Juan Guillermo Gutiérrez Acosta (born 21 June 1964) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a

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for clubs in Chile and Mexico.

Club career

Gutiérrez came to Colo-Colo youth system in 1977 and stayed with the club until 1988, winning the league titles in 1983 and 1985. He also won the Copa Chile in 1985 and 1988, scoring the winning goal in the last. In the

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, he also played for Unión Española (1989–90), with whom he won the , and Coquimbo Unido (1993). Abroad, Gutiérrez played for Mexican club Morelia from 1990 to 1992, where he coincided with his compatriot

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. His last club was

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in the

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International career

He took part of Chile at under-20 level in a team coached by Carlos Campos.

Post-retirement

Gutiérrez graduated as a PE teacher at the University of Chile, working after as football coach at both the

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and the Alliance française. He has worked as head of the youth systems of Colo-Colo (2002–08), Santiago Wanderers (2008–09) and Universidad de Chile (2011–12). He also has served as sport manager of Colo-Colo (2012–15) and Santiago Wanderers (2015–16). In 2018, he assumed as coach of the team of

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Honours

Colo-Colo *

(2):

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* Copa Chile (2):

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Unión Española * (1): 1989

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