Gustavo Dezotti

Who is this?

Gustavo Abel Dezotti (born 14 February 1964) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a striker. He began his career with 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 the second player to be sent off in the 1–0 1990 FIFA World Cup final defeat against West Germany, joining teammate Pedro Monzón earlier in the same match.

Career

1. 1964
   Born
2. 1982
   Joined Newell's Old Boys
3. 1983
   Joined Argentina national under-20 football team
4. 1988
   Joined SS Lazio
5. 1988
   Joined Argentina men's national association football team
6. 1989
   Joined US Cremonese
7. 1994
   Joined Club León
8. 1996
   Joined Atlas F.C.
9. 1997
   Joined Quilmes Atlético Club
10. 1998
    Joined Defensor Sporting Club

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Monte Buey
• •Citizenship: Argentina
• •Known as: association football player
• •Sport: association football