUSTAVO ORTIZDIARIO AS
Maradona's contract with Argentinos Juniors.
Foto:GUSTAVO ORTIZDIARIO AS