Daniel Passarella

Daniel Alberto Passarella (Chacabuco, Buenos Aires, May 25, 1953) is an Argentine former soccer player, former coach and manager. He worked as a central defender. He is considered by specialists and fans as one of the best defenders in history, as well as being included in FIFA 100 by Pelé as one of the best players of all time.

He was president of Club Atlético River Plate from 2010 to 2013, being the fourth person in the world to be a player, technical director and president of a club, the other cases being Carlos Babington, Santiago Bernabéu and Franz Beckenbauer.

He is considered the best defender in the history of Argentine soccer, as well as one of the best in soccer history according to FIFA. He has the particularity of being the only Argentine soccer player to date to win two Soccer World Cups, being captain in 1978 and being part of the squad in 1986.

He began his career at the Sarmiento de Junín club where he played from the age of 6 to 15. He then moved to the River Plate club where he debuted in 1972 as a professional player at the age of 17. Later he became an idol and captain, becoming one of the players with the most matches in the club's history, despite the fact that in his childhood he was a fan of the arch-rival, the Boca Juniors club. Years later he continued his career in clubs in Italy as SSC Napoli, Fiorentina and Inter.

He was characterized by a great personality and temperament, as well as by the large number of goals he scored, to the point of becoming the second highest scoring defender in the history of first division tournaments in the world, with 134 goals in 451 official matches, behind the Dutchman Ronald Koeman, according to the IFFHS. Passarella has the particularity of being the only Argentine player to be in the two Argentine world champion teams (1978 and 1986). He remembers him saying: "In Argentina there are 44 world champion medals for 43 players."

Trajectory

As a player

Born on May 25, 1953, he signed his first contract with Sarmiento de Junín, who was in Primera C, the third category of Argentine soccer at that time. In one of the games he was observed by "Pipo" Rossi, River Plate's technical director at the time, who did not hesitate to take him to his team.

His first match was a summer classic against Boca Juniors in 1974. In that match Néstor Rossi asked him if he was up for playing, to which Passarella replied: "Excuse me for answering you, I'm up for playing, we have to see if you dare to put me". His official debut was on April 14, 1974 against Rosario Central, as a visitor, a match that the & # 34; millionaires & # 34; they lost 1:0. But his goals did not wait, on July 28, 1974 he converted the winning goal against Argentinos Juniors, in a match that ended 3: 2.

In 1975 he was summoned by César Luis Menotti to integrate the youth team that was going to play the Esperanzas de Toulon Tournament. That team was integrated among others by Américo Gallego, Jorge Valdano and Alberto Tarantini. The national team won the tournament with the captaincy of Passarella, and from that moment The Kaiser became one of Menotti's favourites.

With the arrival of Ángel Labruna to the technical direction of River Plate and players like Pablo Comelles, “Perico” Raimondo and Héctor Ártico, Passarella loses his ownership since he refused to play on the left. He only entered the supplements or when Roberto Perfumo or Héctor Ártico was injured. But in November 1975, when the National Championship was being defined, he regained ownership to never leave it again. That year he won the Metropolitan Championship and the National Championship, with which River Plate ended a 17-year drought. In 1976 he played in the Copa Libertadores, but River Plate lost in the final against Cruzeiro.

In 1976 he was summoned to the Senior National Team for a tour that would take place in Eastern Europe. March 20, 1976 is his debut against the Soviet Union and in 1977 he became their captain.

After the winning streak of Juan Carlos Lorenzo's Boca Juniors, in 1977 River would win the Metropolitan Championship, with Passarella as one of its figures. In 1978 the Argentine soccer team played the 1978 Soccer World Cup at home. Passarella was one of the pillars of the team along with Ubaldo Fillol, Mario Alberto Kempes (undisputed figure of that World Cup), Leopoldo Luque, Daniel Bertoni and Américo Galician. That year Argentina wins the World Cup by beating the Netherlands in the final. Passarella was in charge of lifting the first World Cup that Argentina won.

In River he would continue to obtain titles: the two-time championship in 1979, the Metropolitano in 1980 and the Nacional in 1981. In 1982 he did not play many games because he was preparing for the World Cup with the national team. That squad, which included Diego Armando Maradona, fell in the second round after a poor performance.

