Soccer Legend Diego Maradona Funeral Worker Sacked for Taking Selfie with Body

 A funeral worker tasked with preparing Diego Maradonna's body for the soccer legend's wake is out of a job ... after posing with the body for a disgusting selfie.

TMZ

.The funeral worker allegedly crept up to Maradona's open coffin and gave a thumbs up in the selfie ... sparking outrage from the owner of the Buenos Aires funeral parlor who promptly fired the guy.

The English tabloid Mirror Sport, which first reported the story, obtained the photo but opted not to post it on its website. As we reported ... the soccer legend died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. He was recovering from emergency brain surgery earlier this month.