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{{short description|Dutch association football player}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jonathan de Guzmán
| name = Jonathan de Guzmán
| image = [[File:Jonathan de Guzman 001.jpg|200px]]
| image = GAE - Sparta Rotterdam - 53278021348 ( Jonathan de Guzmán).jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption =
| caption = De Guzmán in 2023 with [[Sparta Rotterdam]]
| fullname = Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán
| fullname = Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWC/2014/pdf/FWC_2014_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Netherlands |publisher=FIFA |page=25 |date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203092301/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWC/2014/pdf/FWC_2014_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=3 February 2020}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|9|13|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|9|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Scarborough, Ontario|Scarborough]], [[Canada]]
| birth_place = [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| height = {{convert|1.74|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| height = 1.73 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4657/Jonathan-de-Guzm%C3%A1n/overview |title=Jonathan de Guzmán: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=15 August 2022}}</ref>
| currentclub = [[Swansea City]]<br>(on loan from [[Villareal]])
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| clubnumber = 20
| currentclub = [[Sparta Rotterdam]]
| position = [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|Attacking Midfielder]]
| clubnumber = 6
| youthyears1 = 1999–2005 | youthclubs1 = [[Feyenoord]]
| youthyears1 =
| years1 = 2005–2010 | clubs1 = [[Feyenoord]] | caps1 = 109 | goals1 = 23
| youthclubs1 = North Scarborough SC
| years2 = 2010–2011 | clubs2 = [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]] | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 6
| youthyears2 = 1999–2005
| years3 = 2011 - | clubs3 = [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] | caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 0
| youthclubs2 = [[Feyenoord]]
| years4 = 2012– | clubs4 = → [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] (loan) | caps4 = 22 | goals4 = 5
| years1 = 2005–2010
| nationalyears1 = 2008 | nationalteam1 = [[Netherlands national under-21 football team|Netherlands U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 3
| clubs1 = [[Feyenoord]]
| club-update = 16:41, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
| caps1 = 109
| nationalteam-update = 18:59, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
| goals1 = 23
| years2 = 2010–2011
| clubs2 = [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]
| caps2 = 34
| goals2 = 6
| years3 = 2011–2014
| clubs3 = [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]
| caps3 = 20
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2012–2014
| clubs4 = → [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] (loan)
| caps4 = 71
| goals4 = 9
| years5 = 2014–2017
| clubs5 = [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
| caps5 = 23
| goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2016
| clubs6 = → [[Carpi F.C. 1909|Carpi]] (loan)
| caps6 = 5
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2016–2017
| clubs7 = → [[A.C. ChievoVerona|Chievo]] (loan)
| caps7 = 27
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2017–2020
| clubs8 = [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
| caps8 = 52
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2020–2022
| clubs9 = [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]]
| caps9 = 42
| goals9 = 5
| years10 = 2022–
| clubs10 = [[Sparta Rotterdam]]
| caps10 = 53
| goals10 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2008
| nationalteam1 = [[Netherlands national under-21 football team|Netherlands U21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2013–2015
| nationalteam2 = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
| nationalcaps2 = 14
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 11 August 2024
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|NED}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]]|}}
}}
}}
'''Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán''' (born 13 September 1987) is a professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] for [[Sparta Rotterdam]].


De Guzmán is Canadian-born, but made himself available for the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] after he gained Dutch citizenship in 2008, having lived in the country since the age of 12. He progressed through the [[Feyenoord Academy (Varkenoord)|Feyenoord Academy]], making his first team debut in 2005 and went on to play over 100 matches for the club from [[Rotterdam]]. In the summer of 2010 de Guzmán signed a three-year contract with [[RCD Mallorca]] following a free transfer. The following summer he was purchased by [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]].
'''Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán''' (born 13 September 1987) is a [[Canada|Canadian]]-born [[association football|footballer]], who plays as an [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]] and is currently playing for [[Swansea City]] on loan from [[Villarreal]].


De Guzmán was born in Canada, but made himself available for the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] after he gained Dutch citizenship in 2008. He was capped four times for the [[Netherlands national under-21 football team|Netherlands U21]], scoring three goals and was active on the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. De Guzmán progressed through the [[Feyenoord Academy (Varkenoord)|Feyenoord Academy]], making his first team debut in 2005 and has played over 100 matches for the club from [[Rotterdam]]. In the summer of 2010 de Guzmán signed a three-year contract with [[RCD Mallorca]] following a free transfer. The following summer he was purchased by [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]].
Internationally, he was capped four times for the [[Netherlands national under-21 football team|Netherlands U21 team]], scoring three goals and playing in the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. Later, he went on to become a full international, making 14 appearances for the senior Netherlands side between 2013 and 2015.

De Guzmán is also known for being a [[Direct free kick|free-kick]] specialist.


In 2014, De Guzmán was described as a player with good technique, vision, and shooting ability from distance;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/campania/media/fissi/pdf/spec_europa_league_15092014.pdf |title=I Nuovi "Azzurri" Arrivati in Estate |trans-title=The New "Azzurri" who Arrived in the Summer |work=Il Corriere del Mezzogiorno |language=it|date=15 September 2014 |access-date=26 June 2020 }}</ref> he is also known as a [[Direct free kick|free-kick]] specialist.<ref>{{cite web|title= World Cup player profile: Jonathan de Guzmán|url=http://www.villarrealusa.com/2014/6/13/5805820/world-cup-player-profile-jonathan-de-guzman |work=villarrealusa |date=13 June 2014| access-date=16 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Swansea City star Jonathan de Guzmán gunning for second success against Spanish giants Valencia|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/swansea-city-star-jonathan-de-6344142 |work=Wales Online |date=26 November 2013| access-date=16 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Mallorca down 10-man Zaragoza|url=https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/20032011/58/la-liga-mallorca-10-man-zaragoza.html |work=eurosport |date=19 March 2011| access-date=16 June 2014}}</ref>
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==Early life==
==Early life==
De Guzmán was born in [[Scarborough, Ontario]], [[Canada]] and is of [[Jamaica]]n and [[Filipino people|Filipino]] descent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notable Filipino Canadians |url=http://www.notablefilipinos.com/notable_filipino_canadians.htm |work=NotableFilipinos.com |accessdate=15 June 2009}}</ref> His father Bobby, from the [[Philippines]], and mother Pauline, from Jamaica, came to Canada when they were ten years old and have three children; a daughter Jenelle and the two sons Jonathan and Julian.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Last Word |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/Canada/2006/04/23/1546922-sun.html |newspaper=Toronto Sun |date=23 April 2006 |accessdate=5 October 2009}}</ref> De Guzmán's older brother, [[Julian de Guzmán]], is also a professional football player, who currently plays for [[RCD Mallorca]].
De Guzmán was born in the [[Toronto]] suburb of [[Scarborough, Ontario]] and is of Jamaican and Filipino descent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Notable Filipino Canadians |url=http://www.notablefilipinos.com/notable_filipino_canadians.htm |work=NotableFilipinos.com |access-date=15 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609190836/http://www.notablefilipinos.com/notable_filipino_canadians.htm |archive-date=9 June 2009 }}</ref> His father Bobby, from the Philippines, and mother Pauline, from Jamaica, came to Canada when they were ten years old and have three children: a daughter Jenelle and the two sons Jonathan and Julian.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Last Word |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/Canada/2006/04/23/1546922-sun.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715060815/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/Canada/2006/04/23/1546922-sun.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 July 2012 |newspaper=Toronto Sun |date=23 April 2006 |access-date=5 October 2009 }}</ref> De Guzmán's older brother, [[Julian de Guzman]], is also a former professional football player who retired as the most capped player for the [[Canada men's national soccer team]] and was the general manager at [[Ottawa Fury FC|Ottawa Fury]] from 2017 until 2019. Julian was the first Canadian to play in La Liga.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ottawafuryfc.com/news_article/show/751327?referrer_id=2824815|title=Fury FC and CanMNT captain Julian de Guzman announces his retirement|last=OttawaFuryFC.com|date=30 January 2017|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>

De Guzmán's childhood was completely focused on football. His father first wanted his sons to play [[basketball]], but due to the brothers short height, they started to focus on other sports. Once they started playing football, the brothers fell in love with the sport completely: "After school, all we did was playing football. That was pretty unusual in Canada, because almost nobody of our age did it. Canada is not a football country, we were exceptions."<ref name="kameraadjes">{{cite news |title=Jonathan De Guzmán |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/content/asp/kameraadjes/website/feyenoord.asp?speler=10010000020736 |newspaper=Kameraadjes |language=Dutch |trans_title= |date= |accessdate=4 October 2009}}</ref>
De Guzmán's childhood was completely focused on football. His father first wanted his sons to play [[basketball]], but due to the brothers' short height, they started to concentrate on other sports. Once they started playing football, the brothers fell in love with the sport completely: "After school, all we did was playing football. That was pretty unusual in Canada, because almost nobody of our age did it. Canada is not a football country; we were exceptions."<ref name="kameraadjes">{{cite news |title=Jonathan De Guzmán |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/content/asp/kameraadjes/website/feyenoord.asp?speler=10010000020736 |newspaper=Kameraadjes |language=nl |access-date=4 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908122823/http://www.feyenoord.nl/content/asp/kameraadjes/website/feyenoord.asp?speler=10010000020736 |archive-date=8 September 2009 }}</ref> He attended [[St. Rose of Lima Catholic School (Toronto)|St. Rose of Lima]] in his early years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/4570848-world-cup-scarborough-soccer-player-jonathan-de-guzman-on-dutch-roster-for-brazil/|title=WORLD CUP: Scarborough soccer player Jonathan de Guzman on Dutch roster for Brazil}}</ref>


