Juan Guillermo Gutiérrez Acosta (born 21 June 1964) is a Chilean former professional

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who played as a

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for clubs in Chile and Mexico.

Club career

Gutiérrez came to

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

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 The Copa Chile (''Chile Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (''Opening Ch ...

in 1985 and 1988, scoring the winning goal in the last. In the

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División () is a professional association football league in Chile and the highest level of the Chilean football league system. Founded in 1933, it is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). The l ...

, he also played for

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile currently participating in the Primera División de Chile. History Foundation, Amateur Era and First seasons ...

(1989–90), with whom he won the , and

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded in 1958 and has played in the Chilean Primera División since being promoted in 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sán ...

(1993). Abroad, Gutiérrez played for Mexican club

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from 1990 to 1992, where he coincided with his compatriot José Letelier. 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

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at the

University of Chile The University of Chile () is a public university, public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

, working after as football coach at both the

Diego Portales University Diego Portales University (, UDP) is one of the first private universities founded in Chile and is named after the Chilean statesman Diego Portales. UDP has campuses in the Barrio Universitario de SantiagoA literal translation is the Santiago ...

and the

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. He has worked as head of the youth systems of

(2002–08),

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

(2008–09) and

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(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

USACH The University of Santiago, Chile (Usach) () is one of the oldest public universities in Chile. The institution was born as ''Escuela de Artes y Oficios'' (Spanish: ''School of Arts and Careers'') in 1849 by Ignacy Domeyko, under the government o ...

Honours

Colo-Colo *

(2):

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

(2):

1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

Unión Española * (1): 1989

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutierrez, Juan 1964 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Chilean Primera División players Colo-Colo footballers Unión Española footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Liga MX players Atlético Morelia players Primera B de Chile players Audax Italiano footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Men's association football forwards Chilean football managers University of Chile alumni 20th-century Chilean sportsmen