Daniele Massaro
Daniele Emilio Massaro (Italian pronunciation: [daˈnjɛːle masˈsaːro]; born 23 May 1961) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward.
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Massaro in 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Daniele Emilio Massaro | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Monza, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1974 | Juvenilia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1979 | Monza | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Monza | 60 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1986 | Fiorentina | 140 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1995 | AC Milan | 209 | (51) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | → Roma (loan) | 30 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 20 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 459 | (87) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1994 | Italy | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
He is mainly remembered for his highly successful career with AC Milan during the late 1980s and 1990s, under managers Arrigo Sacchi and Fabio Capello, with whom he went on to achieve notable domestic, European, and international success.
Massaro was also a member of the Italy national team that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup, although he did not make an appearance in the tournament, and he was a member of the team that reached the final of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal during the tournament; in the final, he missed one of Italy's penalties in the resulting shoot-out, as Brazil went on to lift the trophy.