==Career==
==Club career==


===Youth career===
===Youth career===
De Guzmán started his youth career at North Scarborough S.C. in Canada. To improve his skills, the youngster trained six times a week and was active in three different teams, including the team of his older brother. When his brother Julian left Canada to join [[Olympique Marseille]]'s youth academy, De Guzmán's urge to also pursue his career in Europe grew strongly. At the age of 12, two years after his brother went to [[France]], he joined the [[Feyenoord]] youth academy in the [[Netherlands]].<ref name="kameraadjes"/>
Like his brother, De Guzmán started his youth career at North Scarborough Soccer Club in Canada, training six times a week to improve his skills. Julian left Canada to join [[Olympique Marseille]]'s youth academy and two years later, at the age of 12, Jonathan followed him to Europe, joining the [[Feyenoord]] youth academy in the Netherlands.<ref name="kameraadjes"/> Upon his arrival in Rotterdam, de Guzmán was taken in to the home of an employee of the club; he later stated, "I was basically her son for three years."<ref name="Times interview">{{cite interview |last=de Guzmán |first=Jonathan |subject-link=Jonathan de Guzmán |interviewer=[[James Gheerbrant]] |title='Year at Napoli that nearly finished me' |work=[[The Times]] |publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd |location=London |date=6 May 2019 }}</ref> At fifteen, he moved into a dormitory at Feyenoord, remaining there at weekends when his peers returned to their families in other parts of the Netherlands.<ref name="Times interview"/>


===Feyenoord (2005–2010)===
===Feyenoord===


====The rise (2005–2006)====
====The rise====
De Guzmán was not allowed to play for Feyenoord's first team before he was 18 years old. On 15 September 2005, three days after turning 18, De Guzmán was part of Feyenoord's first team squad for the first time. However, he remained on the bench in the [[UEFA Cup]] home match against [[FC Rapid Bucureşti|Rapid Bucharest]] (1–1).<ref>{{cite news |title=Feyenoord – Rapid Boekarest 1–1 |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000029946 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=Dutch |trans_title= |date=15 September 2005 |accessdate=4 October 2009}}</ref> Three days later, on 18 September 2005, De Guzmán made his official Feyenoord debut in the [[Eredivisie]] home match against [[SC Heerenveen]] (5–1). He replaced [[Hossam Ghaly|Ghaly]] in the 87th minute.<ref>{{cite news |title=Feyenoord – Heerenveen 5–1 |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000029940 |newspaper=Feyenoord.nl |language=Dutch |trans_title= |date=18 September 2005 |accessdate=4 October 2009}}</ref> De Guzman scored his first professional goal on 30 September 2005, in the Eredivisie away match against [[Willem II (football club)|Willem II]] (1–3).<ref>{{cite web |title=Willem II – Feyenoord 1–3 |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000029935 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=Dutch |trans_title= |date=30 September 2005 |accessdate=4 October 2009}}</ref>
De Guzmán was not allowed to play for Feyenoord's first team before he was 18 years old. On 15 September 2005, three days after turning 18, de Guzmán was part of Feyenoord's first team squad for the first time. However, he remained on the bench in the [[UEFA Cup]] home match against [[FC Rapid București|Rapid Bucharest]] (1–1).<ref>{{cite news |title=Feyenoord – Rapid Boekarest 1–1 |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000029946 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801062647/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000029946 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 August 2012 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=nl |date=15 September 2005 |access-date=4 October 2009 }}</ref> Three days later, on 18 September 2005, de Guzmán made his official Feyenoord debut in the [[Eredivisie]] home match against [[SC Heerenveen]] (5–1). He replaced [[Hossam Ghaly|Ghaly]] in the 87th minute.<ref>{{cite news |title=Feyenoord – Heerenveen 5–1 |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000029940 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730190650/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000029940 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2012 |newspaper=Feyenoord.nl |language=nl |date=18 September 2005 |access-date=4 October 2009 }}</ref> De Guzmán scored his first professional goal on 30 September 2005, in the Eredivisie away match against [[Willem II (football club)|Willem II]] (1–3).<ref>{{cite web |title=Willem II – Feyenoord 1–3 |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000029935 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731133108/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000029935 |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 July 2012 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=nl |date=30 September 2005 |access-date=4 October 2009 }}</ref> After his debut against SC Heerenveen, De Guzmán quickly became a first team regular. On 11 December 2005, he received much praise after outplaying former [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] player [[Philip Cocu]] in a midfield battle at Feyenoord's Eredivisie home match win against [[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]] (1–0).<ref>{{cite news |title=De Guzman catches the eye |url=http://old.spurscommunity.co.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7874 |newspaper=Sky Sports |date=12 December 2005 |access-date=5 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009031638/http://old.spurscommunity.co.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7874 |archive-date=9 October 2011 }}</ref> De Guzmán finished the Eredivisie season [[Eredivisie 2005–06|2005–06]] with 29 matches, scoring 4 goals. On 29 December 2005, he signed an improved contract with Feyenoord until summer 2010. His old contract was set to expire in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan de Guzman langer bij Feyenoord |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20051229deguzman.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802134925/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20051229deguzman.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 August 2012 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=nl |trans-title=Jonathan de Guzman remains at Feyenoord |date=29 December 2005 |access-date=4 October 2009 }}</ref>


====Initial difficulties====
After his debut against SC Heerenveen, De Guzmán quickly became a first team regular. On 11 December 2005, he received much praise after outplaying former [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] player [[Philip Cocu]] in a midfield battle at Feyenoord's Eredivisie home match win against [[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]] (1–0).<ref>{{cite news |title=De Guzman catches the eye |url=http://old.spurscommunity.co.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7874 |newspaper=Sky Sports |date=12 December 2005 |accessdate=5 October 2009}}</ref> De Guzmán finished the Eredivisie season [[Eredivisie 2005-06|2005–06]] with 29 matches, scoring 4 goals. On 29 December 2005, he signed an improved contract with Feyenoord until summer 2010. His old contract was set to expire in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan de Guzman langer bij Feyenoord |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20051229deguzman.aspx |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=Dutch |trans_title=Jonathan de Guzman remains at Feyenoord |date=29 December 2005 |accessdate=4 October 2009}}</ref>
At the beginning of the season [[Eredivisie 2006–07|2006–07]], Feyenoord sold their star players [[Dirk Kuyt]] to [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and [[Salomon Kalou]] to [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]. Management had high expectations of de Guzmán, who was ready to make the next step in his development.<ref name="fcupdate">{{cite web |title=De Guzman: "Voetballend heb ik een jaar stilgestaan" |url=http://www.fcupdate.nl/nieuws/2007/07/09/de-guzman-voetballend-heb-ik-een-jaar-stilgestaan_71914/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130112021335/http://www.fcupdate.nl/nieuws/2007/07/09/de-guzman-voetballend-heb-ik-een-jaar-stilgestaan_71914/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 January 2013 |work=FCUpdate.nl |language=nl |trans-title=De Guzman: "Football-wise, I stood still for one year" |date=9 July 2007 |access-date=5 October 2009 }}</ref> However, the youngster couldn't prevent the club from finishing on a 7th Eredivisie place. De Guzmán's disappointing season ended with a red card in the 21st minute of the first playoff match against [[FC Groningen]] on 10 May 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiental Feyenoorders houdt schade beperkt |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000030476 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802164209/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000030476 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 August 2012 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=nl |trans-title=Ten Feyenoorders keep damage limited |date=10 May 2007 |access-date=5 October 2009 }}</ref> Feyenoord lost the double confrontation and missed out on European football for the first time in 16 years. At the end of the season, De Guzmán acknowledged there was perhaps too much pressure on him: "I was only 19 years old, I couldn't just tell everyone what to do. It was really a disappointing season. I didn't make progress as a football player, but I did grow mentally because of all the problems we had. It was a very tough season for me personally."<ref name="fcupdate"/>

====First difficulties (2006–2008)====
At the beginning of the season [[Eredivisie 2006-07|2006–07]], Feyenoord sold their star players [[Dirk Kuyt]] to [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and [[Salomon Kalou]] to [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]. The management had high expectations of De Guzmán, who was ready to make the next step in his development.<ref name="fcupdate">{{cite web |title=De Guzman: "Voetballend heb ik een jaar stilgestaan" |url=http://www.fcupdate.nl/nieuws/2007/07/09/de-guzman-voetballend-heb-ik-een-jaar-stilgestaan_71914/ |work=FCUpdate.nl |language=Dutch |trans_title=De Guzman: "Football-wise, I stood still for one year" |date=9 July 2007 |accessdate=5 October 2009}}</ref> However, the youngster couldn't prevent the club from finishing on a 7th Eredivisie place. De Guzmán's disappointing season ended with a red card in the 21st minute of the first playoff match against [[FC Groningen]] on 10 May 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiental Feyenoorders houdt schade beperkt |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000030476 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=Dutch |trans_title=Ten Feyenoorders keep damage limited |date=10 May 2007 |accessdate=5 October 2009}}</ref> Feyenoord lost the double confrontation and missed out on European football for the first time in 16 years. At the end of the season, De Guzmán acknowledged there was perhaps too much pressure on him: "I was only 19 years old, I couldn't just tell everyone what to do. It was really a disappointing season. I didn't make progress as a football player, but I did grow mentally because of all the problems we had. It was a very tough season for me personally."<ref name="fcupdate"/>
[[File:Jonathan de Guzman 002.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jonathan de Guzmán after the first Feyenoord training of the season 2007–08]]
[[File:Jonathan de Guzman 002.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jonathan de Guzmán after the first Feyenoord training of the season 2007–08]]
With the [[Eredivisie 2007-08|2007–08]] arrival of experienced players like [[Giovanni van Bronckhorst]] from [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] and [[Roy Makaay]] from [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], Feyenoord created the perfect circumstances for De Guzmán. The pressure on the youngster was taken away, however De Guzmán wasn't too happy with his new position in the team. Where De Guzmán always played as a midfielder, new manager [[Bert van Marwijk]] placed him on the right wing position in a 4–2–3–1 system.<ref name="bn">{{cite news |title=De Guzmán aast, net als Feyenoord, op eerherstel |url=http://www.bndestem.nl/sport/sportalgemeen/5315047/De-Guzman-aast-net-als-Feyenoord-op-eerherstel.ece |work=BN De Stem |language=Dutch |trans_title=De Guzman wants, just like Feyenoord, rehabilitation |date=29 July 2009 |accessdate=6 October 2009}}</ref> De Guzmán played 33 Eredivisie matches, scoring nine goals.
With the [[Eredivisie 2007–08|2007–08]] arrival of experienced players like [[Giovanni van Bronckhorst]] from [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] and [[Roy Makaay]] from [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], Feyenoord created the perfect circumstances for de Guzmán. The pressure on the youngster was taken away, however de Guzmán wasn't too happy with his new position in the team. Where de Guzmán always played as a midfielder, new manager [[Bert van Marwijk]] placed him on the right wing position in a 4–2–3–1 system.<ref name="bn">{{cite news |title=De Guzmán aast, net als Feyenoord, op eerherstel |url=http://www.bndestem.nl/sport/sportalgemeen/5315047/De-Guzman-aast-net-als-Feyenoord-op-eerherstel.ece |work=BN De Stem |language=nl |trans-title=De Guzman wants, just like Feyenoord, rehabilitation |date=29 July 2009 |access-date=6 October 2009}}</ref> De Guzmán played 33 Eredivisie matches, scoring nine goals.


