Álvaro Gutiérrez (footballer)

Álvaro Gutiérrez
Personal information
Full name	Álvaro Gutiérrez Pelscher
Date of birth	21 July 1968 (age 53)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Universitario de Deportes (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1991	Bella Vista
1992–1995	Nacional
1995–1998	Valladolid
1998–1999	Rayo Vallecano
1999	Bella Vista
2000	Liverpool Montevideo
2000–2001	Sporting Gijón
National team
1991–1997	Uruguay
Teams managed
2005	Atenas
2006	Rampla Juniors
2006–2007	Rentistas
2008–2014	Nacional (youth)
2014–2015	Nacional
2015–2016	Al Shabab
2016	LDU Quito
2019	Nacional
2021	Olimpia
2022–	Universitario de Deportes
Honours
Representing Uruguay
Copa América
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Álvaro Gutiérrez Pelscher (born 21 July 1968) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Peruvian club Universitario de Deportes.

Gutiérrez played 38 times for the Uruguay national team between 1991 and 1997,^[1] being a part of the Uruguay team that won the Copa América in 1995. He started his playing career in 1988 with Bella Vista. In 1990, he was part of the team that won their first and only league title. In 1992, he joined Nacional where he was part of the championship winning team in 1992.

After being part of the Copa América winning team in 1995 he was signed by Spanish team Real Valladolid where he played until 1998. He then had a short spell with Rayo Vallecano before returning to Bella Vista in 1999.

Gutiérrez played for Liverpool de Montevideo in 2000 and then returned to Spain Sporting de Gijón which was his last club.