Francisco Gabriel Guerrero (born 23 August 1977, in

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) is an

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former

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player who played as striker.

Career

Guerrero advanced from the U-20 team to Independiente's first team in 1994. In 2001 he was transferred to Switzerland and joined

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under head coach

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. He played with them on occasion, but not regularly. After two and a half seasons he was loaned out. On 12 February 2004 he signed a half-year loan contract with

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. The club were looking for replacements for the two Swiss internationals

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and

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who both transferred to

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. Guerrero joined Basel's first team during their 2003–04 season under head coach

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. Guerrero was the fourth Argentinian in the team, joining Christian Giménez, Matías Delgado and

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. Gross let Guerrero sit on the bench in every one of the last 18 matches of the season and used him as substitute on 13 occasions, usually as replacement for one of his three countrymen. Guerrero played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the

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on 15 February 2004 as Basel won 1–0 against Young Boys. He scored his first and only goal with the team in the home game in the

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on 28 February. It was the last goal of the game as Basel won 6–0 against Xamax. Despite the away win to the start of the second half of the season, the team was not as steadfast as it had been before the winter break. Basel ended the season undefeated at home, but were beaten three times away, nevertheless they won the championship with 13 points advantage over their nearest rivals Young Boys. Following this loan period Guerrero re-joined

, now under head coach

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. At the end of the 2004–05 season FCZ won the

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. In the summer of 2005 Guerrero returned to Argentina and joined

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, but not being able to gain a place in the starting eleven, he spent six months on loan to

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. Shortly after his return to Estudiantes Guerrero resolved his contract with the club and returned to Switzerland. He joined YF Juventus for six months. On 30 June 2007 it was announced that he had joined

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. He played for them during two seasons. He finally joined

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in 2009 before he retired from his football career.

International career

He won

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Honours

Basel *

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: 2003–04 FC Zürich *

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: 2004–05

References

Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

Statistics
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FC Aarau profileSwiss Football League profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guerrero, Francisco 1977 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers FC Zürich players FC Basel players SC Young Fellows Juventus players Estudiantes de La Plata footballers FC Aarau players APEP FC players Argentine Primera División players Swiss Super League players Cypriot First Division players Footballers from Buenos Aires Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Argentina men's youth international footballers Argentina men's under-20 international footballers