Sebastián Eguren

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Sebastián Eguren
Personal information
Full name	Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
Date of birth	January 8, 1981 (1981-01-08) (age 27)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Central midfielder
Club information
Current club	Villarreal CF
Number	23
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2002 2003–2004 2005 2005–2006 2006 2007–2008 2008 2008-	Montevideo Wanderers Club Nacional Montevideo Wanderers Rosenborg BK →Hammarby IF (loan) Hammarby IF →Villarreal CF (loan) Villarreal CF	036 (6) 039 (5) 027 (6) 012 (0) 014 (5) 022 (8) 015 (0) 00 (0)
National team2
2001-	Uruguay	11 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 20, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of May 29, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Eguren (born January 8, 1981 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan footballer (midfielder) who currently plays for Villarreal CF.

Eguren started his career in native Uruguay, playing for Montevideo Wanderers (1999–2002 and in 2005) and Nacional (2003–04).

Eguren arrived at Hammarby from Norwegian club Rosenborg B.K., on loan during the later part of the 2006 season. On December 5, 2006, Hammarby announced that Eguren had signed a three-year-contract to 2009 with the club. In Hammarby, he became very quickly one of the most popular players because of his fighting spirit and ability to score in the Stockholm derbies and also other games.

On January 30, 2008, Eguren was loaned to Villarreal CF of La Liga ^[1] until May 2008.

Villarreal decided to buy Eguren from Hammarby on a 3-year contract. ^[2]

Eguren tested positive for cocaine after a match in the Copa Libertadores, on February 12, 2004, being suspended from football for six months. He blamed the coca tea which is widely drunk in the Andean countries (as a medicine which alleviates the effects of altitude), and he got the shortest suspension for this kind of cases (this specific match was played at 2,800 meters above sea level, in Quito).

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