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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Teófilo Antonio Gutiérrez Roncancio | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Barranquilla, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | River Plate | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006 | Barranquilla | 28 | (16) |
| 2007–2009 | Atlético Junior | 83 | (45) |
| 2010–2011 | Trabzonspor | 23 | (9) |
| 2011–2012 | Racing Club | 42 | (22) |
| 2012 | → Lanús (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2012 | → Atlético Junior (loan) | 18 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Cruz Azul | 21 | (6) |
| 2013– | River Plate | 8 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Colombia | 27 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2013 | |||
Teófilo Antonio Gutiérrez Roncancio (born 17 May 1985) is a Colombian international footballer who plays for Argentine side River Plate.
Club careers
Barranquilla FC
He began his career with Barranquilla F.C., Atlético Junior's second division team in 2006. After scoring 16 goals in 28 appearances, he was called up to Atlético Junior senior team.
Atlético Junior
In his first years with the main squad, Gutiérrez found it difficult to break into the starting eleven. He managed to score his first goal on 2 September 2007 in a match against Malaga. During Copa Mustang in 2008 he earned a spot in the starting lineup and managed to score 11 goals, finishing third place in the scoring charts, just behind Freddy Montero and Carlos Quintero and tying Adrian Ramosand Milton Rodriguez.
During Copa Mustang I 2009 he was in outstanding form, scoring a total of 16 goals, winning the Golden Boot of the tournament. During the playoffs, he scored six goals with hat tricks against Cúcuta Deportivo and Envigado FC). During Copa Mustang Gutiérrez ended 2009 with 14 goals, finishing second to Jackson Martinez's 18 goals. He was named by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics as the fourth world First Division top scorer of 2009, having scored 30 goals during 2009.
Gutiérrez ended his career in Atletico Junior with a total of 79 games and 42 goals.
Trabzonspor
On 13 January 2010, Junior sold Gutiérrez to Turkish club Trabzonspor. Trabzonspor, for $3 million. During his first season in Turkey, he found it difficult to adapt to a new country and style of play, which led him not being a regular on the starting eleven.
Gutiérrez began to show progress with the start of his second season(2010–2011) in Turkey, scoring a hat trick against Bursaspor during his team's 3–0 in the Turkish Super Cup victory and earning the man of the match award. He scored two goals during his Trabzonspor debut on the Süper Lig againstAnkaragücü and added two more against Sivasspor.
Racing Club
Gutiérrez moved to his country without permission of Trabzonspor or his manager claiming to have some health problems. After check-ups, doctors did not find any health problems, and on 3 February 2011, Trabzonspor accepted a bid from Racing Club of Argentina. Teó was forced to leave Racing under a cloud following an incident in which he was alleged to have threatened his team-mates with a paintball gun in the changing-room after a match against Independiente.
Lanús
After his untimely departure from Racing Club, Gutiérrez signed a short-term contract with Lanús for whom he would play in the Copa Libertadores. His time at Lanús was cut-short after he left Argentina for Colombia, claiming to the club that he was on international duty. When it was found that he was not on international duty, he was released from his contract with Lanús.
Cruz Azul
Gutiérréz was sold to Mexican side Cruz Azul by 3 million USD and a salary of 1.5 Million USD per year. Despite being used as a substitute of Argentine striker Mariano Pavone for most of the season, he managed to score important goals for Cruz Azul in the Liguilla while Pavone was injured, including one in the final against América which they lost. After a six-month spell at Cruz Azul, Gutiérrez said we wanted to leave to Argentinian side River Plate, even though he initially expressed his will to stay at the Mexican club. After being separated from the first squad he was finally sold to River Plate on July 2013.
River Plate
After the relationship between Cruz Azul and Gutiérrez worsened due to the persistent interest of River Plate's coach Ramón Díaz to bring the Colombian to his squad, Cruz Azul and River Plate reached an agreement thought to be around 3 Million USD which was around what Cruz Azul asked for. Gutiérrez has said that it was his all time dream to play for the Argentine squad. However, River Plate did not have sufficient funds for the player, eventually Gutiérrez made a return to Cruz Azul. A week later, the issues were thought to be resolved thanks to FIFA's involvement.[1]
He made his debut in a 2-1 loss against Club Atlético Colón. where he scored his very first goal.[2]
International career
Gutiérrez scored in his international debut in 2-1 on his debut Colombia victory against El Salvador. He made his World Cup qualifying debut against EcuadorIn its third call to the Colombia national football team he made his debut in a qualifying game for the FIFA 2010 World Cup against Ecuador, scoring the second goal in a 2-0 victory.
