Gianni Bismark Guigou Martínez (born 22 February 1975 in

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) is a Uruguayan former

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who played as a

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Career

He started his career in

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, where he played from 1994 to 2000, winning the Uruguayan league titles of 1998 and 2000. He left Nacional to join Serie A club

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in 2000 for US$5.8M, where he won the 2000/2001 Scudetto. Guigou left for

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on loan in summer 2003 and sold to

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in July 2004 for a nominal fee of €516. In June 2006 he left for newly relegated

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side

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as part of

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and

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's deal. After the club was excluded from professional football in 2009, he was released for free by the federation and later joined Nacional, back in Uruguay. He played for

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in the

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. He also has Italian citizenship.

Honours

Club

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: 2000–01 * Supercoppa Italiana: 2001

International

* Copa América Runner-up:

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1975 births Living people Uruguayan footballers Uruguay international footballers Club Nacional de Football players A.S. Roma players A.C.N. Siena 1904 players ACF Fiorentina players Treviso F.B.C. 1993 players Uruguayan Primera División players Serie A players Serie B players Uruguayan people of Italian descent 2002 FIFA World Cup players 1999 Copa América players Expatriate footballers in Italy Uruguayan expatriate footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Association football midfielders {{Uruguay-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub