Cristián Gutiérrez

Club

Unión La Calera

Position

Left-Back

Nationality

Canada

Date of birth

1987-02-18

Birthplace

Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada

Height

1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Shirt number

16

Cristián Daniel Gutiérrez Zúñiga (born 18 February 1997) is a professional soccer player who plays as a left-back for Deportes La Serena in the Chilean Primera División. Born in Canada, he previously represented Chile at the U20 level, but filed his FIFA one-time switch in 2021 to switch allegiances to Canada.

Gutiérrez made his professional debut in a 3–1 Copa Chile home win over Deportes Concepción on 1 March 2015. He was loaned to fellow Chilean side Unión Española on 9 February 2017. Gutiérrez was then loaned to Huachipato on 3 August 2017. He returned to Colo-Colo on 6 March 2019.

On 16 January 2020 Gutiérrez signed with Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps FC on a two-year deal through the 2021 season, with contract options for 2022 and 2023. He made his debut during the MLS is Back Tournament on July 19 against Seattle Sounders FC.

Eligible for both Chile and Canada, Gutiérrez has represented the former at the under-20 level.

He accepted an invitation for the Canadian senior national team camp for January 2021.

Gutiérrez was born in Greenfield Park, Quebec and moved to Santiago when he was three years old. His twin brother Diego is also a footballer and plays for Valour FC.