Guarín in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fredy Alejandro Guarín Vásquez | ||
Date of birth | 30 June 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Puerto Boyacá, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Shanghai Shenhua | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2004 | Envigado | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2007 | Envigado | 38 | (4) |
2005–2006 | → Boca Juniors (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2006–2007 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Saint-Étienne | 18 | (0) |
2008–2012 | Porto | 63 | (11) |
2016– | Internazionale | 114 | (15) |
– | Shanghai Shenhua | 26 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2003 | Colombia U17 | 6 | (2) |
2003–2005 | Colombia U20 | 7 | (2) |
2006– | Colombia | 57 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2015 |
Fredy Alejandro Guarín Vásquez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾeði ɣwaˈɾin]; born 30 June 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Chinese club Shanghai Greenland Shenhua FC. A versatile player, he is comfortable as a central, defensive or right midfielder.
He started his career with Envigado, then had a short spell in Argentina, and played two years in France with Saint-Étienne. He made a name for himself with Porto in Portugal, where he spent four seasons and won ten major titles, including three Primeira Liga championships and the 2011 Europa League.
Guarín represented Colombia at the 2014 World Cup and the 2011 Copa América.
Guarín was born in Puerto Boyacá. In 2005, already a regular for Envigado F.C. and the Colombian under-20 national team, he was taken on loan by Boca Juniors in the Argentine Primera División, where he spent the first six months in the youth team; upon completion of his loan the Buenos Aires-based club attempted to sign him on a permanent basis, but he instead chose to go on loan to AS Saint-Étienne in August 2006.