Walter Guglielmone

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Template:Family name hatnote Walter Fernando Guglielmone Gómez ({{#invoke:IPA|main}};Template:Efn born 11 April 1978) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his career, Guglielmone has played for clubs in Uruguay, France, Azerbaijan, Mexico, Paraguay and China. He made two appearances for the Uruguay national team in 2001.

Club career

Guglielmone began his career in Uruguay, making his debut for Nacional de Montevideo in 1999.<ref name="Latin warmth melts hearts at İnter"/> After a year with them, he moved to Frontera Rivera, followed the next year by another move to Montevideo Wanderers. Guglielmone left Uruguay to join AC Ajaccio in the French Ligue 1 for the 2002–03 season, appearing 17 times and scoring just once, in the game against Sedan on 24 August 2002.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, after just a year in France, he returned to Uruguay, where he played for Danubio during the first half of 2004. He joined Pachuca for the 2004 Apertura, finishing the season with three goals in 11 games played, 6 starts.

In 2007, Guglielmone joined Azerbaijan Premier League side Inter Baku, becoming the first Latin American to play for the club.<ref name="Latin warmth melts hearts at İnter">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Guglielmone spent two season with Inter and was the top goalscorer during the 2008–09 season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For his third season in Azerbaijan, Guglielmone moved to Baku rivals, Neftchi Baku. After leaving Neftchi Baku in the summer of 2010, he joined Club Guaraní of the Paraguayan Primera División in July 2010.

In July 2011, after one season back at Wanderers, Guglielmone was released.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Five months late, on 21 December 2011, Guglielmone joined Brazilian side Pelotas.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 31 March 2012, Guglielmone received a red card for shoving teammate Douglas Silva twice in the face in a Campeonato Gaúcho match against Caxias.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After leaving Pelotas, Guglielmone signed with Beijing BIT in the Chinese Jia League.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

International career

Guglielmone appeared twice for the Uruguay national team, with his debut coming on 19 July 2001 against Honduras in the 2001 Copa América. His second appearance came 9 days later in the Third-place match also against Honduras.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

He is the older half-brother of Boca Juniors striker Edinson Cavani.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career statistics

Club

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Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nacional	1999	Uruguayan Primera División	3	1	—		—				3	1
Frontera Rivera	2000	Uruguayan Primera División	33	15	—		—		—		33	15
Montevideo Wanderers	2001	Uruguayan Primera División	34	16	—		—		—		34	16
Nacional	2002	Uruguayan Primera División	2	0	—		—				2	0
Ajaccio	2002–03<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Ligue 1	17	1			1	0	—		18	1
Nacional	2003	Uruguayan Primera División	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Danubio	2004	Uruguayan Primera División	15	7	—		—		—		15	7
Pachuca	2004	Liga MX	10	3			—		0	0	10	3
Chiapas	2005	Liga MX	17	3			—		—		17	3
Peñarol	2005–06	Uruguayan Primera División	24	4	—		—		—		24	4
Liverpool de Montevideo	2006–07	Uruguayan Primera División	26	9	—		—		—		26	9
Inter Baku	2007–08<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Azerbaijan Premier League	20	11			—		—		20	11
	2008–09<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||24||17|| ||3||colspan="2"|—||2||0||26||20
	Total		44	28		3	—		2	0	46	31
Neftchi Baku	2009–10<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Azerbaijan Premier League	22	2		2	—		—		22	4
Guaraní	2010	Paraguayan Primera División	13	3	—		—		3	0	16	3
Montevideo Wanderers	2010–11	Uruguayan Primera División	14	3	—		—		—		14	3
Pelotas	2012	Campeonato Gaúcho	15	6			—		—		15	6
Beijing BIT	2012	Chinese Jia League	13	3			—		—		13	3
Career total			304	104		5	1	0	5	0	310	109

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="NFT"/><ref name="SW"/>

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uruguay	2001	2	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Club

Nacional

• Uruguayan Primera División: 2002

Danubio

• Uruguayan Primera División: 2004

Inter Baku

• Azerbaijan Premier League: 2007–08

Individual

• Azerbaijan Premier League Top Scorer: 2008–09 (17 goals)

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