Andrés Guardado

Andrés Guardado, nicknamed Principito, the Little Prince, is exactly the kind of footballer I treasure. At just 172 cm he survived and thrived through sheer intelligence, work rate, and passing vision, rising from Atlas's academy to five formative seasons at Deportivo in Spain and a long run anchoring Mexico's midfield. He never relied on flash; he ran the game from the engine room. I'll always prefer the cerebral craftsman to the highlight-chaser, and Guardado's durability and tactical smarts explain why fans cherished him for so long. He is a connoisseur's player through and through.

Name (English)

Andrés Guardado

Name (Japanese)

アンドレス・グアルダード

Reading

あんどれす・ぐあるだーど

Born

September 28, 1986 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Tiger

Origin

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Height

172 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/andresgua18/
• Xhttps://x.com/AGuardado18
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s%20Guardado
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19364

Tags

• Jalisco
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.