1. Whilst growing up Guidetti played football in his native Sweden as well as Kenya.
37 Facts About John Guidetti
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John Guidetti returned to Sweden in 2008 and played with IF Brommapojkarna when at the age of 16 he earned a move to English club Manchester City.
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John Guidetti spent time out on loan back at Brommapojkarna and with Championship side Burnley in November 2010.
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In July 2015, John Guidetti signed for Spanish side Celta Vigo.
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John Guidetti represented Sweden's senior team at UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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John Guidetti began his football career at the Swedish club IF Brommapojkarna's youth system in 1998.
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In 2002, John Guidetti moved with his family to Kenya, as his father had a job there.
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In 2004, John Guidetti left the organisation and joined Ligi Ndogo.
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In total John Guidetti spent around five years living in Kenya which he states helped him to develop on and off the pitch:.
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John Guidetti enjoyed a fine first season with the Manchester City under-18 team, scoring 13 times in 19 appearances.
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John Guidetti marked his reserve team debut with a remarkable hat-trick against a Burnley side containing several seasoned campaigners.
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Two months later back in England, John Guidetti went on to make his full debut in a competitive match for the Manchester City first team when he was selected as striker for the starting lineup in the League Cup third round match against West Bromwich Albion on 22 September 2010, in which he provided the assist for City's only goal in the game.
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On 25 November 2010, John Guidetti signed an initial one-month loan deal with Burnley, with a possible option for Burnley to extend the loan when it expired on 1 January 2011.
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Manchester City would not extend his loan spell at Burnley and John Guidetti was called back to parent club on 31 December 2010 to subsequently be added to Manchester City's registered 25-man squad for the Europa League competition.
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The most important thing for a young player like John Guidetti is that he plays a lot of games.
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On 19 July 2011, John Guidetti was offered and signed a first team contract binding him to the club of Manchester City for three more years.
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John Guidetti made his debut in the game against NAC Breda on 11 September 2011 in which he scored a penalty.
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The opponents then equalized three minutes before the end, and John Guidetti later apologized to the team, the supporters and the coach, saying it was "one of the worst moments in my life".
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John Guidetti then missed the rest of the Eredivisie season, as well as UEFA Euro 2012, after losing all feeling in his right leg while suffering from a mystery virus.
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John Guidetti, who watched from home the game against SC Heerenveen which clinched second place, was then carried on the shoulders of some Feyenoord fans towards De Kuip stadium to celebrate this achievement.
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In total, John Guidetti scored 20 goals and provided eight assists in 23 games for Feyenoord during this loan spell.
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The severity of the disorder saw John Guidetti diagnosed with an infected nerve, which caused him to lose feeling in his right leg.
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John Guidetti scored a further five goals in his next six games for the Development Side, before sucummbing to a knee injury which later required surgery.
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John Guidetti later insisted that he was not being disrespectful to Hughes.
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John Guidetti had an unsuccessful time at Stoke as he made just six appearances, all of them as a substitute.
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John Guidetti's treble was the 15th hat-trick scored at Celtic by a Swedish player.
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John Guidetti was named as the Premiership Player of the Month for October 2014, with six goals in four games, all won by Celtic.
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John Guidetti finished the season with 15 goals from 35 appearances for Celtic.
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On 11 July 2015, John Guidetti signed for La Liga club Celta Vigo on a free transfer, after agreeing to a five-year contract.
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On 8 January 2018, John Guidetti was loaned to fellow La Liga club Deportivo Alaves, until the end of the season.
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John Guidetti played 14 matches and scored 14 goals for Sweden's Under-19 national squads, including four goals against the Netherlands.
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John Guidetti earned his next international cap when he was included in the Sweden U19 team rather than the Sweden U21 team because according to Swedish Under-21 national team coach, Jorgen Lennartsson, they had even "greater need" for him back in the younger team.
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John Guidetti scored after just four minutes in his first game back with the Under-19 line-up against Poland.
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John Guidetti debuted with the Sweden senior squad on 29 February 2012 in a friendly away to Croatia, coming on as a half-time substitute.
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John Guidetti was a squad player for Sweden at Euro 2016.
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John Guidetti has lived in Kenya on two occasions with his father Mike, mother Susanne and his sister Carmen.
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John Guidetti credits playing football with older children from the poorer slum areas of Kibera and Mathare as an important step in his development on and off the field, and founded a NGO that helps children in the area.