Teófilo Gutiérrez
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Teófilo Gutiérrez Triófilo (born 17 May 1985) is a Colombia
n international
footballer who is playing for Racing Club de Avellaneda
in Argentina.
's second division team in Colombia, scoring several goals in 28 appearances which helped him being called up to Atletico Junior
main squad, he was one of the club most promising young player.
, reaching third place in the scoring charts, just behind Freddy Montero
and Carlos Quintero
and tying Adrian Ramos and Milton Rodriguez
.
During Copa Mustang I 2009 he was in outstanding form, scoring a total of 16 goals, becoming the Golden Boot of the tournament. During the playoffs he managed to scored six goals in two games, his first two hat-tricks (three against Cúcuta Deportivo
and three against Envigado FC).
During Copa Mustang Teofilo ended 2009 with 14 goals just behind Jackson Martinez
who was the tournament top scorer with 18 goals.
Teofilo ended his career in Atletico Junior
with a total of 79 games and 42 goals.
directives reached an agreement with the Turkish club Trabzonspor
. Trabzonspor
, represented by its chairman Sadri Sener, made an offer of 3 million dollars and bought the rights of the player. So Teofilo fulfilled his dream of playing in Europe after several failed attempts to be transferred abroad. Teófilo arrival to Turkey is preceded with a good reputation as a lethal striker. The striker scored 14 goals in 2009 and at the end of the competition was the top scorer with 16.
Early in 2010 he was named by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics as the fourth world First Division top scorer of 2009. Teo managed to score 30 goals during the 2009 season's tying Samuel Eto'o
and passed by the Uruguayan Diego Forlan
with 31 and Marc Janko
who scored a total of 39 goals.
During his first semester 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, he wasn't able to score any goals.
Teofilo has shown great form with the star of his second season(2010–2011) in Turkey, scoring a Hat-Trick against Bursaspor
during his team victory 3–0 on the Turkish Super Cup
, which helped his team lift the trophy, also led him to earn the most valuable player award of the final. Then after just a few days he managed to score 2 more goals during Trabzonspor debut on the Süper Lig against Ankaragücü
, and then scored another 2 goals against Sivasspor
. Also he scored a goal during Trabzonspor's defeat against Liverpool
in the UEFA Cup.
or his manager claiming to have some health problems. After check-ups, doctors did not find any health problems. Teofilo did not return from Colombia
and there were rumors about an interest of Liverpool FC about him. Later on, on February 3, 2011, Trabzonspor
accepted a bid from Racing Club
of Argentina
. It will be the first time that Teofilo will participate as striker in the Argentine first division.
, scoring on his debut against El Salvador
during a match played in Houston that of which the Colombia
won 2–1. In its third call to the Colombia national football team
he made his debut in a qualifying game for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, playing against the Ecuadorian national team
in the city of Medellín
, in a match that the Colombia
won 2–0, scoring the second goal. Days later he was a starter in a match against the Uruguay
at the Estadio Centenario
, Teófilo was expelled from the game during the second half leaving the national team down to ten men.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n international
Colombia national football team
The Colombian national football team represents Colombia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. It is a member of the CONMEBOL...
footballer who is playing for Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...
in Argentina.
Barranquilla FC
He began his career in Barranquilla Football Club in 2006, Atletico JuniorAtlético Junior
Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior, known simply as Junior or by its former name Atlético Junior, is a Colombian football team based in Barranquilla. The club was founded in 1924 Known as "Los Tiburones" , or "El Equipo Tiburón" have won the Colombian professional football championship six times...
's second division team in Colombia, scoring several goals in 28 appearances which helped him being called up to Atletico Junior
Atlético Junior
Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior, known simply as Junior or by its former name Atlético Junior, is a Colombian football team based in Barranquilla. The club was founded in 1924 Known as "Los Tiburones" , or "El Equipo Tiburón" have won the Colombian professional football championship six times...
main squad, he was one of the club most promising young player.
Atlético Junior
In his first years with the main squad, Teofilo found it difficult to break into the starting eleven, since he was a young and without much experience. He managed to score his first goal on September 2, 2007 in a match against Once Caldas. During Copa Mustang in 2008 he won a spot on the starting eleven and managed to score 11 goals during his first season as a starter for Atletico JuniorAtlético Junior
Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior, known simply as Junior or by its former name Atlético Junior, is a Colombian football team based in Barranquilla. The club was founded in 1924 Known as "Los Tiburones" , or "El Equipo Tiburón" have won the Colombian professional football championship six times...
