Gustavo De Luca

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Gustavo De Luca
Personal information
Full name Carlos Gustavo De Luca
Date of birth (1962-02-13) 13 February 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
River Plate [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1982 River Plate 0 (0)
1983 Nueva Chicago 5 (0)
1984 All Boys 35 (6)
1984 Remedios de Escalda [lower-alpha 1] 26 (6)
1985–1986 Douglas Haig 38 (14)
1987 Santiago Wanderers (–)
1988 Cobreloa 0 (0)
1988–1990 La Serena 90 (54)
1990 FC Baden 11 (11)
1991–1993 O'Higgins 92 (52)
1992Colo-Colo (loan) 31 (8)
1994 Alianza Lima 13 (2)
1994 Regional Atacama 22 (13)
1995 Temuco 29 (13)
1996 Santiago Wanderers (–)
1996 Everton 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 August 2021

Carlos Gustavo De Luca (born 13 February 1962) is an Argentine former footballer who played for various clubs in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Switzerland. Of those countries, he highlighted in Chile [2] [3] being goalscorer in its first division, second division [4] and its national cup.

Contents

He fought at the Falklands War (1982). [5] [2] [1] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Early life

De Luca began playing rugby, sport which he practiced until he was seventeen. [11]

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo

Individual

Notes

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References

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  2. 1 2 "La historia del excombatiente de Las Malvinas que se convirtió en una leyenda del fútbol chileno". Radio Bío-Bío. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. "Carlos Gustavo de Luca recordó a O'Higgins en su aniversario 65". ADN Radio Chile. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. "Carlos Gustavo de Luca, el goleador que extrañan en La Portada". Diario El Día. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. "Nómina de veteranos de la Guerra de Malvinas (See the section 51 of 191)". Ministry of Defense of the Argentine Republic . Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. "[VIDEO] Ex goleador de Colo Colo recuerda su experiencia en la guerra de Las Malvinas". T13 Chile. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. "¡Impresionante! Gustavo De Luca contó anécdotas de la Guerra de las Malvinas - Dosis de Fútbol". TNT Sports (CDF). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  8. "Goleador Gustavo de Luca a 30 años de Malvinas: 'El fútbol me ayudó muchísimo a olvidar'". Radio Bío-Bío. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  9. "Carlos Gustavo de Luca (58) reflexiona sobre su vida, la guerra y el fútbol". FlanLate. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  10. "El otro combatiente de Islas Malvinas que jugó en el fútbol chileno". La Tercera. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  11. "#Dosis de Fútbol Carlos Gustavo de Luca. Capítulo 95 (16:08-16:15)". TNT Sports . Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  12. "Gustavo De Luca y su recuerdo de la Recopa de Colo Colo: "Cruzeiro hacía batucadas toda la noche y celebró antes de tiempo"". DaleAlbo. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.