Nahuel Ignacio Guzmán Palomeque (born 10 February 1986) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as

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for

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club

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Club career

Newell's Old Boys

Guzman made his professional debut for

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in August 2006 against C.A. Belgrano. On 2008, he went on loan to

Independiente Rivadavia Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia (mostly known simply as Independiente Rivadavia) is a football club from Mendoza, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, the first major league in the Argentine Football leag ...

until 2009. He became a key to the championship of Newell's in the 2013 Final Tournament.

Tigres UANL

In July 2014, he was transferred to

club

to play the Apertura 2014 season. Guzmán made his official debut with Tigres in a 0–0 draw against Atlas de Guadalajara at the

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on 19 July. That season, Guzmán and his club made it to the finals of Liga MX against

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. In the home leg, Tigres won by 1–0 with goal of

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. In the second leg, Guzmán received a red card, as did teammates Hernán Burbano and

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. Tigres lost 3–0, in an overall score of 3–1. Tigres reached to the finals of the Copa Libertadores 2015 against River Plate. After a 0–0 draw in the home leg, Tigres lost the second leg by 3–0 in

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. In December 2015, Guzmán and his team became champions of the Apertura 2015 season. In the first leg of the finals against

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, Tigres won by 3–0. In the second leg, Pumas won by 3–0. In

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Tigres scored the 1–3 at 103' but Pumas equalized 1–4 at 119'. After an aggregate of 4–4, Tigres won via

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4–2, with Guzmán stopping the fourth shot from Pumas. A year later, Guzmán and his team faced América to become champions for the fifth time. In the first and second leg the teams tied 1–1. After an aggregate of 2–2, Tigres won via

by 3–0, with Guzmán stopping all 3 penalties. Guzmán was named

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of the second leg and named best goalkeeper of the Apertura 2016, with 9 clean sheets and impressive saves against América in the finals. In the second leg of the Round of 16 tie in the

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against Alianza, with his team on the verge of elimination due to the

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since the score was tied on aggregate, Guzmán scored a header off a free kick in the fourth minute of second half added time to give his team the victory in the tie. In April 2024, Guzmán was suspended 11 games and fined by the Mexican Football Association after he was found pointing a laser at

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players

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and Esteban Andrada.

International career

Guzmán was an integral part of the Argentina U-17 side in the World Cup of the category 2003. On 13 October 2014, he played 45 minutes with

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in the 7–0 victory against

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in a friendly match. In May 2018 he was named in Argentina's preliminary 35-man

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for the

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. Guzmán was called up to the final 23-man squad after first-choice keeper

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was ruled out through injury.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Statistics accurate as of match played 13 June 2017''

Honours

Newell's Old Boys * Primera División: 2013 Final Tigres UANL *

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, Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017, Clausura 2019, Clausura 2023 *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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runner-up:

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runner-up:

Argentina *

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runner-up:

Individual *Liga MX Best XI:

, Apertura 2016, Clausura 2019 *Liga MX Save of the Season: 2015–16 *Liga MX Best Goalie:

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*CONCACAF Champions League Golden Glove:

*CONCACAF Champions League Team of the Tournament:

All-Star:

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guzman, Nahuel 1986 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Argentine men's footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers Independiente Rivadavia footballers Tigres UANL footballers Liga MX players 2015 Copa América players Copa América Centenario players Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentina men's youth international footballers Argentina men's international footballers 2018 FIFA World Cup players CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players 21st-century Argentine sportsmen