Daniel Passarella
Daniel Passarella holding the FIFA World Cup trophy after the 1978 final.
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| Full name | Daniel Alberto Passarella | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1953 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chacabuco, Argentina | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre-back, Sweeper. | |||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1971–1973 | Sarmiento | 36 | (9) | |||||||||
| 1974–1982 | River Plate | 226 | (90) | |||||||||
| 1982–1986 | Fiorentina | 109 | (26) | |||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Internazionale | 44 | (9) | |||||||||
| 1988–1989 | River Plate | 32 | (9) | |||||||||
| Total | 447 | (140) | ||||||||||
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| 1974–1986 | Argentina | 70 | (22) | |||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||
| 1989–1994 | River Plate | |||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Argentina | |||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Uruguay | |||||||||||
| 2001 | Parma | |||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Monterrey | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Corinthians | |||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | River Plate | |||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Daniel Alberto Passarella (born 25 May 1953) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a centre-back, and former manager of the Argentina and Uruguay national football teams. He was captain of the Argentina team that won the 1978 World Cup. He was president of the River Plate sports club for 4 years after winning the elections by a very close margin in December 2009.
One of the greatest defenders of all time, Passarella was also one of the most prolific defenders, at one point Passarella was football's top scoring defender, with 134 goals in 451 matches (that record was since broken by Dutch defender Ronald Koeman). In 2004, Passarella was named one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony. In 2007, The Times placed him at number 36 in their list of the 50 hardest footballers in history.
Passarella was born in Chacabuco, Buenos Aires province. He started his career at Sarmiento of Junin, Buenos Aires province. From there he joined River Plate, then Fiorentina of Italy and briefly, Internazionale. After his successful spell in the Serie A, he returned to River Plate, where he played until his retirement.
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