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My Take
Felipe Gutiérrez is the sort of midfielder I have a soft spot for. At 170 cm he was never going to overpower anyone, so he had to win with intelligence and clean technique, the hallmark of the smaller playmaker. Coming from Quintero on Chile's windswept Valparaíso coast, I imagine a certain quiet toughness baked into him. What I like most is the next chapter: now retired from playing, he manages Deportes La Serena, translating a midfielder's reading of the game into a coach's wider view from the bench. That handover from player to leader is exactly the kind of footballing continuity I enjoy following.
Overview
Felipe Alejandro Gutiérrez Leiva (Spanish pronunciation: [feˈlipe ɣuˈtjeres]; born 8 October 1990) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Deportes La Serena.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Felipe Gutiérrez
- Name (Japanese)
- フェリペ・グティエレス
- Reading
- ふぇりぺ・ぐてぃえれす
- Born
- October 8, 1990 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Horse
- Origin
- Quintero, Valparaíso Province, Chile
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 170 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Chile →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.