Diego Armando Maradona left his mark in Seville. He arrived in September 92, when he was signed by Sevilla FC, where he played in the 92/93 season, and the fans received him with excessive enthusiasm. Initially, he stayed in a hotel in the Aljarafe of Seville but soon found a home. The chosen one was chosen by his wife, Claudia Villafañe, and It belonged to the bullfighter Juan Antonio Ruiz Espartaco.
The footballer made his home there for almost a year, a house for which he paid 1,200,000 pesetas at the time, about 8,000 euros, and which is now on sale for 1,220,000 euros. The house, yes, now belongs to an anonymous owner. Spartacus sold it in the year 93, shortly after marrying Patricia Rato in 1991 in a secret wedding at midnight and without exclusives.
Maradona’s birthday
“This house was his private oasis, his family nucleus,” recalls José Manuel García. He had a great time in Seville, he organized many meetings and his roasts were famous. Afterwards, he loved to sit down with his mate and tell stories, he had a lot of ability to communicate. He was a born seducer, as a true story teller or fanciful was unique, it left people spellbound. To Sevilla arrived weighing about 80 kilos and left with 92 kilos”.
The house had been the home of Spartacus, where he lived with his parents and five siblings, And when he rented it to Maradona, the only modification he asked the bullfighter was to replace the garden barbecue with a barbecue, a grill to be able to make the traditional Argentine asados.
In this house he celebrated the footballer his 32nd birthday. Sports journalist José Manuel García, who interviewed him on more occasions and became a friend of his, was present that day and remembers it as “a very beautiful day in which he was full.”
Remember that “the entire Sevilla squad and the Board of Directors attended, with Luis Cuervas, Pepe and Antonio Álvarez and a very young José María del Nido, Monchi, Suker, Bilardo …”.
The most shocking birthday gift was the performance of the Argentine singer Fabiana Cantilo, which Diego greatly admired and when he saw her he was moved. It was his representative, Marcos Franchi, who gave him this gift. She traveled by private plane to Seville and offered a concert accompanied by two musicians.
In this house it was also common to see ‘Don Diego’, the footballer’s father, spend seasons. He was the one who instilled in his son the habit of shaving the traditional way every morning in the open air, with a brush and foam.
5 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms
Located in one of the most exclusive urbanizations on the outskirts of Seville, Simón Verde, between Mairena del Aljarafe and Gelves, it had a lot of privacy but with views of the city.
The house, built in 1970 and renovated in 2005, has five bedrooms and eight bathrooms, has an area of more than a thousand square meters distributed over three floors. With fitted wardrobes and air conditioning in all bedrooms and three porches on the main floor, it also has two terraces on the top floor and large windows from which you can see the garden and the pool.
What’s more, it has a garage for several cars. As a curiosity, Maradona had his two Ferraris brought from Italy, one black and one red, although he never used them personally; it was his assistants who started them on a daily basis. For your trips around Seville he used a silver Porsche Carrera.
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