====Injuries (2008–2010)====
====Injuries====
De Guzmán had a personal agreement with [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], but Feyenoord couldn't agree on a transfer fee with the Citizens: "I was really sure I was going to leave Rotterdam. It didn't happen because of Feyenoord. I already said yes and I thought it was a nice transfer fee (allegedly 10 million euro, red.). But the clubs couldn't come to an agreement and not much later City bought another player, [[Shaun Wright-Phillips]]."<ref name="ad">{{cite news |title=De Guzman: Er zat agressie in mijn lijf |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1046/Eredivisie/article/detail/411520/2009/07/17/De-Guzman-Er-zat-agressie-in-mijn-lijf.dhtml |newspaper=AD |language=Dutch |trans_title=De Guzman: There was aggression in my body |date=17 July 2009 |accessdate=6 October 2009}}</ref>
De Guzmán had a personal agreement with [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], but Feyenoord could not agree on a transfer fee with the Citizens: "Last summer, I assumed that I would depart from Rotterdam That eventually fell through, at that time was mainly to Feyenoord. Personally, I already said yes and I thought it was quite a nice sum (reportedly ten million, ed.). But the clubs were not there and later took another City player, [[Shaun Wright-Phillips]]."<ref name="ad">{{cite news |title=De Guzman: Er zat agressie in mijn lijf |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/5610/Eredivisie/article/detail/2034152/2009/07/17/De-Guzman-Er-zat-agressie-in-mijn-lijf.dhtml |newspaper=AD |language=nl |trans-title=De Guzman: There was aggression in my body |date=17 July 2009 |access-date=6 October 2009}}</ref>


Despite a turbulent pre-season full of transfer speculations, De Guzman remained at Feyenoord. However, De Guzman also had a disappointing sportive start of the season, as he was sent off in Feyenoord's season opening Eredivisie match. On 31 August 2008, De Guzman received a red card for a flying elbow in the 30th minute in the away match against [[Heracles Almelo]] (3–1), resulting in a suspension of four matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Valse competitiestart in Almelo: 3–1 |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000032368 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=Dutch |trans_title=Bad start of the league in Almelo: 3–1 |date=31 August 2009 |accessdate=6 October 2009}}</ref> Not much later, De Guzman started having physical problems. What started with minor groin, thigh and knee injuries, ended with an serious meniscus surgery in January 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=De Guzman begin januari onder het mes |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20081226_guzman.aspx |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=Dutch |trans_title=Surgery for de Guzman beginning of January |date=26 December 2008 |accessdate=6 October 2009}}</ref> De Guzman was out for the rest of the season. Due to his injuries, De Guzmán only played two Eredivisie matches in the season 2008–09.
Despite a turbulent pre-season full of transfer speculations, De&nbsp;Guzmán remained at Feyenoord. However, De&nbsp;Guzmán also had a disappointing start to the season, as he was sent off in Feyenoord's season opening Eredivisie match. On 31 August 2008, De&nbsp;Guzmán received a red card for a flying elbow in the 30th minute in the away match against [[Heracles Almelo]] (3–1), resulting in a suspension of four matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Valse competitiestart in Almelo: 3–1 |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000032368 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804003737/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000032368 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 August 2012 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=nl |trans-title=Bad start of the league in Almelo: 3–1 |date=31 August 2009 |access-date=6 October 2009 }}</ref> Not much later, De&nbsp;Guzmán started having physical problems. What started with minor groin, thigh and knee injuries, ended with a serious meniscus surgery in January 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=De Guzman begin januari onder het mes |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20081226_guzman.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801050435/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20081226_guzman.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 August 2012 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=nl |trans-title=Surgery for de Guzman beginning of January |date=26 December 2008 |access-date=6 October 2009 }}</ref> He was out for the rest of the season. Due to his injuries, he only played two Eredivisie matches in the 2008–09 season.


De Guzmán made his comeback in the [[Eredivisie 2009-10|2009–10]] pre-season friendly away match against [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting Portugal]] (1–2), scoring the equalizer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gedreven Feyenoord verslaat topclub Sporting |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000034425 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=Dutch |trans_title=Driven Feyenoord beats top club Sporting |date=18 July 2009 |accessdate=6 October 2009}}</ref> Due to his expiring contract, Feyenoord was keen to sell their youth product in the summer. However, new Feyenoord manager [[Mario Been]] wanted De Guzman to stay. He stated De Guzman was an important player for the team and was willing to let him play on his favorite central playmaker position.<ref name="ad"/> Despite interest from [[Chelsea FC|Chelsea]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea target Jonathan de Guzman |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/chelsea/6098072/Chelsea-target-Jonathan-de-Guzman.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |author=Telegraph staff |location=London |date=27 August 2009 |accessdate=6 October 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and [[Valencia FC|Valencia]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Feyenoord's Jonathan De Guzman on Valencia Radar |url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/462/netherlands/2009/08/25/1460098/feyenoords-jonathan-de-guzman-on-valencia-radar-report |work=Goal.com |date=25 August 2009 |accessdate=6 October 2009}}</ref> De Guzman stayed at Feyenoord. After a promising start of the season, scoring three goals in his first nine matches, injuries kept following the midfielder. On 3 October 2009, De Guzman was substituted in the 46th minute of Feyenoord's home match against [[RKC Waalwijk]] (3–0). He tore his cartilage in the right knee, needed surgical intervention and was out for over two months.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tegenvaller voor Jonathan de Guzman |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20091008_deguzman.aspx |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=Dutch |trans_title=Setback for Jonathan de Guzman |date=8 October 2009 |accessdate=29 May 2010}}</ref> De Guzman made his comeback after the winter break, but after playing four more matches, he had to leave a training session injured on 4 March 2010. He was struck by the same injury as he had earlier this season, only this time on his left knee.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tegenslag voor De Guzman |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20100309_de_guzman.aspx |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=Dutch |trans_title=Setback for De Guzman |date=9 March 2010 |accessdate=29 May 2010}}</ref> De Guzman made his final comeback in Feyenoord's last match of the season. However, De Guzman couldn't prevent Feyenoord losing the [[KNVB Cup 2009-10|KNVB Cup]] final against arch rivals [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] (1–4) on 6 May 2010, and left the club on a free transfer: "For me personally it's nice that I am fit again and still could get some playing time during the finals, but the result is very disappointing obviously. It's very sad I have to leave Feyenoord this way."<ref>{{cite web |title=Gemengde gevoelens voor vertrekkende De Guzman |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20100507_guzman_vertrek.aspx |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=Dutch |trans_title=Mixed feelings for leaving De Guzman |date=7 May 2010 |accessdate=29 May 2010}}</ref>
De Guzmán made his comeback in the [[Eredivisie 2009–10|2009–10]] pre-season friendly away match against [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting Portugal]] (1–2), scoring the equalizer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gedreven Feyenoord verslaat topclub Sporting |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000034425 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=nl |trans-title=Driven Feyenoord beats top club Sporting |date=18 July 2009 |access-date=6 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308070524/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/datapresenter/S2/10010000000002-10010000000016/wedstrijdinfo.aspx?contentcode=matchinfo&dataid=10010000034425 |archive-date=8 March 2012 }}</ref> Due to his expiring contract, Feyenoord was keen to sell their youth product in the summer. However, new Feyenoord manager [[Mario Been]] wanted De&nbsp;Guzmán to stay. He stated De&nbsp;Guzmán was an important player for the team and was willing to let him play on his favorite central playmaker position.<ref name="ad"/> Despite interest from [[Chelsea FC|Chelsea]] and [[Valencia CF|Valencia]], De&nbsp;Guzmán stayed at Feyenoord.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chelsea target Jonathan de Guzman |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/chelsea/6098072/Chelsea-target-Jonathan-de-Guzman.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |author=Telegraph staff |location=London |date=27 August 2009 |access-date=6 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830192547/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/chelsea/6098072/Chelsea-target-Jonathan-de-Guzman.html |archive-date=30 August 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Feyenoord's Jonathan De Guzman on Valencia Radar |url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/462/netherlands/2009/08/25/1460098/feyenoords-jonathan-de-guzman-on-valencia-radar-report |work=Goal.com |date=25 August 2009 |access-date=6 October 2009}}</ref>


