# Daniel Bertoni

Ricardo Daniel Bertoni (born 14 March 1955) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a right or left winger. In Argentina, he had a successful career at Club Atlético Independiente, where he won three Copa Libertadores, one Intercontinental Cup and three Copa Interamericana trophies.
Bertoni was also capped for the Argentina national team, where he scored the 3rd goal for the team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup final. After his retirement, he worked as a manager and sports commentator.

## Club career

Bertoni started playing in Argentine's second division for Quilmes in 1972. After one year he was transferred to first division's team Independiente where he played alongside Ricardo Bochini and won one national and several international titles.
Bertoni emigrated in 1978 to Spain to play for Sevilla. He played successfully in the Italian League for many years, mainly for Fiorentina and Napoli.

## International career

Bertoni played 31 times for the Argentina national football team between 1974 and 1982. in both the 1978 and the 1982 FIFA World Cups. In the 1978 World Cup on home soil, he scored Argentina's third goal in the final against Netherlands in a 3–1 extra-time win, as Argentina went on to lift the trophy.

## Career statistics
### Club

| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Argentina | Argentina | Argentina | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | South America | South America | Total | Total |
| Quilmes | 1972 | Primera B | 31 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 12 |
| Independiente | 1973 | Primera División | 35 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 40 | 8 |
| Independiente | 1974 | Primera División | 35 | 17 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 5 | 46 | 22 |
| Independiente | 1975 | Primera División | 33 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 40 | 15 |
| Independiente | 1976 | Primera División | 42 | 13 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 49 | 14 |
| Independiente | 1977 | Primera División | 34 | 22 | — | — | — | — | | | 34 | 22 |
| Independiente | 1978 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | | | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | Spain | Spain | League | League | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Supercopa de España | Supercopa de España | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Sevilla | 1978–79 | La Liga | 25 | 8 | 7 | 2 | — | — | - | - | 32 | 10 |
| Sevilla | 1979–80 | La Liga | 32 | 16 | 7 | 4 | — | — | - | - | 39 | 20 |
| Italy | Italy | Italy | League | League | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | League Cup | League Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Fiorentina | 1980–81 | Serie A | 25 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | | | 31 | 5 |
| Fiorentina | 1981–82 | Serie A | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | — | — | | | 36 | 10 |
| Fiorentina | 1982–83 | Serie A | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 |
| Fiorentina | 1983–84 | Serie A | 26 | 10 | 6 | 0 | — | — | | | 32 | 10 |
| Napoli | 1984–85 | Serie A | 27 | 11 | 7 | 4 | — | | | 34 | 15 | |
| Napoli | 1985–86 | Serie A | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | | | 29 | 3 |
| Udinese | 1986–87 | Serie A | 20 | 1 | | | — | | | 20 | 1 | |
| Avellino | 1987–88 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | | | — | | | 0 | 0 | |
| Argentina | Argentina | Argentina | 209 | 92 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 9 | 239 | 101 |
| Spain | Spain | Spain | 57 | 24 | 14 | 6 | — | — | - | - | 71 | 30 |
| Italy | Italy | Italy | 170 | 42 | 33 | 7 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 205 | 50 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 436 | 158 | 47 | 13 | — | — | 32 | 10 | 515 | 181 |

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Argentina | 1974 | 1 | 0 |
| Argentina | 1975 | 0 | 0 |
| Argentina | 1976 | 4 | 1 |
| Argentina | 1977 | 7 | 7 |
| Argentina | 1978 | 11 | 2 |
| Argentina | 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| Argentina | 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| Argentina | 1982 | 5 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 31 | 12 |

## Honours

Independiente
* Argentine Primera División: Nacional 1977
* Copa Libertadores: 1973, 1974, 1975
* Copa Interamericana: 1973, 1974, 1976
* Intercontinental Cup: 1973
Fiorentina
* Serie A runner-up: 1981–82
Argentina
* FIFA World Cup: 1978
Individual
* Fiorentina Hall of Fame: 2018