Sebastián Eguren

Football player infobox
playername = Sebastián Eguren
fullname = Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
nickname = Seba, El Rey
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1981|1|8|mf=y
cityofbirth = Montevideo
countryofbirth = Uruguay
height = height|meter=1.86
currentclub = Villarreal CF
clubnumber = 6
position = Central midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1999–2002
2003–2004
2005
2005–2006
2006
2007–2008
2008
2008-
clubs = Montevideo Wanderers
Club Nacional
Montevideo Wanderers
Rosenborg BK →Hammarby IF "(loan)"
Hammarby IF
→Villarreal CF "(loan)"
Villarreal CF
caps(goals) = 036 (6)
039 (5)
027 (6)
012 (0)
014 (5)
022 (8)
015 (0)
00 (0)
nationalyears = 2001-
nationalteam = Uruguay
nationalcaps(goals) = 15 (3)
pcupdate = May 20, 2008
ntupdate = September 30, 2008

Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Eguren (born January 8, 1981 in Montevideo), is an Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as central midfielder for Villarreal CF.

Club career

Eguren started his career in native Uruguay, playing for Montevideo Wanderers (1999–2002 and 2005) and Nacional (2003–2004).

Eguren arrived at Hammarby from Norwegian club Rosenborg B.K., on loan during the later part of the 2006 season. On December 5, 2006, Hammarby announced that Eguren had signed a three-year-contract to 2009 with the club. In Hammarby, he became very quickly one of the most popular players because of his fighting spirit and ability to score in the Stockholm derbies and also other games.

On January 30, 2008, Eguren was loaned to Villarreal CF of La Liga [ [http://www.villarrealcf.es/principal.php?nombreModulo=noticiasDetalle&idnoticia=5835&idseccion=7&idmenu=4&idsubmenu=35 Villarreal signs Eguren] ] until May 2008. The team decided to buy him at the end of the season, on a 3-year contract. [ [http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=704055 Eguren seals three-year Villarreal contract ] ]

Eguren tested positive for cocaine after a match in the Copa Libertadores, on February 12, 2004, being suspended from football for six months. He blamed the coca tea which is widely drunk in the Andean countries (as a medicine which alleviates the effects of altitude), and he got the shortest suspension for this kind of cases (this specific match was played at 2,800 meters above sea level, in Quito).

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