Robert Oepkes Guerain (born 17 January 1992) is a Dutch former

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who played as a

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. He has gained five caps for the Netherlands U15 team.

Football career

Guerain played in the PSV youth academy for five years. In 2012, he moved to Almere City. In January 2014, he left Almere due to a lack of future prospects. After a trial in Romania with Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț did not pan out, he practiced with SV Huizen in mid-2014. In the summer of 2014, Guerain found a new professional club in Italian club

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. After six months, he returned to the Netherlands to play in the Saturday Hoofdklasse A for SV Huizen. Guerain since played for several lower tier clubs in the Netherlands, including Nieuw Utrecht,

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, ZSGOWMS, and FC Almere. In October 2020, he signed with

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in the

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, a club which

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was involved with, before retiring at the end of the season.

Outside football

Guerain founded Certo in 2019, a sales recruitment agency. He formerly worked with software sales.

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Robert Guerain
at Voetbal International {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerain, Robert 1992 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Footballers from Almere Dutch expatriate men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Almere City FC players FC Utrecht players PSV Eindhoven players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players SV Huizen players USV Hercules players DHSC (football club) players Eerste Divisie players Serie D players Vierde Divisie players Derde Divisie players Eerste Klasse players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy 21st-century Dutch sportsmen