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

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for Zamora.

Football career

Born in

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, Gutiérrez finished his graduation with local

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

'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 , holding home games at '' Estadio Francisco Peraza'', with a capacity of 8,000 seats. History Club ...

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. 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 , holding home games at ''Anexo del Estadio Gran Canaria'', which holds 2,000 spectators. The te ...

, 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

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

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

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

. On 24 August 2014 v played his first match as a professional, replacing Sergio Postigo in the 78th minute of a 1–1 home draw against

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually known as Alavés, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Basque ...

. On 13 January 2016, after spending half of the campaign unregistered, he was loaned to

Burgos CF Burgos Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The original Burgos CF (1936), Burgos CF was dissolved in 1983 after becoming Insolven ...

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 , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

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

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

. On 9 January 2020, Gutiérrez moved abroad and signed a contract with a Japanese club,

Avispa Fukuoka is a Japanese professional football club based in Hakata, Fukuoka. They currently compete in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. History Earlier years in Fujieda The club were originally based in Fujieda, Shizu ...

. On 25 December 2021, he joined

J2 League The or simply J2 is the second division of the and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It (along with the rest of the J.League) is currently sponsored by Meiji Yasud ...

side

Tochigi SC , commonly referred to as Tochigi SC (栃木SC, ''Tochigi Esushi'') is a Japanese football club based in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. They set to play in the J3 League after relegation from J2 in 2024, Japan's third tier of profession ...

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

FC Machida Zelvia commonly known as is a Japanese professional football club based in Machida, Tokyo. They currently play in the J1 League, following promotion as J2 League champions in 2023. History Formation and election to the Prefectural League (1989–2 ...

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

V-Varen Nagasaki is a Japanese association football, football club based in Nagasaki, Capital of Nagasaki Prefecture. They currently play in J2 League, the Japanese second tier professional in football league. History The club was established in 1985 as Ari ...

, 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 based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

in the second level. On 25 July 2024, Gutiérrez signed with Zamora in the third-tier

Primera Federación The Primera Federación, officially the Primera Federación Versus e-Learning for sponsorship reasons (formerly known as Primera RFEF). is the third tier of the Spanish football league system beginning with the 2021–22 season. It is administe ...

Career statistics

Club

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

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutierrez, Carlos 1991 births Sportspeople from San Cristóbal de La Laguna Footballers from the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Living people Men's association football defenders Spanish men's footballers UD Las Palmas Atlético players UD Las Palmas players CD Leganés players Burgos CF footballers CD Numancia players Avispa Fukuoka players Tochigi SC players FC Machida Zelvia players V-Varen Nagasaki players SD Huesca footballers Zamora CF footballers Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players J1 League players J2 League players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan 21st-century Spanish sportsmen