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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Passarella has received more than 1,056,592 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Daniel Passarella is the 97th most popular soccer player (up from 126th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 31st in 2019) and the 8th 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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  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Daniel Passarella ranks 97 out of 21,273. Before him are Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Andreas Brehme, Fritz Walter, Oleg Blokhin, Dragan Džajić, and Denis Law. After him are Helenio Herrera, José Altafini, Bert Trautmann, Kaká, Eric Cantona, and Nándor Hidegkuti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Daniel Passarella ranks 25. Before him are Benazir Bhutto, Jim Jarmusch, Carlos Queiroz, Paul Krugman, Fatih Terim, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador. After him are Cyndi Lauper, Mike Oldfield, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Paulo Roberto Falcão, Malcolm Young, and Ségolène Royal.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Daniel Passarella ranks 26 out of 1,154. Before him are Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), Héctor Cúper (1955), Gabriel Batistuta (1969), Diego Simeone (1970), Guillermo Stábile (1905), and Néstor Kirchner (1950). After him are Helenio Herrera (1910), Alberto Fernández (1959), Mercedes Sosa (1935), Marcelo Bielsa (1955), Raúl Alfonsín (1927), and César Luis Menotti (1938).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, Daniel Passarella ranks 8. Before him are Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926), Lionel Messi (1987), Omar Sívori (1935), Mario Kempes (1954), Gabriel Batistuta (1969), and Guillermo Stábile (1905). After him are Helenio Herrera (1910), César Luis Menotti (1938), Luis Monti (1901), Javier Zanetti (1973), Carlos Bilardo (1938), and Raimundo Orsi (1901).

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