Daniel Bertoni

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.

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

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

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

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

Club

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

^[2]

International

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

Independiente

• Argentine Primera División: Nacional 1977
• Copa Libertadores: 1973, 1974, 1975
• Copa Interamericana: 1973, 1974, 1976
• Intercontinental Cup: 1973

Fiorentina

• Serie A runner-up: 1981–82

Argentina

• FIFA World Cup: 1978

Individual

• Fiorentina Hall of Fame: 2018^[3]

References

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.

External links

• Daniel Bertoni – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Daniel Bertoni at National-Football-Teams.com
• Daniel Bertoni at Soccerbase
• Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007) (in Spanish)
• Statistics on Bertoni's matches List of Argentine Players in Italy after 1945 at RSSSF.com