Joffre Guerrón

Joffre Guerrón

Infobox Football biography
playername = Joffre Guerrón


fullname = Guerrón Méndez, Joffre David
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|4|28
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = Ambuqui, Ecuador
height = height|m=1.80
nickname =
position = Attacking Midfielder / Wing Forward
currentclub =Getafe CF
clubnumber = 16
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2004-2005 2005 2006-2008 2008-
clubs = Aucas Boca Juniors LDU Quito Getafe CF
caps(goals) = 20 0(4)
00 0(0)
31 (10)
04 0(0)
nationalyears = 2007–Present
nationalteam =Ecuador
nationalcaps(goals) = 03 0(1)
pcupdate = 23 May 2008
ntupdate = 23 May 2008

Joffre David Guerrón Méndez (born 28 April 1985, in Ambuqui, Ecuador), popularly nicknamed Guerrón, is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Getafe FC. He was member of the team that won Copa Libertadores in 2008, Liga Deportiva Universitaria. He was chosen by FIFA, through an election, as the best player of the 2008 Copa Libertadores. He is considered to be one of Ecuador's most promising players and has already won several caps for the senior national team.

Club career

Joffre "Dinamita" Guerron was born in a small Ecuadorian village on called, Valle del Chota, where other important figures of Ecuadorian football have emerged, players such as Edison Mendez, Agustin Delgado, Ulises de la Cruz and others. He is a brother of Raúl Guerrón who participated for Ecuador in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

He made his debut in the top Ecuadorian division with SD Aucas at the very young age of 16. He was then transferred to Argentine giants Boca Juniors where he played in the lower divisions of the team; however he never got a chance to debut with the senior team. In 2006 he returned back to Ecuador, this time to Liga, at the request of the then manager, Juan Carlos Oblitas.

In 2007, Guerron began to hold a starting 11 position, with the new manager Edgardo Bauza. He impressed and dazzled many with his speed and talent as well as his pace in the Copa Libertadores 2008 with LDU Quito, scoring against Libertad of Paraguay with a individual play, and also against Estudiantes de la Plata. Liga reached the final where Guerrón played an important role in the victory over Fluminense, scoring a goal in the first leg, then putting in an energetic performance before scoring LDU's third goal in the 3-1 penalty shootout victory.

On June 6, 2008 it was confirmed that Joffre would join Getafe CF for 4 years at a price of €4M Euros. Guerron made his league debut on 31 August 2008, starting against Sporting Gijon.

Racial discrimination

On 21 August 2008, Guerron was taunted by fans of Sporting Gijon during his league debut match. Several parts of the stadium could be heard making monkey noises and other degrading taunts against the footballer. As a result, Swiss club teammate Fabio Celestini condemned the racist supporters in a later press conference calling them idiots and also praising Guerron's attitude throughout the match. [cite news | date=2008-09-02 | url=http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=845865 | title=Celestini slams racist "idiots" | publisher=Goal.com | accessdate=2008-09-02] Although it was suggested that Joffre didn't know the insults were directed at him, Gijon was fined a modest sum for the incident. [cite news | date=2008-09-02 | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/soccer/wires/09/02/2080.ap.eu.soc.spain.racism.1st.ld.writethru.0356/index.html | title=Gijon fined for fans' racist taunting | publisher="Sports Illustrated" | accessdate=2008-09-02]

International career

Guerrón has represented Ecuador on a youth level, even scoring against Panama's U-20 team in a friendly match. [cite news | date=2005-08-01 | url=http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?lang=en&id=2913 | title=Panama wins U-20 triangular despite loss to Ecuador | publisher=CONCACAF | accessdate=2008-04-04] He was called up for the first two 2010 World Cup qualifiers on October 2007 against Venezuela and Brasil and more recently against Argentina and Colombia.

Titles

Individual Distinctions

*Copa Santander Libertadores, Best Player: 2008

References

External links

* [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=73414&cc=5901 ESPNsoccernet profile]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jguerron_19 Oficial Myspace]


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