Gustavo Dezotti Football player

Gustavo Abel Dezotti (born 14 February 1964) is a former football (soccer) striker from Argentina. He played most of his career for Newell's Old Boys in Argentina, he was part of the team that won the Primera Division Argentina championship of 1987-1988. Being part of a title winning side brought him to the attention of Major European clubs, and in 1988 he moved to Italy where he played for S.S. Lazio and then U.S. Cremonese. In 1994 he moved to Mexico to play for Club León and then Club Atlas. Dezotti's final club were Defensor Sporting Club of Uruguay where he retired in 1998.Probably the most notorious moment of his career came when he was sent off in the 1990 FIFA World Cup final against West Germany.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 14, 1964
Birth place
Monte Buey , Argentina
Height (meters)1.8

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Football player

position
Forward (association football)
teams
S.S. Lazio
Club León
Argentina national football team
Club Atlas
Defensor Sporting
U.S. Cremonese
Argentina national under-20 football team
Newell's Old Boys

Gustavo Dezotti on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.legaserieb.it/it/serie-bwin/calciatore?p_p_id=BDC_dettaglio_calciatore_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_BDC_dettaglio_calciatore_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC_idPersona=7685