Daniel Bertoni

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.

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.

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.

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Appearances and goals by national team and year

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]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daniel Bertoni.

• 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