Daniele Massaro

Daniele Massaro
Personal information
Full name Daniele Massaro
Date of birth May 23, 1961 (1961-05-23) (age 50)
Place of birth Monza, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1979–1981 Monza 60 (10)
1981–1986 Fiorentina 140 (11)
1986–1995 Milan 209 (51)
1988–1989 → Roma (loan) 30 (5)
1995–1996 Shimizu S-Pulse 20 (10)
National team
1982–1994 Italy 15 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Daniele Massaro (born May 23, 1961 in Monza) is a former Italian football (soccer) forward. He was a member of the Italian squad that won the FIFA World Cup held in Spain in 1982.

Massaro made a name for himself at A.C. Milan. He scored two goals in the Champions League Final of 1994 against FC Barcelona, which Milan won 4–0. He was also Milan’s top scorer in Serie A in 1993/1994 season, helping them to the title. Surprisingly capped only 15 times for Italy, his international career actually spanned more than a decade (1982–94); he played for Italy at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The same year, he scored twice in the European Cup final as AC Milan defeated FC Barcelona 4–0.

On leaving AC Milan in 1995, he also played for a year in the J-League of Japan with the Shimizu S-Pulse.

He was also the captain of the Italian Beach Soccer National Team for a couple of years.

Along with Franco Baresi and Roberto Baggio, Massaro missed a penalty kick against Brazil in the 1994 World Cup in the shootout which cost Italy the title. Massaro also missed a one-on-one opportunity in the same match.

He currently works at AC Milan, in the public relations department, as a PR manager.

Contents

Statistics

[1]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
1979/80 Monza Serie B 24 5 24 5
1980/81 36 5 36 5
1981/82 Fiorentina Serie A 29 1 29 1
1982/83 30 5 30 5
1983/84 29 1 29 1
1984/85 26 2 26 2
1985/86 26 2 26 2
1986/87 Milan Serie A 22 2 22 2
1987/88 36 4 36 4
1988/89 Roma Serie A 30 5 30 5
1989/90 Milan Serie A 30 10 30 10
1990/91 21 6 21 6
1991/92 32 9 32 9
1992/93 29 5 29 5
1993/94 29 11 12 4 41 15
1994/95 19 3 8 1 27 4
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Asia Total
1995 Shimizu S-Pulse J. League 1 9 3 0 0 - - 9 3
1996 11 7 0 0 5 1 - 16 8
Country Italy 427 76 427 76
Japan 20 10 0 0 5 1 - 25 11
Total 447 86 0 0 5 1 0 0 452 87

[2]

Italy national team
Year Apps Goals
1982 1 0
1983 0 0
1984 3 0
1985 1 0
1986 1 0
1987 0 0
1988 0 0
1989 0 0
1990 0 0
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 0
1994 9 1
Total 15 1

Honours

AC Milan

  • Winner (2): 1988, 1992

International

References

  1. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=16217
  2. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/massaro-intl.html

External links

Italy squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup Winners (3rd Title)
Italy squad – 1984 Summer Olympics
Italy squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup Runners-up