Juan Manuel Gutiérrez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gutiérrez and the second or maternal family name is Freire.

Juan Manuel Gutiérrez
Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Gutiérrez Freire
Date of birth (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Atlántida, Uruguay
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Boston River
(on loan from Almería)
Number 28
Youth career
2015–2018 Danubio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Danubio 37 (2)
2020– Almería B 17 (1)
2020– Almería 0 (0)
2021–2023 → Nacional (loan) 3 (0)
2023– → Boston River (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2016–2017 Uruguay U15 32 (17)
2018–2019 Uruguay U17 21 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 June 2023

Juan Manuel Gutiérrez Freire (born 4 February 2002) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uruguayan Primera División club Boston River, on loan from La Liga club Almería.

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]

Gutiérrez featured almost exclusively for the reserves in Tercera División, and moved back to his home country on 27 August 2021, after agreeing to a two-year loan deal with Nacional.[7] On 21 July 2023, after being rarely used, he joined Boston River on loan for one year.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "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.
  7. ^ "Le apuesta al "9": Juan Manuel Gutiérrez refuerza a Nacional para el Clausura" [Bet for the "9": Juan Manuel Gutiérrez bolsters Nacional for the Clausura] (in Spanish). Ovación Digital. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. ^ "El Almería cede al uruguayo Juan Gutiérrez al Boston River" [Almería loan Uruguayan Juan Gutiérrez to Boston River] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.


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