Érick Gabriel Gutiérrez Galaviz (born 15 June 1995) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the

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. He began both his youth and senior career at

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, managing to win the 2016 Clausura and the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League the following season. During the 2015–2016 season, he would be named

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for his team at the age of 20. In August 2018,

would sign him. Gutiérrez has participated for various youth levels of the Mexico national football team, including the U-20 side where he won the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship and the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship and the U-23 team that participated

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. He was also part of the senior team that went to the

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Club career

Pachuca

Gutiérrez joined

of the

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at the age of 12. In his early career he started as a right-back, then moved to midfield. He made his debut on 26 October 2013 as a starter in a 0–0 draw at home against

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. He made 10 more appearances including 4 more starts that

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. He was made a permanent starter at the beginning of the 2014–15 Liga MX season under the management of Diego Alonso. Gutiérrez scored his first Liga MX goal on 7 February 2015 in a 1–1 home draw against

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. In April 2016, at the age of 20, Gutiérrez was assigned as Pachuca's captain after only 70 league matches. At the end of the Clausura 2016, he was named on the tournament's Best XI. In his time at the club, he amassed 144 league appearances.

PSV

On 29 August 2018, Gutiérrez joined Dutch club

on a five-year contract, joining up with international teammate

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. He was handed jersey number 25. On 15 September, he made his debut with PSV against ADO; within five minutes of being subbed in, Gutiérrez assisted in Lozano's goal as well as scoring himself in their 7–0 away win. Three days later, he made his

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debut against

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, coming on in the 82nd minute for

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in PSV's 4–0 defeat. On 30 October, he would score his first

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goal during the second round match against

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, scoring in the first minute of the game but PSV would go on losing 3–2. The following

, he was handed the number 15 jersey. In September, he picked up a hand injury while training with the national team and returned in a match against

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, coming on as a substitute and scoring the fourth goal of the 4–0 victory. During the 2020–2021 season, Gutiérrez suffered from two different injuries, only playing 150 minutes during the whole Eredivisie season. In the subsequent

, he became more important for PSV, playing more games and scoring a goal in the KNVB Cup Final against Ajax. On 11 August 2022, it was announced that Gutiérrez had signed a contract extension with PSV that runs until 2025. This was just one day after he scored in the team's 4–3 aggregate victory over

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in their Champions League Qualification game.

International career

Youth

Gutiérrez was called up by the under-20 team managed by

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for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. He was named captain of the team despite only playing only in four matches out of the six as Mexico went on to win the tournament and earned a berth to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in

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. He would also be listed on the tournament's Best XI. Selected to participate at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he was Mexico's captain during the tournament as the team failed to pass the group stage. On 18 September 2015, Gutiérrez was selected by coach

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to play in the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. He was also picked to represent Mexico at the

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, Brazil. On 7 August, he scored 4 goals as Mexico bounced back to win 5–1 after

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took the lead in the first half of the second group stage match.

Senior

In 2015 Gutiérrez was placed in Mexico's provisional list for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup but did not make the final 23-man squad. He was named in Mexico's squad for a friendly against

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in February 2016. He would eventually make his debut with the senior national team on 11 October 2016, in a 1–0 friendly victory against

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. On 28 June 2017, Gutiérrez was called up to participate in the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, managing to appear in all group stage games including the semi-final where Mexico lost 1–0 against

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. In May 2018, Gutiérrez was named in Mexico's preliminary

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for the

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. He originally did not make the final 23, but due to an injury to Diego Reyes, he was selected as a replacement. He was included in

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's preliminary roster for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and was subsequently included in the final roster for the tournament. He would only appear in the second group stage match against

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, where as a starter he would pick up a

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leaving him 2 weeks out. Mexico would go on to win the tournament, defeating rivals

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. In a September friendly against the United States, he would score his first international goal, winning the match 3–0. In October 2022, Gutiérrez was named in Mexico's preliminary 31-man

for the

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, and in November, he was ultimately included in the final 26-man roster.

Style of play

A left-footed

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who can also play as a

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and the holding role, Gutiérrez started off his career as a

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until then-Pachuca manager Diego Alonso opted to play him in a more advanced position. A versatile, intelligent, and creative player, he is good at reading the game, capable of picking out and completing key passes, possesses superb positioning, links plays together using his technical ability and vision on the ball, denies opposing advances, is capable of shooting from long-range, and is able to make dribbling runs from deep. His level of composure and maturity despite a young age has been shown in the leadership roles he assumes, captaining the Mexico U-20 team as well as his former club, Pachuca. He has been compared to national team compatriot

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

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

Honours

Pachuca *

: Clausura 2016 *

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: 2016–17 PSV *

: 2021–22 * Johan Cruyff Shield:

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Mexico Youth *

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* CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship:

Mexico *

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: 2019 Individual *

Best XI:

Best XI: Clausura 2016

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutierrez, Erick 1995 births Living people People from Ahome Municipality Association football midfielders Mexican footballers Footballers from Sinaloa Mexico youth international footballers Mexico under-20 international footballers Mexico international footballers Liga MX players Eredivisie players C.F. Pachuca players PSV Eindhoven players Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Mexico 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2018 FIFA World Cup players Mexican expatriate footballers 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2022 FIFA World Cup players