# Pablo Guiñazú

Pablo Horacio Guiñazú (born 26 August 1978) is an Argentine football manager and former player.
A hard-working defensive midfielder, Guiñazú played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Italy, Russia, Paraguay and Brazil, and represented the Argentina national team in 2003, being called up again for the second leg of the 2011 Superclásico de las Américas.

## Career

Guiñazu started his professional career with Newell's Old Boys in 1996. He played over 100 games for the club before joining Italian side Perugia. He returned to Argentina in 2001 to play for Independiente, where he was part of the Apertura 2002 championship team.
In 2003, he returned to Newell's Old Boys before joining Russian team Saturn. After one season in Russia he returned to South America to play for Libertad in Paraguay. He was part of the team that won the Paraguayan Primera División in 2006.
In 2007 Guiñazu joined Internacional in Brazil. On 4 January 2013, he terminated his contract with Internacional for private reasons, and returned to Libertad.
He returned to Argentina in 2016 after signing for Talleres de Córdoba. After more than six years without scoring a goal, Guiñazú scored the goal that gave Talleres promotion to Argentine Primera División after a 12-year absence.
On 1 March 2019, Guiñazú announced his retirement after Talleres failed to qualify to Copa Libertadores group stage.

## Personal life

His son, Lucas, was born in Paraguay when he played for Libertad and has taken part of both Argentina and Paraguay squads at under-17 level.

## Career statistics
### International

| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Argentina | 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| Argentina | 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| Argentina | 2012 | 8 | 0 |
| Argentina | 2013 | 2 | 0 |
| Argentina | Total | 16 | 0 |

### International appearances and goals

| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Final score | Goal | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 31 January 2003 | San Pedro Sula, Honduras | Honduras | 3–1 | 0 | Won | Friendly |
| 2. | 4 February 2003 | Los Angeles, United States | Mexico | 1–0 | 0 | Won | Friendly |
| 3. | 8 February 2003 | Miami, United States | United States | 1–0 | 0 | Won | Friendly |
| 4. | 16 July 2003 | La Plata, Argentina | Uruguay | 2–2 | 0 | Drew | Friendly |
| 5. | 28 September 2011 | Belém, Brazil | Brazil | 0–2 | 0 | Lost | Superclásico de las Américas. |
| 6. | 15 November 2011 | Barranquilla, Colombia | Colombia | 2–1 | 0 | Won | 2014 World Cup qualification |
| 7. | 9 June 2012 | East Rutherford, United States | Brazil | 4–3 | 0 | Won | Friendly |
| 8. | 15 August 2012 | Frankfurt, Germany | Germany | 3–1 | 0 | Won | Friendly |
| 9. | 7 September 2012 | Córdoba, Argentina | Paraguay | 3–1 | 0 | Won | 2014 World Cup qualification |
| 10. | 11 September 2012 | Lima, Peru | Peru | 1–1 | 0 | Drew | 2014 World Cup qualification |
| 11. | 19 September 2012 | Goiânia, Brazil | Brazil | 1–2 | 0 | Lost | Superclásico de las Américas |
| 12. | 12 October 2012 | Mendoza, Argentina | Uruguay | 3–0 | 0 | Won | 2014 World Cup qualification |
| 13. | 16 October 2012 | Santiago, Chile | Chile | 2–1 | 0 | Won | 2014 World Cup qualification |
| 14. | 21 November 2012 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Brazil | 2–1 | 0 | Won | Superclásico de las Américas |
| 15. | 26 March 2013 | La Paz, Bolivia | Bolivia | 1–1 | 0 | Drew | 2014 World Cup qualification |
| 16. | 14 June 2013 | Guatemala City, Guatemala | Guatemala | 4–0 | 0 | Won | Friendly |

## Honours
### Club

Independiente
* Torneo Apertura: 2002
Libertad
* Paraguayan Primera División: 2006
Internacional
* Campeonato Gaúcho: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
* Copa Sudamericana: 2008
* Suruga Bank Championship: 2009
* Copa Libertadores: 2010
* Recopa Sudamericana: 2011
Vasco da Gama
* Campeonato Carioca: 2015

### Individual

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2009