After the World Cup, Passarella is bought by Fiorentina for 2.5 million dollars. In that club he played until 1986, when he was transferred to Inter Milan, scoring 39 goals and becoming one of the best players to have set foot in the institution.

In November 1982, Carlos Salvador Bilardo became the technical director of the Argentine National Team. With his arrival, he declared that the only player who had guaranteed ownership was Diego Armando Maradona, something that annoyed Passarella, and he took the captaincy from the Kaiser to give it to Maradona. This was seen as a punishment towards Passarella for the close relationship he had with the former coach, César Luis Menotti. But Passarella's level did not diminish either at Fiorentina or in the national team, which is why he continued to be called up. In qualifying for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Passarella gave Ricardo Gareca the goal pass for the decisive goal against Peru that gave Argentina the qualification. Although the goal was not Passarella's, everyone went to hug the "Great Captain".

Days before the start of the 1986 World Cup he suffered an intestinal infection that kept him off the pitch. When the bacteria disappeared, he suffered a tear. Although he was part of the squad that traveled, for these reasons he did not play any World Cup match that Argentina would win, beating West Germany in the final.

After playing two seasons for Internazionale de Milan, he returned to River Plate, a team that was led by César Luis Menotti. The team did not get the title, and Menotti was replaced by a club history: Reinaldo Merlo. On July 27, 1989, after winning a classic against Boca Juniors 2: 1, he decided to retire from football.

Participations in World Cups as a player

World	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles
1978 Football World Cup	Argentina	Champion	7	1
1982 World Cup Soccer	Spain	Second round	5	2
1986 World Cup Soccer	Mexico	Champion	0	0

As a coach

After the River elections on December 9, 1989, Reinaldo Merlo decided to leave his post. He is replaced by Passarella, who had never managed a team and had retired months before. At River, with Américo Gallego as field assistant, he won the '89/'90 Championship, the 1991 Apertura and the 1993 Apertura. After directing 215 games (105 wins, 65 draws and 45 losses), is appointed in 1994 to lead the Argentine National Team.

During that period he presented himself as a 'tough'. With a brand-new balance sheet of the untidiness at the end of the Basile cycle, Passarella appeared with a "iron hand" which included allusions to rhinoscopies and various prohibitions: from earrings to homosexuals. And a resounding refusal of long hair. There were many summoned, or those who were close, who complied with the order and cut their hair, like Gabriel Batistuta. But there were two figures that he did not call for a long time, curiously both with long hair: Claudio Caniggia and Fernando Redondo. By September 1995, and with the team quite deteriorated, Passarella decided that Redondo, who shone at Real Madrid, He had to be; and the footballer (offended by this demand that he judged useless) rejected the call. In '97, in the final stretch for the World Cup, Passarella summoned the midfielder again, without speaking to him beforehand. Redondo said that the differences were irreconcilable and he resigned from the National Team, an episode that made a fool of the Kaiser .

In 1995 he won the Pan American Games held in the City of Mar del Plata. He obtained a Silver Medal at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. He was left out of the 1995 Copa América, in the quarterfinals and with his nemesis Brazil, and the '97 edition (eliminated in the quarterfinals, this time by Peru 2-1). qualification for the 1998 World Cup, but lost in the quarterfinals against the Netherlands. Passarella resigned from his position after the World Cup, as he had already announced months before.

He had a short stint as coach of the Uruguayan National Team, but resigned in the middle of the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. After an unsuccessful stint at Parma FC, in the middle of 2002, he was hired by the Soccer Club Monterrey, with which he ends up qualifying in third place in the Liguilla. On June 14, 2003, he won the Clausura 2003 Tournament after beating Morelia by a global score of 3-1.

In 2005 he was hired by the Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, where he did not have good results and he was fired.

On January 10, 2006, Passarella returned to direct River after 12 years, once again replacing Merlo, who resigned at dawn in Argentina the day before. In this period of his career he did not achieve any title. In addition, when he was eliminated in the group stage of the 2007 Copa Libertadores, a significant number of fans repeatedly asked for his resignation in the Club Atlético River Plate hall.

On May 25, 2007 (his birthday and the club's anniversary), before the start of the 2007 Apertura, he set a deadline for himself to resign, saying that in case he did not win any title in order to In 2007, he would resign from the position of technical director, without collecting the money for that term.

