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Daniel Alberto Passarella (born May 25, 1953 in
Buenos Aires) is a former Argentina|Argentine
Football (soccer)|football defender
(football)|defender and manager of the national
side. 

He started his career at the club Sarmiento de
Junín, whence he joined Club Atlético River
Plate|River Plate, and then ACF
Fiorentina|Fiorentina. After a successful spell in
Serie A, he returned to River Plate, the scene of
earlier triumphs, where his playing days finally
ended.

He was addressed "El gran Capitan" (the big
captain) or "Kaiser" because of his leadership,
and strong will within the field.  He was also an
extremely offensive player, which turned him into
the defender who scored most goals in football
history by the time, with a stunning record of 134
goals scored in 451 matches. His record was then
surpassed by Dutch defender Ronald Koeman, making
Passarella the 2nd Top Scorer.

One of the pillars and capitan of the Argentina
national football team|Argentine national team, he
was an important piece on the held-in-Argentina
Football World Cup 1978|1978 World Cup's
championship. On a side note, he was the first
Argentine player to ever hold the Football World
Cup|World Cup, as it was handed to him first on
the 1978 World Cup's winning ceremony. During the
qualifying rounds of the also afterwards obtained
Football World Cup 1986|1986 World Cup that was
held in Mexico, Passarella scored in Argentina's
last chance of qualification, the goal which meant
victory against Peru national football team|PerĂș.


His rivalry with Diego Maradona, made the national
team to be divided internally, but an injury made
Passarella miss the 1986 World Cup. It is always
wondered if the Argentine national team would have
succeeded, have he not been injured. Despite the
injury he was a part of the summoned national team
members, and that makes him the only player that
has been on both Argentina's World Cup titles.

Following his retirement from playing football, he
gained employment at the club, and served as coach
at River Plate, winning several titles.

Subsequently, he was the coach of the Argentine
national team, and was in charge in their
participation in both the qualifying games and the
tournament matches of the Football World Cup
1998|1998 World Cup in France. Argentina's games
were widely criticized in the Argentine national
press and he left his post after a last-minute 
1-2 defeat against the Netherlands national
football team|Netherlands in the World Cup's
quarterfinals.

He then became coach of Uruguay national football
team|Uruguay, whom he left during the qualifying
games for the Football World Cup 2002|2002 World
Cup held in Japan and Korea, after having problems
summoning players from Uruguayan football teams. 

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 FIFA 100|top 125
greatest living footballers. He recently was hired
as coach of Sport Club Corinthians
Paulista|Corinthians, but was fired after a few
months, after the team went through a string of
terrible results.

==Links==
http://www.iffhs.de/main/ranking/welttorschuetzede
f/?sprache=englisch IFFHS Top Division Goal Scorer
Ranking among the defensive Players