Guzan with the United States national team in 2014 alongside Brad Davis
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Full name | Bradley Edwin Guzan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | September 9, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Middlesbrough | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 38 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Chicago Fire Premier | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
2005–2008 | Chivas USA | 79 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
2008–2016 | Aston Villa | 144 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
2011 | → Hull City (loan) | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
2016– | Middlesbrough | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | United States U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
2006– | United States | 53 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:47, 17 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:02, November 17, 2016 (UTC) |
Bradley Edwin "Brad" Guzan /ɡuːˈzæn/ (born September 9, 1984) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Middlesbrough and the United States national team.
A college soccer second-team All-American for the South Carolina Gamecocks, Guzan was second overall pick in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft, signing for Chivas USA, with whom he was the 2007 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. In July 2008, he joined Aston Villa for a fee of $1 million, where he has made over 100 Premier League appearances.
Guzan made his senior debut for the United States national team in 2006, and has been named in their squads for two FIFA World Cups and as many CONCACAF Gold Cups, winning the 2007 edition of the latter. He also featured for them at the 2008 Olympics.
Born in Evergreen Park, Illinois, Guzan, who is of Polish-American ancestry, played in his youth at the Chicago Magic Soccer Club and for the varsity soccer team at Providence Catholic High School in Illinois, from which he graduated in 2003. He went on to play two seasons in NCAA competition as a member of the South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer team, where he was a second-team All-American in his sophomore season.