Roberto Carlos Gutiérrez Gamboa (born 18 April 1983) is a Chilean

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who plays as a striker. He last played for

Deportes Recoleta Club Deportes Recoleta is an association football club of Chile of the commune of Recoleta, situated in the town of Santiago. It was the champion of the Tercera División B in 2015 and the champion of the Segunda Division of Chile in 2021 play ...

in the

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. He has played in his country and

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in his years as professional players. Gutiérrez made his senior team debut in 2007 and has made 6 appearances, scoring 3 goals.

Club career

Born in

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, a town close to the capital

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, Gutiérrez joined Universidad Católica youth set-up aged 12 for be promoted to the first-adult team eight years later by the coach Óscar Meneses in 2003. In 2005, he was loaned to

Deportes Melipilla Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Uni ...

. In July 2006, Gutiérrez was loaned to the Mexican side

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, finally playing with the team affiliation of

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. He returned to

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' side for play the 2006 Torneo de Clausura, making his re-debut for the club against O'Higgins in a 1–0 away loss. Gutiérrez made his 2007 Torneo de Apertura debut in a 1–0 home win over

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, playing the full 90 minutes, and scored his first goal of the season against

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on 18 February. With the pass of time, he broke into the first team and was an undisputed starter in the squad of the Peruvian coach

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. On 16 June 2007, he suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury for second time in his career, in the 2–0 victory over

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded August 30, 1958 and will play in the Chilean Primera División on 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso ...

for the Apertura's last game, although after a scan it was revealed to be not as bad as first thought, with Católica optimistic that he would return before the early of the next season. In January 2008, fully recovered of his injury, Gutiérrez signed a four-year contract with the Mexican side

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, but he was loaned six months to the pre-cordilleran side for play the

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, remaining of this form in Católica. He returned to play in an 8–2 home win to

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for the Torneo de Apertura first week, scoring the last goal in the 87th minute of game. Gutiérrez made his Libertadores debut in the 1–0 win over the Peruvian club

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, and scored his first goal for this contest in the next game in a 2–1 defeat against River Plate, putting the equalizer goal in the 47th minute. During the season, he appeared in 16 games, scoring in six opportunities. After his participation in those tournaments with Católica, Gutiérrez joined the club in June 2008. He made his league debut in a 2–0 defeat against the Mexican last champion

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, as a 77th-minute substitution. Gutiérrez only made 3 appearances for Tecos in the Torneo de Apertura. In January 2009, it was revealed that Gutiérrez was loaned to Everton on a six-months deal for newly play the Copa Libertadores. His move to this team was on order from the coach

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. He made his season debut in a 1–0 defeat against

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. The birdie scored the first Libertadores goal of the Acosta era in the 1–0 home win to the Venezolan club

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, defining after a great pass of his teammate

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. In July of that year, he returned to Universidad Catolica, scoring 14 goals in 13 matches. Signed by Colo-Colo for the "Clausura", he scored twice against

on 7 July 2011. After two years in the club, Colo Colo entered into one of its worst crises, and on 27 June 2013, he rescinded his contract with the team. After leaving

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in the

at the end of the 2022 season, he signed with

in the same division in July 2023.

Career statistics

International career

International goals

:''Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.''

Personal life

He is nicknamed ''Pájaro'' (Bird).

Honours

;Universidad Católica * Primera División (3):

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, 2016–C, 2016–A *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutierrez, Roberto 1983 births Living people People from Melipilla Province Footballers from Santiago Metropolitan Region Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Chilean Primera División players Liga Premier de México players Liga MX players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Primera B de Chile players Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Deportes Melipilla footballers Cruz Azul Hidalgo footballers Tecos F.C. footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Colo-Colo footballers Colo-Colo B footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Atlante F.C. footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Ñublense footballers C.D. Cobreloa footballers Deportes Recoleta footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Men's association football forwards