, reaching third place in the scoring charts, just behind Freddy Montero
Freddy Montero
Fredy Henkyer Montero Muñoz is a Colombian footballer who plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.-Deportivo Cali:...
and Carlos Quintero
Carlos Quintero
Carlos Darwin Quintero Villalba is a Colombian football striker, currently playing for Santos Laguna in the Primera Division de Mexico....
and tying Adrian Ramos and Milton Rodriguez
Milton Rodriguez
Milton Fabián Rodríguez Suárez is a Colombian footballer.-Club career:Rodríguez began his professional career with Cortuluá in 1997. In two years at the club the left-footed striker scored 22 goals in 45 appearances. In 1999 he moved to Independiente Santa Fe and continued his goal scoring prowess...
.
During Copa Mustang I 2009 he was in outstanding form, scoring a total of 16 goals, becoming the Golden Boot of the tournament. During the playoffs he managed to scored six goals in two games, his first two hat-tricks (three against Cúcuta Deportivo
Cúcuta Deportivo
Corporación Nuevo Cúcuta Deportivo is a football club based in the city of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia. The club was officially founded on September 10, 1924 and plays its home games at the General Santander Stadium, which has a capacity of 45,000....
and three against Envigado FC).
During Copa Mustang Teofilo ended 2009 with 14 goals just behind Jackson Martinez
Jackson Martínez
Jackson Arley Martínez Valencia is a Colombian footballer who plays striker for Jaguares de Chiapas in the Primera División de México.-Career:...
who was the tournament top scorer with 18 goals.
Teofilo ended his career in Atletico Junior
Atlético Junior
Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior, known simply as Junior or by its former name Atlético Junior, is a Colombian football team based in Barranquilla. The club was founded in 1924 Known as "Los Tiburones" , or "El Equipo Tiburón" have won the Colombian professional football championship six times...
with a total of 79 games and 42 goals.
Trabzonspor
On January 13, 2010 JuniorAtlético Junior
Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior, known simply as Junior or by its former name Atlético Junior, is a Colombian football team based in Barranquilla. The club was founded in 1924 Known as "Los Tiburones" , or "El Equipo Tiburón" have won the Colombian professional football championship six times...
directives reached an agreement with the Turkish club Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
. Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
, represented by its chairman Sadri Sener, made an offer of 3 million dollars and bought the rights of the player. So Teofilo fulfilled his dream of playing in Europe after several failed attempts to be transferred abroad. Teófilo arrival to Turkey is preceded with a good reputation as a lethal striker. The striker scored 14 goals in 2009 and at the end of the competition was the top scorer with 16.
Early in 2010 he was named by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics as the fourth world First Division top scorer of 2009. Teo managed to score 30 goals during the 2009 season's tying Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala. He is also the current captain of the Cameroon national team.Eto'o trained at Kadji Sports Academy...
and passed by the Uruguayan Diego Forlan
Diego Forlán
Diego Forlán Corazo is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Internazionale and the Uruguayan national team. He is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe, and also received the Golden Ball as the best player at the 2010 World Cup.Forlán was born...
with 31 and Marc Janko
Marc Janko
Marc Janko is an Austrian football player, who currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie side FC Twente.Janko has in various seasons been known as a goal-getter, scoring 77 goals in 121 Austrian Bundesliga matches...
who scored a total of 39 goals.
During his first semester 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, he wasn't able to score any goals.
Teofilo has shown great form with the star of his second season(2010–2011) in Turkey, scoring a Hat-Trick against Bursaspor
Bursaspor
Bursaspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, Bursaspor are nicknamed the Yeşil Timsahlar...
during his team victory 3–0 on the Turkish Super Cup
Turkish Super Cup
The TFF Süper Kupa, as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known as the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası from 1966 to 1998. No competition was held between 1999 and...
, which helped his team lift the trophy, also led him to earn the most valuable player award of the final. Then after just a few days he managed to score 2 more goals during Trabzonspor debut on the Süper Lig against Ankaragücü
Ankaragücü
MKE Ankaragücü is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Ankara. The club wears a yellow and navy kit and play their home matches at Ankara 19 Mayis....
