Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez (born 30 November 1971 in
Asunción
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) is a retired
footballer
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from
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
.
He started his career on
Olimpia Asunción
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, and at the age of 18, noted by
Juventus
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, Neffa moved on loan to
Serie A
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club
U.S. Cremonese
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History
Cremonese was in the Serie A in its first season, 1929–30, but entered a long period of decli ...
. He returned in South America in 1992, playing for
Boca Juniors
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, before leaving football and marrying
tennis
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player
Rossana de los Ríos
Rossana Neffa de los Rios (born 16 September 1975) is a retired tennis player from Paraguay. She was born in the Paraguayan capital, Asunción, and now lives in Miami, Florida, with her daughter Ana Paula Neffa de los Ríos and her husband Gust ...
, who gave him a daughter. He also made a short comeback as a player/coach to
Dallas Burn
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in 2000, just appearing on one pre-season match. He also appeared at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in the
Paraguayan football team, playing a single match against
Ghana
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; it was during this experience that Neffa met his future wife Rossana.
Italian musician
Neffa
Giovanni Pellino (born 7 October 1967), best known as Neffa, is an Italian singer-songwriter, rapper, composer, producer and musician.
Life and career
Born in Scafati, at young age Pellino moved to Bologna with his family. In the late 1980s he ad ...
took his name as a homage to Gustavo. Today they are known to be good friends
.
[Gustavo, il paraguaiano che ha dato il nome a Neffa (Gazzetta.it)]
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International
Neffa made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team
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on 1 July 1989 in the 1989 Copa América
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Brazil won their fourth Copa América, and first since 1949, by beating Uruguay 1–0 in the final match at the ...
match against Peru
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(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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Living people
1971 births
Paraguayan footballers
Paraguay international footballers
1989 Copa América players
1991 Copa América players
Paraguayan Primera División players
Club Olimpia footballers
Club Sol de América footballers
Serie A players
Serie B players
U.S. Cremonese players
Unión de Santa Fe footballers
Boca Juniors footballers
Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
FC Dallas players
Argentine Primera División players
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Paraguayan expatriate footballers
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Association football forwards
Olympic footballers of Paraguay
Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Asunción