Julián de Guzmán

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Julián de Guzmán
Personal information
Full name Julian Bobby de Guzman
Date of birth March 25, 1981 (1981-03-25) (age 27)
Place of birth    Toronto, Canada
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club Deportivo
Number 6
Youth clubs
1994-1997
1997-2000		 North Scarborough Soccer Club
Olympique Marseille
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000–2002
2002–2005
2005–		 FC Saarbrücken
Hannover 96
Deportivo		 21 (0)
78 (2)
76 (1)   
National team2
2002– Canada 25 (3)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 8 June, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 8 June, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

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 and the Netherlands national football team.

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]

He was recently named Deportivo de La Coruña's player of the season for 2007-08.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "De Guzman claims MVP honours". Globe and Mail. Retrieved on 25 June 2007.

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