, and then scored another 2 goals against Sivasspor
Sivasspor
Sivasspor is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas, Turkey formed in the year 1967. They play in the Turkish Süper Lig. Their manager is currently Riza Calimbay. They finished 15th in the 2010–11 Süper Lig. Their current captain is Hayrettin Yerlikaya....
. Also he scored a goal during Trabzonspor's defeat against Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
in the UEFA Cup.
Racing Club
Teofilo moved to his country without permission of TrabzonsporTrabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
or his manager claiming to have some health problems. After check-ups, doctors did not find any health problems. Teofilo did not return from Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
and there were rumors about an interest of Liverpool FC about him. Later on, on February 3, 2011, Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
accepted a bid from Racing Club
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...
of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It will be the first time that Teofilo will participate as striker in the Argentine first division.
Colombia National Football Team
Teofilo has been summoned three times to the Colombia national football teamColombia national football team
The Colombian national football team represents Colombia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. It is a member of the CONMEBOL...
, scoring on his debut against El Salvador
El Salvador national football team
El Salvador's national football team represents El Salvador in international football and is sanctioned by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol . In 1899, Santa Ana and San Salvador met for the first hosted football game in El Salvador...
during a match played in Houston that of which the Colombia
Colombia national football team
The Colombian national football team represents Colombia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. It is a member of the CONMEBOL...
won 2–1. In its third call to the Colombia national football team
Colombia national football team
The Colombian national football team represents Colombia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. It is a member of the CONMEBOL...
he made his debut in a qualifying game for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, playing against the Ecuadorian national team
Ecuador national football team
The Ecuadorian national football team represents Ecuador in international football competitions and is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation. They generally play official home matches at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito, but often play friendlies in other stadiums around the country...
in the city of Medellín
Medellín
Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
, in a match that the Colombia
Colombia national football team
The Colombian national football team represents Colombia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. It is a member of the CONMEBOL...
won 2–0, scoring the second goal. Days later he was a starter in a match against the Uruguay
Uruguay national football team
The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...
at the Estadio Centenario
Estadio Centenario
Estadio Centenario is a stadium in Parque Batlle, Montevideo, Uruguay, used primarily for football. The stadium was built between 1929 and 1930 to host the 1930 FIFA World Cup, as well as to commemorate the centennial of Uruguay's first constitution...
, Teófilo was expelled from the game during the second half leaving the national team down to ten men.
International Goals – Colombia
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Character Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 12, 2009 | Robertson Stadium Robertson Stadium John O'Quinn Field at Corbin J. Robertson Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Houston, located on the campus of the University of Houston. It is the home of the Houston Cougars football and women's soccer teams... , Houston |
1 – 1 | 1–2 | Friendly | |
| 2 | September 5, 2009 | Estadio Atanasio Girardot Atanasio Girardot Atanasio Girardot was a Colombian revolutionary leader who fought with Simón Bolívar in the Campaña Admirable and other battles. He died during the Battle of Bárbula, trying to plant the republican flag on Bárbula Hill.... Medellín Medellín Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million... |
2 – 0 | 2–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying | |
| 3 | September 3, 2011 | Red Bull Arena, New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... |
0 – 1 | 0–2 | Friendly | |
| 4 | September 3, 2011 | Red Bull Arena, New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... |
0 – 2 | 0–2 | Friendly | |
| 5 | September 6, 2011 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... |
0 – 1 | 0–2 | Friendly | |
Individual
| # | Honor | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scorer of Copa Mustang I 2009 (16 goals) | 2009 |
| 2 | Fourth highest scorer in first division world according to the IFFHS (30 goals) | 2010 |
| 3 | Most Valuable Player Turkish Super Cup Turkish Super Cup The TFF Süper Kupa, as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known as the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası from 1966 to 1998. No competition was held between 1999 and... |
2010 |
| 4 | Top Scorer Torneo Clausura 2011(ARG) 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season The 2010–11 Primera División season was the eighty-second season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed in two championships —the Apertura and Clausura— over the course of the season, which started on August 6, 2010 and ended on June 30, 2011, one... |
2011 |