Thursday, November 22, 2007

Daniel Alberto Passarella - "El Gran Capitan" (The great captain)

Argentina legend Daniel Passarella was an unusual player. His scoring record is quite unique for a defender.
In 298 matches in the Argentine league, he scored 99 goals.
Despite being only 174cm, he was exceptional in the air and scored an impressive amount of goals by headers from corners or free-kicks.
He won lots of honours in the game.
Several league championships with River Plate in Argentina, which was the club he served most of his career.
But the highlight was of course to win the World Cup in 1978 on homesoil. He was 25 years old and captained Argentina to victory.

Great Maradona , Kempes , Ardiles and Valdano played with him then...

Watch the 2 halfs of the match between Argentina and Belgium in 1982:


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