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Miguel Guante

Miguel Guante
Personal information
Full name Miguel Guante-Vasquez
Date of birth (1984-08-04) August 4, 1984 (age 32)
Place of birth Augusta, Georgia, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Defender/Midfielder
Youth career
2002–2005 Portland Pilots
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Boulder Rapids Reserve 20 (2)
2006 FC Dallas 0 (0)
2007 Miami FC 7 (0)
2008 Portland Timbers 28 (2)
2009 Portland Timbers U23s 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 June 2009.

Miguel Guante (born August 24, 1984 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American soccer player of Puerto Rican heritage.

Guante played college soccer at the University of Portland, and played for the Boulder Rapids Reserves in the USL Premier Development League in 2004 and 2005.

Guante was drafted in the first round (8th overall) of the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft by FC Dallas. Dallas waived him in April 2007 and Miami FC of the USL First Division signed him. In 2008, he moved to the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division.

In 2009, Guante signed with Portland's development team, Portland Timbers U23s, for its inaugural campaign in the USL Premier Development League

The Puerto Rican Football association called-up Guante for the Puerto Rico national football team that played against Honduras in the 2010 World Cup qualifier.

Guante is a distant cousin of Vancouver Whitecaps forward Blas Pérez.


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