Julian de Guzman

Julian de Guzman ( born March 25, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario ) is a Canadian soccer player.

Career

Clubs

He began his career in the youth of the Canadian Association North Scarborough and had to play early in the dream in Europe. So he changed already as a youth player to France to Marseille. After a change to 1 FC Saarbrücken defensive midfielder made ​​his debut in May 2001 in German professional football in the 2nd Bundesliga. For the 2002/03 season, he joined the newly promoted Bundesliga Hannover 96 and completed by 2004/ 05 78 Bundesliga games for 96, in which he was able to achieve two goals. 2005 changed de Guzmán free transfer to Deportivo La Coruña in the Spanish Primera División. In September 2009 he returned to Canada and joined the Toronto FC. In July 2012, de Guzman joined the American League rivals FC Dallas, where his contract in early December 2012 was dissolved.

End of January 2013 signed a contract to de Guzmán end of the season 2012/13 the German second division side SSV Jahn Regensburg. In the summer of 2013 he left the Regensburg again after relegation from the Bundesliga 2.

National

Julian de Guzman has played more games for the 62 Canadian national team, scoring four goals.

Private

He is the son of a Filipino father and a Jamaican mother. His younger brother Jonathan de Guzmán is also a professional footballer.