Julián de Guzmán

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Julián de Guzmán
Personal information
Full name Julián de Guzmán
Date of birth March 25, 1981
Place of birth    Toronto, Canada
Height 167 cm
Nickname Juli
Playing position Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club Deportivo de La Coruña
Number 6
Youth clubs
Olympique Marseille
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000 - 2002
2002 - 2005
2005 - present		 FC Saarbrücken
Hannover 96
Deportivo de La Coruña		 21 (0)
78 (2)
35 (1)   
National team2
2002-present Canada 16 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 10, 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of May 10, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Julián “Bobby” de Guzmán (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 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, de Guzmán has 16 caps to date. Younger brother Jonathan de Guzmán also plays professional football for Netherlands club Feyenoord Rotterdam. Their father is Filipino, while their mother is Jamaican.

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Deportivo de La Coruña - Current Squad

1 Aouate | 2 Manuel Pablo | 3 Pablo Álvarez | 4 Duscher | 5 Coloccini | 6 De Guzmán | 7 Bodipo | 8 Sergio | 9 Taborda | 10 Arizmendi | 11 Riki | 12 Adrián | 13 Munúa | 14 Andrade | 15 Capdevila | 16 Juan Rodriguez | 18 Lopo | 19 Barragán | 20 Cristian | 21 Valerón | 22 Juanma | 23 Estoyanoff | 24 Verdú | 25 Filipe | 26 Iago | 35 Rivera | Manager: Caparrós
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