Nelson Gutiérrez
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| Full name | Nelson Daniel Gutiérrez Luongo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1985 | Peñarol | 104 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | Atlético Nacional | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | River Plate | 68 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | SS Lazio | 17 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Hellas Verona | 27 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Logroñés | 60 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Peñarol | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Defensor | |||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1990 | Uruguay | 57 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nelson Daniel Gutiérrez Luongo (born 13 April 1962) is a retired Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender. He obtained a total number of 57 international caps for the Uruguay national football team, and was a member of the team that competed at the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups.
Biography
Gutiérrez started his playing career in 1980 with Peñarol. He was part of the squad that won the league championships in 1981 and 1982.
1982 also saw Peñarol win the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Intercontinental against Aston Villa F.C. of England.
In 1985 Gutiérrez joined Atlético Nacional of Colombia, but he didn't settle and soon joined River Plate of Argentina.
Gutiérrez helped River to win the Argentine Primera in 1985–86 and was part of the squad that won the club's first Copa Libertadores title in 1986. They also won the Copa Intercontinental and the Copa Interamericana during his time with the club.
In the late 1980s he moved to Italy where he played for Lazio and then Hellas Verona. Between 1991 and 1993 he played in Spain for Logroñés before returning to Uruguay.
Gutiérrez returned to Peñarol in 1993 and helped the club to win the Uruguayan championship in 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996. He finished his playing career with Defensor Sporting Club in 1997.
Honours
Peñarol
- Uruguayan First Division (6): 1981, 1982, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
- Copa Libertadores (1): 1982
- Intercontinental Cup (1): 1982
River Plate
- Argentine First Division (1): 1985-86
- Copa Libertadores (1): 1986
- Intercontinental Cup (1): 1986
- Copa Interamericana (1): 1986
Uruguay
- Copa America:1983,1987,runner-up 1989
References
- (in Spanish) Profile
External links
- Nelson Gutiérrez – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Nelson Gutiérrez at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at Lega Calcio
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguayan people of Italian descent
- Association football defenders
- Sportspeople from Montevideo
- Uruguay international footballers
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1983 Copa América players
- 1987 Copa América players
- 1989 Copa América players
- Peñarol players
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- La Liga players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- S.S. Lazio players
- Hellas Verona F.C. players
- CD Logroñés footballers
- Defensor Sporting players
- Copa América-winning players