Nahuel Guzmán

Nahuel Guzmán

Guzmán lining up for Tigres UANL in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Nahuel Ignacio Guzmán
Date of birth	(1986-02-10) 10 February 1986
Place of birth	Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	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–	UANL	172	(0)
International career‡
2003	Argentina U17	8	(0)
2004	Argentina U20	4	(0)
2014–	Argentina	6	(0)
Medal record Copa América Runner-up 2015 Chile Runner-up 2016 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:20, 14 October 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2015

Nahuel Ignacio Guzmán (Spanish pronunciation: [naˈwel ɣuzˈman]; born 10 February 1986), nicknamed Patón ([paˈton]; Spanish for large-footed) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Tigres UANL and Argentina.

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.

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.

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.

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

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 16 June 2018.

Argentina
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	2	0
2015	3	0
2016	0	0
2017	1	0
2018	0	0
Total	6	0

Honours

Newell's Old Boys

• Primera División: 2013 Final

UANL

• Liga MX: Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017
• Campeón de Campeones: 2016, 2017, 2018
• Campeones Cup: 2018

Argentina

• Copa América: Runner-up 2015, 2016

External links

• Nahuel Guzmán – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
• Nahuel Guzmán
• Nahuel Guzmán at Soccerway