Editing Daniel Passarella (section)

{{Short description|Argentine footballer (born 1953)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Daniel Alberto Passarella
| image               = Passarella copa mundo.jpg
| caption             = Passarella holding the [[FIFA World Cup Trophy]] after the [[1978 FIFA World Cup Final|1978 final]]
| order               = 
| office              = President of River Plate
| term_start          = 5 December 2009
| term_end            = 15 December 2013
| predecessor         = José María Aguilar
| successor           = Rodolfo D'Onofrio
| birth_name          = Daniel Alberto Passarella
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|5|25}}
| birth_place         = [[Chacabuco, Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| nationality         = Argentine
| height              = 1.70 m<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rivermillonarios.com.ar/wiki/Daniel_Passarella |title=Daniel Passarella |publisher=River Plate |access-date=16 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015913/http://www.rivermillonarios.com.ar/wiki/Daniel_Passarella |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| occupation          = [[Association football|Footballer]]
| module              = {{Infobox football biography
| embed               = yes
| header-color        = lavender
| position            = [[Centre-back]], [[sweeper (association football)|sweeper]]
| youthyears1         = 
| youthclubs1         = 
| years1              = 1971–1973
| clubs1              = [[Club Atlético Sarmiento (Junín)|Sarmiento]]
| caps1               = 36
| goals1              = 9
| years2              = 1973–1982
| clubs2              = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| caps2               = 266
| goals2              = 90
| years3              = 1982–1986
| clubs3              = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
| caps3               = 109
| goals3              = 26
| years4              = 1986–1988
| clubs4              = [[Inter Milan]]
| caps4               = 44
| goals4              = 9
| years5              = 1988–1989
| clubs5              = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| caps5               = 24
| goals5              = 7
| totalcaps           = 479
| 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]]
| medaltemplates      = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|ARG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 Argentina]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 Mexico]]|}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|ARG}}}} (as manager)
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]]|[[Football at the 1995 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
}}
}}

'''Daniel Alberto Passarella''' (born 25 May 1953) is an Argentine former [[Association football|footballer]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]], who is considered one of the greatest [[Defender (association football)|defender]]s of all time.<ref name="Chiesa">{{cite magazine |last=Chiesa |first1=Carlo F. |date=22 August 1999 |language=it |title=We are the champions – I 150 fuoriclasse che hanno fatto la storia del calcio |trans-title=The 150 champions that made football's history |magazine=Calcio 2000 |page=128}}</ref><ref name="World Soccer Players of the Century" /><ref name="IFFHS Dream Team" /> As a player for [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], he was part of two [[FIFA World Cup]]-winning teams; he captained his nation to victory at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 World Cup]] which Argentina hosted, and was also part of the winning squad in [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]].

Although playing as a [[centre-back]], Passarella was also a proficient goalscorer; at one point, he was football's highest-scoring defender, with 134 goals in 451 matches, a record which was subsequently broken by Dutch player [[Ronald Koeman]].<ref name="iffhd">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iffhs.de/?b4a390f03be4ac07cda14b45fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aef05 |title=The World's most successful Top Division Goal Scorers of all time among defensive players |publisher=IFFHS |access-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017060701/https://www.iffhs.de/?b4a390f03be4ac07cda14b45fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aef05 |archive-date=17 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2004, Passarella was named one of the [[FIFA 100|125 greatest living footballers]] by [[Pelé]] at a [[FIFA]] awards ceremony.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3533891.stm |title=Pele's list of the greatest |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 March 2004 |access-date=18 November 2013 }}</ref> In 2007, ''[[The Times]]'' placed him at 36th in their list of the 50 hardest footballers in history, recalling that he "tackled with the ferocity of the wild bull of the Pampas".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/forum/printable.asp?m=1554851 |title=Top 50 Hardest Footballers |website=empireonline.com |publisher=The Times |date=13 August 2007 |access-date=22 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019002225/http://www.empireonline.com/forum/printable.asp?m=1554851 |archive-date=19 October 2015}}</ref> In 2017, he was named as the 56th best player by ''[[FourFourTwo]]'' in their list of the 100 all-time greatest footballers.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/fourfourtwos-100-greatest-footballers-ever-60-51 |title=FourFourTwo's 100 Greatest Footballers EVER: 60 to 51 |last1=Yorkhin |first1=Michael |date=25 July 2017 |website=FourFourtwo |access-date=2 August 2017 }}</ref> As a manager, he coached the Argentina and [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay national team]]s, among several club sides.

After his playing and coaching career, Passarella also served as the president of [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] for four years, after winning the elections in December 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/south-america/7568-passarella-becomes-new-river-plate-president-after-controversial-election|title=Passarella becomes new River Plate President after controversial election – Inside World Football|author=Duncan Mackay|work=insideworldfootball.com|access-date=18 February 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063828/http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/south-america/7568-passarella-becomes-new-river-plate-president-after-controversial-election|url-status=dead}}</ref>