Guzmán Casaseca


Guzmán Casaseca Lozano, known simply as Guzmán, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Badajoz as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Badajoz, Extremadura, Guzmán graduated from CD Badajoz's youth setup, and made his debuts as a senior with the B-team in 2002. He first appeared with the main squad on 15 December of that year, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–1 home draw against SD Eibar for the Segunda División championship.
In January 2005, Guzmán moved to RCD Mallorca B in Segunda División B. After one season at Xerez CD in the second level, he was loaned to Córdoba CF on 7 July 2006, contributing with seven goals to the latter's promotion from division three and signing a permanent deal shortly after.
Guzmán scored his first professional goal on 13 June 2009, netting his team's only in a 1–3 away loss against Real Zaragoza. On 1 July, he signed a two-year deal with CD Castellón also in the second tier.
In 2010, Guzmán joined AD Ceuta in the third division. After scoring 15 goals in 2011–12, he signed for fellow league club Deportivo Alavés; he appeared regularly for the latter side, and on 5 July 2014 agreed to a two-year contract with UD Las Palmas.
On 16 July 2015, after achieving promotion to La Liga, Guzmán terminated his contract with the Canarians and moved to Real Valladolid a day later.