Guillermo Franco

**Guillermo "Guille" Luis Franco Farquarson** (born 3 November 1976) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born and raised in Argentina, he played for the Mexico national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|San Lorenzo|1995–96|rowspan="7"|Primera División (Argentina)|3|0|||||3|0|
|1996–97|6|0|||||6|0|||||
|1997–98|10|1|||||10|1|||||
|1998–99|6|0|||||6|0|||||
|1999–2000|26|10|||||26|10|||||
|2000–01|19|7|||||19|7|||||
|2001–02|26|5|||||26|5|||||
|rowspan="5"|Monterrey|2002–03|rowspan="4"|Primera División (Mexico)|39|15|||||39|15|
|2003–04|30|12|||||30|12|||||
|2004–05|28|23|||||28|23|||||
|2005–06|22|13|||||22|13|||||
|rowspan="5"|Villarreal|2005–06|rowspan="4"|La Liga|12|4|||5|0|17|4|
|2006–07|27|2|5|0|||32|2|||||
|2007–08|24|8|||6|1|30|9|||||
|2008–09|18|0|1|1|6|1|25|2|||||
|West Ham United|2009–10|Premier League|23|5|||||23|5|||
|rowspan="3"|Vélez Sársfield|2010–11|rowspan="2"|Primera División (Argentina)|6|0|||3|1|9|1|
|2011–12|11|5|||6|4|17|9|||||
|Pachuca|2011–12|Primera División (Mexico)|12|0|||||12|0|||
|Chicago Fire|2012|MLS|2|0|||||2|0|||

### International

|National team||Year||Apps||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Mexico|2005|4|1|||
|2006|6|1|||||
|2007|0|0|||||
|2008|2|0|||||
|2009|8|4|||||
|2010|5|1|||||

### International goals

- _Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Franco goal_.

|Goal|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|8 October 2005|Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico||1–1|5–2|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|2.|1 March 2006|Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, United States||1–0|1–0|Friendly|
|3.|10 June 2009|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico||1–0|2–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|4.|23 July 2009|Soldier Field, Chicago, United States||1–0|5–3 (p.s.o.)|2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|
|5.|26 July 2009|Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States||5–0|5–0|2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|
|6.|5 September 2009|Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica||2–0|3–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|7.|24 May 2010|Wembley Stadium, London, England||1–2|1–3|Friendly|

## Honours

**San Lorenzo**
- Argentine Primera División: 2001 Clausura
- Copa Mercosur: 2001

**Monterrey**
- Mexican Primera División: 2003 Clausura

**Vélez Sársfield**
- Argentine Primera División: 2011 Clausura

**Mexico**
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2009

**Individual**
- Mexican Primera División Golden Ball: Clausura 2003
- Mexican Primera División Top scorer: 2004 Apertura

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Guillermo Franco
- **image**: GuillermoFranco0410.JPG
- **image size**: 180px
- **caption**: Franco playing for West Ham United F.C., West Ham United in 2010
- **fullname**: Guillermo Luis Franco Farquarson
- **birth place**: Corrientes, Argentina
- **height**: 1.81 m
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **years1**: 1995–2002
- **clubs1**: San Lorenzo de Almagro, San Lorenzo
- **caps1**: 96
- **goals1**: 23
- **years2**: 2002–2005
- **clubs2**: C.F. Monterrey, Monterrey
- **caps2**: 119
- **goals2**: 63
- **years3**: 2006–2009
- **clubs3**: Villarreal CF, Villarreal
- **caps3**: 81
- **goals3**: 14
- **years4**: 2009–2010
- **clubs4**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps4**: 23
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 2010–2012
- **clubs5**: Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, Vélez Sársfield
- **caps5**: 18
- **goals5**: 5
- **years6**: 2012
- **clubs6**: C.F. Pachuca, Pachuca
- **caps6**: 12
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2012
- **clubs7**: Chicago Fire FC, Chicago Fire
- **caps7**: 3
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2014
- **totalcaps**: 352
- **totalgoals**: 110
- **nationalyears1**: 2005–2010
- **nationalteam1**: Mexico national football team, Mexico
- **nationalcaps1**: 25
- **nationalgoals1**: 7
- **manageryears1**: 2021–2022
- **managerclubs1**: C.F. Monterrey Reserves and Academy, Monterrey Reserves and Academy