Daniel Passarella, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Daniel Passarella

Argentine association football player

Date of Birth: 25-May-1953

Place of Birth: Chacabuco, Buenos Aires, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Daniel Alberto Passarella (born 25 May 1953) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a centre back, and former manager of the Argentina and Uruguay national football teams.
He was captain of the Argentina team that won the 1978 World Cup.
He was president of the River Plate sports club for 4 years after winning the elections by a very close margin in December 2009. Considered one of the greatest defenders of all time, Passarella was also a proficient goalscorer; at one point he was football's top scoring defender, with 134 goals in 451 matches, a record subsequently broken by Dutch defender Ronald Koeman.
In 2004, Passarella was named one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony.
In 2007, The Times placed him at number 36 in their list of the 50 hardest footballers in history.
In 2017 he has been included in the FourFourTwo list of the 100 all-time greatest players, at the 56th position.