Rafael Nicanor Guarderas Saravia (born 12 September 1993) is a Peruvian professional

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who plays for Liga 1 club

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. He is usually deployed as a

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Club career

Guarderas moved up to the

Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes is a Peruvian sports club based in Lima, which has Association football, soccer as its main activity. It also has women's football, volleyball and basketball sections. The football team, popularly known as Universi ...

first team in January 2012. He made his Torneo Descentralizado league debut in an away match against Inti Gas Deportes. He played the entire match but could not help Universitario avoid the 0–1 defeat. Guarderas re-joined

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for the 2019 season. Already in June 2019, he left the club to return to Universitario. On 13 December 2022, it was announced that Guarderes would join Cantolao on 1 January 2023.

Honours

Universitario * Torneo Descentralizado:

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* 1993 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian men's footballers 21st-century Peruvian sportsmen Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Peruvian Primera División players Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games footballers for Peru Deportivo Municipal footballers Alianza Atlético footballers Academia Deportiva Cantolao players {{Peru-footy-midfielder-stub