Guillermo Franco (footballer, born 1983)

For other people named Guillermo Franco, see Guillermo Franco (disambiguation).

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

Guillermo Franco

Personal information
Full name	Guillermo Lucas Franco
Date of birth	(1983-05-21) May 21, 1983
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	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	Los Andes	28	(0)
2004	Defensa y Justicia	6	(0)
2007–2010	Godoy Cruz	37	(0)
2009–2010	→ I. Rivadavia (loan)	22	(0)
2010–2011	Atlético Rafaela	21	(1)
2011–2012	Gimnasia de Jujuy	20	(1)
2012–2013	SC Pacífico	31	(2)
2013–2014	Huracán San Rafael	22	(0)
2014–2015	Deportivo Maipú	13	(1)
2015	Unión Villa Krause	24	(0)
2016	Deportivo Español	18	(0)
2016–2018	Juventud Unida	19	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:24, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

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