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Andres Gurrieri

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Andrés Gurrieri
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Winterthur, Switzerland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Ternana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Ternana 6 (0)
2008–2009Colligiana (loan) 16 (2)
2010–2011 Sud América 20 (0)
2011–2012 Burton Albion 13 (0)
2012–2014 Plymouth Argyle 53 (6)
2014–2016 Tristán Suárez
2016–2017 Sportivo Italiano
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrés Gurrieri (born 3 July 1989) is a retired Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, predominantly on the right wing.

Career

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Born in the Swiss city of Winterthur, he holds dual Argentine and Italian citizenship. Gurrieri began his professional career at Italian side Ternana in 2007 after progressing from the youth and reserve teams. He went on to make six appearances for the club over two seasons. He joined Terza Categoria side Colligiana on loan for the 2008–09 season, where he made 16 appearances, scoring two goals. After being released by Ternana in May 2010, Gurrieri returned to his homeland and joined Uruguayan Segunda División side Sud América. He went on to make 20 appearances for Sud América before being released in March 2011.

Whilst in Argentina, Gurrieri featured in the 2010 series of the reality show Football Cracks, under the nickname Gurry, and came 4th out of the 19 contestants.

Gurrieri joined Plymouth Argyle on trial in July 2011, but could not agree a deal due to the club being under administration at the time.[3] He later joined Burton Albion on trial in October 2011, signing a three-month deal.[4] He went on to sign a new contract which kept him at Burton Albion until the end of the 2011–12 season.

He returned to Plymouth Argyle on trial in the summer of 2012 and signed a 12-month contract in August to become the first South American player to represent the club.[5] Gurrieri scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 Football League Trophy win against Aldershot Town in October,[6] and his first Football League goal in a 3–1 win against Rochdale eleven days later.[7] Gurrieri left Argyle in June 2015 after choosing not to renew his contract with the Devon club.[8]

In late July 2014, Gurrieri signed an 18-month deal with Club Social y Deportivo Tristán Suárez, a regionalised Argentinian 3rd division side.

On 31 August 2016, he joined Sportivo Italiano, later departing the club in 2017.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Andres Gurrieri". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Andres Gurrieri". Plymouth Argyle F.C. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Peter Reid keen to sign Gurrieri to Plymouth Argyle". The Herald. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Burton Albion agree deal for trialist Andres Gurrieri". BBC Sport. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Andy Addition". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Andres Gurrieri's first goal in English football puts Plymouth Argyle into last 16". The Herald. 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Pilgrims put together run of results to raise spirits". Western Morning News. 22 October 2012. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Andres Gurrieri considers his future after Plymouth Argyle exit". The Herald. 17 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  9. ^ "Andrés Gurrieri signed for Sportivo Italiano" (in Spanish). BeSoccer. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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