Gustavo Abel Dezotti (born 14 February 1964) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a striker. He played most of his career for 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 sent off in the 1–0 1990 FIFA World Cup final defeat against West Germany.
Gustavo Abel Dezotti (born 14 February 1964) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a striker. He played most of his career for Newell's Old Boys...
spot kick with a low, right-footed shot to the goalkeeper's right. GustavoDezotti, already cautioned in the first half, received a straight red card...
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receive a red card in a World Cup final, only to be joined by teammate GustavoDezotti 22 minutes later. Although West Germany was the dominating side with...
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have taken place during final matches: Argentina's Pedro Monzón and GustavoDezotti (both 1990), France's Marcel Desailly (1998) and Zinedine Zidane (2006)...
be sent off in a World Cup final, but was later joined by teammate GustavoDezotti. The match was decided by a penalty kick in favour of Germany. 8 July...
contest. In the closing moments, Argentina were reduced to nine after GustavoDezotti, who had already been given a yellow card earlier in the match, received...
previous players to be sent off in a World Cup Final are Pedro Monzón, GustavoDezotti, Marcel Desailly, and Zinedine Zidane. "Acta del Partido celebrado...
as Battle of Nuremberg. The players sent off were Pedro Monzón and GustavoDezotti. Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match as the referee failed...
final; red cards were issued to Argentine players Pedro Monzón and GustavoDezotti. At the end of its first season at the renovated Olimpico, AS Roma...
contest. In the closing moments, Argentina were reduced to nine after GustavoDezotti received the second red card of the game when he hauled Jürgen Kohler...
Dertycia – Fiorentina – 1989–90 Mario Oscar Desiderio – Catania – 1960–62 GustavoDezotti – Lazio, Cremonese – 1988–90, 1991–92, 1993–94 Ángel Di María – Juventus...
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an average of 2.41 goals per match. 4 goals Oscar Dertycia 3 goals GustavoDezotti Humberto Gutiérrez Evair Jorge Pérez Juan Hernández 2 goals Washington...
Volodymyr Bezsonov, Khalil Ghanim, Refik Šabanadžović, Eric Gerets, GustavoDezotti, Pedro Monzón Most yellow cards (match): 9 – Austria vs United States...
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