Gabriel Cortez

Gabriel Jhon Cortez Casierra (born 10 October 1995) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga PRO Ecuador club Barcelona S.C. Previously Cortez played for Independiente del Valle, Lobos BUAP, Emelec, Botafogo[1] and made his international debut on 22 February 2017 against Honduras.[2]

Gabriel Cortez
Cortez playing for Independiente del Valle in 2017.
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Jhon Cortez Casierra
Date of birth (1995-10-10) 10 October 1995
Place of birth Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Barcelona SC
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– Barcelona SC 8 (4)
2022 → 9 de Octubre F.C. (loan) 14 (5)
International career‡
2011 Ecuador U-17 4 (0)
2014–2015 Ecuador U-20 7 (1)
2017– Ecuador 4 (0)
*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

Independiente Del Valle

In the 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage Cortez scored a last minute equalizer against Deportivo Municipal to keep his team in the competition.[3]

Jail

On April 24, 2022 Gabriel "Loco Cortez was arrested for potential ties with cartel. In June 2022 he was released on bail.

Career statistics

As of 14 February 2020.
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Independiente del Valle 2012 LigaPro 50–––50
2013 140–1[lower-alpha 1]0–150
2014 143–3[lower-alpha 2]0–173
2015 3712–2[lower-alpha 3]0–3912
2016 349–6[lower-alpha 3]0–409
2017 306–4[lower-alpha 3]2–348
Total 13430001620015032
Lobos BUAP 2017–18 Liga MX 142–––142
2017–18 70–––70
Total 212000000212
Emelec 2019 LigaPro 155–4[lower-alpha 3]0–195
Botafogo 2020 Série A 0000–0000
Career total 17037002020019039
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
  2. Three appearances in Copa Libertadores and one appearance in Copa Sudamericana.
  3. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.

References

  1. Gabriel Cortez at Soccerway
  2. "Ecuador ganó 3-1 a Honduras en amistoso preparatorio en el Capwell" (in Spanish). El Universo. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  3. 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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