Carlos Gutiérrez González (born 4 November 1991), also just known as Carlos, is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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Football career

Born in

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, Gutiérrez finished his graduation with local CD Tenerife's youth setup, and made his senior debuts with lowly

CD Laguna de Tenerife Club Deportivo Laguna, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1984 it plays in ''Interinsular Preferente'' – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio Francisco Peraza'', with a c ...

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. In July 2012 he joined

UD Las Palmas Atlético Las Palmas Atlético is the reserve team of UD Las Palmas, club based in Las Palmas, in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. They play in Tercera Federación – Group 12, holding home games at ''Anexo del Estadio Gran Canaria'', which ...

, also in the fourth level. On 13 July 2014 Gutiérrez signed a new two-year deal with the ''Amarillos'', being definitely promoted to the main squad in

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. On 22 August, however, he was loaned to fellow league team

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

. On 24 August 2014 v played his first match as a professional, replacing

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in the 78th minute of a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 13 January 2016, after spending half of the campaign unregistered, he was loaned to Burgos CF until June. On 19 July 2016, Gutiérrez rescinded his contract, and signed a one-year deal with

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

a day later. He scored his first professional goal on 3 December of the following year by netting the equalizer in a 3–2 away win against

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. On 9 January 2020, Gutiérrez moved abroad and signed a contract with a Japanese club, Avispa Fukuoka. On 25 December 2021, he joined

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side

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for the 2022 season. On 25 December 2022, Gutiérrez officially signed a contract with

FC Machida Zelvia is a Japanese People, Japanese football (soccer), football club based in Machida, Tokyo, Machida, Tokyo. History Machida is known as "Brazil of Tokyo" due to the popularity of football in the city; it has, in fact, produced the second-largest n ...

also in the Japanese second tier for upcoming 2023 season. After a short spell at

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, he returned to his home country on 27 January 2024, signing a short-term deal with

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in t ...

in the second level.

Career statistics

Club

''Updated to the start from 2023 season''.

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutierrez, Carlos 1991 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players UD Las Palmas Atlético players UD Las Palmas players CD Leganés players Burgos CF footballers CD Numancia players SD Huesca footballers Avispa Fukuoka players category:Tochigi SC players category:FC Machida Zelvia players category:J1 League players category:J2 League players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan People from San Cristóbal de La Laguna Footballers from the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife