Guido Pizarro

Guido Hernán Pizarro Demestri (26 February 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Mexican club Tigres UANL and the Argentina national team.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pizarro and the second or maternal family name is Demestri.
Guido Pizarro
Pizarro with Sevilla in 2017
Personal information
Full name Guido Hernán Pizarro Demestri
Date of birth (1990-02-26) 26 February 1990
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 UANL
Number 19
Youth career
2007–2009 Lanús
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Lanús 122 (8)
2013–2017 UANL 150 (5)
2017–2018 Sevilla 24 (2)
2018– UANL 62 (3)
National team‡
2017– Argentina 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:19, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017

He is nicknamed "Conde" (Spanish for Count), and is a naturalized Mexican citizen.[1]

Club career

Pizarro made his professional debut in his native Argentina with Lanús in 2009. In July 2013, he was transferred to Mexican club Tigres UANL. With Tigres, he lost the finals of the Mexico Apertura 2014 season and of the 2015 Copa Libertadores. A key player in Tigres, his team won the Mexican Apertura 2015 and Apertura 2016 championships.

On July 2017, he was transferred to Spanish club Sevilla FC. He spent a year with the club and made 40 appearances across all competitions, including 24 in La Liga.

On 7 June 2018, Pizarro rejoined Tigres UANL in a deal reported to be worth around €8.4 million.

Career statistics
As of match played 27 May 2019[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lanús 2009–10 Argentine Primera División 211003[lower-alpha 1]0—241
2010–11 36300—363
2011–12 310107[lower-alpha 2]0—390
2012–13 34420—364
Total 122830100001358
Tigres UANL 2013–14 Liga MX 312121—433
2014–15 371408[lower-alpha 1]02[lower-alpha 3]0511
2015–16 3910010[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 5]0501
2016–17 431007[lower-alpha 6]0—501
Total 1505161250301946
Sevilla 2017–18 La Liga 2415011[lower-alpha 7]1—402
Tigres UANL 2018–19 Liga MX 382308[lower-alpha 8]01[lower-alpha 5]1503
Career totals 334162715414141919
  1. Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  2. One appearance in the Copa Sudamericana, Six appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  3. Appearances in the Supercopa MX
  4. Four appearances in the Copa Libertadores, Six appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League
  5. Appearance in the Campeón de Campeones
  6. Appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League
  7. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  8. One appearance in the Campeones Cup, Seven appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League

International career

In 2016 Pizarro was named in the preliminary Argentina squad for Copa América Centenario, but was not included in the final squad.[3] He was called up once again in November to play against Brazil and Colombia but did not see any action. Pizarro made his official debut starting against Bolivia at La Paz on 28 March 2017.

In May 2018 he was named in Argentina’s preliminary 35 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia [4] but did not make the final 23.[5]

Honours

Club
UANL

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Guido Pizarro at Soccerway
  3. "Argentina recalls Tevez for initial Copa America squad". goal.com. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  4. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  5. "Icardi cut from Argentina's 23-man World Cup squad". Goal. Perform Group. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.


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