Gustavo De Luca

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.


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