Gustavo Neffa

Gustavo Neffa
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez
Date of birth	30 November 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Position(s)	Left winger, striker
Youth career
1987–1988	Olimpia Asunción
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987–1989	Olimpia Asunción
1989–1992	Juventus
	Cremonese
1992–1998	Boca Juniors
	Dallas Burn
International career
1992	Paraguay U23
1989–1997	Paraguay
	*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, and at the age of 18, noted by Juventus, Neffa moved on loan to Serie A club U.S. Cremonese. He returned in South America in 1992, playing for Boca Juniors, 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

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

^ 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

Gustavo Neffa at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] Todos los extranjeros que jugaron en Boca Juniors Archived 21 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Preseason vs Kansas City Archived 26 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine

[3] (in Italian) Gustavo, il paraguaiano che ha dato il nome a Neffa (Gazzetta.it)

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