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Daniel Passarella

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Daniel Alberto Passarella (born 25 May 1953) is an Argentine former footballer and manager, who is considered one of the greatest defenders of all time. As a player for Argentina, he was part of two FIFA World Cup-winning teams; he captained his nation to victory at the 1978 World Cup which Argentina hosted, and was also part of the winning squad in 1986. Although playing as a centre-back, Passarella was also a proficient goalscorer; at one point, he was football's highest-scoring defender, with 134 goals in 451 matches, a record which was subsequently broken by Dutch player Ronald Koeman. In 2004, Passarella was named one of the 125 greatest living footballers by Pelé at a FIFA awards ceremony. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Passarella is the 133rd most popular soccer player (down from 97th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Argentina (down from 26th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

Daniel Passarella is most famous for being the captain of the Argentine national team that won the 1978 World Cup.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Daniel Passarella ranks 133 out of 21,273. Before him are José Altafini, Andrés Escobar, Lucien Laurent, Jürgen Klinsmann, Berti Vogts, and Simone Inzaghi. After him are Allan Simonsen, Ko Arima, Dunga, Nils Liedholm, Pavel Nedvěd, and Tostão.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Daniel Passarella ranks 36. Before him are Thomas Friedman, Cha Bum-kun, Thomas Bach, Hulk Hogan, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Andrew Wiles. After him are Peter Stormare, Paulo Roberto Falcão, Carlos Queiroz, Guy Verhofstadt, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, and Jean-Marie Pfaff.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Daniel Passarella ranks 31 out of 1,154. Before him are Helenio Herrera (1910), Guillermo Stábile (1905), Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1931), Mercedes Sosa (1935), César Luis Menotti (1938), and Raúl Alfonsín (1927). After him are Leonardo Sandri (1943), Richard Walther Darré (1895), Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (1971), Carlos Reutemann (1942), Hernán Crespo (1975), and Alberto Fernández (1959).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, Daniel Passarella ranks 10. Before him are Omar Sívori (1935), Mario Kempes (1954), Gabriel Batistuta (1969), Helenio Herrera (1910), Guillermo Stábile (1905), and César Luis Menotti (1938). After him are Hernán Crespo (1975), Luis Monti (1901), Javier Zanetti (1973), Francisco Varallo (1910), Luis Galván (1948), and Hugo Gatti (1944).

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