Tomás Guzmán Explained

Tomás Guzmán
Fullname:Tomás Andrés Guzmán Gaytán
Height:1.780NaN0
Birth Date:7 March 1982
Birth Place:Asunción, Paraguay
Position:Striker
Youthyears1:1998–2000
Youthyears2:2001–2002
Youthclubs1:Presidente Hayes
Youthclubs2:Juventus
Years1:2002–2003
Years2:2003–2007
Years3:2003–2004
Years4:2004–2005
Years5:2005–2006
Years6:2007
Years7:2007–2012
Years8:2012
Years9:2013
Years10:2014
Years11:2015
Clubs1:Ternana
Clubs2:Juventus
Clubs3:Messina (loan)
Clubs4:Crotone (loan)
Clubs5:Siena (loan)
Clubs6:Spezia (loan)
Clubs7:Piacenza
Clubs8:Gubbio (loan)
Clubs9:Olimpia Asunción
Clubs10:12 de Octubre
Clubs11:San Lorenzo
Caps1:24
Caps2:1
Caps3:26
Caps4:57
Caps5:10
Caps6:16
Caps7:113
Caps8:6
Caps9:12
Caps10:23
Caps11:11
Goals1:2
Goals2:0
Goals3:5
Goals4:12
Goals5:1
Goals6:2
Goals7:18
Goals8:0
Goals9:2
Goals10:5
Goals11:1
Nationalteam1:Paraguay U20
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Tomás Andrés Guzmán Gaytán, known as Tomás Guzmán, (born 7 March 1982 in Asunción) is a retired Paraguayan football striker.[1]

Club career

Guzmán joined the Juventus youth system, one of the best youth systems in the world, from Presidente Hayes. In March 2002 he was handed a start against Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League due to Juventus rotating their squad having already qualified for the next round. Juventus won 1–0.[2] 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 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paraguay - T. Guzmán - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway.
  2. News: Arsenal's Euro dream ends. BBC . 20 March 2002 . 27 March 2020.