After a promising start of the season, scoring three goals in his first nine matches, injuries kept following the midfielder. On 3 October 2009, De&nbsp;Guzmán was subs cartilage in the right knee, needed surgical intervention and was out for over two months.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tegenvaller voor Jonathan de Guzman |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20091008_deguzman.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802010600/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20091008_deguzman.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 August 2012 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=nl |trans-title=Setback for Jonathan de Guzman |date=8 October 2009 |access-date=29 May 2010 }}</ref> He made his comeback after the winter break, but after playing four more matches, he had to leave a training session injured on 4 March 2010. He was struck by the same injury as he had earlier this season, only this time on his left knee.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tegenslag voor De Guzman |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20100309_de_guzman.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730073300/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20100309_de_guzman.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2012 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=nl |trans-title=Setback for De Guzman |date=9 March 2010 |access-date=29 May 2010 }}</ref> De&nbsp;Guzmán made his final comeback in Feyenoord's last match of the season. However, he could not prevent Feyenoord losing the [[KNVB Cup 2009–10|KNVB Cup]] final against arch rivals [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] (1–4) on 6 May 2010, and left the club on a free transfer: "For me personally it's nice that I am fit again and still could get some playing time during the finals, but the result is very disappointing obviously. It's very sad I have to leave Feyenoord this way."<ref>{{cite web |title=Gemengde gevoelens voor vertrekkende De Guzman |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20100507_guzman_vertrek.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731015955/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S2/20100507_guzman_vertrek.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 July 2012 |work=Feyenoord.nl |language=nl |trans-title=Mixed feelings for leaving De Guzman |date=7 May 2010 |access-date=29 May 2010 }}</ref>
===Mallorca (2010–2011)===
With de Guzman available on a free transfer, he gained offers from [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]], [[PSV Eindhoven]] and [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] but preferred a move to the [[Premier League]] with {{fc|Newcastle}} also interested.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3045380/NEWCASTLE-are-weighing-up-a-move-for-Jonathan-de-Guzman.html |title=Toon to make Jon de new man |newspaper=The Sun |location=England |date=8 July 2010 |accessdate=28 July 2010 }}</ref> Instead, on 27 July 2010, De Guzman signed a three-year contract with [[Real Mallorca]]. He cited the amount of faith shown in him from club owner [[Lorenzo Serra Ferrer]] and manager [[Michael Laudrup]] for making the move, in spite of the club being expelled from the [[UEFA Europa League]] due to financial reasons.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6282226,00.html |title=De Guzman makes Mallorca move |work=Sky Sports |date=27 July 2010 |accessdate=28 July 2010 }}</ref> de Guzman made his debut for the club and performed brilliantly in a 0–0 draw against [[Real Madrid]] 29 August 2010. Three weeks later de Guzman scored his first goal in La Liga in a 2–0 home win vs. [[CA Osasuna|Osasuna]]. On 18 December 2010 de Guzman scored a stunning goal out of nowhere to tie up the game in the 28th minute against [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]], the game finished in a 3–1 Villarreal victory.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/302113?cc=5901 |title=Toon to make Jon de new man |newspaper=ESPN Soccernet|location=USA |date=18 December 2010 |accessdate=10 January 2011 }}</ref> de Guzman had a very strong first season in Spain although his team finished in 17th place one out of relegation. Jonathan made 33 league starts while scoring 5 goals, including one in the last game of the season against [[Atlético Madrid]] in a 4–3 loss in which [[Sergio Agüero]] scored a hatrick.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/49221/mallorca-vs-atletico-madrid/report |title=Mallorca 3-4 Atletico Madrid: Balearic Islanders survive relegation despite defeat in thriller |newspaper=Goal.com|location=USA |date=21 May 2011 |accessdate=22 May 2011 }}</ref>


===Mallorca===
After a summer filled with speculation on de Guzman transferring to [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]], Jonathan played in Mallorca's first game of the season on 28 August 2011, against Espanyol scoring the lone goal in a 1-0 home victory over the [[Catalonia]] team.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/49221/mallorca-vs-atletico-madrid/report |title=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1659620.php/Mallorca-beat-Espanyol-Levante-get-draw-in-Getafe |newspaper=MonsterandCritics.com|location=USA |date=28 August 2011 |accessdate=28 August 2011 }}</ref>
On 27 July 2010, de Guzmán signed a three-year contract with [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]. He cited the amount of faith shown in him from club owner [[Lorenzo Serra Ferrer]] and manager [[Michael Laudrup]] for making the move, despite the club's expulsion from the [[UEFA Europa League]] for financial reasons.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6282226,00.html |title=De Guzman makes Mallorca move |work=Sky Sports |date=27 July 2010 |access-date=28 July 2010 }}</ref> De Guzmán made his debut for the club and performed brilliantly in a 0–0 draw against [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] 29 August 2010. Three weeks later de Guzmán scored his first goal in La Liga in a 2–0 home win against [[CA Osasuna|Osasuna]]. On 18 December 2010 de Guzmán scored a stunning goal to tie game in the 28th minute against [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]], although the game finished in a 3–1 Villarreal victory.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/302113?cc=5901 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713192703/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/302113?cc=5901 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 July 2012 |title=Toon to make Jon de new man |newspaper=ESPN Soccernet |location=USA |date=18 December 2010 |access-date=10 January 2011 }}</ref> De Guzmán had a very strong first season in Spain although his team finished in 17th place one out of relegation. De Guzmán made 33 league starts while scoring 5 goals, including one in the last game of the season against [[Atlético Madrid]] in a 4–3 loss in which Atlético Madrid's [[Sergio Agüero]] scored a hat-trick.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/49221/mallorca-vs-atletico-madrid/report |title=Mallorca 3–4 Atletico Madrid: Balearic Islanders survive relegation despite defeat in thriller |newspaper=Goal.com|location=USA |date=21 May 2011 |access-date=22 May 2011 }}</ref> After a summer filled with speculation on de Guzmán transferring to [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]], Jonathan played in Mallorca's first game of the season on 28 August 2011 against Espanyol, scoring the lone goal in a 1–0 home victory over the [[Catalonia]] team.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mallorca beat Espanyol, Levante get draw in Getafe |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1659620.php/Mallorca-beat-Espanyol-Levante-get-draw-in-Getafe |newspaper=MonsterandCritics.com |location=USA |date=28 August 2011 |access-date=28 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830202104/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1659620.php/Mallorca-beat-Espanyol-Levante-get-draw-in-Getafe |archive-date=30 August 2011 }}</ref>


===Villarreal (2011–2012)===
===Villarreal===
On 31 August 2011, hours before the transfer deadline Villarreal completed a transfer for de Guzman, the deal was for an undisclosed fee believed to be worth around €8.5 million.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2011/08/31/2645090/official-villarreal-sign-mallorcas-jonathan-de-guzman |newspaper=Goal.com|location=USA |date=31 August 2011 |accessdate=31 August 2011 }}</ref> Jonathan made his debut on 10 September as a second half sub for [[Javier Camuñas]] during a 2–2 home draw against [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spanishfootball.info/2011/09/match-report-villarreal-2-sevilla-2/ |newspaper=Spanishfootball.info|location=USA |date=10 September 2011 |accessdate=11 September 2011 }}</ref> Days later De Guzman made his return to European competition since his move to Spain on 14 September against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in a 2–0 defeat in the first game of the [[UEFA Champions League]] group stage.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/match_report/0,,11065_3447055,00.html|newspaper=SkySports.com|location=England |date=14 September 2011 |accessdate=14 September 2011 |title=Bayern Kroos past Villarreal}}</ref> De Guzman scored his first goal for Villarreal on 22 November against Bayern Munich, the game ended in a 3-1 away defeat in the second last match in the Champions League Group Stage.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://asia.eurosport.com/football/champions-league/2011-2012/bayern-qualify_sto3036224/story.shtml|newspaper=Eurosport.com|location=England |date=22 November 2011 |accessdate=23 November 2011 }}</ref> After receiving consistent playing time after joining the club in both league and domestic play De Guzman began to struggle to find playing time under newly hired manager [[José Francisco Molina]] in early 2012, rumors started about a potential move back to the [[Eredivisie]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1041654/unhappy-jonathan-de-guzman-eyes-return-to-eredivisie?cc=5901|newspaper=ESPN Soccernet|location=United States |date=28 March 2012 |accessdate=23 April 2012 }}</ref>
On 31 August 2011, hours before the transfer deadline Villarreal completed a transfer for de Guzmán, the deal was for an undisclosed fee believed to be worth around €8.5&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2011/08/31/2645090/official-villarreal-sign-mallorcas-jonathan-de-guzman|newspaper=Goal.com|location=USA|date=31 August 2011|access-date=31 August 2011|title=Official: Villarreal sign Jonathan de Guzman from Mallorca}}</ref> De Guzmán made his debut on 10 September as a second half sub for [[Javier Camuñas]] during a 2–2 home draw against [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/249837/preview|title=Villarreal v Sevilla preview|date=9 September 2011|access-date=14 August 2013|publisher=SkySports}}</ref> Days later de Guzmán made his return to European competition since his move to Spain on 14 September against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in a 2–0 defeat in the first game of the [[UEFA Champions League]] group stage.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/match_report/0,,11065_3447055,00.html|newspaper=SkySports.com|location=England |date=14 September 2011 |access-date=14 September 2011 |title=Bayern Kroos past Villarreal}}</ref> De Guzmán scored his first goal for Villarreal on 22 November against Bayern Munich, the game ended in a 3–1 away defeat in the second last match in the Champions League group stage.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://asia.eurosport.com/football/champions-league/2011-2012/bayern-qualify_sto3036224/story.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522082303/http://asia.eurosport.com/football/champions-league/2011-2012/bayern-qualify_sto3036224/story.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 May 2012|newspaper=Eurosport.com|location=England |date=22 November 2011 |access-date=23 November 2011 |title=Ribery helps Bayern advance}}</ref> After receiving consistent playing time after joining the club in both league and domestic play de Guzmán began to struggle to find playing time under newly hired manager [[José Francisco Molina]] in early 2012, and rumors started about a potential move back to the [[Eredivisie]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1041654/unhappy-jonathan-de-guzman-eyes-return-to-eredivisie?cc=5901|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713180422/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1041654/unhappy-jonathan-de-guzman-eyes-return-to-eredivisie?cc=5901|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2012|newspaper=ESPN Soccernet|location=United States|date=28 March 2012|access-date=23 April 2012|title=De Guzman eyes return to Eredivisie}}</ref>


