Tomás Guzmán

Tomás Guzmán
Personal information
Full name Tomás Andrés Guzmán Gaetan
Date of birth (1982-03-07) 7 March 1982
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Sportivo San Lorenzo
Number TBA
Youth career
1998–2000 Presidente Hayes
2001–2002 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Ternana 24 (2)
2003–2007 Juventus 1 (0)
2003–2004Messina (loan) 26 (5)
2004–2005Crotone (loan) 57 (12)
2006Siena (loan) 10 (1)
2007Spezia (loan) 16 (2)
2007–2012 Piacenza 113 (18)
2012Gubbio (loan) 6 (0)
2013 Olimpia Asunción 12 (2)
2014 12 de Octubre 23 (5)
2015– Sportivo San Lorenzo 0 (0)
National team
Paraguay U20 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2015.


Tomás Guzmán fullname Tomás Andrés Guzmán Gaetan (born 7 March 1982 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan football striker who plays for Sportivo San Lorenzo in the Primera División Paraguaya.[1]

Club career

Guzmán joined the Juventus youth system, one of the best youth systems in the world, from Presidente Hayes. He was then loaned out in 2002 to gain experience at Ternana. For the 2003–04 season, he was again loaned out, but this time to Messina. After Messina were promoted to Serie A, Juventus opted to loan him out to Serie B side Crotone. After a successful year with Crotone he was loaned out to Serie A side Siena for the 2005–06 Serie A season, along with several other Juventus players such as Nicola Legrottaglie, and Matteo Paro. When Juventus were relegated to Serie B for the Calciopoli scandal in 2006, Guzmán re-joined the Old Lady in their quest to return to the Italian top flight and signed a contract extension to June 2010. At Juventus, Guzmán had the oppritunity to work alongside fellow strikers and world champions Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet, along with Marcelo Zalayeta, Valeri Bojinov, Raffaele Palladino, and Sebastian Giovinco. After not finding much playing time at Juventus, he was loaned out to Spezia for the remainder of the 2006–07 Serie B season. After a decent time with Spezia, he was farmed to Piacenza Calcio for the 2007–08 Serie B season, in co-ownership deal.

International career

Guzmán played for Paraguay at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship and the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.[2]

References

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