Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
José Andrés Guardado Hernández (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈdɾez ɣwaɾˈðaðo]; born 28 September 1986) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Real Betis and captains the Mexico national team.
Popularly known as Principito (Spanish for Little Prince), he came through the youth ranks at Atlas, then signed with Spain's Deportivo, where he spent five seasons. In 2012 he joined another team in the country, Valencia, with brief loan stints at Bayer Leverkusen and PSV, before permanently joining the latter club in 2015 and winning two Eredivisie titles. He returned to Spain two years later with Real Betis, where he has since gone on to make over 150 appearances.
A Mexican international since 2005, Guardado represented the country in four World Cups, four Gold Cups – winning the 2011, 2015 and 2019 tournaments – two Copa Américas and two Confederations Cups. He is currently the second most-capped player in the history of the Mexico national team with 173 appearances.
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