
Information
Position: Forward
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
Date of Birth: January 5, 1999 (25)
Height: 5’11
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DIEGO Gutiérrez
Acquired
Transfer from Charleston Battery on August 22, 2024.
Professional Career
2024 Charleston Battery
The forward signed with Charleston Battery in USL Championship for the 2024 season where he earned 16 appearances (eight starts) before returning to the West coast with a midseason move to Seaside in late August.
2021-2023 Portland Timbers (MLS)
Gutierrez was selected 70th overall in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft by Portland TImbers on January 21, 2021, but chose to remain in school for his senior year at Creighton University before signing his first professional contract. He eventually signed and joined Portland ahead of the 2022 campaign, where he made his professional debut as a late substitute against Austin FC on March 12. Foot surgery then caused Gutierrez to miss a vast majority of the 2022 campaign, but he returned at the end of the season and made six appearances for Portland Timbers 2 in MLS NEXT Pro and even recorded a brace in the season finale. In 2023, Gutierrez earned nine first team caps alongside 15 additional appearances (12 starts) with TImbers 2 before capping the year with a hat trick in early August against LA Galaxy II.
Collegiate Career
The Omaha, Nebraska native played collegiately for the University of Nebraska Omaha Mavericks from 2017-2019 and scored 10 goals in 44 appearances before transferring to Creighton in 2020. In two seasons with the Bluejays, Gutierrez tallied 15 goals in 30 appearances and earned back-to-back Big East Offensive Player of the Year honors alongside consecutive selections to the All-Big East First Team.