Gustavo De Luca

Argentine former footballer

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*
Years Team Apps (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)
1992 → Colo-Colo (loan) (–)
1994 Alianza Lima 13 (2)
1994 Regional Atacama 22 (13)
1995 Deportes Temuco 29 (13)
1996 Santiago Wanderers (–)
1996 Everton 12 (2)
Total 397 (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.

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Carlos Gustavo DE LUCA". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Gustavo De Luca, el futbolista que pasó de la reserva de River a combatir en Malvinas". Télam. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "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.
  4. ^ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Segunda División 1987". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Carlos Gustavo de Luca, el goleador que extrañan en La Portada". Diario El Día. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Carlos Gustavo de Luca recordó a O'Higgins en su aniversario 65". ADN Radio Chile. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ^ Sánchez Sanhueza, Ítalo (13 February 2023). "A propósito de su cumpleaños: la huella imborrable de Carlos Gustavo de Luca en el fútbol chileno". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  8. ^ "#Dosis de Fútbol Carlos Gustavo de Luca. Capítulo 95 (16:08-16:15)". TNT Sports. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "[VIDEO] Ex goleador de Colo Colo recuerda su experiencia en la guerra de Las Malvinas". T13 Chile. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  11. ^ "¡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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Carlos Gustavo de Luca (58) reflexiona sobre su vida, la guerra y el fútbol". FlanLate. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  14. ^ "El otro combatiente de Islas Malvinas que jugó en el fútbol chileno". La Tercera. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  15. ^ "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.
  • Carlos Gustavo De Luca at BDFA (in Spanish)
Awards
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Copa Chile top scorers
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Chilean Primera B top scorers


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