Gastón Guruceaga (footballer, born 1995)

For other people named Gastón Guruceaga, see Gastón Guruceaga.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guruceaga and the second or maternal family name is Fagúndez.
Gastón Guruceaga
Guruceaga with Palestino in 2020
Personal information
Full name Gastón Guruceaga Fagúndez
Date of birth (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995
Place of birth Artigas, Uruguay
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Juventude
Number 25
Youth career
Fénix
Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2021 Peñarol 65 (0)
2018 → Guaraní (loan) 8 (0)
2019 → Tigre (loan) 2 (0)
2020 → Palestino (loan) 8 (0)
2021–2023 Montevideo City Torque 78 (1)
2024 Liverpool Montevideo 8 (0)
2024–2025 Deportivo Cali 12 (0)
2025– Juventude 0 (0)
International career
2010 Uruguay U17 3 (0)
2014–2015 Uruguay U20 24 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 May 2024

Gastón Guruceaga Fagúndez (born 15 March 1995) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Brazilian club Juventude.

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.[1] 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.[2]

On 24 January 2018, Guruceaga was loaned to Paraguayan club Guaraní for one year.[3]

Montevideo City Torque and later spells

Between 2021 and 2023, he played for Montevideo City Torque, making 78 appearances and even scoring a goal. In 2024, he joined Liverpool, winning the 2024 Uruguayan Supercopa.[4] Later in 2024, he moved to Colombian side Deportivo Cali.[5]

Juventude

On 25 July 2025, Juventude announced the signing of Gastón Guruceaga from Colombian club Deportivo Cali. The Uruguayan goalkeeper signed a contract until the end of the 2025 season.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8]

Honours

Peñarol

Tigre

Liverpool Montevideo

References

  1. ^ "Peñarol primera sonrisa con goles, 3:0". Tenfield. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Guruceaga, el nuevo capitán…". Tenfield. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Oficial: Gastón Guruceaga es nuevo portero de Guaraní". D10. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Supercopa Uruguaya: Liverpool venció 1-0 a Defensor en el Viera y se consagró campeón". Montevideo Portal. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Deportivo Cali presentó dos refuerzos uruguayos: Gastón Guruceaga y Martín Rea". ESPN Deportes. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Juventude anuncia reforço de goleiro uruguaio". ge. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Guruceaga elegido como el mejor arquero y Amaral como la reveleación". lr21.com.uy. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Luis Suarez leads Uruguay's 35-man Copa America squad list". espnfc.co.uk. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Supercopa Uruguaya: Liverpool venció 1-0 a Defensor en el Viera y se consagró campeón". 31 January 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
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