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Which team did Daniel Guijo-Velasco play for from 2003 to 2004?
Daniel Guijo-Velasco Daniel Guijo-Velasco ( born 24 February 1984 ) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder . Born in Hasselt , Belgium with a Spanish background , Guijo-Velasco was part of the PSV youth academy , before making his first professional appearances in 2004 . After stints at AGOVV and Excelsior , he had his most successful period at Helmond Sport , where he made more than 100 appearances and grew out to become team captain . He retired in 2015 after being diagnosed with a rare , autoimmune disease , and since became a psychiatric nurse . Career . PSV . Guijo-Velasco played in the PSV youth academy and made two appearances as a substitute for their first team . His first professional appearance came on 1 November 2003 in a 1–3 away win over NAC Breda , when he came on as a substitute for Theo Lucius in the 82nd minute . His second and final game for PSV came a month later , in a 7–0 home win over FC Volendam where he came on for Mateja Kežman , who had scored a hat-trick . AGOVV . At the end of the 2003–04 season , Guijo-Velasco signed for AGOVV Apeldoorn in the Eerste Divisie , where he was a regular in midfield for two seasons under head coach Jurrie Koolhof . He scored his first goal in professional football on 1 October 2004 , in a 4–1 home win over TOP Oss . He finished the season with seven goals , as AGOVV finished 10th in the league table . The following season , he grew out to become a key player for the team , and was rewarded with a move to Eredivisie club Excelsior . Excelsior . At Excelsior , he immediately made an impact alongside other key players such as Luigi Bruins and Andwélé Slory , in the team coached by Ton Lokhoff . Thus , relegation was avoided at the end of the season , with Guijo-Velasco as part of the central midfielder due with René van Dieren . However , the following season ended in disappointment after Bruins and Slory had left for Feyenoord , and Guijo-Velasco only made 10 league appearances in which he scored one goal . Excelsior finished last in the league table , and suffered relegation to the second-tier Eerste Divisie . Helmond Sport . On 30 May 2008 , Guijo-Velasco moved to Helmond Sport on a two-year contract . He made his debut for the club on 8 August against his old team AGOVV . The game was lost 1–2 , but nevertheless , the team experienced a reasonable season that ended in tenth place . Together with Ilja van Leerdam and former Telstar icon Sjaak Lettinga , Guijo-Velasco formed an experienced midfield , while Dirk Jan Derksen was the goal-poacher in front . Guijo-Velasco was known as a driven player with a strong will to win , but was discredited after he gave the Nazi salute to an opponent against RBC Roosendaal . He subsequently stated that his opponent played like a German and he wanted to show this . Helmond Sport suspended him for one match following this incident and instructed him to help with a social school project . The Royal Dutch Football Association ( KNVB ) suspended him for five matches . Guijo-Velasco became an important player for the club , and in the 2012–13 season , the Belgian even became team captain of the club . In the spring of 2013 , however , Guijo-Velasco suffered from a neck hernia which began a downward spiral for him . He was found to be suffering from a rare autoimmune disease affecting only around 40 total people in the world , and he was sidelined for a substantial period of time . Guijo-Velasco missed the entire 2013–14 season , but the following year he attempted a comeback , as he made seven official appearances for the Helmond team . In the summer of 2015 , Guijo-Velasco decided to retire from professional football due to his illness and focus on a career in psychiatry . He made his final professional appearance at home against RKC Waalwijk on 27 February 2015 . In the match , which was won 3-0 , he came in as a substitute in the last ten minutes . After his retirement from football , he has worked as a psychiatric nurse . He also played at amateur level for KFC Diest . External links . - Voetbal International profile - Daniel Guijo-Velasco at Footballdatabase