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Gustavo Neffa

Gustavo Neffa

Paraguayan footballer (born 1971)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Neffa and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez (born 30 November 1971) is a retired footballer from Paraguay.

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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

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    Todos los extranjeros que jugaron en Boca Juniors Archived 21 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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    Preseason vs Kansas City Archived 26 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    (in Italian) Gustavo, il paraguaiano che ha dato il nome a Neffa (Gazzetta.it)
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