{{short description|Paraguayan footballer (born 1971)}} {{family name hatnote|Neffa|Rodríguez|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Gustavo Neffa |image = |fullname = Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|11|30}} |birth_place = Asunción, Paraguay |position = Left winger, striker |currentclub = |youthyears1= 1987–1988 |youthclubs1= Olimpia | years1 = 1987–1989 | clubs1 = Olimpia | caps1 = 48 | goals1 = 28 | years2 = 1989–1992 | clubs2 = Juventus | years3 = 1989–1992 | clubs3= → Cremonese (loan) | caps3= 46 | goals3 = 3 | years4 = 1992 | clubs4 = Unión | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 1992–1995 | clubs5 = Boca Juniors | caps5 = 39 | goals5 = 8 | years6 = 1995–1996 | clubs6 = Estudiantes | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1996–1998 | clubs7 = Sol de América | caps7 = 19 | goals7 = 2 | years8 = 1999 | clubs8 = Olimpia | caps8 = 5 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 1999–2000 | clubs9 =Dallas Burn | caps9 = 3 | goals9 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 1992 | nationalteam1 = Paraguay U23 | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2= 1989–1997 | nationalteam2 = Paraguay | nationalcaps2= 15 | nationalgoals2 = 4 }}
'''Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez''' (born 30 November 1971) is a retired footballer from Paraguay.
He started his career in Olimpia Asunción. At the age of 18, noted by Juventus, Neffa moved on loan to Serie A club U.S. Cremonese. He returned to South America in 1992, playing for Boca Juniors,<ref>[http://www.estoesboca.com.ar/extranjeros.htm Todos los extranjeros que jugaron en Boca Juniors<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221025334/http://www.estoesboca.com.ar/extranjeros.htm |date=21 February 2007 }}</ref> before leaving football and marrying tennis player Rossana de los Ríos, who gave him a daughter. He also made a short comeback as a player/coach to Dallas Burn in 2000, just appearing on one pre-season match.<ref>[http://3rddegree.4t.com/2000/box/p2_17_00.htm Preseason vs Kansas City<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041126113609/http://3rddegree.4t.com/2000/box/p2_17_00.htm |date=26 November 2004 }}</ref> He also appeared at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the Paraguayan football team, playing a single match against Ghana; it was during this experience that Neffa met his future wife Rossana.
Italian musician Neffa took his name as a homage to Gustavo. Today they are known to be good friends.<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Altro_Calcio/Primo_Piano/2007/01_Gennaio/12/neffa_vernazza.shtml Gustavo, il paraguaiano che ha dato il nome a Neffa (Gazzetta.it)]</ref>
== International == Neffa made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team on 1 July 1989 in the 1989 Copa América match against Peru (5–2) win, in which he scored once (2–1). He obtained a total number of 15 international caps, scoring four goals for the national side.
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==External links== * {{NFT|48862<!-- /Gustavo_Neffa -->}} * {{BDFA| GUSTAVO-ALFREDO-NEFFA-6618|Gustavo Neffa }}
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