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Daniele Massaro Personal information Full name Daniele Massaro Date of birth May 23, 1961 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) National team 1982–1994 Italy 15 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Daniele Massaro (born May 23, 1961 in Monza) is a former Italian football (soccer) forward. He was a member of the Italian squad that won the FIFA World Cup held in Spain in 1982.
Massaro made a name for himself at A.C. Milan. He scored two goals in the Champions League Final of 1994 against FC Barcelona, which Milan won 4–0. He was also Milan’s top scorer in Serie A in 1993/1994 season, helping them to the title. Surprisingly capped only 15 times for Italy, his international career actually spanned more than a decade (1982–94); he played for Italy at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The same year, he scored twice in the European Cup final as AC Milan defeated FC Barcelona 4–0.
On leaving AC Milan in 1995, he also played for a year in the J-League of Japan with the Shimizu S-Pulse.
He was also the captain of the Italian Beach Soccer National Team for a couple of years.
Along with Franco Baresi and Roberto Baggio, Massaro missed a penalty kick against Brazil in the 1994 World Cup in the shootout which cost Italy the title. Massaro also missed a one-on-one opportunity in the same match.
He currently works at AC Milan, in the public relations department, as a PR manager.
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Statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total 1979/80 Monza Serie B 24 5 24 5 1980/81 36 5 36 5 1981/82 Fiorentina Serie A 29 1 29 1 1982/83 30 5 30 5 1983/84 29 1 29 1 1984/85 26 2 26 2 1985/86 26 2 26 2 1986/87 Milan Serie A 22 2 22 2 1987/88 36 4 36 4 1988/89 Roma Serie A 30 5 30 5 1989/90 Milan Serie A 30 10 30 10 1990/91 21 6 21 6 1991/92 32 9 32 9 1992/93 29 5 29 5 1993/94 29 11 29 11 1994/95 19 3 19 3 Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Asia Total 1995 Shimizu S-Pulse J. League 1 9 3 0 0 - - 9 3 1996 11 7 0 0 5 1 - 16 8 Country Italy 427 76 427 76 Japan 20 10 0 0 5 1 - 25 11 Total 447 86 0 0 5 1 0 0 452 87 Italy national team Year Apps Goals 1982 1 0 1983 0 0 1984 3 0 1985 1 0 1986 1 0 1987 0 0 1988 0 0 1989 0 0 1990 0 0 1991 0 0 1992 0 0 1993 0 0 1994 9 1 Total 15 1 Honours
AC Milan
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- Runner-up: 1990
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- Winner (2): 1988, 1992
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- Winner (2): 1990, 1994
- Runner-up: 1993, 1995
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- Winner (2): 1989, 1990
- Runner-up (2): 1993, 1994
International
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Italy squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup Winners (3rd Title) Italy squad – 1984 Summer Olympics Italy squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Pagliuca • 2 Apolloni • 3 Benarrivo • 4 Costacurta • 5 Maldini • 6 Baresi (c) • 7 Minotti • 8 Mussi • 9 Tassotti • 10 R. Baggio • 11 Albertini • 12 Marchegiani • 13 D. Baggio • 14 Berti • 15 Conte • 16 Donadoni • 17 Evani • 18 Casiraghi • 19 Massaro • 20 Signori • 21 Zola • 22 Bucci • Coach: SacchiCategories:- 1961 births
- Living people
- People from Monza
- Italian footballers
- Italy international footballers
- A.C. Monza Brianza 1912 players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- A.S. Roma players
- A.C. Milan players
- Serie A footballers
- Olympic footballers of Italy
- Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Shimizu S-Pulse players
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- J. League players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Italian expatriates in Japan
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