===Swansea City (2012-)===
==== Loan to Swansea City ====
On 10 July 2012, de Guzmán completed a move to [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] on loan.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/New-Swansea-City-signings-Chico-Flores-Jonathan/story-16510642-detail/story.html|newspaper=http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk|location=United Kingdom |date=10 July 2012 |accessdate=10 July 2012 }}</ref> He made his début against Queens Park Rangers in a 5-0 win at Loftus Road. He scored his first goal for Swansea in a 3-1 [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] win over [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] at [[Anfield]] on 31 October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20053696|title=Liverpool 1 - 3 Swansea|publisher=BBC|date=31 October 2012 |accessdate=1 November 2012}}</ref> De Guzman scored his first goal in the [[Premier League]] and for Swansea on 17 November against [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], the game ended in a 2-1 away victory for the Swans. De Guzman's second league goal for Swansea came in a 2-1 win over [[Fulham Football Club|Fulham]] at Craven Cottage on 29 December, scoring the winning goal for the away side.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20823036 |title=Swansea recorded their first win in five Premier League games, as Fulham slipped closer to the relegation zone with just two victories in the last three months. |publisher=BBC Sport |date=29 December 2012 }}</ref>
On 10 July 2012, de Guzmán completed a move to [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] on loan thus being reunited with former coach Michael Laudrup.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/New-Swansea-City-signings-Chico-Flores-Jonathan/story-16510642-detail/story.html |newspaper=www.thisissouthwales.co.uk |location=United Kingdom |date=10 July 2012 |access-date=10 July 2012 |title=Swansea City targets Chico Flores and Jonathan de Guzman: Player profiles}}</ref> He made his début against Queens Park Rangers in a 5–0 win at Loftus Road. He scored his first goal for Swansea in a 3–1 [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] win over [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] at [[Anfield]] on 31 October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20053696|title=Liverpool 1 – 3 Swansea|publisher=BBC|date=31 October 2012 |access-date=1 November 2012}}</ref> De Guzmán scored his first goal in the [[Premier League]] and for Swansea on 17 November against [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], the game ended in a 2–1 away victory for the Swans. De Guzmán's second league goal for Swansea came in a 2–1 win over [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] at Craven Cottage on 29 December, scoring the winning goal for the away side.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20823036 |title=Swansea recorded their first win in five Premier League games, as Fulham slipped closer to the relegation zone with just two victories in the last three months. |publisher=BBC Sport |date=29 December 2012 }}</ref>


On 19 January 2013, de Guzmán netted two goals against [[Stoke City]] as they won 3–1 at home, his first was from a wonderful free-kick and his second came off of an assist from [[Danny Graham (footballer)|Danny Graham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20996739 |title=Two strikes from Jonathan de Guzman and Ben Davies's first goal saw Swansea secure a comprehensive win over Stoke. |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 January 2013 |access-date=1 August 2013 }}</ref> He scored another brace in Swansea's 5–0 League Cup Final defeat of [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] at [[Wembley Stadium|Wembley]] on 24 February 2013, guiding the Swans to their first ever major piece of silverware.<ref name =LC>{{cite web|title =Swansea thrash Bradford in final: Bradford 0–5 Swansea |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21489673|access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref> Following a successful debut campaign in the Premier League, de Guzmán was awarded the Swansea Goal of the Season for his strike against Stoke City on 19 January.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swanseacity.com/news/article/player-of-the-year-13-825882.aspx |title=Magic Michu steals the show |publisher=Swansea City |date=16 May 2013 |access-date=1 August 2013 }}</ref> De Guzmán agreed to a second season on loan at Swansea.<ref>{{cite web|title =De Guzman is back Dutch midfielder agrees new Swans loan deal |publisher=Swansea City |url=http://www.swanseacity.com/news/article/jdg-signs-886413.aspx|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> On 19 September, his {{convert|30|yd|adj=on}} free kick completed Swansea's 3–0 win away to [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] in the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] group stage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/valencia-0-swansea-city-3-match-report-swans-rise-at-new-high-with-rout-of-fallen-giants-8827938.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/valencia-0-swansea-city-3-match-report-swans-rise-at-new-high-with-rout-of-fallen-giants-8827938.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Valencia 0 Swansea City 3 match report: Swans' rise at new high with rout of fallen giants |first=Phil |last=Cadden |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=19 September 2013 |access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>
==International career==
[[File:Jonathan de Guzman 004.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Jonathan de Guzmán during a training of the Netherlands U21 in 2008]]
After much speculation on which country de Guzman would choose to represent internationally, Jonathan made himself available for selection by the [[Netherlands national football team|Dutch national team]], immediately after receiving his Dutch citizenship in February 2008, having applied for it the previous year. His decision was met with disappointment in Canada. Controversially, de Guzman appeared on a nationally televised Canadian sports show a week before this announcement and claimed that he had not made up his mind on his international status, and was focusing on his club career in the Netherlands. His brother Julian does play for the [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canadian national team]].


===Napoli===
After failing to make the final cut in a senior call up, de Guzmán made his international debut for the [[Netherlands national under-21 football team|Netherlands U21]] squad on 26 March 2008, in a European Championship qualification match against [[Estonia national under-21 football team|Estonia U21]]. He played a significant role, scoring the first and third goal and providing the assist for the second in a 3–0 victory. He was later named in the Netherlands squad for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=De Guzman dazzles on debut |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/fixturesresults/round=15084/match=300296/index.html |work=UEFA.com |language= |trans_title= |date=26 March 2008 |accessdate=6 October 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
On 20 August 2014, de Guzmán transferred to [[Serie A]] club [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]], signing a four-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|title=De Guzman has joined Napoli|url=http://www.sscnapoli.it/enwiki/static/news/De-Guzman-has-joined-Napoli-3514.aspx|publisher=S.S.C. Napoli|date=20 August 2014|access-date=20 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Transfer news: Jonathan de Guzman completes move to Napoli from Villarreal|url=http://www1.skysports.com/transfer/news/12691/9431353/transfer-news-jonathan-de-guzman-completes-move-to-napoli-from-villarreal|publisher=Sky Sports|access-date=20 August 2014|date=20 August 2014}}</ref>


He made his debut as the team began their league campaign on 31 August away to [[Genoa CFC|Genoa]], replacing [[Marek Hamšík]] after 74 minutes and scoring the winning goal in the 5th and last minute of extra time.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weir|first1=Stewart|title=Genoa 1–2 Napoli: Dramatic De Guzman strike seals victory|url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/match/genoa-vs-napoli/1836105/report?ICID=MP_MS_5|access-date=31 August 2014|work=Goal.com|date=31 August 2014}}</ref>
Changes to [[FIFA]] regulations regarding switching nations<ref>{{cite news |title=FIFA removes age limits on players switching nationality |url=http://www.imscouting.com/global-news-article/fifa-removes-age-limits-on-players-switching-natio/2205/ |publisher=IMScouting |date=4 June 2009 |accessdate=25 October 2011}}</ref> now mean that De Guzman may again be eligible for selection by [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]], as well as the countries of his parents, [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]] and [[Philippines national football team|The Philippines]], having yet to make an appearance for the senior Netherlands squad.


On 6 November 2014, he scored a [[hat-trick]] in a 3–0 win at San Paolo against [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]] in the group stage of the [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2015/matches/round=2000587/match=2014520/postmatch/report/index.html#napoli+command |title=De Guzmán hat-trick puts Napoli in command |work=UEFA |date=6 November 2014 |access-date=7 November 2014 }}</ref>
In 2011, De Guzman expressed interest to play along side brother Julian De Guzman for the Canadian team. However in 2012, De Guzman gave an interview to The Score TV stating that he is dedicated to the Dutch national team and feels he will be called up after the completion of Euro 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title= Jonathan de Guzman remains committed to the Netherlands|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-5RqPNjAtU&feature=relmfu |work=TheScoreTV |date=12 June 2012| accessdate=13 June 2012}}</ref>


In the same year, 22 December, he won as a protagonist his first trophy with the light blue jersey, the prestigious Italian [[:it:Supercoppa italiana|SuperCoppa]], after a long and breathtaking series of penalties following the 2–2 final result (1–1 in regular time) against the historical rivals of Juventus. A match in which, as a left winger, following a brilliant dribble he served the assist that allowed [[Gonzalo Higuain]] to equalize the score after the goal by [[Carlos Tevez]] that had given Juventus the lead.
==Career statistics==


In the first Italian season he collected 36 appearances and 7 goals between league and cups.
{{updated|19 January 2013}}

In March 2015, de Guzmán first noticed abdominal pains. He was told by the Napoli club doctor to rest, but the pains did not improve. Consequently, he was excluded from the first-team squad, sidelined from training and asked to leave the club on loan. He has made claims that club medical staff thought he was lying about his symptoms and that he was punched in the face by Napoli's technical director, Cristiano Giuntoli, as a result of his refusal to leave the club on loan with an untreated injury.<ref name="Times interview"/> Around the time he was finally loaned to Carpi in January 2016, he sought a second medical opinion and was immediately diagnosed with an abdominal hernia.<ref name="Times interview"/>

==== Loan to Carpi ====
On 28 January 2016, de Guzmán joined [[Carpi F.C. 1909|Carpi]] on loan until 30 June 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.football-italia.net/79066/carpi-marrone-out-de-guzman |title=Carpi: Marrone out, de Guzman in |publisher=Football Italia |date=28 January 2016 |access-date=1 February 2016}}</ref> Upon arrival, he immediately underwent surgery for his newly diagnosed hernia,<ref name="Times interview"/> and shortly afterwards, on 13 March 2016, scored the winning goal from a 90th-minute penalty in a 2–1 win over [[Frosinone Calcio|Frosinone]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/italian-serie-a/match/431982/carpi-frosinone/report|title=Jonathan de Guzman nets vital Carpi winner against relegation rivals Frosinone|access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref>

==== Loan to Chievo ====
On 26 August 2016, de Guzmán joined [[A.C. ChievoVerona|Chievo]] on loan with an option to buy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official: De Guzman to Chievo|url=http://www.football-italia.net/90443/official-de-guzman-chievo|website=Football Italia|access-date=27 August 2016|date=26 August 2016}}</ref>

===Eintracht Frankfurt===
On 10 July 2017, de Guzmán joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a three-year contract until 30 June 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fix: De Guzman hat unterschrieben|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/701339/artikel_fix_de-guzman-hat-unterschrieben.html|access-date=10 July 2017|work=kicker Online|date=10 July 2017|language=de}}</ref> On 19 May 2018, he won the [[2017–18 DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal]] with Eintracht Frankfurt after they defeated [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] 3–1 in the [[2018 DFB-Pokal Final|final]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44186582 |title=German Cup final: Bayern Munich 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt |website=[[BBC Sport]] |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=19 May 2018 |access-date=19 May 2018}}</ref>

