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Daniel Pedro Killer (born 21 December 1949) is a Argentine former
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defender who was part of the
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squad that won the
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. Daniel and his brother
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were part of the
Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the Englis ...
team that won the
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Nacional championship of 1973. Killer started his career in 1970 with his home town club; Rosario Central where he was joined by his brother Mario in 1972. Daniel's other clubs included
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Vélez Sársfield,
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, Unión in Argentina. Killer also played for Rosario Central's fiercest local rivals,
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. Daniel Killer also had a short spell in
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with
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, he finished his career in the lower leagues with
Argentino de Rosario Club Atlético Argentino, commonly known as Argentino de Rosario, is an Argentine football club from the city of Rosario, Santa Fe. The team currently plays in Primera D Metropolitana, the regionalised fifth division of the Argentine football leag ...
. He owns and manages a small indoor soccer complex on the west side of his hometown.


Honours

; Rosario Central *
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Nacional Nacional, the Portuguese and Spanish word for "national", may refer to: Airlines * Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002 * Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961 Bank * Banco Nacional, a ...
1971,
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1973 ; Argentina *
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1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...


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