Bradley Edwin Guzan (; born September 9, 1984) is an American professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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. A

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second-team All-American for the

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, Guzan was second overall pick in the

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, signing for

Chivas USA Chivas USA (pronounced ''CHEE-vahs'') was an American professional soccer team based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California. The club played from 2005 to 2014 in Major League Soccer (MLS) and was a subsidiary of Mexican club C.D. Guada ...

, with whom he was the 2007

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. In July 2008, he joined

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club

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for a fee of $1 million, where he made 171 total appearances across eight seasons. After a brief spell at

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, he returned to MLS with Atlanta United in January 2017. Guzan made his senior debut for the

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in 2006, earning over 60 caps. He was named in their squads for two

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s and four

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s, winning the latter in

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and

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. He also featured for them at the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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Youth and college soccer

Born in Evergreen Park,

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, Guzan, who is of

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ancestry, played in his youth at the Chicago Magic Soccer Club and for the varsity soccer team at

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in Illinois, from which he graduated in 2003. He went on to play two seasons in

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competition as a member of the

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team, where he was a second-team All-American in his sophomore season.

Club career

Chivas USA

After spending two years with the

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in the

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, he chose to forgo the rest of his college years, signing a

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contract with

(MLS).

later drafted Guzan with the second overall pick of the

. On November 7, 2007, Guzan was named

. During his time at Chivas USA, Guzan was affectionately nicknamed "El Gusano."

Aston Villa

On July 11, 2008,

agreed a transfer fee in the region of £600,000, or $1 million, with MLS and Chivas USA to sign Guzan, significantly less than the £2 million agreed to in Aston Villa's failed move for the keeper in January 2008, the difference this time being that Guzan would have been out of his contract at the end of the 2008 season in November, allowing him to sign for Aston Villa during the January transfer window on a free transfer. On August 1, 2008, Guzan was granted a work permit by the Home Office, allowing him to complete his move to Aston Villa. He was due to be officially introduced by Aston Villa after competing for the United States at the

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. Guzan was the second American goalkeeper called Brad to be signed during the summer by Aston Villa, following the capture of Premier League veteran

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. Guzan made his Aston Villa debut in September 2008 in the

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at home to

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. He made his European soccer debut in the

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game away at

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on November 6, 2008. The match finished 1–0 to Aston Villa, with Guzan making several saves to keep a clean sheet. His performance led to his manager

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describing him as a "class goalkeeper in the making." He also started in Aston Villa's first leg against

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in the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup at Villa Park on February 18, 2009, also later appearing as a substitute against

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after Friedel's red card. Guzan played in every game that Aston Villa won during their success in the

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, against Atlante,

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and

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. He then helped Aston Villa overcome the Italians in the

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, most notably in the penalty shootout during which he saved the attempts of

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and

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. The only game that Aston Villa did not win (in the group stages against

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) was the one in which Guzan did not feature. Despite having a successful pre-season period, Guzan was dropped from the first team in favor of Friedel for Aston Villa's opening game of the 2009–10 season against

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. On October 27, 2009, Guzan saved four penalties in one match, one in normal time and three more in a penalty shoot-out win over

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at the

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in the last 16 of the

. Despite these heroics, however, Friedel replaced him in goal for the

against

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Hull City (loan)

On December 31, 2010, Guzan was loaned to

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side

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on a one-month loan deal. He made his debut for Hull on New Year's Day 2011, a 1–0 loss to

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. His second appearance for the club ended on a higher note, as his team went on to win 2–3 at

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. He kept his first clean sheet for the club against

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in a 2–0 win for Hull. On January 25, Guzan extended his loan until the end of February. He made a total of 11 league appearances for Hull before returning to Aston Villa on February 28. On March 8, however, Hull re-signed Guzan on an emergency loan deal due to an injury to goalkeeper

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. Guzan's first appearance back at the club was in a home match against

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. Guzan's last game for Hull City came in a 1–2 win away at

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on April 9, 2011, after which he returned to Aston Villa.

Return to Aston Villa

On December 3, 2011, Guzan made his second Premier League appearance for Aston Villa, coming on for the injured

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against Manchester United. Given had been ruled out for a month with a torn hamstring so Guzan retained his place in the first team, giving him an extended run in Aston Villa's first team. Guzan was released by Villa at the end of his contract in June 2012. However, he was linked with a return to the club over the summer in a situation similar to that of fellow Aston Villa goalkeeper

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in 2010. On July 16, 2012, Guzan was included in new manager

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's 25-man squad for Aston Villa's tour of the United States and on the same day, the player confirmed via

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that he had renewed his contract and rejoined the club. He made his return for Aston Villa against

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putting in a Man of the Match performance in a 1–1 draw at

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. He kept Villa's first clean sheet of the season in a 2–0 win against

