Daniel Passarella

Daniel Alberto Passarella (born 25 May 1953) is an Argentine former professional 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 four years after winning the elections by a very close margin in December 2009. ^[2]

Daniel Passarella

Passarella holding the FIFA World Cup trophy after the 1978 final.
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Alberto Passarella
Date of birth	(1953-05-25) 25 May 1953 (age 72)
Place of birth	Chacabuco, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre back, sweeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1973	Sarmiento	36	(9)
1973–1982	River Plate	226	(90)
1982–1986	Fiorentina	109	(26)
1986–1988	Internazionale	44	(9)
1988–1989	River Plate	32	(9)
Total		447	(143)
International career
1976–1986	Argentina	70	(22)
Managerial career
1989–1994	River Plate
1994–1998	Argentina
1999–2001	Uruguay
2001	Parma
2002–2004	Monterrey
2005	Corinthians
2006–2007	River Plate
Medal record Men's football Representing  Argentina FIFA World Cup Winner 1978 Argentina Winner 1986 Mexico Summer Olympics 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Passarella with Diego Maradona, Napoli v Fiorentina, May 1985

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
River Plate	1974	Primera División	22	5	–		–		22	5
	1975		29	9	–		–		29	9
	1976		35	24	–			1	35	24
	1977		40	13	–			1	40	13
	1978		19	4	–			1	19	4
	1979		38	9	–		–		38	9
	1980		41	12	–			0	41	12
	1981		42	14	–			1	42	14
	Total		266	90	0	0		4		94
Fiorentina	1982–83	Serie A	27	3	5	0	2	0	34	3
	1983–84		27	7	7	1	–		34	8
	1984–85		26	5	6	3	3	1	35	9
	1985–86		29	11	7	4	–		36	15
	Total		109	26	25	8	5	1	139	35
Internazionale	1986–87	Serie A	23	3	8	4	7	1	38	8
	1987–88		21	6	8	1	6	0	35	7
	Total		44	9	16	5	13	1	73	15
River Plate	1988–89	Primera División	32	9	–		–		32	9
Career total			451	134	41	13		6		153

International

Three World Cup moments of Passarella as player of Argentina, (left): Being raised by the supporters after winning the 1978 final; (right): jumping to head the ball v Brazil in 1982; (right): with Diego Maradona in Mexico, 1986

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentina	1976	6	2
	1977	7	3
	1978	13	4
	1979	11	5
	1980	9	3
	1981	4	1
	1982	9	3
	1983	0	0
	1984	0	0
	1985	8	1
	1986	3	0
Total		70	22

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Passarella goal.^[3]

List of international goals scored by Daniel Passarella

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 October 1976	Lima, Peru	Peru	2–1	3–1	Friendly
2	10 November 1976	José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Peru	1–0	1–0	Friendly
3	5 June 1977	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina	West Germany	1–3	1–3	Friendly
4	18 June 1977	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Scotland	1–1	1–1	Friendly
5	3 July 1977	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Yugoslavia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
6	23 March 1978	Nacional, Lima, Peru	Peru	2–0	3–1	Friendly
7	5 April 1978	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Romania	1–0	2–0	Friendly
8				2–0
9	6 June 1978	Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	France	1–0	2–1	1978 FIFA World Cup
10	25 April 1979	Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bulgaria	2–1	2–1	Friendly
11	26 May 1979	Olimpico, Rome, Italy	Italy	2–2	2–2	Friendly
12	8 August 1979	Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bolivia	1–0	3–0	1979 Copa América
13	23 August 1979	Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	1–1	2–2	1979 Copa América
14	16 September 1979	Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	1–3	2–4	Friendly
15	13 May 1980	Wembley, London, England	England	1–2	1–3	Friendly
16	12 October 1980	Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Poland	1–0	2–1	Friendly
17	16 December 1980	Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba, Argentina	Switzerland	5–0	5–0	Friendly
18	28 October 1981	Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Poland	1–0	1–2	Friendly
19	5 May 1982	José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bulgaria	2–1	2–1	Friendly
20	23 June 1982	José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain	El Salvador	1–0	2–0	1982 FIFA World Cup
21	29 June 1982	Sarrià, Barcelona, Spain	Italy	1–2	1–2
22	26 May 1985	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–1	3–2	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Player

River Plate

• Prtimera División (6): 1975 Metropolitano, 1975 Nacional, 1977 Metropolitano, 1979 Metropolitano, 1979 Nacional, 1980 Metropolitano, 1981 Nacional

Argentina

• FIFA World Cup: 1978, 1986

Individual

• Footballer of the Year of Argentina: 1976
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1978^[4]
• FIFA 100: 2004^[5]
• Golden Foot Legends Award: 2015^[6]
• AFA Team of All Time (published 2015)^[7]
• World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time^[8]
• Fiorentina All-time XI^[9]
• IFFHS All-time Men's B Dream Team: 2021^[10]
• IFFHS South America Men's Team of All Time: 2021^[11]

Manager

River Plate

• Primera División: 1989–90, Apertura 1991, Apertura 1993

Monterrey

• Mexican Primera División: Clausura 2003

Individual

• South American Coach of the Year: 1997