Finally, on November 15, he resigned as River Plate coach, after a mediocre Apertura Tournament in which he left him 7th when he left and the elimination of his team in the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana, at the hands of Arsenal de Sarandí, in the definition of penalties.

There was the possibility of being the successor to Richard Páez in the position of technical director of the Venezuelan soccer team, although César Farías was finally chosen.

On Sunday, December 13, 2009, he was elected as the new president of River by a narrow margin and before a division of opinion in the electorate. D'Onofrio, the other potential candidate, unsuccessfully challenged the electoral result in court.

Participations in World Cups as a coach

World	Headquarters	Outcome	G	E	P
1998 Football World Cup	France	Final rooms	3	1	1

As President

In December 2008, he announced his candidacy for president of River Plate. On December 5, 2009, he was elected president, after a second count gave him the winner by 6 votes (the number he always used on his back). Thus he closes the cycle of him at the head of River Plate, becoming a player, an idol, a technical director and president of the institution. He took office on December 9, 2009.

Election results 2009

Passarella found himself in the difficult situation that River Plate was going through, due to the terrible management of the previous president of the institution, José María Aguilar. Due to the bad results obtained in the previous tournament, River would start 2010 very poorly positioned in the "imaginary" relegation table; for 2011 (since the reductions for 2010 still had to be defined). In those summer vacations the media set off the alarms and all eyes began to rest on River, only then did the fans begin to understand what could happen, although some remained skeptical. It was difficult to think about the possibility of River relegation, since in more than 100 years of history, three of the five biggest teams in Argentina (Boca, Independiente and River itself) had never been relegated. In the next 3 tournaments, it was said, River had to get approximately 30 points in each one.

During the first part of 2010, Passarella signed Rodrigo Rojas, Juan Manuel Díaz and Alexis Ferrero. However, the team's performance during the Clausura 2010 was not as expected, and Leonardo Astrada had to leave his position halfway through the tournament. To face the rest of the championship, Passarella made the decision to hire Ángel Cappa as technical director, a decision that was not well received by the millionaires fans, who demanded the return of Ramón Díaz. Cappa ended the tournament in an acceptable manner, with three important victories against Godoy Cruz, Vélez Sarsfield and Racing Club, and a catastrophic 5-0 defeat at home against Tigre.

During the winter break and facing the 2010 Opening Tournament, River had an urgent need to score points, so Passarella hired several reinforcements, including Josepmir Ballón, Carlos Arano, Adalberto Román, Walter Acevedo, Leandro Caruso, Juan Pablo Carrizo, Mariano Pavone and Jonatan Maidana. The team had an auspicious start, with a good level of play but some problems in defense, winning 3 games, drawing 1 and losing 2. On date 8 the injury of its captain and best player Matías Almeyda occurred, and then the performance of the Cappa's team declined, with 5 straight draws and a loss against All Boys, after which Passarella decided to resign the coach and determined that J.J. López faces the rest of the tournament. J.J. López changed the tactic, making it more defensive with a line of 3 center-backs, two full-backs and a double 5. Thus, he started with nothing less than a victory against Boca Juniors at the Monumental and finished the championship in a very good way, getting a total of 13 18 points at stake (4 wins, one draw and one loss). In total, River would finish the fourth tournament with 31 points (8 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses).

After this, River had to face the 2011 Clausura, in which they had to make a very good campaign to avoid relegation for good. Faced with this, instead of hiring a DT with greater scrolls, Passarella decided to keep López in office, despite his bad record against teams in a relegation situation. In addition to this, he signed a single player: Fabián Bordagaray, and let Ariel Ortega leave the club, due to non-soccer problems. These measures were strongly criticized by supporters of River Plate.

River started the 2011 Clausura in a very good way, even leading the championship on date 9. However, J.J. he plummeted, probably due to excessive pressure, and of the last 21 points at stake he only added 4 points. The team finished in ninth position with 26 points and 17th in the Average Table, with an average of 1.236, 0.027 (4 points) from the last "saved" that it was Tigre, for which reason he had to play the promotion. In the first leg, Passarella would unusually fight with the leaders of the squad such as Pavone, Acevedo, Maidana, etc. López is forced to send youth players with little experience in the First Division such as Roberto Pereyra, Ezequiel Cirigliano, Erik Lamela, Mauro Díaz and Rogelio Funes Mori to the field, which would be a blunder by Passarella since River lost in Córdoba by 2- 0 against Belgrano, which would already be the beginning of the sentence. In the second leg, River tied 1-1 and was sentenced to relegation to B Nacional for the first time in its history.

