Gabriel Cortez

Gabriel Cortez
	Cortez playing for Independiente del Valle in 2017.
Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Jhon Cortez Casierra
Date of birth	10 October 1995 (age 28)
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
2012–2017	Independiente del Valle
2018–2019	Lobos BUAP
2019	Emelec
2020	Botafogo
2020–2021	Guayaquil City
2021–	Barcelona SC
2022	→ 9 de Octubre F.C. (loan)
International career‡
2011	Ecuador U-17
2014–2015	Ecuador U-20
2017–	Ecuador
	*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

Last updated February 19, 2024

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]

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
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Independiente del Valle	2012	LigaPro	5	0	–		–		–		5	0
	2013		14	0	–		1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	–		15	0
	2014		14	3	–		3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	–		17	3
	2015		37	12	–		2^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	–		39	12
	2016		34	9	–		6^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	–		40	9
	2017		30	6	–		4^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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	Liga MX	7	0	–		–		–		7	0
	Total		21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	2
Emelec	2019	LigaPro	15	5	–		4^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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.
1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.

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References

↑ 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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[SUD-4] Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.

[Cont2014-5] Three appearances in Copa Libertadores and one appearance in Copa Sudamericana.

[LIB-6] 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.

[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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