Pablo Guiñazú

Pablo Guiñazú
	Guiñazú with Internacional in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Pablo Horacio Guiñazú
Date of birth	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
1996–2000	Newell's Old Boys
2000–2001	Perugia
2001–2003	Independiente
2003	Newell's Old Boys
2004	Saturn Ramenskoe
2004–2007	Libertad
2007–2012	Internacional
2013	Libertad
2013–2015	Vasco da Gama
2016–2019	Talleres
Total
International career
2003–2013	Argentina
Managerial career
2020	Talleres (assistant)
2021	Atlético Tucumán
2022	Sol de América
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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

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

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

International

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

International appearances and goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Final score	Result	Competition
1.	31 January 2003	San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	3–1	Won	Friendly
2.	4 February 2003	Los Angeles, United States	Mexico	1–0	Won	Friendly
3.	8 February 2003	Miami, United States	United States	1–0	Won	Friendly
4.	16 July 2003	La Plata, Argentina	Uruguay	2–2	Drew	Friendly
5.	28 September 2011	Belém, Brazil	Brazil	0–2	Lost	Superclásico de las Américas.^[5]^[6]
6.	15 November 2011	Barranquilla, Colombia	Colombia	2–1	Won	2014 World Cup qualification
7.	9 June 2012	East Rutherford, United States	Brazil	4–3	Won	Friendly
8.	15 August 2012	Frankfurt, Germany	Germany	3–1	Won	Friendly
9.	7 September 2012	Córdoba, Argentina	Paraguay	3–1	Won	2014 World Cup qualification
10.	11 September 2012	Lima, Peru	Peru	1–1	Drew	2014 World Cup qualification
11.	19 September 2012	Goiânia, Brazil	Brazil	1–2	Lost	Superclásico de las Américas
12.	12 October 2012	Mendoza, Argentina	Uruguay	3–0	Won	2014 World Cup qualification
13.	16 October 2012	Santiago, Chile	Chile	2–1	Won	2014 World Cup qualification
14.	21 November 2012	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	2–1	Won	Superclásico de las Américas
15.	26 March 2013	La Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	1–1	Drew	2014 World Cup qualification
16.	14 June 2013	Guatemala City, Guatemala	Guatemala	4–0	Won	Friendly