Julian de Guzmán
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| Julian de Guzmán | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julian Bobby de Guzmán | |
| Date of birth | March 25, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Toronto, Canada | |
| Height | 167 cm | |
| Nickname | Juli | |
| Position | Defensive Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Deportivo de La Coruña | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Olympique Marseille</br> | ||
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 2000 - 2002 2002 - 2005 2005 - present | FC Saarbrücken Hannover 96 Deportivo de La Coruña | 21 (0)</br>78 (2) 22 (1) |
| National team** | ||
| 2002-present | Canada | 15 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals | ||
Julian 'Bobby' de Guzman (born March 25, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, is a professional football (soccer) player. He recently signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in the First Division of La Liga of Spain, becoming the first Canadian to play in Spain's Primera Liga.
The 169cm, 68kg de Guzman, 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 Guzman 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, de Guzman has 16 caps to date. Younger brother Jonathan de Guzman also plays professional football for Netherlands club Feyenoord Rotterdam. Their father is Filipino, while their mother is Jamaican.
[edit] External links
- Deportivo-La-Coruna.com player page for de Guzman
- CanadaSoccer.com national team page for de Guzman
- FIFAWorldCup.com with a player to watch article on de Guzman
- www.ad.nl with caption on Jonathan's roots
| Deportivo de La Coruña - Current Squad |
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1 Aouate | 2 Manuel Pablo | 3 Rodri | 4 Duscher | 5 Coloccini | 6 De Guzmán | 7 Bodipo | 8 Sergio | 9 Taborda | 10 Arizmendi | 11 Riki | 12 Pablo Alvarez | 13 Munúa | 14 Andrade | 15 Capdevila | 16 Juan Rodriguez | 17 Arbeloa | 18 Lopo | 19 Barragán | 20 Cristian | 21 Valerón | 22 Juanma | 23 Estoyanoff | 24 Verdú | 25 Filipe | Manager: Caparrós |