===OFI===
On 19 October 2020, de Guzmán signed a one-year deal with [[Super League Greece|Greek]] club [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ποδοσφαιριστής του ΟΦΗ ο Jonathan de Guzman|url=https://www.oficretefc.com/genika/podosfairistis-tou-ofi-o-jonathan-de-guzman/ |access-date=19 October 2020 |publisher=www.oficretefc.com|language=el}}</ref>

===Sparta Rotterdam===
On 22 July 2022, de Guzmán signed a contract with [[Sparta Rotterdam]] for one year with an option to extend.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sparta Rotterdam|url=https://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/jonathan-guzman-tekent-contract-sparta/|title=JONATHAN DE GUZMÁN TEKENT CONTRACT BIJ SPARTA|date=22 July 2022|access-date=22 July 2022|language=nl}}</ref>

==International career==
[[File:De Guzman Wijnaldum NL 2015.jpg|thumb|right|325px|De Guzmán (left) battles [[Georginio Wijnaldum]] for the ball during training with [[Netherlands national football team|''Oranje'']] in March 2015.]]
After much speculation on which country de Guzmán would choose to represent internationally, de Guzmán made himself available for selection by the [[Netherlands national football team|Dutch national team]], immediately after receiving his Dutch citizenship in February 2008, having applied for it the previous year. His decision was met with disappointment in Canada. Controversially, de Guzmán appeared on a nationally televised Canadian sports show a week before this announcement and claimed that he had not made up his mind on his international status, and was focusing on his club career in the Netherlands. His brother [[Julian De Guzman|Julian]] held the most caps for the [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canadian national team]] (until being surpassed in November 2021 by [[Atiba Hutchinson]]). After failing to make the final cut in a senior call up, de Guzmán made his international debut for the [[Netherlands national under-21 football team|Netherlands U21]] squad on 26 March 2008, in a European Championship qualification match against [[Estonia national under-21 football team|Estonia U21]]. He played a significant role, scoring the first and third goal and providing the assist for the second in a 3–0 victory. He was later named in the Netherlands squad for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=De Guzman dazzles on debut |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/fixturesresults/round=15084/match=300296/index.html |work=UEFA.com |date=26 March 2008 |access-date=6 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520184028/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/fixturesresults/round%3D15084/match%3D300296/index.html |archive-date=20 May 2009 }}</ref>

In 2011, de Guzmán expressed an interest to play alongside brother [[Julian de Guzman]] for the Canadian team. However, in 2012, de Guzmán gave an interview to The Score TV stating that he was dedicated to the Dutch national team and hoped he would be called up after the completion of Euro 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title= Jonathan de Guzman remains committed to the Netherlands|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-5RqPNjAtU&feature=relmfu |work=TheScoreTV |date=12 June 2012| access-date=13 June 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref> On 23 January 2013, de Guzmán was called up to the Netherlands provisional squad to play in a friendly against Italy and made his debut in the 46th minute of the game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en/match/101426/netherlands-vs-italy/play-by-play |title=Friendlies Friendlies 1 Netherlands vs. Italy LIVE Commentary |publisher=Goal.com |date=6 February 2013 |access-date=21 August 2014 |archive-date=9 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209152421/http://www.goal.com/en/match/101426/netherlands-vs-italy/play-by-play |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 6 March, [[Louis van Gaal]] included de Guzmán in his squad for the upcoming [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D|World Cup qualifying]] matches against [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] and [[Romania national football team|Romania]] to be held at the [[Amsterdam Arena]] in late March.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1364783/van-gaal-recalls-sneijder,-three-new-faces?cc=5901 |title=Van Gaal recalls Sneijder, three new faces |publisher=ESPNFC |date=6 March 2013 }}</ref> On 31 May 2014, de Guzmán was named to the Netherlands final roster for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]]. He started Netherlands' first [[2014 FIFA World Cup#Group B|Group B]] match against [[Spain national football team|Spain]] on 13 June, going 62 minutes in a 5–1 win.<ref>{{cite web|title= Spain vs. Netherlands|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186510/report.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616072915/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186510/report.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2014 |work=fifa.com |date=13 June 2014| access-date=16 June 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
De Guzmán has a son named [[Jaden de Guzmán|Jaden]] born on 18 January 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.feyenoord.nl/academy/teams/feyenoord-o14/spelers|title=Feyenoord Academy>Teams>Feyenoord O14>Spelers|website=Feyenoord|access-date=29 November 2020|language=nl}}</ref> Jaden plays alongside [[Robin van Persie]]'s son Shaqueel at the [[Feyenoord Academy (Varkenoord)|Feyenoord Academy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Varkenoordfan/status/1302975871071006724|title=Feyenoord Youth Watcher|website=Twitter|access-date=29 November 2020}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|match played 11 August 2024}}<ref name="Jonathan de Guzmán – Club matches">{{cite web|title=Jonathan de Guzmán – Club matches|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jonathan-de-guzman/2/|publisher=World Football|access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes [[KNVB Cup]], [[Copa del Rey]], [[FA Cup]], [[Coppa Italia]], [[DFB-Pokal]], and [[Greek Football Cup]]}}

! colspan=2 | Continental
!colspan="2"|Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals

! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Feyenoord]]
|[[2005–06 Feyenoord season|2005–06]]
|[[Eredivisie]]
|29||4||1||0||1{{efn|name=UC}}||0||2{{efn|name=EEPO|Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs}}||0||33||5
|-
|-
|[[2006–07 Feyenoord season|2006–07]]
! colspan=3 | Netherlands
|Eredivisie
! colspan=2 | League
|32||7||1||0||6{{efn|name=UC|Appearance(s) in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||1||1{{efn|name=EEPO}}||0||40||8
! colspan=2 | [[KNVB Cup]]

! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|-
|[[2007–08 Feyenoord season|2007–08]]
|[[2005–06 Eredivisie|2005–06]]||rowspan="5"|[[Feyenoord]]||rowspan="5"|[[Eredivisie]]||29||4||1||0||1||0||31||4
|Eredivisie
|33||9||6||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||39||11
|-
|-
|[[2008–09 Feyenoord season|2008–09]]
|[[2006–07 Eredivisie|2006–07]]||32||7||1||0||6||1||39||8
|Eredivisie
|2||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=UC}}||0||colspan="2"|—||3||0
|-
|-
|[[2009–10 Feyenoord season|2009–10]]
|[[2007–08 Eredivisie|2007–08]]||33||9||6||2||colspan="2"|-||39||11
|Eredivisie
|13||3||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||3
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
|[[2008–09 Eredivisie|2008–09]]||2||0||0||0||1||0||3||0
!109!!23!!10!!2!!8!!1!!3!!0!!130!!26
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]
|[[2009–10 Eredivisie|2009–10]]||13||3||2||0||colspan="2"|-||15||3
|[[2010–11 RCD Mallorca season|2010–11]]
|[[La Liga]]
|33||5||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||36||6
|-
|-
|[[2011–12 RCD Mallorca season|2011–12]]
|La Liga
|1||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||1
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | Spain
!colspan="2"|Total
! colspan=2 | League
!34!!6!!3!!1!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—|!!37!!7
! colspan=2 | [[Copa del Rey]]

! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|-
|[[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]
|[[2010–11 La Liga|2010–11]]||rowspan="2"|[[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]||rowspan="3"|[[La Liga]]||33||5||2||1||colspan="2"|-||35||6
|[[2011–12 Villarreal CF season|2011–12]]
|La Liga
|19||0||1||0||6{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Champions League]]}}||1||colspan="2"|—||26||1
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] (loan)
|[[2011–12 La Liga|2011–12]]||1||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||1
|[[2012–13 Swansea City A.F.C. season|2012–13]]
|[[Premier League]]
|37||5||2||0||colspan="2"|—||6{{efn|name=FLC|Appearances in [[Football League Cup]]}}||3||45||8
|-
|-
|[[2013–14 Swansea City A.F.C. season|2013–14]]
|[[2011–12 La Liga|2011–12]]||rowspan="1"|[[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]||20||0||1||0||6||1||27||1
|Premier League
|34||4||2||1||11{{efn|name=UEL}}||2||1{{efn|name=FLC}}||0||48||7
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!71!!9!!4!!1!!11!!2!!7!!4!!93!!16
|-
|-
|[[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
! colspan=3 | England
|[[2014–15 S.S.C. Napoli season|2014–15]]
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[FA Cup]]
|[[Serie A]]
|23||3||4||0||8||4||1{{efn|Appearance in [[Supercoppa Italiana]]}}||0||36||7
! colspan=2 | [[Football League Cup|League Cup]]

! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|-
|[[Carpi F.C. 1909|Carpi]] (loan)
|[[2012–13 Premier League|2012–13]]||[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]||[[Premier League]]||22||5||1||0||3||1||26||6
|[[2015–16 Carpi F.C. 1909 season|2015–16]]
|Serie A
|5||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||1
|-
|-
|[[A.C. ChievoVerona|Chievo]] (loan)
|[[2016–17 A.C. ChievoVerona season|2016–17]]
|Serie A
|27||2||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||2
|-
|-
! rowspan=3 | Total
|rowspan="4"|[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|[[2017–18 Eintracht Frankfurt season|2017–18]]
! colspan=2 | Netherlands
|[[Bundesliga]]
!109||23||10||2||8||1||127||26
|16||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||0
|-
|-
|[[2018–19 Eintracht Frankfurt season|2018–19]]
! colspan=2 | Spain
|Bundesliga
!54||6||3||1||6||1||63||8
|28||3||1||0||9{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in [[UEFA Europa League]]}}||0||1{{efn|Appearance in [[DFL-Supercup]]}}||0||39||3
|-
|-
|[[2019–20 Eintracht Frankfurt season|2019–20]]
! colspan=2 | England
|Bundesliga
!22||5||1||0||3||1||26||6
|8||0||0||0||2{{efn|name=UEL}}||1||colspan="2"|—||10||1
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!colspan="2"|Total
!52!!3!!4!!0!!11!!1!!1!!0!!68!!4
!185||34||13||3||16||3||216||40
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]]
|[[2020–21 Super League Greece|2020–21]]
|[[Super League Greece]]
|17||5||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||5
|-
|[[2021–22 Super League Greece|2021–22]]
|Super League Greece
|23||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!40!!5!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!42!!5
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Sparta Rotterdam]]
|[[2022–23 Sparta Rotterdam season|2022–23]]
|Eredivisie
|21||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||21||2
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==Honours==
==Honours==
;Feyenoord
'''Feyenoord'''
*[[KNVB Cup]]: [[2007–08 KNVB Cup|2007–08]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-24 |title=Bekerwinst redde ook in 2008 het seizoen van Feyenoord |url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/bekerwinst-redde-ook-in-2008-het-seizoen-van-feyenoord |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=Voetbal International |language=nl}}</ref>
*[[KNVB Cup]]: [[KNVB Cup 2007–08|2007–08]]

