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 62)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Club San Fernando
River Plate
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1982 River Plate 0 (0)
1983 Nueva Chicago 5 (0)
1984 Talleres RdE 26 (6)
1985–1986 All Boys 35 (6)
1986–1987 Douglas Haig 38 (14)
1987 Santiago Wanderers 26 (16)
1988 Cobreloa (–)
1988–1989 Deportes La Serena 61 (36)
1990 FC Baden 11 (11)
1990 Deportes La Serena 29 (19)
1991–1993 O'Higgins 90 (50)
1992Colo-Colo (loan) (–)
1994 Alianza Lima 13 (2)
1994 Regional Atacama 22 (13)
1995 Deportes Temuco 29 (13)
1996 Santiago Wanderers (–)
1996 Everton 12 (2)
Total397(188)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Gustavo De Luca (born 13 February 1962) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a forward for various clubs in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Switzerland.

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Club career

As a youth player, De Luca was with Club San Fernando and River Plate. [1] [2]

De Luca mainly highlighted in Chile [3] being goalscorer in its first division, second division [4] and its national cup.

In that country, he had stints with Santiago Wanderers, Cobreloa, Deportes La Serena, [5] O'Higgins, [6] Colo-Colo, Regional Atacama, Deportes Temuco and Everton. [7] [1]

Personal life

De Luca began playing rugby, sport which he practiced until he was seventeen. [8]

He fought at the Falklands War (1982). [9] [3] [2] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Honours

Colo-Colo
Individual

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