Because of the above, most River Plate fans consider Passarella and J.J. López as the two main culprits for River Plate's relegation to the First B Nacional, which occurred for the only time in history in June 2011, especially because Passarella hired Cappa instead of Ramón Díaz, for hiring J.J. Lopez with his background in relegating teams, and for not bringing any reinforcements in the most important tournament in the history of River Plate, taking into account that Daniel rejected an offer of 9 million Euros from Benfica for Funes Mori, with which he could have hired more reinforcements, however, the team finished seventeenth in the first division average table, calculated on the basis of the last 3 years of competition, that is, 6 tournaments, 3 of which (the first, the worst performance) were under the previous presidency:

• Opening 2008: 14 points
• Closure 2009: 27 points
• Opening 2009: 21 points
• Closure 2010: 22 points
• Opening 2010: 31 points
• Closure 2011: 26 points

The first three tournaments were under the previous management, of José María Aguilar, and give an average of 20.7 points each, while the next three give an average of 26.3 points, a low average for an institution like River, but not so much as to condemn it to relegation. Therefore, River Plate's relegation shares the blame between the management of José María Aguilar, who also left the Club in the most disastrous economic conditions in its history, and the great fault of Passarella, who with his arrogance and bad decisions ended up condemning the club to the lowest in its history. On the side of J.J. López, is the most effective coach of all those who passed in those six tournaments, with 52%. In reality, the least effective coach in that period was Diego Simeone, who resigned in the 2008 Apertura after date 14 leaving the club last in the standings with only 10 points (24% efficiency).

For more details and statistics on River Plate's Relegation to the First National B enter the link.

After the fateful relegation to the First B

As soon as the relegation was consummated, the news broke that the captain, idol and best player of the team at the time, Matías Almeyda, would become the new coach of the club, without having any experience as manager. The following season, with a team with several changes and a very offensive style, River would win the Second Division and get direct promotion, on the last date and after some agonizing games. Once that achievement was achieved, Passarella would once again have problems with the fans. Alejandro "el Chori" Domínguez and Fernando Cavenaghi, two idols who had returned to the club on loan to return it to first division, went to the media announcing a break in relations with the leadership, because of which no negotiations were attempted to keep the players in the team.

Passarella's last year and a half at the helm of the institution passed uneventfully, sustaining improvements in the economic sphere but without obtaining any degree. Of the three tournaments that River played in the Passarella management after the promotion, the first was led almost entirely by Matías Almeyda, but in recent days and after a medium performance and too many changes in the starting team, he was replaced by Ramón Díaz who also directed the two remaining tournaments. In the 2013 Final Tournament, River had a very good level but came second, three points behind the great Newell's del Tata Martino. Then, in the 2013 Initial Tournament, River would come out 17th with only 21 points and a lousy level. Despite this, Passarella (again controversial) renews Ramón's contract with a million-dollar figure, knowing that if he fired the riverplantese idol, the fans might explode this time.

Passarella did not appear in the December 2013 elections, due to his bad image and his bad management, aggravated above all by the historic decline. In them Rodolfo D'Onofrio prevailed with 55% of the votes, who supported Ramón Díaz as DT for the 2014 Final Tournament. In this last River finally emerged champion after 6 years of ostracism, but then Ramón resigned due to problems with the current leadership. In June 2014 he took over as DT Marcelo Gallardo (who remained in office until 2022) and over time he became the most winning coach in River history. As a residual achievement, it is worth clarifying that almost all the important players in the achievement of the 2014 Copa Sudamericana and the 2015 Copa Libertadores by River were achieved by the technical direction of Ramon Ángel Díaz, such as Marcelo Barovero, Leonel Vangioni, Ramiro Funes Mori (lower), Jonatan Maidana, Gabriel Mercado, Ariel Rojas, Matías Kranevitter (lower), Leonardo Ponzio, Carlos Sánchez, Rodrigo Mora and Teófilo Gutiérrez. Those elections would finally be won by Rodolfo D'Onofrio and would put the club back at the top of the continent.

