Andres Guardado

Andrés Guardado is a Mexican professional football player. He plays for Betis. He also used to play for Valencia and Atlas. He was named to the 2011–2020 - IFFHS CONCACAF Men's Team of the Decade.

Player Profile and Personal Life

José Andrés Guardado Hernández was born on September 28, 1986 in Guadalajara, Mexico. He stands 169 cm tall and he has played Midfielder, winger, and left-back.

He appeared in Amazon Prime Video’s documentary – Six Dreams. He is an honorary associate of the Asociación Mexicana de Futbolistas (Mexican Footballers Association).

Youth Career

He spent his youth career playing for Atlas and was with them from 1993 to 2005.

Senior Career

In 2005, he was promoted to the senior team and he made his league debut in August in a winning match against CF Pachuca. A few months later in October, he scored his first goal. This led him to be voted the Mexican Primera División Best Rookie for 2005.

In 2006, he was named the Mexican Primera División Best Full-back: Apertura. And in 2007, he was the Mexican Primera División Best Full-back: Clausura.

In 2017, he signed with Deportivo La Coruna and was the Deportivo de La Coruña Fan's Player of the Year for the 2007–08 season. In the 2011-2012 season, he was the Deportivo de La Coruña Fan's Player of the Season.

In 2012, he moved to play for Valencia, and in 2014, they loaned him to Bayer Leverkusen and then to PSV. In 2015, PSV signed him and he played with them through to 2017.

In 2017, he left PSV and signed with Betis.

Honors

Individual Honors

• 2005 - Mexican Primera División Best

Rookie: Apertura

• 2006 - Mexican Primera División Best

Full-back: Apertura

• 2007 - Mexican Primera División Best

Full-back: Clausura

• 2008, 2011 - Deportivo de La Coruña

Fan's Player of the Year: 2007–08,
2011–12 - Deportivo de La Coruña
Fan's Player of the Season

• 2011–12 - Segunda División Best

Attacking Midfielder

• 2014 - Eredivisie Player of the

Month: November

• 2014–15 - AD Eredivisie Player of

the Year

• 2014–15 - VI Eredivisie Player of

the Year

• 2015–16 - Football Oranje Team of

the Season

• 2015, 2016, 2018 - CONCACAF Best XI
• 2015 - CONCACAF Gold Cup Golden Ball
• 2007 - CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI:

2019 - Honorable Mention

• 2011 - CONCACAF Gold Cup Best Goal

(third place)

• 2011–2020 - IFFHS CONCACAF Men's

Team of the Decade

• 2021 - IFFHS CONCACAF Men's Team of

All Time

International Career

• 2005–2022 – Mexico