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Gustavo Dezotti
Personal information
Full name Gustavo Abel Dezotti
Date of birth (1964-02-14) February 14, 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Monte Buey, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1988 Newell's Old Boys 208 (40)
1988–1989 S.S. Lazio 29 (3)
1989–1994 U.S. Cremonese 154 (51)
1994–1996 Club León 54 (17)
1996–1997 Club Atlas 22 (1)
1998 Defensor Sporting Club
International career
1989–1990 Argentina 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gustavo Abel Dezotti (born 14 February 1964) 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 Club 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.

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