Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez (born 30 November 1971) is a retired footballer from Paraguay.
| 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 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 | ||
| International career | |||
| 1992 | Paraguay U23 | ||
| 1989–1997 | Paraguay | 45 | (14) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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
editNeffa 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