Gastón Guruceaga (footballer, born 1995)

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gastón Guruceaga

| image = Colo-Colo v Palestino 20200128 19.jpg

| upright =0.7

| caption = Guruceaga with Palestino in 2020

| fullname = Gastón Guruceaga Fernández

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|3|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Artigas, Uruguay

| height = {{height|m=1.94|precision=0}}

| currentclub = Deportivo Cali

| clubnumber = 22

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Fénix

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Peñarol

| years1 = 2015–2021

| clubs1 = Peñarol

| caps1 = 65

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2018

| clubs2 = → Guaraní (loan)

| caps2 = 8

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2019

| clubs3 = → Tigre (loan)

| caps3 = 2

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020

| clubs4 = → Palestino (loan)

| caps4 = 8

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2021–2023

| clubs5 = Montevideo City Torque

| caps5 = 78

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2024

| clubs6 = Liverpool Montevideo

| caps6 = 8

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2024–

| clubs7= Deportivo Cali

| caps7 = 6

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2010

| nationalteam1 = Uruguay U17

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2014–2015

| nationalteam2 = Uruguay U20

| nationalcaps2 = 24

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| pcupdate = 12 May 2024

| ntupdate =

}}

Gastón Guruceaga Fernández (born 15 March 1995) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Colombian club Deportivo Cali.

Club career

=Peñarol=

Guruceaga played all his career for Peñarol. He made his professional debut in club football in the first game of the 2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División season against Cerro at Estadio Centenario in a 3–0 win for his team.{{cite news|title= Peñarol primera sonrisa con goles, 3:0|url=http://www.tenfield.com.uy/cerro-y-penarol-empatan-00-en-el-centenario/|publisher=Tenfield|date=16 August 2015|access-date=14 September 2015}} Peñarol won the Uruguayan Primera División that year.

In the following season and due to the last minute departure to Italian side Fiorentina of planned to be captain of the team Maximiliano Olivera, Guruceaga was chosen to be the captain of Peñarol by the manager Jorge da Silva with only 21 years.{{cite news|title= Guruceaga, el nuevo capitán…|url=http://www.tenfield.com.uy/guruceaga-el-nuevo-capitan/|publisher=Tenfield|date=3 September 2016|access-date=4 September 2016}}

On 24 January 2018, Guruceaga was loaned to Paraguayan club Guaraní for one year.{{cite news|title= Oficial: Gastón Guruceaga es nuevo portero de Guaraní|url=http://d10.paraguay.com/oficial-gaston-guruceaga-es-nuevo-portero-guarani-n643685|publisher=D10|date=24 January 2018|access-date=8 March 2018}}

International career

He represented Uruguay on the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship held in Uruguay between 14 January and 7 February and where the local team with Guruceaga starting every game of the tournament, finished third qualifying for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Guruceaga was named best goalkeeper of the tournament.{{cite web |url=http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/1215490-guruceaga-elegido-como-mejor-arquero-y-amaral-como-revelacion-del-sudamericano-sub-20|title=Guruceaga elegido como el mejor arquero y Amaral como la reveleación|publisher=lr21.com.uy |date=8 February 2015 |accessdate=28 February 2017}}

He was selected to represent the national team in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup later that year where he also was the starting goalkeeper on all the four games Uruguay played on the tournament.

Guruceaga was named in Uruguay's provisional squad for Copa América Centenario but was cut from the final squad.{{cite web |url=http://www.espnfc.co.uk/uruguay/story/2861432/luis-suarez-leads-uruguays-35-man-copa-america-squad-list|title=Luis Suarez leads Uruguay's 35-man Copa America squad list|publisher=espnfc.co.uk |date=29 April 2016 |accessdate=11 July 2016}}

Honours

Peñarol

Uruguayan Primera División: 2015–16, 2017

Tigre

Copa de la Superliga: 2019

Liverpool Montevideo

Supercopa Uruguaya: 2024{{cite web|title=Supercopa Uruguaya: Liverpool venció 1-0 a Defensor en el Viera y se consagró campeón|url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Supercopa-Uruguaya-Liverpool-vencio-1-0-a-Defensor-en-el-Viera-y-se-consagro-campeon-uc878323|date=31 January 2024|access-date=23 May 2024}}