Carlos Gutierrez

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Albuquerque High School, playing under head coach Lucien Starzynski … won the New Mexico State Championship in 2015 and 2017 … was named 2017 Player of the Year … was 6A’s top goal-scorer in 2017 with 26 … named Soccer Player of the Year in 2017.

CLUB CAREER: Played at the club level with Elite FC 99s and Rio 2000 … won the club state championships in 2013 and 2016.

PERSONAL: Born on July 23 to Veronica Delgadillo and Juan Gutierrez … has five siblings, Cuahutemoc Delgadillo, Andres Delgadillo, Ismael Gutierrez, Maria Gutierrez and Regina Gutierrez … likes to play guitar, listen to music and go to the gym in his free time … his favorite athlete is Cristiano Ronaldo … his favorite food is pizza … his favorite movie is the Avengers … when asked why he chose UNM, Gutierrez said, “UNM has a great medical school with many other programs and has a very good soccer program as well.”