Guillermo Franco (footballer, born 1983)
Appearance
This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (October 2018) |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Guillermo Lucas Franco | ||
Date of birth | May 21, 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2003 | Lanús | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2004 | Los Andes | 28 | (0) |
2004 | Defensa y Justicia | 6 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Godoy Cruz | 37 | (0) |
2009–2010 | → I. Rivadavia (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Atlético Rafaela | 21 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Gimnasia de Jujuy | 20 | (1) |
2012–2013 | SC Pacífico | 31 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Huracán San Rafael | 22 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Deportivo Maipú | 13 | (1) |
2015 | Unión Villa Krause | 24 | (0) |
2016 | Deportivo Español | 18 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Juventud Unida | 19 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:24, 24 March 2020 (UTC) |
Guillermo Franco (born 21 May 1983 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine football defender.
Football career
[edit]After playing for Los Andes and Defensa y Justicia, Franco joined Godoy Cruz in 2002. He played with the team in the Argentine Primera until 2009, when he dropped down a division to play for Independiente Rivadavia one season on loan. He returned to Godoy Cruz in 2010, but was immediately loaned to Atlético de Rafaela.
Outside football
[edit]In 2002, Franco became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He resigned from Godoy Cruz in 2005 to serve as a Mormon missionary in the LDS Church's Argentina Mendoza Mission. In 2007, he returned from his mission and was brought back into the Godoy Cruz squad.
References
[edit]- Guillermo Franco – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 June 2012)
- Guillermo Franco at BDFA (in Spanish)
- team stats listing
- article in Spanish about Franco serving a mission at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 August 2008)
- Church News, August 9, 2008.
- article about his being signed as a defender by Godoy Cruz
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Club Atlético Los Andes footballers
- Defensa y Justicia footballers
- Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers
- Independiente Rivadavia footballers
- Atlético de Rafaela footballers
- Huracán de San Rafael players
- Deportivo Maipú players
- Deportivo Español footballers
- Juventud Unida Universitario players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Primera B Metropolitana players
- Torneo Argentino A players
- Torneo Argentino B players
- Argentine Latter Day Saints
- Argentine Mormon missionaries
- Converts to Mormonism
- Mormon missionaries in Argentina
- 21st-century Mormon missionaries
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen
- Argentine football defender, 1980s birth stubs