Gianni Guigou

Gianni Guigou

Personal information
Full name	Gianni Bismark Guigou Martínez
Date of birth	(1975-02-22) February 22, 1975
Place of birth	Nueva Palmira, Uruguay
Height
Position(s)	Left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2000	Nacional	64	(4)
2000–2004	Roma	36	(1)
2003–2004	→ Siena (loan)	32	(1)
2004–2006	Fiorentina	6	(0)
2006	→ Treviso (loan)	13	(0)
2006–2009	Treviso	69	(2)
2009–2010	Nacional	14	(1)
International career‡
1999–2004	Uruguay	41	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20046

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Guigou and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Gianni Bismark Guigou Martínez (born February 22, 1975 in Nueva Palmira) is a retired Uruguayan footballer.

Biography

He started his career in Nacional, where he played from 1994 to 2000, winning the Uruguayan league titles of 1998 and 2000. He left Nacional to join Serie A club AS Roma in 2000 for USD 5.8M, where he won the 2000/2001 Scudetto. Guigou left for Siena on loan in summer 2003 and sold to Fiorentina in July 2004 for a nominal fee of €516. In June 2006 he left for newly relegated Serie B side Treviso as part of Massimo Gobbi and Reginaldo's deal.

After the club was excluded from professional football in 2009, he was released for free by the federation and later joined Nacional, back in Uruguay. He played for Uruguay in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

He also has Italian citizenship.

Honours

AS Roma

Roma

• Serie A: 2000–01
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2001

National team

• Uruguay
  • 1999 Copa América: 2nd place

External links

• (Spanish) Profile