Guillermo Franco (footballer, born 1983)

Guillermo Franco
Personal information
Full name	Guillermo Lucas Franco
Date of birth	May 21, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
2002–2003	Lanús
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2004	Los Andes
2004	Defensa y Justicia
2007–2010	Godoy Cruz
2009–2010	→ I. Rivadavia (loan)
2010–2011	Atlético Rafaela
2011–2012	Gimnasia de Jujuy
2012–2013	SC Pacífico
2013–2014	Huracán San Rafael
2014–2015	Deportivo Maipú
2015	Unión Villa Krause
2016	Deportivo Español
2016–2018	Juventud Unida
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:24, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Guillermo Franco (born 21 May 1983 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine football defender.

Football career

After playing for Los Andes and Defensa y Justicia, Franco joined Godoy Cruz in 2002. He played with the team in the Argentine Primera until 2009, when he dropped down a division to play for Independiente Rivadavia one season on loan. He returned to Godoy Cruz in 2010, but was immediately loaned to Atlético de Rafaela.

Outside football

In 2002, Franco became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He resigned from Godoy Cruz in 2005 to serve as a Mormon missionary in the LDS Church's Argentina Mendoza Mission. In 2007, he returned from his mission and was brought back into the Godoy Cruz squad.

References

Guillermo Franco – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 June 2012)
Guillermo Franco at BDFA (in Spanish)
team stats listing
article in Spanish about Franco serving a mission at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 August 2008)
Church News, August 9, 2008.
article about his being signed as a defender by Godoy Cruz

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