Joaquín Gutiérrez (footballer)

Joaquín Ignacio Gutiérrez Jara (born July 4, 2002) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays as a right-back for Chilean Primera División club Huachipato.

Club career
Gutiérrez was promoted to Huachipato's main squad on 2020, and made his professional debut in a 2020 Primera División match against Deportes La Serena on September 25, 2020.

International career
Gutiérrez was part of the Chile U17 squad at the 2019 South American U-17 Championship, where Chile was the runner-up, but he didn't make any appearance. Also, he represented Chile U20, as team captain, in a friendly tournament played in Teresópolis (Brazil) called Granja Comary International Tournament, playing all matches against Peru U20, Bolivia U20, and Brazil U20.

Gutiérrez was called up to the training microcycle of Chile's senior team on 2021. He received his first senior call-up for friendly matches in June 2023, being named to the bench in the match against Cuba.

In 2024, he took part in the Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Personal life
He is nicknamed Guti, a hypocoristic of "Gutiérrez".

His younger brother, Maximiliano Gutiérrez, is also a right-back from the Huachipato youth system.