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Daniel Bertoni
Bertoni in 2006
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Daniel Bertoni
Date of birth (1955-03-14) 14 March 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1972 Quilmes 30 (12)
1973–1977 Independiente 179 (80)
1978–1980 Sevilla 57 (24)
1980–1984 Fiorentina 97 (27)
1984–1986 Napoli 53 (14)
1986–1987 Udinese 20 (1)
Total 446 (158)
International career
1974–1982 Argentina 31 (12)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1978 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricardo Daniel Bertoni (born 14 March 1955) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a right or left winger. In Argentina, he had a successful career at Club Atlético Independiente, where he won three Copa Libertadores, one Intercontinental Cup and three Copa Interamericana trophies.

Bertoni was also capped for the Argentina national team, where he scored the 3rd goal for the team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup final. After his retirement, he worked as a manager and sports commentator.

Club career

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Bertoni started playing in Argentine's second division for Quilmes in 1972. After one year he was transferred to first division's team Independiente where he played alongside Ricardo Bochini and won one national and several international titles.

Bertoni emigrated in 1978 to Spain to play for Sevilla. He played successfully in the Italian League for many years, mainly for Fiorentina and Napoli.

International career

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Bertoni played 31 times for the Argentina national football team between 1974 and 1982.[1] in both the 1978 and the 1982 FIFA World Cups. In the 1978 World Cup on home soil, he scored Argentina's third goal in the final against Netherlands in a 3–1 extra-time win, as Argentina went on to lift the trophy.

Career statistics

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Club

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Bertoni (#7) with Ricardo Bochini in Independiente, 1974
Bertoni (right) with countryfellows Daniel Passarella and Diego Maradona in 1982
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Club Season League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina League Cup League Cup South America Total
Quilmes 1972 Primera B 31 12 — — — 31 12
Independiente 1973 Primera División 35 8 — — 5 0 40 8
1974 Primera División 35 17 — — 11 5 46 22
1975 Primera División 33 12 — — 7 3 40 15
1976 Primera División 42 13 — — 7 1 49 14
1977 Primera División 34 22 — — 34 22
1978 Primera División 0 0 — — 0 0
Spain League Copa del Rey Supercopa de España Europe Total
Sevilla 1978–79 La Liga 25 8 7 2 — - - 32 10
1979–80 La Liga 32 16 7 4 — - - 39 20
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
Fiorentina 1980–81 Serie A 25 4 6 1 - - 31 5
1981–82 Serie A 30 9 6 1 — 36 10
1982–83 Serie A 16 4 5 1 — 2 1 23 6
1983–84 Serie A 26 10 6 0 — 32 10
Napoli 1984–85 Serie A 27 11 7 4 — 34 15
1985–86 Serie A 26 3 3 0 — 29 3
Udinese 1986–87 Serie A 20 1 — 20 1
Avellino 1987–88 Serie A 0 0 — 0 0
Argentina 209 92 — — 30 9 239 101
Spain 57 24 14 6 — - - 71 30
Italy 170 42 33 7 — 2 1 205 50
Career total 436 158 47 13 — 32 10 515 181

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International

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Bertoni (left) with Osvaldo Ardiles and Mario Kempes, 1981

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 1974 1 0
1975 0 0
1976 4 1
1977 7 7
1978 11 2
1979 1 0
1981 2 0
1982 5 2
Total 31 12

Honours

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Independiente

Fiorentina

Argentina

Individual

References

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  1. ^ rsssf: Argentina record international footballers
  2. ^ Daniel Bertoni at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ Alessia Benelli (22 November 2018). "Astori nella Hall of Fame della Fiorentina" (in Italian). Firenze Today. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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