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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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|||||
|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|||||
|Internazionale|1986–87|Serie A|23|3|8|4|7|1|38|8||
|1987–88|21|6|8|1|6|0|35|7||||
|River Plate|1988–89|Primera División|32|9|–|–|32|9||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|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|||

- _Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Passarella goal_.

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

### 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
- FIFA 100: 2004
- Golden Foot Legends Award: 2015
- AFA Team of All Time (published 2015)
- World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time
- Fiorentina All-time XI
- IFFHS All-time Men's B Dream Team: 2021
- IFFHS South America Men's Team of All Time: 2021

### 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

## Other websites

- Biography at Planetworldcup.com
- IFFHS Top Division Goal Scorers of all time among defensive players
- Comprehensive season stats at RSSSF
- Profile and Statistics at Futbolistasblogspotcom.blogspot.com

!colspan="3" style="background:#C1D8FF;"| World Cup-winners status
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## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Daniel Passarella
- **image**: Passarella copa mundo.jpg
- **caption**: Passarella holding the FIFA World Cup trophy after the 1978 FIFA World Cup Final, 1978 final.
- **fullname**: Daniel Alberto Passarella
- **birth place**: Chacabuco, Buenos Aires, Chacabuco, Argentina
- **height**: 1.73 m
- **position**: Centre back, sweeper (association football), sweeper
- **years1**: 1971–1973
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético Sarmiento, Sarmiento
- **caps1**: 36
- **goals1**: 9
- **years2**: 1973–1982
- **clubs2**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps2**: 226
- **goals2**: 90
- **years3**: 1982–1986
- **clubs3**: ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina
- **caps3**: 109
- **goals3**: 26
- **years4**: 1986–1988
- **clubs4**: F.C. Internazionale Milano, Internazionale
- **caps4**: 44
- **goals4**: 9
- **years5**: 1988–1989
- **clubs5**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps5**: 32
- **goals5**: 9
- **totalcaps**: 447
- **totalgoals**: 143
- **nationalyears1**: 1976–1986
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps1**: 70
- **nationalgoals1**: 22
- **manageryears1**: 1989–1994
- **managerclubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **manageryears2**: 1994–1998
- **managerclubs2**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **manageryears3**: 1999–2001
- **managerclubs3**: Uruguay national football team, Uruguay
- **manageryears4**: 2001
- **managerclubs4**: Parma F.C., Parma
- **manageryears5**: 2002–2004
- **managerclubs5**: C.F. Monterrey, Monterrey
- **manageryears6**: 2005
- **managerclubs6**: Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
- **manageryears7**: 2006–2007
- **managerclubs7**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate