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Daniel Passarella 
Passarella during an European tour with River Plate, August 1978Personal information Full name Daniel Alberto Passarella Date of birth May 25, 1953 Place of birth Chacabuco, Argentina Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Playing position Defender Club information Current club River Plate (president) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1971–1973 Sarmiento 36 (9) 1974–1982 River Plate 226 (90) 1982–1986 Fiorentina 109 (26) 1986–1988 Internazionale 44 (9) 1988–1989 River Plate 32 (9) Total 447 (140) National team‡ 1974–1986 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 and correct as of 21 October 2005.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 October 2005Olympic medal record Competitor for 
ArgentinaMen's Football Silver 1996 Atlanta Team Competition Daniel Alberto Passarella (born 25 May 1953 in Chacabuco, Buenos Aires province) is a former Argentine football centre back and former manager of the Argentine and Uruguayan national football teams. He was captain of the Argentina team that won the 1978 World Cup. He is the current President of River Plate after winning the elections by a very close margin in December 2009.
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Club playing career
Passarella started his career at Sarmiento of Junin, Buenos Aires province. From there he joined River Plate, then Fiorentina of Italy and briefly, Internazionale. After his successful spell in the Serie A, he returned to River Plate, where he played until his retirement.
He was called "El Gran Capitán" (the Great Captain, nickname of Argentine Independence heroe José de San Martín) or "El Kaiser" (an allusion to Franz Beckenbauer) because of his leadership ability, his passion, and his organisational prowess on the field. He was a defender who often joined the attack, and helped generate and finish offensive plays. At some point, he became football's top scoring defender, with 134 goals in 451 matches (that record was since broken by Dutch defender Ronald Koeman).[1]
His aerial game was effective both defensively and in attack. He scored frequent headers in spite of his average height (1.73 m). He was a quality free kick and penalty shooter. He was also noted for using his elbows against rivals whilst managing to avoid the referee's gaze.
National team playing career
One of the pillars of the Argentine national team, he eventually captained the side during the 1978 World Cup held in Argentina. He was the first Argentine player to hold the World Cup, as it was handed to him first when Argentina won the final. During the qualifying rounds of the 1986 World Cup, Passarella contributed to the goal which ensured Argentina's qualification in the final minutes of their match against Peru by allowing team-mate Ricardo Gareca to score.
A bout of enterocolitis meant that he missed the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. He was replaced in the first team by defender José Luis Brown. Passarella had a fractious relationship with star player Diego Maradona and coach Carlos Bilardo during the tournament; he later claimed Bilardo and Maradona made sure that he was sidelined. Even so, by being a part of the squad, he became the only player to feature in both Argentina's World Cup-winning teams.
Coaching career
After his playing days were over, he became the coach of River Plate, where he won several national titles.
Appointed as coach of the Argentine national team to replace Alfio Basile, Passarella was coach during the qualification games for the 1998 World Cup and during the competition itself, which was held in France. Passarella held to close friend Américo Gallego as assistant coach. Argentina's performances never reached the expected heights, and the team was eliminated in the quarter-finals after a last minute 2–1 defeat to the Netherlands. After the elimination, Passarella left the post and was replaced by Marcelo Bielsa.
Passarella then became coach of Uruguay, but he left the post during the qualifying games for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, after having problems summoning players from Uruguayan sides.
After that episode, Passarella had a brief and unsuccessful period as coach of Parma in Italy in 2001.
In 2003, he won the Mexican football league title with the team CF Monterrey. In March 2004, he was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers. He was then hired as coach of Corinthians in Brazil, but was fired after a few months after a spell of bad results.
Some character issues associated with the "Kaiser" have irked the Argentine press and fans over the years.[2] Some examples include:
- When coaching the Argentine national team, Passarella made it known that he would not tolerate long hair and earrings. This provided a soap-opera-like quality to his (otherwise acceptable) relationship with stars like Gabriel Batistuta and Juan Sebastián Verón.[3][4][5]
On 9 January 2006, he was appointed River Plate coach again after 12 years to occupy the vacancy left by Reinaldo Merlo's sudden departure. On 15 November 2007, he resigned as coach after River was beaten by penalties by Arsenal de Sarandí in the semi-finals of the Copa Sudamericana 2007.
Career statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Argentina League Cup League Cup South America Total 1974 River Plate Primera División 22 5 1975 29 9 1976 35 24 1977 40 13 1978 19 4 1979 38 9 1980 41 12 1981 42 14 Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total 1982–83 Fiorentina Serie A 27 3 1983–84 27 7 1984–85 26 5 1985–86 29 11 1986–87 Internazionale Serie A 23 3 1987–88 21 6 Argentina League Cup League Cup South America Total 1988–89 River Plate Primera División 32 9 Total Argentina 298 99 Italy 153 35 Career total 451 134 Honours
As Player
Primera División Argentina – 1975 Metropolitano and Nacional, 1977 Metropolitano, 1979 Metropolitano and Nacional, 1981 Nacional
1978 World Cup
1986 World CupAs Manager
- Primera División Argentina – 1989–90, Apertura 1991, Apertura 1993
- Primera División de México (closing stage) – 2003
References
- ^ "The World's most successful Top Division Goal Scorers of all time among defensive players" by the IFFHS.
- ^ "De vuelta en casa" (in Spanish). ESPNdeportes. 2006-08-04. http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=465877.
- ^ "El nuevo Daniel Passarella" (in Spanish). Infobae. http://www.infobae.com/notas/nota.php?IdxSeccion=1&Idx=232553.
- ^ "Passarella hizo escuela en Alemania" (in Spanish). Telam. 2006-11-01. http://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&idPub=42063&id=110362&dis=1&sec=6.
- ^ "Passarella appointed Parma coach". Soccerway. 2001-11-06. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2001/november/6/passarella-appointed-parma-coach.
External links
- Biography at Planetworldcup.com
- IFFHS Top Division Goal Scorers of all time among defensive Players
- Comprehensive season stats at RSSSF
- (Spanish) Futbol Factory profile (Archived)
Awards and achievements Preceded by
Hernán Darío GómezSouth American Coach of the Year
1997Succeeded by
Carlos Bianchi1930: Nasazzi · 1934: Combi · 1938: Meazza · 1950: Varela · 1954: F. Walter · 1958: Bellini · 1962: Mauro · 1966: Moore · 1970: Carlos Alberto · 1974: Beckenbauer · 1978: Passarella · 1982: Zoff · 1986: Maradona · 1990: Matthäus · 1994: Dunga · 1998: Deschamps · 2002: Cafu · 2006: Cannavaro · 2010: Casillas
Footballer of the Year of Argentina 1970: Yazalde | 1971: Pastoriza | 1972: Bargas | 1973: Brindisi | 1974: Raimondo | 1975: Scotta | 1976: Passarella | 1977: Fillol | 1978: Kempes | 1979: Maradona | 1980: Maradona | 1981: Maradona | 1982: Gatti | 1983: Bochini | 1984: Márcico | 1985: Francescoli | 1986: Maradona | 1987: Fabbri | 1988: Paz | 1989: Alfaro Moreno | 1990: Goycochea | 1991: Ruggeri | 1992: Islas | 1993: Medina Bello | 1994: Navarro Montoya | 1995: Francescoli | 1996: Chilavert | 1997: Salas | 1998: Batistuta | 1999: Saviola | 2000: Riquelme | 2001: Riquelme | 2002: Milito | 2003: Tévez | 2004: Tévez | 2005: Messi | 2006: Verón | 2007: Messi | 2008: Messi & Riquelme | 2009: Messi & Verón | 2010: Messi & Martínez1986: Bilardo | 1987: Bilardo | 1988: Fleitas | 1989: Lazaroni | 1990: Cubilla | 1991: Basile | 1992: Santana | 1993: Maturana | 1994: Bianchi | 1995: Núñez | 1996: Gómez | 1997: Passarella | 1998: Bianchi | 1999: Scolari | 2000: Bianchi | 2001: Bianchi | 2002: Scolari | 2003: Bianchi | 2004: Montoya | 2005: Ruiz | 2006: Borghi | 2007: Martino | 2008: Bauza | 2009: Bielsa | 2010: TabárezDaniel Passarella international tournaments Argentina squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup Winners (1st Title) 
Argentina squad – 1979 Copa América Argentina squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Ardiles • 2 Baley • 3 Barbas • 4 Bertoni • 5 Calderón • 6 Díaz • 7 Fillol • 8 Galván • 9 Gallego • 10 Maradona • 11 Kempes • 12 Hernández • 13 Olarticoechea • 14 Olguín • 15 Passarella • 16 Pumpido • 17 Santamaría • 18 Tarantini • 19 Trossero • 20 Valdano • 21 Valencia • 22 Van Tuyne • Coach: MenottiArgentina squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup Winners (2nd Title) 1 Almirón • 2 Batista • 3 Bochini • 4 Borghi • 5 Brown • 6 Passarella • 7 Burruchaga • 8 Clausen • 9 Cuciuffo • 10 Maradona (c) • 11 Valdano • 12 Enrique • 13 Garré • 14 Giusti • 15 Islas • 16 Olarticoechea • 17 Pasculli • 18 Pumpido • 19 Ruggeri • 20 Tapia • 21 Trobbiani • 22 Zelada • Coach: BilardoArgentina squad – 1995 King Fahd Cup Runners-up Argentina squad – 1995 Copa América Argentina squad – 1996 Summer Olympics Silver Medalists Argentina squad – 1997 Copa América Argentina squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup Daniel Passarella managerial positions Club Atlético River Plate – managers Caamaño (1931–33) · Hircshl (1934–39) · Platko (1940) · Cesarini (1940–44) · Peucelle (1945–46) · Minella (1947–59) · Galán (1960) · Hircshl (1961) · Rossi (1961–62) · Minella (1962–63) · Fernández Viola (1963) · Cesarini (1964–65) · Peucelle (1966) · Lorenzo (1967) · D'Amico (1967) · Labruna (1968–70) · Didi (1970–71) · Urriolabeitía (1972) · Delém (1973) · Rossi (1974) · Labruna (1975–81) · Di Stéfano (1981–82) · Varacka (1983) · Pando (caretaker) (1983) · Cubilla (1984) · Veira (1984–87) · Griguol (1987–88) · Menotti (1988–89) · Merlo (1989–90) · Passarella (1990–94) · Gallego (1994–95) · Babington (1995) · Díaz (1995–2000) · Gallego (2000–01) · Díaz (2001–02) · Pellegrini (2002–03) · Astrada (2004–05) · Merlo (2005) · Passarella (2006–07) · Simeone (2008) · Gorosito (2009) · Astrada (2009–10) · Cappa (2010) · López (2010–2011) · Almeyda (2011–)
Argentina national football team – managers Vázquez (1924–25) · Lago Millán (1927–28) · Olazar (1928–29) · Olazar & Tramutola (1929–30) · Pascucci (1934) · Seoane (1934–37) · Fernández Roca (1937–39) · Stábile (1939–60) · Spinetto (1960–61) · D'Amico (1961) · Lorenzo (1962) · Rossi (1962) · D'Amico (1963) · Minella (1964–65) · Zubeldía (1965) · Lorenzo (1966) · Lopes (1967) · Faraone (1967) · Cesarini (1967–68) · Minella (1968) · Maschio (1969) · Pedernera (1969) · Pizzuti (1970–72) · Sívori (1972–73) · Cap (1974) · Menotti (1974–82) · Bilardo (1982–90) · Basile (1990–94) · Passarella (1994–98) · Bielsa (1998–2004) · Pekerman (2004-06) · Basile (2006–08) · Maradona (2008–10) · Batista (2010–11) · Sabella (2011–)
Uruguay national football team – managers Pacheco & Foglino (1915–16) · Platero (1917–19) · Castillo (1919–20) · Figoli (1920–22) · Olivieri (1922–23) · De Lucca (1923–24) · Figoli (1924) · Meliante (1924–25) · Mazali & Figoli (1926) · Lago Millán (1927–28) · Grecco (1927–28) · Giannoti (1928) · Suppici (1928–32) · Blanco (1932–35) · Suppici (1935–41) · Cea (1941–42) · Nasazzi (1942–45) · Tejada (1945–46) · Vila Gomensoro (1946) · López Fontana (1946–49) · Marcenaro (1949) · López Fontana (1949–55) · Corazo (1955) · Bagnulo (1955–57) · López Fontana (1957–59) · Castro (1959) · Corazo (1959–61) · Fernández (1961–62) · Corazo (1962–64) · Milans (1964–65) · Viera (1965–67) · Fernández (1967–69) · Hohberg (1969–70) · Bagnulo (1970–73) · Porta (1973–74) · Schiaffino (1974–75) · Rodríguez (1975–76) · Hohberg (1976–77) · Bentacor (1977–79) · Máspoli (1979–82) · Borrás (1982–87) · Fleitas (1987–88) · Tabárez (1988–90) · Cubilla (1990–93) · Maneiro (1993–94) · Núñez (1994–96) · Ahuntchaín (1996–97) · Máspoli (1997–98) · Púa (1998–2000) · Passarella (2000–01) · Púa (2001–03) · Carrasco (2003–04) · Fossati (2004–06) · Tabárez (2006–)
Parma F.C. – managers Cattaneo (1946–47) · Cattaneo (1948–49) · Rigotti (1949–50) · Tabanelli (1951–53) · Quario (1953–54) · Fiorentini (1954–56) · Sentimenti (196X–64) · Arcari (1964–65) · Corghi (1965–66) · Vitali (1967–68) · Vitali (1969–70) · Angeleri (1970–72) · Gei (1974–75) · Corelli (1977–78) · Landoni (1978) · Maldini (1978–80) · Rosati (1980–81) · Sereni (1981) · Danova (1981–83) · Mora (1983) · Perani (1983–85) · Florabea (1985) · Carmigiani (1985) · Sacchi (1985–87) · Zeman (1987) · Vitali (1987–89) · Scala (1989–96) · Ancelotti (1996–98) · Malesani (1998–2001) · Sacchi (2001) · Ulivieri (2001) · Passarella (2001) · Carmignani (2001–02) · Prandelli (2002–04) · Baldini (2004) · Carmignani (2004–05) · Beretta (2005–06) · Pioli (2006–07) · Ranieri (2007) · Di Carlo (2007–08) · Cúper (2008) · Manzo (2008) · Cagni (2008) · Guidolin (2008–10) · Marino (2010–11) · Colomba (2011–)
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