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and performed well enough to keep his position in the starting lineup. At the end of the

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season, he was voted the Aston Villa Player of the Year thanks to his large contribution to Villa's bid to avoid relegation. On July 6, 2013, Guzan was rewarded for his play and signed a four-year contract extension with the Midlands club. On July 18, 2013, Guzan stated that he hoped to give Aston Villa the best years of his career and said that signing a new contract was a "no-brainer." On September 28, 2013, Guzan remarkably earned an assist on an

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goal in a 3–2 win over

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in which Paul Lambert praised Guzan's distribution technique for goal kicks. During the 2014–15 season, Guzan was dropped by new Aston Villa manager

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after a high-profile error against Manchester City gifted

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the opening goal in a 3–2 defeat on April 25, 2015, with Shay Given taking his place for the final games of the Premier League season. Guzan also missed out on Aston Villa's run to the

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, with Given playing in every round.

Middlesbrough

On July 29, 2016, Guzan signed a two-year contract with newly-promoted

club

, joining on a free transfer, after

were relegated to the

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. He made his league debut for the club in a 2–1 win away at

Atlanta United

On January 26, 2017, it was confirmed that Guzan had signed a contract with recently formed

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team

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on a free transfer, and would return to the

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following the conclusion of the 2016–17 Premier League season, after nine years in English football. He left

on June 10, 2017. For the remainder of the 2017 MLS season, Guzan wore the number 1 shirt. Guzan made his Atlanta United debut on July 24, 2017, a 1–0 road victory against

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. During the 2017 MLS season, Guzan started 14 games, posted a 6–1–7 record, and kept eight clean sheets. He led the MLS in save percentage (79.2%) and won MLS Save of the Week three times. In 2018 Guzan won the MLS Cup with Atlanta United after a 2–0 victory over the Portland Timbers.

International career

Guzan made his

on February 19, 2006 in a friendly 4–0 win over

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. He played the first 80 minutes before being replaced by fellow debutant

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. He was a non-playing member of the side that won the

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. He was called up for the

in Venezuela, where he played in a 1–0 loss to

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for his next cap on July 5. Guzan made his World Cup qualifying debut in the second leg of a

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qualifier against

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on June 14, 2008 in an 8–0 home victory. Weeks later, he was chosen for the Olympic team for the tournament in China, where he kept a shutout in an opening 1–0 win over

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. When the United States came runners-up at the

in South Africa, he played in a 3–0 group victory against

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that put the team into the semi-finals at the expense of their opponents and

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. Guzan was unused at the

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and played no international games between that November and May 2012, when he came on as a substitute for Tim Howard near the end of a 5–1 friendly win over Scotland in

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. Howard took an international sabbatical after starting at the

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, during which Guzan was first-choice. At the

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, in which the United States came fourth, Guzan and Michael Bradley were the only two Americans to start every game; he won the Golden Glove. Howard returned to the team for 2016's

, but Guzan kept his place in a run to the semi-finals. Guzan was in the American side that won the

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. He played the first two group games before

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took his place for the third, then he and Sean Johnson were replaced in the squad by Howard and Jesse González. He was unused as the Americans won again in 2021.

Personal life

Guzan is a

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. Guzan has spoken about his faith, saying, "My personal life, my faith life and my sport life – they all come together. I think they have to. You don't have one without the others, and you have to have

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in your life. That is how I get through my personal life, how I get through my professional life – following Christ. ... we all need Christ in our lives. Money, fame, all those objects, they don't mean anything if you don't have Jesus in your life. All of those things can be gone in the blink of an eye. We can't get caught up in it."

Career statistics

Club

Honors

Aston Villa *

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

runner-up: 2014–15 *

Football League Cup The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by the ...

runner-up: 2009–10 Atlanta United *

MLS Cup The MLS Cup is the annual championship game of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the culmination of the MLS Cup Playoffs. The game is held in November and pits the winner of the Eastern Conference Final against the winner of the Western Conference ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

U.S. Open Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in men's Soccer in the United States, soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing nati ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

Campeones Cup The Campeones Cup is an annual North American association football match contested between the winners of the previous MLS Cup from Major League Soccer and the winners of the Campeón de Campeones from Liga MX. The competition was established by ...

United States *

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, ...

runner-up:

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

Individual *

MLS Best XI The MLS Best XI is an annual acknowledgment of the best eleven players in Major League Soccer. Winners *Players in bold were awarded the Landon Donovan MVP Award for that season. Most appearances by a player The following players have appeared ...

: 2007 *

Player of the Season:

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

Golden Glove:

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

MLS All-Star The Major League Soccer All-Star Game is an annual Association football, soccer game held by Major League Soccer featuring selected players from the league against an international club or selected players from Liga MX. MLS initially adopted a tr ...

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