'''Swansea City'''
*[[Football League Cup]]: [[2012–13 Football League Cup|2012–13]]<ref name=LC/>

'''Napoli'''
*[[Supercoppa Italiana]]: [[2014 Supercoppa Italiana|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2014/12/22/napoli-beat-juventus-on-penalties-to-win-super-cup/20773789/|title=Napoli beat Juventus on penalties to win Super Cup|website=AP|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>

'''Eintracht Frankfurt'''
*[[DFB-Pokal]]: [[2017–18 DFB-Pokal|2017–18]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1277751/Live/Germany-DFB-Pokal-2017-2018-Bayern-Munich-Eintracht-Frankfurt|title=Bayern Munich 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt|publisher=Whoscored.com|access-date=20 May 2018}}</ref>

'''Netherlands'''
*[[FIFA World Cup]] third place: [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: Brazil-Netherlands|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255957/match=300186502/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707122322/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255957/match=300186502/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2014|publisher=FIFA|date=12 July 2014|access-date=21 August 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 05:24, 18 October 2024

Jonathan de Guzmán
De Guzmán in 2023 with Sparta Rotterdam
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán[1]
Date of birth (1987-09-13) 13 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sparta Rotterdam
Number 6
Youth career
North Scarborough SC
1999–2005 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 Feyenoord 109 (23)
2010–2011 Mallorca 34 (6)
2011–2014 Villarreal 20 (0)
2012–2014 → Swansea City (loan) 71 (9)
2014–2017 Napoli 23 (3)
2016 → Carpi (loan) 5 (1)
2016–2017 → Chievo (loan) 27 (2)
2017–2020 Eintracht Frankfurt 52 (3)
2020–2022 OFI 42 (5)
2022– Sparta Rotterdam 53 (3)
International career
2008 Netherlands U21 4 (3)
2013–2015 Netherlands 14 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
FIFA World Cup
Third place 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2024

Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán (born 13 September 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sparta Rotterdam.

De Guzmán is Canadian-born, but made himself available for the Netherlands after he gained Dutch citizenship in 2008, having lived in the country since the age of 12. He progressed through the Feyenoord Academy, making his first team debut in 2005 and went on to play over 100 matches for the club from Rotterdam. In the summer of 2010 de Guzmán signed a three-year contract with RCD Mallorca following a free transfer. The following summer he was purchased by Villarreal.

Internationally, he was capped four times for the Netherlands U21 team, scoring three goals and playing in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Later, he went on to become a full international, making 14 appearances for the senior Netherlands side between 2013 and 2015.

In 2014, De Guzmán was described as a player with good technique, vision, and shooting ability from distance;[3] he is also known as a free-kick specialist.[4][5][6]

Early life

[edit]

De Guzmán was born in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ontario and is of Jamaican and Filipino descent.[7] His father Bobby, from the Philippines, and mother Pauline, from Jamaica, came to Canada when they were ten years old and have three children: a daughter Jenelle and the two sons Jonathan and Julian.[8] De Guzmán's older brother, Julian de Guzman, is also a former professional football player who retired as the most capped player for the Canada men's national soccer team and was the general manager at Ottawa Fury from 2017 until 2019. Julian was the first Canadian to play in La Liga.[9]

De Guzmán's childhood was completely focused on football. His father first wanted his sons to play basketball, but due to the brothers' short height, they started to concentrate on other sports. Once they started playing football, the brothers fell in love with the sport completely: "After school, all we did was playing football. That was pretty unusual in Canada, because almost nobody of our age did it. Canada is not a football country; we were exceptions."[10] He attended St. Rose of Lima in his early years.[11]

Club career

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Youth career

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Like his brother, De Guzmán started his youth career at North Scarborough Soccer Club in Canada, training six times a week to improve his skills. Julian left Canada to join Olympique Marseille's youth academy and two years later, at the age of 12, Jonathan followed him to Europe, joining the Feyenoord youth academy in the Netherlands.[10] Upon his arrival in Rotterdam, de Guzmán was taken in to the home of an employee of the club; he later stated, "I was basically her son for three years."[12] At fifteen, he moved into a dormitory at Feyenoord, remaining there at weekends when his peers returned to their families in other parts of the Netherlands.[12]

Feyenoord

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The rise

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De Guzmán was not allowed to play for Feyenoord's first team before he was 18 years old. On 15 September 2005, three days after turning 18, de Guzmán was part of Feyenoord's first team squad for the first time. However, he remained on the bench in the UEFA Cup home match against Rapid Bucharest (1–1).[13] Three days later, on 18 September 2005, de Guzmán made his official Feyenoord debut in the Eredivisie home match against SC Heerenveen (5–1). He replaced Ghaly in the 87th minute.[14] De Guzmán scored his first professional goal on 30 September 2005, in the Eredivisie away match against Willem II (1–3).[15] After his debut against SC Heerenveen, De Guzmán quickly became a first team regular. On 11 December 2005, he received much praise after outplaying former Barcelona player Philip Cocu in a midfield battle at Feyenoord's Eredivisie home match win against PSV (1–0).[16] De Guzmán finished the Eredivisie season 2005–06 with 29 matches, scoring 4 goals. On 29 December 2005, he signed an improved contract with Feyenoord until summer 2010. His old contract was set to expire in 2008.[17]

Initial difficulties

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At the beginning of the season 2006–07, Feyenoord sold their star players Dirk Kuyt to Liverpool and Salomon Kalou to Chelsea. Management had high expectations of de Guzmán, who was ready to make the next step in his development.[18] However, the youngster couldn't prevent the club from finishing on a 7th Eredivisie place. De Guzmán's disappointing season ended with a red card in the 21st minute of the first playoff match against FC Groningen on 10 May 2007.[19] Feyenoord lost the double confrontation and missed out on European football for the first time in 16 years. At the end of the season, De Guzmán acknowledged there was perhaps too much pressure on him: "I was only 19 years old, I couldn't just tell everyone what to do. It was really a disappointing season. I didn't make progress as a football player, but I did grow mentally because of all the problems we had. It was a very tough season for me personally."[18]

Jonathan de Guzmán after the first Feyenoord training of the season 2007–08

With the 2007–08 arrival of experienced players like Giovanni van Bronckhorst from Barcelona and Roy Makaay from Bayern Munich, Feyenoord created the perfect circumstances for de Guzmán. The pressure on the youngster was taken away, however de Guzmán wasn't too happy with his new position in the team. Where de Guzmán always played as a midfielder, new manager Bert van Marwijk placed him on the right wing position in a 4–2–3–1 system.[20] De Guzmán played 33 Eredivisie matches, scoring nine goals.

Injuries

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De Guzmán had a personal agreement with Manchester City, but Feyenoord could not agree on a transfer fee with the Citizens: "Last summer, I assumed that I would depart from Rotterdam That eventually fell through, at that time was mainly to Feyenoord. Personally, I already said yes and I thought it was quite a nice sum (reportedly ten million, ed.). But the clubs were not there and later took another City player, Shaun Wright-Phillips."[21]

Despite a turbulent pre-season full of transfer speculations, De Guzmán remained at Feyenoord. However, De Guzmán also had a disappointing start to the season, as he was sent off in Feyenoord's season opening Eredivisie match. On 31 August 2008, De Guzmán received a red card for a flying elbow in the 30th minute in the away match against Heracles Almelo (3–1), resulting in a suspension of four matches.[22] Not much later, De Guzmán started having physical problems. What started with minor groin, thigh and knee injuries, ended with a serious meniscus surgery in January 2009.[23] He was out for the rest of the season. Due to his injuries, he only played two Eredivisie matches in the 2008–09 season.

