Víctor Guzmán

Víctor Guzmán
Personal information
Full name Víctor Alfonso Guzmán Guzmán[1]
Date of birth (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995[1]
Place of birth Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Striker
Club information
Current team
 Pachuca
Number 5
Youth career
2012–2015 Guadalajara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Pachuca 85 (17)
National team‡
2015 Mexico U20 8 (1)
2015– Mexico U23 6 (1)
2018– Mexico 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2018

Víctor Alfonso Guzmán Guzmán (born February 3, 1995) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pachuca.

Starting his youth career with Guadalajara, he would not make his senior debut until being loaned out to Pachuca in 2015. It was not until 2017 that Pachuca decided to purchase him.

Guzmán participated for Mexico in various youth levels, including the senior national team.

Club career

Pachuca

Guzmán joined Guadalajara's youth academy in 2012.[2][3] In June 2015, it was announced Guzmán was sent out on loan to Pachuca for one year.[4] He made his professional debut on 11 August 2015 against Monterrey.[5] He scored his first goal on 23 January 2016 in a 4–1 away win against Club America at the Estadio Azteca.[6] On 29 May 2016, after coming into the match as a 66th minute substitute, Guzmán scored the Clausura 2016 championship-clinching goal with a header against Monterrey at the Estadio BBVA Bancomer to draw the scores level at 1–1 in the second leg, giving Pachuca the 2–1 aggregate victory and their sixth Liga MX title.[7]

In December 2016, Pachuca permanently purchased him for the rest of the 2016–17 season from Guadalajara as a part of a trade-off with Rodolfo Pizarro heading over to Guadalajara.[8]

At the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup, in a quarter-final match against Wydad Casablanca, he would score Pachuca's only goal during a.e.t. in a 1–0 victory.[9]

On 18 August 2017, Guzmán would score his first goal and brace of the season against Morelia resulting in a 2–1 victory.[10] Four days later, he would score another brace and contribute one assist against Veracruz, winning 4–1.[11] He scored another brace the following month in a 4–0 win over Cruz Azul.[12] At the end of Apertura 2017, he would become the top Mexican-born goalscorer with 8 goals,[13] and be included in the Best XI of the Apertura 2017.[14] On the 4th matchday of Clausura 2018 against Tigres UANL, he would end up with a anterior cruciate ligament injury that would leave him out for 6 months, missing out on the rest of the tournament and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[15][16]

Following his ACL injury, he would return to the fields on 22 July 2018 for the 2018–19 season as a starter in a 1–0 loss against Monterrey. On 18 August, he would come in as a substitute at half-time, contributing an assist and scoring; at the end Pachuca won the game 3–0.[17] On 21 August, he would score the tying goal in a 1–1 league match against Morelia.[18] On 29 September 2018, he would contribute all of the assists in Cruz Azul's 3–1 defeat against Pachuca, winning the Man of the Match honour.[19]

International career

Mexico U-20

Guzmán was called up to the Mexico U-20 team by Sergio Almaguer for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Jamaica.[20] He played five matches and scored the third goal in a 3–0 victory group stage match against Honduras.[21] Mexico would go on winning the tournament.[22] Guzmán was then called up to participate in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup with Mexico in New Zealand, where he would appear in all three group stage matches but Mexico would finish last in the group.[23]

Mexico U-23

On 18 September 2015, Guzmán was selected by coach Raúl Gutierrez to play in the 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship.[24] Going on to appear in all games, he scored the last goal of the final in a 2–0 victory over Honduras.[25] He would go on to be listed in the tournament's Best XI.[26]

Mexico national team

Guzmán made his debut with Mexico on 7 September 2018 in a friendly match against Uruguay in a 4–1 loss, coming in for Erick Gutiérrez at the 60th minute, managing to contribute an audacious overhead kick that hit off the bar.[27] On 11 October 2018, he would score his first national team goal in a friendly against Costa Rica, eventually winning 3–2.[28]

Style of play

Guzmán originally started off as a defensive midfielder but then-Pachuca manager, Diego Alonso, opted to turn him into a versatile player capable of playing anywhere on the midfield, including as a striker.[13][29]

