Gustavo Neffa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger, striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1988 | Olimpia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1989 | Olimpia | 48 | (28) |
| 1989–1992 | Juventus | ||
| 1989–1992 | → Cremonese (loan) | 46 | (3) |
| 1992 | Unión | 16 | (3) |
| 1992–1995 | Boca Juniors | 39 | (8) |
| 1995–1996 | Estudiantes | 4 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Sol de América | 19 | (2) |
| 1999 | Olimpia | 5 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | Dallas Burn | 3 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1992 | Paraguay U23 | 8 | (2) |
| 1989–1997 | Paraguay | 15 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez (born 30 November 1971) is a retired footballer from Paraguay.
He started his career in Olimpia Asunción. At the age of 18, noted by Juventus, Neffa moved on loan to Serie A club U.S. Cremonese. He returned to South America in 1992, playing for Boca Juniors,[1] before leaving football and marrying tennis player Rossana de los Ríos, who gave him a daughter. He also made a short comeback as a player/coach to Dallas Burn in 2000, just appearing on one pre-season match.[2] He also appeared at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the Paraguayan football team, playing a single match against Ghana; it was during this experience that Neffa met his future wife Rossana.
Italian musician Neffa took his name as a homage to Gustavo. Today they are known to be good friends.[3]
International
[edit]Neffa made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team on 1 July 1989 in the 1989 Copa América match against Peru (5–2) win, in which he scored once (2–1). He obtained a total number of 15 international caps, scoring four goals for the national side.
References
[edit]- ^ Todos los extranjeros que jugaron en Boca Juniors Archived 21 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Preseason vs Kansas City Archived 26 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Italian) Gustavo, il paraguaiano che ha dato il nome a Neffa (Gazzetta.it)
External links
[edit]- Gustavo Neffa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Gustavo Neffa at BDFA (in Spanish)
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- Living people
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- Paraguayan men's footballers
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- 1989 Copa América players
- 1991 Copa América players
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- Club Olimpia footballers
- Club Sol de América footballers
- Serie A players
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- US Cremonese players
- Unión de Santa Fe footballers
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- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- FC Dallas players
- Argentine Primera División players
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- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
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- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Men's association football forwards
- Olympic footballers for Paraguay
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Footballers from Asunción
- American people of Paraguayan descent
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