Rafael Guarderas
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Full name
Rafael Nicanor Guarderas Saravia[1]
Date of birth
12 September 1993
Place of birth
Lima, Peru
Height
1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
 Guarderas in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafael Nicanor Guarderas Saravia[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 September 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Grau | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2010 | Regatas Lima | ||
| 2010–2012 | Universitario de Deportes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2017 | Universitario | 44 | (3) |
| 2015 | → USM Porres (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2016 | → UTC (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Deportivo Municipal | 68 | (3) |
| 2019 | UTC | 11 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Universitario | 54 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Alianza Atlético (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2023 | Cantolao | 29 | (0) |
| 2024- | Atlético Grau | 71 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Peru U20 | 9 | (0) |
| 2015 | Peru U22 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 March 2026 | |||
Rafael Nicanor Guarderas Saravia (born 12 September 1993) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays for Liga 1 club Atlético Grau. He is usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker.
Guarderas moved up to the Universitario de Deportes first team in January 2012.[citation needed] He made his Torneo Descentralizado league debut in an away match against Inti Gas Deportes.[citation needed] He played the entire match but could not help Universitario avoid the 0–1 defeat.[citation needed]
Guarderas re-joined UTC for the 2019 season.[2] Already in June 2019, he left the club to return to Universitario.[3]
On 13 December 2022, it was announced that Guarderes would join Cantolao on 1 January 2023.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 23 March 2026.[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universitario | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3 | |
| USM Porres | 2015 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Universitario | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| UTC | 2016 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Deportivo Municipal | 2017 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| 2018 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| Total | 68 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 3 | |
| UTC | 2019 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Universitario | 2019 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 2020 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 67 | 1 | |
| Alianza Atlético | 2022 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cantolao | 2023 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Atlético Grau | 2024 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 2025 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 1 | |
| Career total | 298 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 337 | 8 | |