De Guzmán made his comeback in the 2009–10 pre-season friendly away match against Sporting Portugal (1–2), scoring the equalizer.[24] Due to his expiring contract, Feyenoord was keen to sell their youth product in the summer. However, new Feyenoord manager Mario Been wanted De Guzmán to stay. He stated De Guzmán was an important player for the team and was willing to let him play on his favorite central playmaker position.[21] Despite interest from Chelsea and Valencia, De Guzmán stayed at Feyenoord.[25][26]

After a promising start of the season, scoring three goals in his first nine matches, injuries kept following the midfielder. On 3 October 2009, De Guzmán was subs cartilage in the right knee, needed surgical intervention and was out for over two months.[27] He made his comeback after the winter break, but after playing four more matches, he had to leave a training session injured on 4 March 2010. He was struck by the same injury as he had earlier this season, only this time on his left knee.[28] De Guzmán made his final comeback in Feyenoord's last match of the season. However, he could not prevent Feyenoord losing the KNVB Cup final against arch rivals Ajax (1–4) on 6 May 2010, and left the club on a free transfer: "For me personally it's nice that I am fit again and still could get some playing time during the finals, but the result is very disappointing obviously. It's very sad I have to leave Feyenoord this way."[29]

Mallorca

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On 27 July 2010, de Guzmán signed a three-year contract with Mallorca. He cited the amount of faith shown in him from club owner Lorenzo Serra Ferrer and manager Michael Laudrup for making the move, despite the club's expulsion from the UEFA Europa League for financial reasons.[30] De Guzmán made his debut for the club and performed brilliantly in a 0–0 draw against Real Madrid 29 August 2010. Three weeks later de Guzmán scored his first goal in La Liga in a 2–0 home win against Osasuna. On 18 December 2010 de Guzmán scored a stunning goal to tie game in the 28th minute against Villarreal, although the game finished in a 3–1 Villarreal victory.[31] De Guzmán had a very strong first season in Spain although his team finished in 17th place one out of relegation. De Guzmán made 33 league starts while scoring 5 goals, including one in the last game of the season against Atlético Madrid in a 4–3 loss in which Atlético Madrid's Sergio Agüero scored a hat-trick.[32] After a summer filled with speculation on de Guzmán transferring to Villarreal, Jonathan played in Mallorca's first game of the season on 28 August 2011 against Espanyol, scoring the lone goal in a 1–0 home victory over the Catalonia team.[33]

Villarreal

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On 31 August 2011, hours before the transfer deadline Villarreal completed a transfer for de Guzmán, the deal was for an undisclosed fee believed to be worth around €8.5 million.[34] De Guzmán made his debut on 10 September as a second half sub for Javier Camuñas during a 2–2 home draw against Sevilla.[35] Days later de Guzmán made his return to European competition since his move to Spain on 14 September against Bayern Munich in a 2–0 defeat in the first game of the UEFA Champions League group stage.[36] De Guzmán scored his first goal for Villarreal on 22 November against Bayern Munich, the game ended in a 3–1 away defeat in the second last match in the Champions League group stage.[37] After receiving consistent playing time after joining the club in both league and domestic play de Guzmán began to struggle to find playing time under newly hired manager José Francisco Molina in early 2012, and rumors started about a potential move back to the Eredivisie.[38]

Loan to Swansea City

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On 10 July 2012, de Guzmán completed a move to Swansea City on loan thus being reunited with former coach Michael Laudrup.[39] He made his début against Queens Park Rangers in a 5–0 win at Loftus Road. He scored his first goal for Swansea in a 3–1 League Cup win over Liverpool at Anfield on 31 October 2012.[40] De Guzmán scored his first goal in the Premier League and for Swansea on 17 November against Newcastle United, the game ended in a 2–1 away victory for the Swans. De Guzmán's second league goal for Swansea came in a 2–1 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage on 29 December, scoring the winning goal for the away side.[41]

On 19 January 2013, de Guzmán netted two goals against Stoke City as they won 3–1 at home, his first was from a wonderful free-kick and his second came off of an assist from Danny Graham.[42] He scored another brace in Swansea's 5–0 League Cup Final defeat of Bradford City at Wembley on 24 February 2013, guiding the Swans to their first ever major piece of silverware.[43] Following a successful debut campaign in the Premier League, de Guzmán was awarded the Swansea Goal of the Season for his strike against Stoke City on 19 January.[44] De Guzmán agreed to a second season on loan at Swansea.[45] On 19 September, his 30-yard (27 m) free kick completed Swansea's 3–0 win away to Valencia in the Europa League group stage.[46]

Napoli

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On 20 August 2014, de Guzmán transferred to Serie A club Napoli, signing a four-year contract.[47][48]

He made his debut as the team began their league campaign on 31 August away to Genoa, replacing Marek Hamšík after 74 minutes and scoring the winning goal in the 5th and last minute of extra time.[49]

On 6 November 2014, he scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 win at San Paolo against Young Boys in the group stage of the Europa League.[50]

In the same year, 22 December, he won as a protagonist his first trophy with the light blue jersey, the prestigious Italian SuperCoppa, after a long and breathtaking series of penalties following the 2–2 final result (1–1 in regular time) against the historical rivals of Juventus. A match in which, as a left winger, following a brilliant dribble he served the assist that allowed Gonzalo Higuain to equalize the score after the goal by Carlos Tevez that had given Juventus the lead.

In the first Italian season he collected 36 appearances and 7 goals between league and cups.

In March 2015, de Guzmán first noticed abdominal pains. He was told by the Napoli club doctor to rest, but the pains did not improve. Consequently, he was excluded from the first-team squad, sidelined from training and asked to leave the club on loan. He has made claims that club medical staff thought he was lying about his symptoms and that he was punched in the face by Napoli's technical director, Cristiano Giuntoli, as a result of his refusal to leave the club on loan with an untreated injury.[12] Around the time he was finally loaned to Carpi in January 2016, he sought a second medical opinion and was immediately diagnosed with an abdominal hernia.[12]

Loan to Carpi

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On 28 January 2016, de Guzmán joined Carpi on loan until 30 June 2016.[51] Upon arrival, he immediately underwent surgery for his newly diagnosed hernia,[12] and shortly afterwards, on 13 March 2016, scored the winning goal from a 90th-minute penalty in a 2–1 win over Frosinone.[52]

Loan to Chievo

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On 26 August 2016, de Guzmán joined Chievo on loan with an option to buy.[53]

Eintracht Frankfurt

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On 10 July 2017, de Guzmán joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a three-year contract until 30 June 2020.[54] On 19 May 2018, he won the DFB-Pokal with Eintracht Frankfurt after they defeated Bayern Munich 3–1 in the final.[55]

OFI

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On 19 October 2020, de Guzmán signed a one-year deal with Greek club OFI.[56]

Sparta Rotterdam

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On 22 July 2022, de Guzmán signed a contract with Sparta Rotterdam for one year with an option to extend.[57]

International career

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De Guzmán (left) battles Georginio Wijnaldum for the ball during training with Oranje in March 2015.

After much speculation on which country de Guzmán would choose to represent internationally, de Guzmán made himself available for selection by the Dutch national team, immediately after receiving his Dutch citizenship in February 2008, having applied for it the previous year. His decision was met with disappointment in Canada. Controversially, de Guzmán appeared on a nationally televised Canadian sports show a week before this announcement and claimed that he had not made up his mind on his international status, and was focusing on his club career in the Netherlands. His brother Julian held the most caps for the Canadian national team (until being surpassed in November 2021 by Atiba Hutchinson). After failing to make the final cut in a senior call up, de Guzmán made his international debut for the Netherlands U21 squad on 26 March 2008, in a European Championship qualification match against Estonia U21. He played a significant role, scoring the first and third goal and providing the assist for the second in a 3–0 victory. He was later named in the Netherlands squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[58]

In 2011, de Guzmán expressed an interest to play alongside brother Julian de Guzman for the Canadian team. However, in 2012, de Guzmán gave an interview to The Score TV stating that he was dedicated to the Dutch national team and hoped he would be called up after the completion of Euro 2012.[59] On 23 January 2013, de Guzmán was called up to the Netherlands provisional squad to play in a friendly against Italy and made his debut in the 46th minute of the game.[60] On 6 March, Louis van Gaal included de Guzmán in his squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Estonia and Romania to be held at the Amsterdam Arena in late March.[61] On 31 May 2014, de Guzmán was named to the Netherlands final roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He started Netherlands' first Group B match against Spain on 13 June, going 62 minutes in a 5–1 win.[62]

Personal life

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De Guzmán has a son named Jaden born on 18 January 2007.[63] Jaden plays alongside Robin van Persie's son Shaqueel at the Feyenoord Academy.[64]

Career statistics

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As of match played 11 August 2024[65]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Feyenoord 2005–06 Eredivisie 29 4 1 0 1[b] 0 2[c] 0 33 5
2006–07 Eredivisie 32 7 1 0 6[b] 1 1[c] 0 40 8
2007–08 Eredivisie 33 9 6 2 — — 39 11
2008–09 Eredivisie 2 0 0 0 1[b] 0 — 3 0
2009–10 Eredivisie 13 3 2 0 — — 15 3
Total 109 23 10 2 8 1 3 0 130 26
Mallorca 2010–11 La Liga 33 5 3 1 — — 36 6
2011–12 La Liga 1 1 0 0 — — 1 1
Total 34 6 3 1 0 0 — 37 7
Villarreal 2011–12 La Liga 19 0 1 0 6[d] 1 — 26 1
Swansea City (loan) 2012–13 Premier League 37 5 2 0 — 6[e] 3 45 8
2013–14 Premier League 34 4 2 1 11[f] 2 1[e] 0 48 7
Total 71 9 4 1 11 2 7 4 93 16
Napoli 2014–15 Serie A 23 3 4 0 8 4 1[g] 0 36 7
Carpi (loan) 2015–16 Serie A 5 1 0 0 — — 5 1
Chievo (loan) 2016–17 Serie A 27 2 2 0 — — 29 2
Eintracht Frankfurt 2017–18 Bundesliga 16 0 3 0 — — 19 0
2018–19 Bundesliga 28 3 1 0 9[f] 0 1[h] 0 39 3
2019–20 Bundesliga 8 0 0 0 2[f] 1 — 10 1
Total 52 3 4 0 11 1 1 0 68 4
OFI 2020–21 Super League Greece 17 5 0 0 — — 17 5
2021–22 Super League Greece 23 0 2 0 — — 25 0
Total 40 5 2 0 — — 42 5
Sparta Rotterdam 2022–23 Eredivisie 21 2 0 0 — 0 0 21 2
2023–24 Eredivisie 31 1 1 0 — 1[c] 0 33 1
2024–25 Eredivisie 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Total 53 3 1 0 — 1 0 55 3
Career total 433 55 32 4 44 9 13 3 521 69
  1. ^ Includes KNVB Cup, Copa del Rey, FA Cup, Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal, and Greek Football Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ a b Appearances in Football League Cup
  6. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  8. ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

Honours

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Feyenoord

Swansea City

Napoli

Eintracht Frankfurt

Netherlands

References

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  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Jonathan de Guzmán: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. ^ "I Nuovi "Azzurri" Arrivati in Estate" [The New "Azzurri" who Arrived in the Summer] (PDF). Il Corriere del Mezzogiorno (in Italian). 15 September 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. ^ "World Cup player profile: Jonathan de Guzmán". villarrealusa. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Swansea City star Jonathan de Guzmán gunning for second success against Spanish giants Valencia". Wales Online. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
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