Statistics

Club

As of match played 7 October 2018[30]
Club Season League Cup Continental International Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pachuca 2015–16 Liga MX 212132——344
2016–17 3330082—415
2017–18 20963—212813
2018–19 11310——123
Total 8517205822111525
Career total 8517205822111525

International

As of 11 October 2018[30]
Mexico national team
YearAppsGoals
201831
Total31

International goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 October 2018Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico Costa Rica1–13–2Friendly

Honours

Club

Pachuca

International

Mexico

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Víctor Alfonso Guzmán Guzmán". Ligamx.net. Liga MX. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Guzmán's Youth Career
  3. ↑ Pacheco, Salvador (29 May 2015). "Chivas presente en el Mundial Sub 20 de Nueva Zelanda". Chivasdecorazon.com. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Robles, Higinio (2 June 2016). "Víctor Guzmán: De rechazado a campeón con Pachuca". Milenio. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Guzmán First Liga MX goal
  6. ↑ "Para Víctor Guzmán fue un sueño anotarle al América en el Azteca". Telemundodeportes.com. Telemundo. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Moran, Nayib (30 May 2016). "Guzman, Perez star as Pachuca down Monterrey to win Liga MX title". ESPN. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Tuzos del Pachuca concretan la transferencia de Víctor Guzmán, ex jugador Chivas". Telemundodeportes.com. Telemundo. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  9. ↑ Dunne, Robbie; McGinn, Matt (9 December 2017). "Pachuca 1-0 Wydad (AET) Club World Cup: as it happened, goals". AS. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "¿Cuál crisis Tuza? Vence 2-1 a Morelia que sigue sin ganar en el torneo". Univision. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "Pachuca golea a Veracruz y Keisuke Honda debuta con gol". Mexico.as.com. Diario AS. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  12. ↑ Martínez, Enrique (27 September 2017). "Con goleada, Pachuca le quitó la máscara de invicto a Cruz Azul". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  13. 1 2 Moran, Nayib (15 December 2017). "Victor Guzman has been a bright spot in a season of disappointment for Pachuca". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  14. 1 2 "Los extranjeros dominan el 11 ideal del Apertura 2017 de la Liga MX". Marca. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Victor Guzman tears ligament, likely to miss World Cup". FMF State of Mind. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "Víctor Guzmán, fuera seis meses por rotura de ligamento". Telemundodeportes.com. Telemundo. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  17. ↑ Santoy, Héctor (21 August 2018). "Víctor Guzmán retoma su nivel". El Sol de Tulancingo. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  18. ↑ Panero, Daniel (25 August 2018). "Vuelve la mejor versión de Víctor Guzmán". Marca. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  19. ↑ Diaz, Rafael (1 October 2018). "Liga MX Apertura Week 11: Gudiño snatches all the headlines after Clásico Nacional performance". FMF State of Mind. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  20. ↑ "Almaguer define a sus guerreros para el Mundial Sub 20". Excelsior. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  21. ↑ "Gana Tri Sub 20 a Honduras en Premundial". Reforma. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  22. ↑ "En penales, México se proclama campeón de Premundial sub 20". Excelsior. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  23. ↑ "México Sub 20, listo para el Mundial en Nueva Zelanda". Milenio. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  24. ↑ Diaz, Rafael (18 September 2015). "MEXICO NAMES SQUAD FOR OLYMPIC QUALIFYING CHAMPIONSHIP". Mexicanfut.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  25. ↑ "Mexico 2, Honduras 0". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  26. ↑ "TSG announces CMOQ Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  27. ↑ Marshall, Tom (8 September 2018). "Hirving Lozano lone bright spot in Mexico's uneven effort vs. Uruguay". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  28. ↑ Hernandez, Cesar (11 October 2018). "Mexico's Victor Guzman, Raul Jimenez get high marks for offensive showcase in win". ESPN. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  29. ↑ Arnold, Jon (12 October 2018). "Guzman's golazo proof future is still bright after knee injury". Goal. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  30. 1 2 Víctor Guzmán Stats
  31. ↑ "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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