Jonathan de Guzmán
De Guzmán with Feyenoord in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán | ||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Chievo (on loan from Napoli) |
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| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2005 | Feyenoord | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2010 | Feyenoord | 109 | (23) |
| 2010–2011 | Mallorca | 34 | (6) |
| 2011–2014 | Villarreal | 20 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | → Swansea City (loan) | 71 | (9) |
| 2014– | Napoli | 23 | (3) |
| 2016 | → Carpi (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2016– | → Chievo (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | Netherlands U21 | 4 | (3) |
| 2013– | Netherlands | 14 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2015 |
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Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán (born 13 September 1987) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Chievo on loan from Napoli and the Netherlands national team.
De Guzmán is Canadian-born, but made himself available for the Netherlands after he gained Dutch citizenship in 2008. He was capped four times for the Netherlands U21, scoring three goals and was active on the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. De Guzmán progressed through the Feyenoord Academy, making his first team debut in 2005 and has played over 100 matches for the club from Rotterdam. In the summer of 2010 de Guzmán signed a three-year contract with RCD Mallorca following a free transfer. The following summer he was purchased by Villarreal.
De Guzmán is also known as a free-kick specialist.
De Guzmán was born in Scarborough, Ontario and is of Jamaican and Filipino descent. His father Bobby, from the Philippines, and mother Pauline, from Jamaica, came to Canada when they were ten years old and have three children: a daughter Jenelle and the two sons Jonathan and Julian. De Guzmán's older brother, Julian de Guzman, is also a former professional football player who last played for Ottawa Fury. Julian also played for the Canada national team.
De Guzmán's childhood was completely focused on football. His father first wanted his sons to play basketball, but due to the brothers' short height, they started to concentrate on other sports. Once they started playing football, the brothers fell in love with the sport completely: "After school, all we did was playing football. That was pretty unusual in Canada, because almost nobody of our age did it. Canada is not a football country; we were exceptions." He attended St. Rose of Lima in his early years.
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