Editing Daniel Passarella (section)

== Administrative career ==
Passarella was elected as president of River Plate in December 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009 |title=Thief no more, Daniel Passarella aims to clean up at River Plate {{!}} Marcela Mora y Araujo |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/dec/10/daniel-passarella-river-plate-president |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> The club was in poor financial shape when Passarella took charge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tilghman |first=John |title=River Legend Daniel Passarella Puts Reputation on the Line |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/378027-river-legend-daniel-passarella-puts-reputation-on-the-line |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}</ref> River Plate were relegated for the first time in the club's 110-year history in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 June 2011 |title=Argentina's River Plate lose historic relegation fight |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-13922463}}</ref> Passarella was alleged to have engaged in fraud during his presidency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 April 2019 |title=Argentina's World Cup winner Passarella faces fraud trial |url=https://apnews.com/article/e2c3d091fa95408ca217e918e33069fe |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>