Editing Daniel Passarella (section)

== Coaching career ==

After the end of his playing career, he returned to River Plate as a manager and guided them to three national championships, in [[1989–90 Argentine Primera División|1989–90]], [[1991–92 Argentine Primera División|1991]] and [[1993–94 Argentine Primera División|1993]]. Thereafter, Passarella was appointed as the coach of the Argentina national team in 1994, replacing [[Alfio Basile]]. He was in charge of the team during the [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1998 World Cup qualification campaign]] and later the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|competition itself]], which was held in France. As the Argentina team head, Passarella had appointed a close friend and a fellow 1978 world champion, [[Américo Gallego]], as his assistant coach. He banned long hair, earrings and homosexuals in the national team, leading to disputes with several players.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world_cup_98/teams/argentina/players/85306.stm | title = Daniel Passarella – Argentinian manager| work=BBC News | date=2 May 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=465877|title=De vuelta en casa|work=ESPNDeportes|date=2 August 2006 }}</ref> [[Fernando Redondo]] and [[Claudio Caniggia]], two of the most talented Argentine players of that generation, eventually refused to play for Passarella and were excluded from his squad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football:+RED+ALERT;+Two-year+agony+over+as+Milan+ace+roars+back.-a096371653|title=Football: RED ALERT; Two-year agony over as Milan ace roars back.|work=thefreelibrary.com}}</ref>

Argentina's performances never reached the expected heights during the 1998 World Cup; the team was eliminated in the quarter-final after a last minute 2–1 defeat to the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]. After the elimination, Passarella left the post and was replaced by compatriot [[Marcelo Bielsa]]. Subsequently, Passarella became the manager of the [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay national team]], the first foreigner to take the job of Uruguay team, but he left the post during the [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2002 World Cup qualification]] process. Afterwards, Passarella had a brief and unsuccessful stint as the coach of Italian side [[Parma F.C.|Parma]] in 2001, where, despite success in the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] and [[Coppa Italia]], he was ultimately sacked after losing all of his five matches in the league, with the club sitting in the relegation zone.<ref>{{cite news |date=18 December 2001 |title=Il Parma cambia ancora esonerato Passarella |trans-title=Parma changes again Passarella sacked |url=http://www.repubblica.it/online/calcio/passare/passare/passare.html |language=it |access-date=2 August 2017}}</ref>

In 2003, he won the [[Liga MX|Mexican league title]] with [[C.F. Monterrey|Monterrey]]. In March 2004, he was named by [[Pelé]] as one of the [[FIFA 100|125 greatest living footballers]]. He was then hired as coach of [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]] in Brazil, but was fired after a few months after a spell of bad results.

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-final of the [[2007 Copa Sudamericana]].

In the summer of 2018, after publicly expressing interest in returning he was widely seen as the frontrunner to become the new manager of Monterrey for a second stint after the departure of [[Antonio Mohamed]] but the club ultimately decided to appoint [[Diego Alonso]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-mx/si-voy-a-rayados-es-para-ser-campeon-passarella|title=Si voy a Rayados es para ser campeón: Passarella|website=www.mediotiempo.com|access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref>