DETROIT – Detroit City FC announced on Thursday the club had signed forward Sebastián Guenzatti to a one-year deal, with a club option for 2026, ahead of the new USL Championship season. Guenzatti will be eligible for Saturday’s match against Miami FC at Pitbull Stadium.

Guenzatti joins Le Rouge having spent the past two seasons with fellow USL Championship club Indy Eleven, where he recorded 16 goals in 67 appearances across all competitions. The 33-year-old currently ranks sixth in the Championship’s regular season scoring list with 75 tallies over his career.

Prior to his time at Indy, Guenzatti featured for the Tampa Bay Rowdies, where he spent six seasons and compiled multiple club records. Guenzatti became the club’s all-time leading goalscorer with 65 goals between 2017 to 2022, and led Tampa Bay in scoring in four consecutive seasons between 2018 to 2021.

Guenzatti also accumulated 19 assists over the 160 matches he would play for the Rowdies. Guenzatti played a major role in Tampa Bay’s success over the past few seasons, including USL Championship Eastern Conference titles in 2020 and 2021, an Eastern Conference Championship game appearance in 2022, and the Players’ Shield in 2021.

Prior to playing in the USL Championship, Guenzatti spent four seasons with the New York Cosmos of the NASL. Over those four seasons with the New York-based club, he made 90 appearances in all competitions. In those 90 matches, Guenzatti scored 11 goals and provided seven assists. Guenzatti played a key role in leading the Cosmos to three NASL regular season titles in the 2013 Fall, 2015 Spring, and 2016 Fall, as well as NASL Soccer Bowl Championship trophies in those three years.

Before joining the Cosmos, Guenzatti played for his hometown club, Huracán FC, in 2013. He began his professional career by making nine appearances and scoring one goal. Before Huracán, Guenzatti spent the 2010-13 seasons with Uruguayan giants Peñarol Under-19 side.