Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez (born 30 November 1971 in

Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...

) is a retired

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from

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. He started his career on

Olimpia Asunción Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of various sports with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, the former being the highest priority and most su ...

, and at the age of 18, noted by

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, Neffa moved on loan to

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club

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. He returned in South America in 1992, playing for

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, before leaving football and marrying

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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

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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

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; it was during this experience that Neffa met his future wife Rossana. Italian musician

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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

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on 1 July 1989 in the

1989 Copa América The Copa América 1989 football tournament was hosted by Brazil, from 1 to 16 July. All ten CONMEBOL member nations participated. Brazil won their fourth Copa América, and first since 1949, by beating Uruguay 1–0 in the final match at the ...

match against

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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.

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