Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Manuel Gutiérrez Freire | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 2002 | ||
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.
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]
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]