| Julián de Guzmán | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Julian Bobby de Guzman | |
| Date of birth | March 25 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Toronto, Canada | |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 61⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Deportivo | |
| Number | 6 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Olympique Marseille | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000–2002 2002–2005 2005–present |
FC Saarbrücken Hannover 96 Deportivo |
21 (0) 78 (2) 36 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002–present | Canada | 24 (2) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Julián Bobby de Guzmán (b. March 25 1981, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional football (soccer) player of Jamaican and Filipino descent. In 2005 he signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in the First Division of La Liga of Spain, becoming the first Canadian to play in Spain's La Liga. The 169-cm, 68-kg de Guzmán, a defensive midfielder, was discovered by representatives of Olympique Marseille while playing for the North Scarborough youth soccer club in Toronto. After playing on the Olympique reserves, de Guzmán was a first-team regular in the 1. FC Saarbrücken in the German Second Bundesliga in 2001/02. In 2002 he joined newly promoted Hannover 96, thus becoming only the second Canadian to play in the German First Bundesliga. He played three seasons for Hannover. For the Canadian national team, Julian de Guzmán has 22 caps to date. Younger brother Jonathan de Guzmán also plays professional football for Netherlands club Feyenoord Rotterdam. In Canada's opening match of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup he scored two goals to help defeat Costa Rica 2-1. de Guzmán is considered by many sport journalists to be one of Canada's best players if not the best. After the conclusion of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup de Guzmán was named tournament MVP. [1]
References
- ^ "De Guzman claims MVP honours". Globe and Mail. Retrieved on 25 June, 2007.
External links
- Julian De Guzman Official Website
- Deportivo-La-Coruna.com player page for de Guzmán
- CanadaSoccer.com national team page for de Guzmán
- FIFAWorldCup.com with a player to watch article on de Guzmán
- www.ad.nl with caption on Jonathan's roots
- Footballdatabase.com
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1 Dudu • 2 Manuel Pablo • 3 Filipe • 4 Lopo • 5 Coloccini • 6 De Guzmán • 7 Bodipo • 8 Sergio • 9 Taborda • 10 Verdú • 11 Riki • 12 Adrián • 13 Munúa • 15 Rubén • 17 Lafita • 18 Guardado • 19 Barragán • 20 Cristian • 21 Valerón • 22 Juan Rodríguez • 23 Xisco • 24 Pablo Amo • 25 Aythami • 26 Antonio Tomás • 27 Manu • 28 Piscu • 29 Chapi • — Jairo • — I. Carril • — Geri Malaj • Manager: Lotina |
