Gustavo Neffa

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Neffa and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Gustavo Neffa
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez
Date of birth	(1971-11-03) 3 November 1971
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Playing position	Left winger, striker
Youth career
1987–1988	Olimpia Asunción
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1989	Olimpia Asunción	28	(20)
1989–1992	Cremonese	46	(3)
1992	Unión de Santa Fe	16	(3)
1992–1994	Boca Juniors^[1]	19	(0)
1995	Estudiantes	?	(?)
1996–1998	Club Sol de América	?	(?)
2000	Dallas Burn	0	(0)
National team
1989–1991	Paraguay	15	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez (born 3 November 1971 in Asunción) is a retired footballer from Paraguay.

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, where he failed to make his breakthrough. He returned in South America in 1992, playing for Unión de Santa Fe, Boca Juniors and Estudiantes, before leaving football and marry 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.

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Paraguay squads

v t e Paraguay squad – 1989 Copa América

1 Ruiz Díaz 2 Chamorro 3 Cáceres 4 Cañete 5 Rivarola 6 Delgado 7 Caballero 8 Ferreira 9 Franco 10 Guasch 11 Jacquet 12 Fernández 13 Neffa 14 Palacios 15 Mendoza 16 Brítez Román 17 Escobar 18 Sanabria 19 Torales 20 Zabala 21 Espínola 22 Guirland 23 Torres Coach: Luján Manera

v t e Paraguay squad – 1991 Copa América

1 Chilavert 2 Barrios 3 Cristaldo 4 Suárez 5 Rivarola 6 V. Sanabria 7 Neffa 8 Guirland 9 Cardozo 10 Monzón 11 González 12 Ruiz Díaz 13 Martínez 14 Jacquet 15 Struway 16 M. Sanabria 17 Genes 18 Romero 19 Alvarenga 20 Zabala 21 Yegros 22 Peralta Coach: Kiese

v t e Paraguay squad – 1992 Summer Olympics

1 Ruiz Díaz 2 Duarte 3 Peralta 4 Jara 5 Ayala 6 Gamarra 7 Ferreira 8 Hugo Sosa 9 Benítez 10 Neffa 11 Yegros 12 Velasquez 13 Marecos 14 Sanabria 15 Alvarenga 16 Arce 17 Héctor Sosa 18 Bourdier 19 Caballero 20 Campos Coach: Markarián

Persondata
Name	Neffa, Gustavo
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	3 November 1971
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Date of death
Place of death

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