Nahuel Guzmán

Nahuel Ignacio Guzmán (American Spanish: [naˈwel guzˈman]) nicknamed Patón ([paˈton]; Spanish for large-footed) (born 10 February 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Liga MX club Tigres UANL and the Argentina national team.

Nahuel Guzmán
Guzmán lining up for Tigres UANL in 2015
Personal information
Full name Nahuel Ignacio Guzmán[1]
Date of birth (1986-02-10) 10 February 1986[1]
Place of birth Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Tigres UANL
Number 1
Youth career
Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2014 Newell's Old Boys 81 (0)
2008–2009 → CSIR (loan) 30 (0)
2014– Tigres UANL 251 (1)
National team‡
2003 Argentina U17 8 (0)
2004 Argentina U20 4 (0)
2014– Argentina 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2017

Club career

Guzman made his professional debut for Newell's Old Boys in August 2006 against C.A. Belgrano. On 2008, he went on loan to Independiente Rivadavia until 2009. He became a key to the championship of Newell's in the 2013 Final Tournament.

Tigres UANL

On July 2014, he was transferred to Liga MX club Tigres UANL to play the Apertura 2014 season. Guzmán made his official debut with Tigres in a 0–0 draw against Atlas de Guadalajara at the Estadio Jalisco on 19 July. That season, Guzmán and his club made it to the finals of Liga MX against Club América. In the home leg, Tigres won by 1–0 with goal of Joffre Guerrón. In the second leg, Guzmán received a red card, as did teammates Hernán Burbano and Damián Ariel Álvarez. Tigres lost 3–0, in an overall score of 3–1.[2]

Tigres reached to the finals of the Copa Libertadores 2015 against River Plate. After a 0–0 draw in the home leg, Tigres lost the second leg by 3–0 in Buenos Aires.

In December 2015, Guzmán and his team became champions of the Apertura 2015 season. In the first leg of the finals against Pumas UNAM, Tigres won by 3–0. In the second leg, Pumas won by 3–0. In extra time Tigres scored the 1–3 at 103' but Pumas equalized 1–4 at 119'. After an aggregate of 4–4, Tigres won via penalty shoot-out 4–2, with Guzmán stopping the fourth shot from Pumas.

A year later, Guzmán and his team faced América to become champions for the fifth time. In the first and second leg the teams tied 1–1. After an aggregate of 2–2, Tigres won via penalty shoot-out by 3–0, with Guzmán stopping all 3 penalties. Guzmán was named MVP of the second leg and named best goalkeeper of the Apertura 2016, with 9 clean sheets and impressive saves against América in the finals.

In the second leg of the Round of 16 tie in the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League against Alianza, with his team on the verge of elimination due to the away goals rule since the score was tied on aggregate, Guzmán scored a header off a free kick in the fourth minute of second half added time to give his team the victory in the tie.[3]

International career

Guzmán was an integral part of the Argentina U-17 side in the World Cup of the category 2003. On 13 October 2014, he played 45 minutes with Argentina in the 7–0 victory against Hong Kong in a friendly match.[4]

In May 2018 he was named in Argentina's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[5] Guzmán was called up to the final 23-man squad after first-choice keeper Sergio Romero was ruled out through injury.[6]

Career statistics

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 13 June 2017[7]
Argentina
YearAppsGoals
201420
201530
201600
201710
Total60

Honours

Club

Newell's Old Boys

Tigres UANL

International

Argentina

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
  2. "America crowned as Tigres see red cards". fifa.com. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. "Goalkeeper scores! Tigres UANL avoid massive Champions League upset thanks to late winner". mls.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. "Argentina thrashing of Hong Kong". reuters.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists - Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  6. "Argentina and Man United goalkeeper Sergio Romero to miss World Cup with injury". ESPN.com. 22 May 2018.
  7. "Nahuel Guzmán". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  8. "2020 SCCL Golden Glove". CONCACAF Champions League. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  9. Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League [@TheChampions] (23 December 2020). "¡Qué lujo de equipo! Aquí están los mejores jugadores de #SCCL2020" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2021 – via Twitter.
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