Gustavo Dezotti Explained

Gustavo Dezotti
Fullname:Gustavo Abel Dezotti
Birth Date:14 February 1964
Birth Place:Monte Buey, Argentina
Position:Striker
Years1:1982–1988
Years2:1988–1989
Years3:1989–1994
Years4:1994–1996
Years5:1996–1997
Years6:1998
Clubs1:Newell's Old Boys
Clubs2:S.S. Lazio
Clubs3:U.S. Cremonese
Clubs4:Club León
Clubs5:Club Atlas
Clubs6:Defensor Sporting Club
Caps1:208
Caps2:29
Caps3:154
Caps4:54
Caps5:22
Goals1:40
Goals2:3
Goals3:51
Goals4:17
Goals5:1
Nationalyears1:1983
Nationalteam1:Argentina U20
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1988–1990
Nationalteam2:Argentina
Nationalcaps2:7
Nationalgoals2:1

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 1994-95, 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

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