DANIELE MASSARO

Daniele Massaro (born 23 May 1961 in Monza) is a former Italian football (soccer) forward. He began his career as a midfielder, and was deployed as an outside forward or as a winger under Arrigo Sacchi, and he was only utilised as a striker later on in his career, under Fabio Capello, where he was able to find the net more often.^[1]
Massaro made a name for himself at AC Milan where he played over 300 games.^[2] He scored two decisive goals in the 1993-94 UEFA Champions League final against FC Barcelona, which Milan won 4–0. He was also Milan's top scorer in the 1993-1994 Serie A season, helping them to win the title.
Surprisingly capped only 15 times for Italy, his international career actually spanned more than a decade between 1982 and 1994. As a 21 year-old, Massaro was a member of the Italian squad that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup held in Spain, but didn't get any playing time. He played in six of Italy's seven games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the United States and scored a goal against Mexico in the group stage. In the defeat against Brazil in the final of the tournament, he missed a one-on-one opportunity and later failed to convert a penalty kick in the shoot-out.
After leaving Milan in 1995, he played a year in the Japanese football league with Shimizu S-Pulse.
He was also the captain of the Italian Beach Soccer National Team for a couple of years.
Massaro currently works at AC Milan as a public relations manager.

Statistics

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Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Europe		Total
1979/80	Monza	Serie B	24	5							24	5
1980/81			36	5							36	5
1981/82	Fiorentina	Serie A	29	1							29	1
1982/83			30	5							30	5
1983/84			29	1							29	1
1984/85			26	2							26	2
1985/86			26	2							26	2
1986/87	Milan	Serie A	22	2							22	2
1987/88			36	4							36	4
1988/89	Roma	Serie A	30	5							30	5
1989/90	Milan	Serie A	30	10							30	10
1990/91			21	6							21	6
1991/92			32	9							32	9
1992/93			29	5							29	5
1993/94			29	11					12	4	41	15
1994/95			19	3					8	1	27	4
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Asia		Total
1995	Shimizu S-Pulse	J. League 1	9	3	0	0	-		-		9	3
1996			11	7	0	0	5	1	-		16	8
Country	Italy		427	76							427	76
	Japan		20	10	0	0	5	1	-		25	11
Total			447	86	0	0	5	1	0	0	452	87

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Italy national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1982	1	0
1983	0	0
1984	3	0
1985	1	0
1986	1	0
1987	0	0
1988	0	0
1989	0	0
1990	0	0
1991	0	0
1992	0	0
1993	0	0
1994	9	1
Total	15	1

Honours

AC Milan

• Serie A
  • Winner (4): 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994,
  • Runner-up (2): 1990, 1991

• Coppa Italia
  • Runner-up: 1990

• Supercoppa Italiana
  • Winner (2): 1988, 1992

• UEFA Champions League
  • Winner (2): 1990, 1994
  • Runner-up: 1993, 1995

• UEFA Super Cup
  • Winner (3): 1989, 1990, 1994
  • Runner-up: 1993

• Intercontinental Cup
  • Winner (2): 1989, 1990
  • Runner-up (2): 1993, 1994

International

• FIFA World Cup
  • Winner: 1982
  • Runner-up: 1994