Tomás Andrés Guzmán Gaytán, known as Tomás Guzmán, (born 7 March 1982 in

Asunción Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the north ...

) is a retired

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striker.

Club career

Guzmán joined the

Juventus Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...

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, one of the best youth systems in the world, from

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. In March 2002 he was handed a start against

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in the

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due to Juventus rotating their squad having already qualified for the next round. Juventus won 1–0. He was then loaned out in 2002 to gain experience at

Ternana Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria and currently compete in the Serie C. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A ...

. For the 2003–04 season, he was again loaned out, but this time to

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. After

were promoted to Serie A, Juventus opted to loan him out to

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side

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. After a successful year with

he was loaned out to

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side

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for the

2005–06 Serie A The 2005–06 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 104th season of top-tier Italian football, the 74th in a round-robin tournament. The league commenced on 28 August 2005 and finished on 14 May 2006. While Juventus w ...

season, along with several other Juventus players such as

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, and

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. When Juventus were relegated to

for the

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scandal in 2006, Guzmán re-joined the Old Lady in their quest to return to the Italian top flight and signed a contract extension to June 2010. At Juventus, Guzmán had the oppritunity to work alongside fellow strikers and world champions

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and

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, along with

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, and

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. After not finding much playing time at Juventus, he was loaned out to

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for the remainder of the

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season. After a decent time with Spezia, he was farmed to

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for the

2007–08 Serie B The 2007–08 Serie B regular season is the seventy-sixth since its establishment. It started on August 25, 2007, and ended with the promotion playoff final on June 15, 2008. At the end of the year, three teams were promoted to Serie A, the fir ...

season, in co-ownership deal.

International career

Guzmán played for Paraguay at the

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guzman, Tomas 1982 births Living people Footballers from Asunción Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguay men's under-20 international footballers Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Juventus FC players Ternana Calcio players ACR Messina players FC Crotone players Siena FC SSD players Spezia Calcio players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players AS Gubbio 1910 players Club Olimpia footballers 12 de Octubre Football Club players Club Sportivo San Lorenzo footballers Serie A players Serie B players Paraguayan Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Men's association football forwards Club Presidente Hayes footballers 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen