Gabriel Jhon Cortez Casierra (born 10 October 1995) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ecuadorian Serie A club El Nacional. Previously Cortez played for Independiente del Valle, Lobos BUAP, Emelec, Botafogo[1] and made his international debut on 22 February 2017 against Honduras.[2]
 Cortez playing for Independiente del Valle in 2017. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Jhon Cortez Casierra | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | El Nacional | ||
| Number | 81 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Independiente del Valle | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2017 | Independiente del Valle | 134 | (30) |
| 2018–2019 | Lobos BUAP | 21 | (2) |
| 2019 | Emelec | 15 | (5) |
| 2020 | Botafogo | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Guayaquil City | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Barcelona SC | 63 | (18) |
| 2022 | → 9 de Octubre F.C. (loan) | 14 | (5) |
| 2024– | El Nacional | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Ecuador U-17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Ecuador U-20 | 7 | (1) |
| 2017– | Ecuador | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:45, 25 March 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 October 2017 | |||
Career
editIndependiente Del Valle
editIn the 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage Cortez scored a last minute equalizer against Deportivo Municipal to keep his team in the competition.[3]
Jail
editOn April 24, 2022 Gabriel "Loco Cortez was arrested for potential ties with cartel. In June 2022 he was released on bail.
Career statistics
edit- As of 14 February 2020.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Independiente del Valle | 2012 | LigaPro | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | 14 | 0 | – | 1[a] | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | 14 | 3 | – | 3[b] | 0 | – | 17 | 3 | ||||
| 2015 | 37 | 12 | – | 2[c] | 0 | – | 39 | 12 | ||||
| 2016 | 34 | 9 | – | 6[c] | 0 | – | 40 | 9 | ||||
| 2017 | 30 | 6 | – | 4[c] | 2 | – | 34 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 134 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 32 | ||
| Lobos BUAP | 2017–18 | Liga MX | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Emelec | 2019 | LigaPro | 15 | 5 | – | 4[c] | 0 | – | 19 | 5 | ||
| Botafogo | 2020 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 170 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 39 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
- ^ Three appearances in Copa Libertadores and one appearance in Copa Sudamericana.
- ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
References
edit- ^ Gabriel Cortez at Soccerway
- ^ "Ecuador ganó 3-1 a Honduras en amistoso preparatorio en el Capwell" (in Spanish). El Universo. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Vickery, Tim (28 January 2017). "Independiente del Valle seek to repeat history with Copa Libertadores magic". ESPN FC. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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