Clubs

As a player

Club	Country	Year
River Plate	Argentina	1972-1981
SSC Napoli	ItalyItaly	1981-1983
Fiorentina		1983-1985
Inter de Milan		1985-1988
River Plate	Argentina	1988-1989

As a coach

Club	Country	Year
River Plate	Argentina	1990-1994
Argentina		1994-1998
AC Perugia	Italy	1998-2000
A. C. F. Fiorentina		2000-2001
Parma		2001-2003
Udinese		2003-2004
Monterrey	Mexico	2004
Corinthians	Brazil	2005
River Plate	Argentina	2006-2007

As President

Statistics

As a player

Clubs

Club	Div.	Season	League		Cups National(1)		Tournaments International(2)		Total		Media Shotgun(3)
			Part.	Goles	Part.	Goles	Part.	Goles	Part.	Goles
Sarmiento de Junín Argentina
	3. a	1973	36	9	-		-		36	9	0.25
	Total		36	9	0	0	0	0	36	9	0.25
River Plate Argentina
	1. a	1974	22	5	-		-		22	5	0.22
		1975	29	9	-		-		29	9	0.31
		1976	35	24	-		9	1	44	25	0.56
		1977	40	13	-		2	1	42	14	0.33
		1978	19	4	-		9	1	28	5	0.17
		1979	38	9	-		-		38	9	0.23
		1980	41	12	-		7	0	48	12	0.25
		1981	42	14	-		6	1	48	15	0.31
	Total		226	90	0	0	33	4	259	94	0.36
Fiorentina ItalyItaly
	1. a	1982-83	27	3	5	0	2	0	34	3	0.22
		1983-84	27	7	7	1	-		34	8	0.23
		1984-85	26	5	6	3	3	1	35	9	0.25
		1985-86	29	11	7	4	-		36	15	0.41
	Total		109	26	25	8	5	1	139	35	0.25
Inter de Milan ItalyItaly
	1. a	1986-87	23	3	8	4	7	1	38	8	0.21
		1987-88	21	6	8	1	6	0	35	7	0.20
	Total		44	9	16	5	13	1	73	15	0.20
River Plate Argentina
	1. a	1988-89	32	9	-		0	0	32	9	0.28
	Total		32	9	0	0	0	0	32	9	0.28
Total in your career (1.a division)			411	134	41	13	51	6	503	153	0.30
(1) The national cups refer to the Italian Cup. (2) The international cups refer to the Copa Libertadores and Europa League. (3) Half of goals per encounter. It does not include goals in friendly matches.

Selection

The following table details the matches played and the goals scored by Passarella in the Argentine national team.

Selection	Year	Friendly		Cup America		Elimination		World		Tournament Toulon		Total		Media Shotgun
		PJ	G	PJ	G	PJ	G	PJ	G	PJ	G	PJ	G
Sub-23 Argentina	1975	0	0	-		-		-		3	0	3	0	0.00
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0.00
Absolute Argentina	1976	6	2	-		-		-		-		6	2	0.33
	1977	7	3	-		-		-		-		7	3	0.42
	1978	6	3	-		-		7	1	-		13	4	0.30
	1979	7	3	4	2	-		-		-		11	5	0.45
	1980	9	3	-		-		-		-		9	3	0.33
	1981	4	1	-		-		-		-		4	1	0.25
	1982	4	1	-		-		5	2	-		9	3	0.33
	1985	2	0	-		6	1	-		-		8	1	0.12
	1986	3	0	-		-		0	0	-		3	0	0.00
	Total	48	16	4	2	6	1	12	3	0	0	70	22	0.31
Total in selections		48	16	4	2	6	1	12	3	3	0	73	22	0.30

