Daniele Massaro

Daniele Massaro
Massaro in 2010
Personal information
Full name Daniele Emilio Massaro
Date of birth (1961-05-23) 23 May 1961 (age 63)
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)
1988–1989Roma (loan) 30 (5)
1995–1996 Shimizu S-Pulse 20 (10)
Total 459 (87)
International career
1982–1994 Italy 15 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1982 Spain
Runner-up 1994 USA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniele Emilio Massaro (Italian pronunciation: [daˈnjɛːle masˈsaːro]; born 23 May 1961) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward.

Throughout his career, Massaro played for several Italian clubs, including Monza, Fiorentina, AC Milan, and Roma, before ending his career in Japan with Shimizu S-Pulse. 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. He won four Serie A titles and two European Cup/[[UEFA Champions League titles with Milan, among other trophies, notably scoring twice in Milan's 4–0 win over Barcelona in the 1994 Champions League final.

Massaro won 15 caps at international level, making his debut in 1982, and was also a member of the Italy national team that won the World Cup that year, although he did not make an appearance in the tournament. He was also a member of the team that reached the final of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal during the tournament, his only international goal, in Italy's last group match against Mexico; in the final, his last international appearance, he missed one of Italy's penalties in the resulting shoot-out, as Brazil went on to lift the trophy.[1][2]

  1. ^ "AC Milan Hall of Fame: Daniele Massaro". acmilan.com. AC Milan. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Magliarossonera: Daniele MASSARO" (in Italian). Maglia Rossonera. Retrieved 26 January 2015.