Daniele Massaro

Daniele Massaro

Massaro in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Daniele Emilio Massaro
Date of birth	(1961-05-23) 23 May 1961 (age 55)
Place of birth	Monza, Italy
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1981	Monza	60	(10)
1981–1986	Fiorentina	140	(11)
1986–1995	Milan	209	(51)
1988–1989	→ Roma (loan)	30	(5)
1995–1996	Shimizu S-Pulse	20	(10)
Total		459	(87)
National team
1982–1994	Italy	15	(1)
Honours  Italy FIFA World Cup Spain 1982 USA 1994
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Daniele Emilio Massaro (born 23 May 1961) is an Italian former footballer, who played as a forward. He is mainly remembered for his highly successful career with A.C. Milan during the late 1980s and 1990s, under managers Arrigo Sacchi and Fabio Capello, with whom he went on to achieve notable domestic, European, and international success. Massaro was also a member of the Italian national team that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup, although he did not make an appearance in the tournament, and he was a member of the team that reached the final of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal during the tournament; in the final, he missed one of Italy's penalties in the resulting shoot-out, as Brazil went on to lift the trophy.

Massaro began his career with his local club Monza in Serie B, in 1978, putting on notable performances during his three seasons with the club alongside his more technically gifted team-mate, Paolo Monelli, which attracted the attention of larger clubs. In 1981, he was acquired by Serie A club Fiorentina, along with Monelli, making his Serie A debut on 13 September 1981, and his Italy Under-21 debut 10 days later. He instantly became a permanent member of Fiorentina's starting line-up, and he came close to winning the Scudetto during his first season with the club, missing out on the title to Juventus by a single point. He continued to be an important member of the club during his subsequent seasons in Florence.