Roberto Gutiérrez

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Gutiérrez and the second or maternal family name is Gamboa.

Roberto Gutiérrez

Personal information
Full name	Roberto Carlos Gutiérrez Gamboa
Place of birth	Curacaví, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Colo-Colo
Number	22
Youth career
1995–2003	Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2008	Universidad Católica	40	(15)
2005	→ Deportes Melipilla (loan)	6	(1)
2005–2006	→ Cruz Azul Oaxaca (loan)	24	(2)
2008–2011	Estudiantes Tecos	14	(1)
2009	→ Everton (loan)	19	(5)
2009	→ Universidad Católica (loan)	19	(10)
2010–2011	→ Universidad Católica (loan)	27	(19)
2011–	Colo-Colo	16	(5)
National team‡
2007	Chile	4	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:19, 31 March 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:58, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Roberto Carlos Gutiérrez Gamboa (born 18 April 1983 in Curacaví, Chile) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a striker for Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo on loan from Estudiantes Tecos. Gutiérrez has played most time of career in Católica, but he also has short spells at Deportes Melipilla and momentarily for Mexico, because now its on loan status to this club.

In 2007, one of best years of Gutiérrez, he was selected for play in the Chilean national football team provisional games for the Copa América of this year by the coach Nelson Acosta. During his short international status, he scored 2 goals in 4 appearances.

During his career, he has scored important goals in the Chilean football and on his career, like in the 2–1 win over Lanús in the 2009 Copa Libertadores when he play for Everton, scoring the first goal of the game or also the goal scored against Universidad de Concepción in 2010, being the first goal of the Chilean bicentenary in a 2–2 away draw.

Club career

Universidad Católica

In 1995, Gutiérrez started his career at Universidad Católica as a youth player at age 12, being promoted to the first team in 2003 by the coach Óscar Meneses. Unfortunately, in his first game for the club during a pre-season friendly, he suffered a cruciate ligament injury, that finished leaving the player without play one season complete.

In the next season, he broke into the first team, making 2 goals in 12 appearances, but in the season suffered another season. He was loaned to Deportes Melipilla for play the Apertura 2005. In July of this year, Gutiérrez was loaned to the Mexican side Cruz Azul, finally playing with the team affiliation of Oaxaca. He returned to Las Condes' side for play the 2006 Torneo de Clausura, making his re-debut for the club against O'Higgins in a 1–0 away loss.

Gutiérrez made his 2007 Torneo de Apertura debut in a 1–0 home win over Santiago Wanderers, playing the full 90 minutes, and scored his first goal of the season against Lota Schwager on 18 February. With the pass of time, he broke into the first team and was an undisputed starter in the squad of the Peruvian coach José del Solar. On 16 June 2007, he suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury for second time in his career, in the 2–0 victory over Coquimbo Unido for the Apertura's last game, although after a scan it was revealed to be not as bad as first thought, with Católica optimistic that he would return before the early of the next season.

In January 2008, fully recovered of his injury, Gutiérrez signed a four-year contract with the Mexican side UAG Tecos, but he was loaned six months to the pre-cordilleran side for play the Copa Libertadores, remaining of this form in Católica. He returned to play in a 8–2 home win to Santiago Morning for the Torneo de Apertura first week, scoring the last goal in the 87th minute of game. Gutiérrez made his Libertadores debut in the 1–0 win over the Peruvian club Universidad San Martín de Porres, and scored his first goal for this contest in the next game in a 2–1 defeat against River Plate, putting the equalizer goal in the 47th minute. During the season, he appeared in 16 games, scoring in six opportunities.

Tecos / Everton

After his participation in those tournaments with Católica, Gutiérrez joined the club in June 2008. He made his league debut in a 2–0 defeat against the Mexican last champion Santos Laguna, as a 77th-minute substitution. Gutiérrez only made 3 appearances for Tecos in the Torneo de Apertura.

In January 2009, it was revealed that Gutiérrez was loaned to Everton on a six-months deal for newly play the Copa Libertadores. His move to this team was on order from the coach Nelson Acosta. He made his season debut in a 1–0 defeat against Unión Española. The birdie scored the first Libertadores goal of the Acosta era in the 1–0 home win to the Venezolan club Caracas, defining after a great pass of his teammate Ezequiel Miralles.

Return to Universidad Católica

In July of that year, he returned to Universidad Catolica, scoring 14 goals in 13 matches.

Colo-Colo

Signed by Colo-Colo for the Clausura, he scored twice against Santiago Wanderers on July 7 2011

Honours

• Universidad Católica

  • Chilean Primera División (1): 2010

References

External links

• Roberto Gutiérrez at National-Football-Teams.com