Who saw him play. How was Passarella as a player?
Daniel Alberto Passarella (born 25 May 1953) is an Argentine former professional
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 four years after winning the elections by a very close margin in December 2009.
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Considered one of the greatest
defenders of all time,
[3] 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.
[4] In 2004, Passarella was named one of the
125 Greatest Living Footballers at a
FIFA Awards Ceremony.
[5] In 2007,
The Times placed him at number 36 in their list of the 50 hardest footballers in history.
[6] In 2017 he has been included in the
FourFourTwo list of the 100 all-time greatest players, at the 56th position.
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