Daniel Passarella

Daniel Passarella
	; Passarella holding the FIFA World Cup trophy after the 1978 final.
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Alberto Passarella
Date of birth	25 May 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth	Chacabuco, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Centre back, sweeper
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
1989–1994	River Plate
1994–1998	Argentina
1999–2001	Uruguay
2001	Parma
2002–2004	Monterrey
2005	Corinthians
2006–2007	River Plate
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

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
Club	Season	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	Serie A	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	[[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] 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	[[File:{{{flag alias-1965}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Romania	1–0	2–0	Friendly
8	5 April 1978	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina		2–0	2–0	Friendly
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	[[File:{{{flag alias-1988}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] 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	[[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] 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	1982 FIFA World Cup
22	26 May 1985	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	[[File:{{{flag alias-1954}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] 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

Daniel Passarella Media

Passarella fumando.jpg

Passarella as the coach of River Plate in 1993

References

↑ "daniel passarella". River Plate – rivermillonarios.com.ar. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
↑ Duncan Mackay. "Passarella becomes new River Plate President after controversial election – Inside World Football". insideworldfootball.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Mamrud, Roberto (8 January 2015). "Daniel Alberto Passarella – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
↑ "FIFA World Cup Awards: All-Star Team". Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
↑ Davies, Christopher (5 March 2004). Pele open to ridicule over top hundred. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/2374252/Pele-open-to-ridicule-over-top-hundred.html. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
↑ "Legends". Golden Foot. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
↑ "La Selección de Todos los Tiempos" [The Team of All Time] (in español). Argentine Football Association. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
↑ "World Soccer Players of the Century". World Soccer. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
↑ Matteo Magrini (23 August 2016). "Festa al Franchi, presenti e assenti. No eccellenti da Rui Costa, Baggio e Batistuta" (in italiano). Fiorentina.it. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
↑ "IFFHS ALL TIME WORLD MEN'S DREAM TEAM". IFFHS. 22 May 2021.
↑ "IFFHS All Time South America Men's Dream Team". 26 May 2021.

Other websites

World Cup-winners status
Preceded by Franz Beckenbauer 1945	Latest Born Captain 1953 25 June 1978 – 29 June 1986	Succeeded by Diego Maradona 1960
Records
Preceded by Bobby Moore 25	Youngest Captain 25 25 June 1978 – present	Incumbent

Daniel Passarella – FIFA competition record
Daniel Passarella at National-Football-Teams.com
Daniel Passarella career stats at Soccerbase
Biography at Planetworldcup.com
IFFHS Top Division Goal Scorers of all time among defensive players
Comprehensive season stats at RSSSF
Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007) (in Spanish)
Profile and Statistics at Futbolistasblogspotcom.blogspot.com (in Spanish)

REDIRECT Template:Argentina squad 1979 Copa América

[1] "daniel passarella". River Plate – rivermillonarios.com.ar. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.

[2] Duncan Mackay. "Passarella becomes new River Plate President after controversial election – Inside World Football". insideworldfootball.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2014.

[RSSSF-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Mamrud, Roberto (8 January 2015). "Daniel Alberto Passarella – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[FIFA_World_Cup_Awards:_All-Star_Team-4] "FIFA World Cup Awards: All-Star Team". Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[5] Davies, Christopher (5 March 2004). Pele open to ridicule over top hundred. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/2374252/Pele-open-to-ridicule-over-top-hundred.html. Retrieved 2 September 2018.

[6] "Legends". Golden Foot. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

[7] "La Selección de Todos los Tiempos" [The Team of All Time] (in español). Argentine Football Association. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

[World_Soccer_Players_of_the_Century-8] "World Soccer Players of the Century". World Soccer. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

[9] Matteo Magrini (23 August 2016). "Festa al Franchi, presenti e assenti. No eccellenti da Rui Costa, Baggio e Batistuta" (in italiano). Fiorentina.it. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

[IFFHS_Dream_Team-10] "IFFHS ALL TIME WORLD MEN'S DREAM TEAM". IFFHS. 22 May 2021.

[11] "IFFHS All Time South America Men's Dream Team". 26 May 2021.

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Personal information
Passarella holding the FIFA World Cup trophy after the 1978 final.
Full name	Daniel Alberto Passarella
Date of birth	(1953-05-25) 25 May 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth	Chacabuco, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)^[1]
Playing position	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)
National team
1976–1986	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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only