Juan Manuel Gutiérrez

Juan Manuel Gutiérrez Freire (born 4 February 2002) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Almería.

Juan Manuel Gutiérrez
Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Gutiérrez Freire
Date of birth (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002
Place of birth Atlántida, Uruguay
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Almería
Number 34
Youth career
2015–2018 Danubio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Danubio 37 (2)
2020– Almería B 2 (0)
2020– Almería 0 (0)
National team‡
2016–2017 Uruguay U15 32 (17)
2018–2019 Uruguay U17 21 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:13, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 April 2019

Club career

Danubio

Born in Atlántida, Gutiérrez joined Danubio in 2015, aged 13.[1] On 16 May 2018, he made his first team – and Primera División – debut, coming on as a late substitute for Nicolás Prieto in a 0–2 home loss against Montevideo Wanderers;[2] aged 16 years, three months and 12 days, he became the youngest player to debut for the club in the 21st century.[1]

Gutiérrez scored his first professional goal on 25 August 2019, netting his team's only in a 1–3 defeat at Defensor Sporting.[3] He only scored one further goal for the first team, against Montevideo City Torque, before leaving in September 2020.[4]

Almería

On 13 September 2020, UD Almería reached an agreement in principle with Danubio for the transfer of Gutiérrez.[5] He was announced by his new club two days later, after agreeing to a five-year contract.[6]

References
  1. "Juan Manuel Gutiérrez, el debutante más joven del siglo" [Juan Manuel Gutiérrez, the youngest debutant of the century]. Danubio FC. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. "Debutantes de las fechas 1 y 2" [Debutants of the rounds 1 and 2] (in Spanish). Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. "Defensor Sporting superó a Danubio 3–1" [Defensor Sporting defeated Danubio by 3–1] (in Spanish). La Red 21. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  4. "Principio de acuerdo entre Danubio y Almería por la transferencia de Juan Manuel Gutiérrez" [Agreement in principle between Danubio and Almería for the transfer of Juan Manuel Gutiérrez] (in Spanish). ESPN. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. "Transferencia de Juan Manuel Gutiérrez" [Transfer of Juan Manuel Gutiérrez] (in Spanish). Danubio FC. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. "Juan Gutiérrez, otra perla del fútbol uruguayo que llega al Almería" [Juan Gutiérrez, another pearl of Uruguayan football who arrives at Almería] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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