Francisco_Guerrero_(footballer,_born_1977)

Francisco Guerrero (footballer, born 1977)

Francisco Guerrero (footballer, born 1977)

Argentine footballer

Francisco Gabriel Guerrero (born 23 August 1977, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former football player who played as striker.

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Career

Guerrero advanced from the U-20 team to Independiente's first team in 1994. In 2001 he was transferred to Switzerland and joined FC Zurich under head coach Georges Bregy. He played with them on occasion, but not regularly. After two and a half seasons he was loaned out.

On 12 February 2004 he signed a half-year loan contract with FC Basel.[1] The club were looking for replacements for the two Swiss internationals Marco Streller and Hakan Yakin who both transferred to VfB Stuttgart. Guerrero joined Basel's first team during their 2003–04 season under head coach Christian Gross. Guerrero was the fourth Argentinian in the team, joining Christian Giménez, Matías Delgado and Julio Hernán Rossi.[2] Gross let Guerrero sit on the bench in every one of the last 18 matches of the season and used him as substitute on 13 occasions, usually as replacement for one of his three countrymen. Guerrero played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Stadion Neufeld on 15 February 2004 as Basel won 1–0 against Young Boys.[3] He scored his first and only goal with the team in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 28 February. It was the last goal of the game as Basel won 6–0 against Xamax.[4] Despite the away win to the start of the second half of the season, the team was not as steadfast as it had been before the winter break. Basel ended the season undefeated at home, but were beaten three times away, nevertheless they won the championship with 13 points advantage over their nearest rivals Young Boys.[5]

Following this loan period Guerrero re-joined FC Zurich, now under head coach Lucien Favre. At the end of the 2004–05 season FCZ won the 2004–05 Swiss Cup.

In the summer of 2005 Guerrero returned to Argentina and joined Estudiantes de La Plata, but not being able to gain a place in the starting eleven, he spent six months on loan to Huracán de Tres Arroyos. Shortly after his return to Estudiantes Guerrero resolved his contract with the club and returned to Switzerland. He joined YF Juventus for six months. On 30 June 2007 it was announced that he had joined Aarau.[6] He played for them during two seasons. He finally joined APEP in 2009 before he retired from his football career.

International career

He won 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.[1]

Honours

Basel

FC Zürich

References

  1. [1]
    UEFA (12 February 2004). "Guerrero boosts Gross's options". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  2. [2]
    (red) (12 February 2004). "Basel sign Guerrero on loan". worldsoccer.com. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  3. [3]
    Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (15 February 2004). "BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 0:1 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  4. [4]
    Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (28 February 2004). "FC Basel - Neuchâtel Xamax 6:0 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  5. [5]
    Erik Garin. "Switzerland 2003/04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  6. [6]
    (si) (30 June 2007). "Stürmer Guerrero zum FC Aarau" [Striker Guerrero to FC Aarau] (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 2022-11-16.

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