Pablo Horacio Guiñazú (born 26 August 1978) is an Argentine football

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and former player. A hard-working

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, 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

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Career

Guiñazu started his professional career with

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

in 1996. He played over 100 games for the club before joining Italian side

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. 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

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

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in 2006. In 2007 Guiñazu joined

Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonat ...

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 Club Atlético Talleres (; (lit. Workshops Athletic Club) mostly known simply as Talleres (lit. Workshops) or Talleres de Córdoba ) (Córdoba Workshops) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba. The institution is mostly known fo ...

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

Career statistics

International

International appearances and goals

Honours

Club

Independiente * Torneo Apertura: 2002 Libertad *

: 2006 Internacional *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

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, 2009, 2011,

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* Copa Sudamericana:

* Suruga Bank Championship: 2009 * Copa Libertadores: 2010 * Recopa Sudamericana: 2011 Vasco da Gama * Campeonato Carioca: 2015

Individual

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2009

References

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