Diego Maradona's Home Transformed into Soup Kitchen After the Football Legend's Untimely Passing at 60

THE childhood home of Diego Maradona has been given a shock makeover – after being transformed into a soup kitchen.

The Argentina legend at the age of 60 in November 2020.

And Maradona’s former house in Villa Fiorito, a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, is being used to help those in need of food.

The property no longer belongs to the family of the one-time winner.

But a mural is still seen on the facade, depicting Maradona alongside the words The House of God, and the home was declared a national historic site in 2021.

The current owner lent the dirt yard to a group of volunteers to set up a soup kitchen.

Money issues across has resulted in locals flocking to the site for meals.

Leonardo Fabian Alvarez, a pastor who runs the makeshift soup kitchen, told Reuters: “We have increased food requests by about 300 per cent.

“People have obviously lost their jobs and come to the line in shame, collecting food and whatever we give them. This is something that never happened to us before.”

Maradona and health problems prior to dying from a heart attack.

He spent time with the likes of Boca Juniors, Barcelona and Napoli during his trophy-laden career.

And the latter , with it becoming the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, in tribute to the legend.

The former attacking midfielder also went on to have a two-year spell in charge of his country when he moved into management.

Maradona was at the helm as Argentina reached the quarter-finals in 2010.

But he left the role less than a month later, having initially been given assurances that he would be offered a new deal.

Eze Chidiebere Paul

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