Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez (born 30 November 1971 in Asunción) is a retired footballer from Paraguay.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez | ||
Date of birth | (1971-11-30) 30 November 1971 (age 50) | ||
Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
Position(s) | Left winger, striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1987–1988 | Olimpia Asunción | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1989 | Olimpia Asunción | 48 | (28) |
1989–1992 | Juventus | (3) | |
– | Cremonese | 46 | |
1992–1998 | Boca Juniors[1] | 39 | (8) |
– | Dallas Burn | 4 | |
National team | |||
1992 | Paraguay U23 | ||
1989–1997 | Paraguay | 45 | (14) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He started his career on 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]
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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