Guillermo Franco

Guillermo Luis Franco Farquarson, nicknamed Guille and born on 3 November 1976 in Corrientes, Argentina, is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He began with San Lorenzo, mainly as a right winger, then moved to Monterrey in Mexico in 2002, where he won the 2003 Clausura title and led the league in scoring in the 2004 Apertura. He spent three seasons at Villarreal in Spain, helping the club reach a Champions League semifinal, and in 2009 joined West Ham United, described in the article as the first Mexican to play for the club. Later spells came with Vélez Sarsfield, where he won the 2011 Clausura, then Pachuca and the Chicago Fire, and he retired in January 2013. Naturalized as a Mexican citizen in 2004, he played for the Mexico national team at the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups and won the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup before retiring from international football in 2010.