| David Guzmán | |
| Fullname: | David Alberto Guzmán Pérez[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1990 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | San José, Costa Rica |
| Height: | 1.76 m[2] |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Saprissa |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthclubs1: | Cartaginés |
| Youthyears2: | –2009 |
| Youthclubs2: | Saprissa |
| Years1: | 2009–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Saprissa |
| Caps1: | 174 |
| Goals1: | 14 |
| Years2: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Portland Timbers |
| Caps2: | 44 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Years3: | 2018 |
| Clubs3: | → Portland Timbers 2 |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Clubs4: | Columbus Crew SC |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019– |
| Clubs5: | Saprissa |
| Caps5: | 55 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2007 |
| Nationalteam1: | Costa Rica U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2009 |
| Nationalteam2: | Costa Rica U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2010– |
| Nationalteam3: | Costa Rica |
| Nationalcaps3: | 60 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 21 July 2021 |
| Ntupdate: | 26 July 2021 |
David Alberto Guzmán Pérez (born 18 February 1990) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga FPD club Saprissa and the Costa Rica national team.[3]
Guzmán made his debut for Saprissa in 2009 and stayed with the club for 7 years. On 22 December 2016, he joined MLS team Portland Timbers.[4]
On May 6, 2019, Guzman was traded to Columbus Crew SC in exchange for an international roster slot.[5]
Guzmán played at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup and in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where the Costa Rica national under-20 football team, came 4th after losing to Hungary in the match for the 3rd place.
He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in an October 2010 friendly match against Peru. He represented his country at the 2011 Copa América[6] and was a non-playing squad member at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[7]
In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[9] | Continental[10] | Other[11] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Saprissa | 2009–10 | Primera División | 12 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2010–11 | Primera División | 9 | 1 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 18 | 2 | ||||
| 2011–12 | Primera División | 22 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | |||||
| 2012–13 | Primera División | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||||
| 2013–14 | Primera División | 32 | 1 | – | – | 32+ | 1+ | ||||||
| 2014–15 | Liga FPD | 34 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | 38+ | 6+ | |||||
| 2015–16 | Liga FPD | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 31+ | 3+ | |||||
| 2016–17 | Liga FPD | 23 | 3 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 174 | 14 | 0+ | 0+ | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 195+ | 16+ | |||
| Portland Timbers | 2017 | MLS | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||||
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 4 | |||
| Portland Timbers 2 (loan) | 2018 | USL | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Columbus Crew SC | 2019 | MLS | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 235 | 18 | 3+ | 0+ | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 265+ | 20+ | |||
| Costa Rica | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 0 | |
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