Jonathan de Guzmán
Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán (born 13 September 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sparta Rotterdam. Born in Canada, he represented the Netherlands internationally.
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De Guzmán in 2023 with Sparta Rotterdam | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| North Scarborough SC | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2005 | Feyenoord | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2010 | Feyenoord | 109 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Mallorca | 34 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Villarreal | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | → Swansea City (loan) | 71 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Napoli | 23 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → Carpi (loan) | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Chievo (loan) | 27 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 52 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | OFI | 42 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Sparta Rotterdam | 48 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Netherlands U21 | 4 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Netherlands | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
De Guzmán is Canadian-born, but made himself available for the Netherlands after he gained Dutch citizenship in 2008, having lived in the country since the age of 12. He was capped four times for the Netherlands U21, scoring three goals and was active on the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. De Guzmán progressed through the Feyenoord Academy, making his first team debut in 2005 and has played over 100 matches for the club from Rotterdam. In the summer of 2010 de Guzmán signed a three-year contract with RCD Mallorca following a free transfer. The following summer he was purchased by Villarreal.
In 2014 De Guzmán was described as a player with good technique, vision, and shooting ability from distance; he is also known as a free-kick specialist.