Gustavo Dezotti

Gustavo Dezotti
Gustavo Dezotti (2008)
Personnel
Surname	Gustavo Abel Dezotti
birthday	February 14, 1964
place of birth	Monte Buey ,  Argentina
position	Storm
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1982-1988	Newell's Old Boys	208 (40)
1988-1989	Lazio Rome	29 0(3)
1989-1994	US Cremonese	154 (51)
1994-1996	Club León	54 (17)
1996-1997	Atlas Guadalajara	22 0(1)
1998	Defensor Sporting Club
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1983	Argentina (U 20)	3 0(0)
1989-1990	Argentina	9 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.

Gustavo Abel Dezotti (born February 14, 1964 in Monte Buey , Cordoba Province ) is a former Argentine football player .

Career

society

The striker Gustavo Dezotti began his professional career in 1982 at the Newell's Old Boys in Rosario . He stayed there until 1988 under contract. At the end of the 1988 season he won the Argentine championship with his team and then moved to Europe to Lazio Rome , where he played 29 league games in his only season for Lazio, but scored only 3 goals. He moved to the Italian club US Cremonese in 1989 , where he scored 51 goals in 154 league games until 1994. He then played in Mexico at Club León and Atlas Guadalajara and ended his career in 1998 at Defensor Sporting Club in Uruguay .

National team

For the Argentine national football team , he played nine international matches and scored one goal. He took part in the 1990 World Cup in Italy . In the final against Germany, Dezotti played alongside Diego Maradona in attack for the suspended Claudio Caniggia . He was cautioned in the first half. In the 86th minute of the game he was sent off after a stranglehold against Jürgen Kohler . The assault happened a minute after Andreas Brehme had put Germany 1-0 in front.

successes

• 1990: Vice World Champion

Web links

• Gustavo Dezotti in the database of weltfussball.de
• Gustavo Dezotti in the database of FIFA (English)