Gustavo Dezotti
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gustavo Abel Dezotti | ||
Date of birth | 14 February 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Monte Buey, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1988 | Newell's Old Boys | 208 | (40) |
1988–1989 | S.S. Lazio | 29 | (3) |
1989–1994 | U.S. Cremonese | 154 | (51) |
1994–1996 | Club León | 54 | (17) |
1996–1997 | Club Atlas | 22 | (1) |
1998 | Defensor Sporting Club | ||
National team | |||
1983 | Argentina U20 | 3 | (0) |
1988–1990 | Argentina | 7 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Gustavo Abel Dezotti (born 14 February 1964) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a striker. He played most of his career for Newell's Old Boys in Argentina and 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.
The most notorious moment of his career came when he was sent off in the 1–0 1990 FIFA World Cup final defeat against West Germany.
Honours[]
Newell's Old Boys
U.S. Cremonese
Argentina
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1990
References[]
- Gustavo Dezotti at National-Football-Teams.com
- Gustavo Dezotti – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile at Lega Calcio
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Argentine footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Argentina youth international footballers
- Argentina under-20 international footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- People from Córdoba Province, Argentina
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Association football forwards
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Defensor Sporting players
- S.S. Lazio players
- U.S. Cremonese players
- Atlas F.C. footballers
- Club León footballers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Liga MX players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Uruguay
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay
- Argentine football forward stubs