Statistical summary

As a coach

Equipment	Div.	Tournament	Statistics
			PJ	G	E	P	GF	GC	DG	Effectiveness
River Plate Argentina	1. a
		1989-90	20	10	9	1	29	13	+16	72.5%
		South American Super Cup 1990	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50%
		1990-91	38	15	15	8	48	32	+16	59.21%
		Copa Libertadores 1991	6	2	1	3	10	12	-2	41.67%
		Opening 1991	19	14	3	2	33	11	+22	81.58%
		South American Super Cup 1991	8	4	2	2	12	9	+3	62.5%
		Closure 1992	19	8	8	3	31	22	+9	63.16%
		Opening 1992	19	10	5	4	28	13	+15	60.53%
		South American Super Cup 1992	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	75%
		Closure 1993	19	10	3	6	33	21	+12	60.53%
		Copa Libertadores 1993	6	1	3	2	4	5	-1	41.67%
		Opening 1993	19	9	6	4	29	17	+12	63.16%
		South American Super Cup 1993	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	75%
		Closure 1994	19	7	7	5	24	14	+10	55.26%
	Total		202	97	62	43	297	179	+118	63.37%
Argentina Argentina
	Friendly		30	19	5	6	57	19	+38	68.89%
	Copa America 1995		4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	58.33%
	Copa América 1997		4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	41.67%
	1998		16	8	6	2	23	13	+10	62.5%
	1998 Football World Cup		5	3	1	1	10	4	+6	66.67%
	Total		55	32	13	10	98	42	+56	66.06%
Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay
	Friendly		4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	58.33%
	Elimination 2002		10	4	3	3	12	7	+5	50%
	Total		14	6	4	4	19	12	+7	52.38%
Parma ItalyItaly	1. a	2001-02	5	0	0	5	5	13	-8	0%
		Cup Italy 2001-02	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	44.44%
		UEFA Cup 2001-02	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	66.67%
	Total		10	2	2	6	13	17	-4	26.67%
Monterrey Mexico Mexico	1. a	Opening 2002	19	5	7	7	18	20	-2	38.6%
		Closure 2003	25	12	9	4	44	30	+14	60%
		Opening 2003	19	5	7	7	29	29	0	38.6%
		Champion of Champions 2002-03	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	33.33%
	Total		64	22	24	18	92	80	+12	46.88%
Corinthians BrazilBrazil	1. a	2005	3	0	1	2	4	10	-6	11.11%
		Paulista 2005	8	4	3	1	13	9	+4	62.5%
		Brazil Cup 2005	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	50%
	Total		15	6	4	5	24	25	-1	48.89%
River Plate Argentina	1. a	Closure 2006	19	9	7	3	39	23	+16	59.65%
		Copa Libertadores 2006	12	7	1	4	27	18	+9	61.11%
		Opening 2006	19	11	5	3	33	17	+16	66.67%
		South American Cup 2006	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	16.67%
		Closure 2007	19	9	6	4	26	16	+10	57.89%
		Copa Libertadores 2007	6	2	2	2	5	6	-1	44.44%
		Opening 2007	16	6	5	5	31	25	+6	47.92%
		South American Cup 2007	6	1	4	1	6	5	+1	38.89%
	Total		99	45	31	23	169	133	+56	55.89%
	Total in River		301	142	93	66	466	292	+174	57.48%
Total in your career			459	210	140	109	712	488	+224	55.92%

Honours of Prizes

As a player

National Championships

Title	Club	Headquarters	Year
Metropolitan Championship	River Plate	Buenos Aires	1975
National Championship		Rosario	1975
Metropolitan Championship		Buenos Aires	1977
Metropolitan Championship			1979
National Championship			1979
First Division Championship			1980
National Championship			1981

International Championships

Title	Club	Headquarters	Year
FIFA World Cup	Argentina	Buenos Aires	1978
FIFA World Cup		Mexico D. F.	1986

As a coach

National Championships

Title	Club	Headquarters	Year
First Division	River Plate	Buenos Aires	1989-90
Opening Tour			1991
Opening Tour			1993
Closing Tour	Monterrey	Monterrey	2003

International Championships

Title	Club	Headquarters	Year
Pan American Games	Argentina sub-23	Mar del Plata	1995
Olympic Games		Atlanta	1996

As President

National Championships

Title	Club	Headquarters	Year
First National B	River Plate	Buenos Aires	2012

Individual awards

Records

• The only Argentine player to win the World Cup of Football (1978 and 1986).
• The most prize-winning defender of the Argentine team, with 22 goals in 70 matches.
• The greatest champion of Argentine football, with 99 goals in 238 matches.