Guillermo Nicolás Pfund (born 30 May 1989) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Pfund began in the youth of Unión de Tornquist,

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

and

Vélez Sarsfield Velez may refer to: People * Vélez (name), a Spanish surname, including a list of people with the name Places * Vélez de Benaudalla, Spain * Vélez Sársfield (barrio), Buenos Aires, Argentina * Vélez-Blanco, Spain * Vélez-Málaga, Spain * Vé ...

. In 2010,

Deportivo Merlo Club Social y Deportivo Merlo (usually known simply as Deportivo Merlo) is an Argentinean football club located in Merlo, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, the third division of the Argentine football league system ...

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

loaned Pfund. He was sent off on both his debut versus San Martín in February and his final appearance versus

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in May. June 2011 saw Pfund join Peru's

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on loan, though he'd return to Vélez Sarsfield months later to subsequently be loaned out to

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League (known as the Dieci Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the wi ...

side

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. He appeared nine times in tier two, six of which were as a starter for them. A second loan with Deportivo Merlo was completed on 17 July 2012. Twenty-three appearances came. Pfund completed a move to

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of the Primera División El Salvador in 2014. He made appearances in fixtures with Santa Tecla, Isidro Metapán,

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, UES and Dragón as they were relegated.

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became Pfund's sixth senior club in mid-2014. His first goal arrived in his second season versus

Deportivo Español Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español de la República Argentina (commonly referred to as Deportivo Español) is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Avellaneda district of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, wh ...

in March 2015, which was one of three in a campaign which concluded with promotion. In total, Pfund scored five in ninety-four in three years. After spending 2017–18 with

Barracas Central Club Atlético Barracas Central is an Argentine professional association football, football club from the district of Barracas, Buenos Aires. Established in 1904, Barracas Central returned to the Argentine Primera División, Primera División, th ...

, where he received his seventh career red card, Pfund signed for

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in July 2018.

Career statistics

Honours

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfund, Guillermo 1989 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Argentine expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Primera Nacional players Swiss Challenge League players Salvadoran Primera División players Primera B Metropolitana players Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Deportivo Merlo footballers Cienciano footballers AC Bellinzona players C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers Club Atlético Brown footballers Barracas Central players Club Comunicaciones footballers Club Olimpo footballers Sportivo Desamparados footballers 21st-century Argentine sportsmen