Raúl Gutiérrez

Raúl Gutiérrez
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Erasto Gutiérrez Jacobo
Date of birth	16 October 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1994	Atlante
1994–2001	América
2002	León
International career
1991–1996	Mexico
Managerial career
2007–2009	Correcaminos UAT
2010–2013	Mexico U17
2014–2016	Mexico Olympic
2017	Atlante
2019	Potros UAEM
2020	San José
2021–2022	Real España
2022	Cruz Azul Reserves
2022	Cruz Azul (Interim)
2023	Cruz Azul
2023–2024	Correcaminos UAT
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Mexico (as player)
Copa America
Representing Mexico (as manager)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raúl Erasto Gutiérrez Jacobo (born 16 October 1966), also known as El Potro, is a Mexican professional football manager and former player. At the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, he coached the Mexico U-17 team to their second title.

Playing career

He was a part of the Mexico national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He was capped in 37 games for the Mexico national football team. He played for Atlante F.C. from 1988 until 1994, and he played for Club América from 1994 until 2001.

Managerial career

Mexico U-17

As the coach of the Mexico U-17 national team, he won the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. This was Mexico's second FIFA U-17 World Cup title, and also became the first team to win the tournament at home.

He continued to coach Mexico U-17 in 2013, in which he qualified them to the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Mexico started the U-17 World cup with a 6–1 loss to Nigeria, but recovered with a 3–1 win against Iraq. Mexico would reach the final after beating teams like Italy, Brazil, and Argentina. In the final, Mexico would lose once again with Nigeria 3–0. ^[1]

Mexico Olympic Football Team

After the success at U-17 level, it was made official that Raúl Gutiérrez will coach the Mexico U-21 team, which will participate in the Central American and Caribbean Games, 2015 Pan American Games, 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship, and 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Atlante

On 6 June 2017, Gutiérrez was named the head coach of Atlante FC.^[3]

On 22 October 2017, Atlante announced they had parted ways with Gutiérrez, after a 4–1 loss against Tampico Madero.^[4]

Managerial statistics

As of 4 February 2023

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Mexico U-17		2010	2013	19	16	1	2	42	21	+21	084.21
Mexico U-20		2013	2016	29	17	6	6	58	31	+27	058.62
Atlante		2017		16	4	4	8	13	19	−6	025.00
Total				64	37	11	16	113	71	+42	057.81