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Gustavo Neffa

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Gustavo Neffa
Personal information
Full name Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez
Date of birth (1971-11-30) 30 November 1971 (age 52)
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
1989–1992Cremonese (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

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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.

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