Pablo Horacio Guiñazú (born 26 August 1978) is an Argentine football manager and former player.

Pablo Guiñazú
Guiñazú with Internacional in 2008
Personal information
Full name Pablo Horacio Guiñazú
Date of birth (1978-08-26) 26 August 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth General Cabrera, Córdoba, Argentina
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1995–1996 Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Newell's Old Boys 119 (5)
2000–2001 Perugia 14 (0)
2001–2003 Independiente 55 (0)
2003 Newell's Old Boys 19 (0)
2004 Saturn Ramenskoe 24 (1)
2004–2007 Libertad 73 (2)
2007–2012 Internacional 282 (4)
2013 Libertad 18 (0)
2013–2015 Vasco da Gama 52 (0)
2016–2019 Talleres 81 (1)
Total 616 (10)
International career
2003–2013 Argentina 16 (0)
Managerial career
2020 Talleres (assistant)
2021 Atlético Tucumán
2022 Sol de América
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A hard-working defensive midfielder, Guiñazú played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Italy, Russia, Paraguay and Brazil, and represented the Argentina national team in 2003, being called up again for the second leg of the 2011 Superclásico de las Américas.

Career

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Guiñazu started his professional career with Newell's Old Boys in 1996. He played over 100 games for the club before joining Italian side Perugia. He returned to Argentina in 2001 to play for Independiente, where he was part of the Apertura 2002 championship team.

In 2003, he returned to Newell's Old Boys before joining Russian team Saturn. After one season in Russia he returned to South America to play for Libertad in Paraguay. He was part of the team that won the Paraguayan Primera División in 2006.

In 2007 Guiñazu joined Internacional in Brazil. On 4 January 2013, he terminated his contract with Internacional for private reasons, and returned to Libertad.

He returned to Argentina in 2016 after signing for Talleres de Córdoba.[1] After more than six years without scoring a goal, Guiñazú scored the goal that gave Talleres promotion to Argentine Primera División after a 12-year absence.[2]

On 1 March 2019, Guiñazú announced his retirement after Talleres failed to qualify to Copa Libertadores group stage.[3]

Personal life

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His son, Lucas, was born in Paraguay when he played for Libertad and has taken part of both Argentina and Paraguay squads at under-17 level.[4]

Career statistics

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International

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National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2003 4 0
2011 2 0
2012 8 0
2013 2 0
Total 16 0

International appearances and goals

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Honours

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Club

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Independiente

Libertad

Internacional

Vasco da Gama

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "A caminho do Talleres, da Argentina, Guiñazu se despede do Vasco: 'Desejo muita sorte a todos'" (in Portuguese). Extra. 27 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Guiñazu faz gol após mais de 6 anos e ajuda seu time a subir na Argentina" (in Portuguese). UOL. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Guiñazu anuncia a aposentadoria do futebol: "Decisão mais difícil da vida"" (in Portuguese). UOL. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. ^ "El hijo del 'Cholo' Guiñazú aparece en la Albirroja Sub 17". Diario HOY (in Spanish). 19 February 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Brasil y Argentina se enfrentarán en septiembre". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Acreditaciones de prensa para Argentina-Brasil". AFA. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Hexacampeão, Flamengo recebe troféu de campeão nacional" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
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