Gustavo Dezotti

Football player infobox
playername = Gustavo Dezotti


fullname = Gustavo Abel Dezotti
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|2|14
cityofbirth = Monte Buey
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position = striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1982-1988
1988-1989
1989-1994
1994-1996
1996-1997
1998
clubs = Newell's Old Boys
S.S. Lazio
U.S. Cremonese
Club León
CF Atlas
Defensor Sporting Club
caps(goals) = 208 (40)
29 (3)
154 (51)
54 (17)
22 (1)
-(-)
nationalyears = 1989-1990
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 9 (1)
pcupdate = 27 December 2006

Gustavo Abel Dezotti is a former football (soccer) striker from Argentina. He played most of his career for Newell's Old Boys in Argentina, he 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 CF Atlas. Dezotti's final club were Defensor Sporting Club of Uruguay where he retired in 1998.

Probably the most notorious moment of his career came when he was sent off in the 1990 FIFA World Cup final against West Germany.

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=15849 Career details] at National Football Teams