Gastón Guruceaga

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

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. 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.

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

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. Later in 2024, he moved to Colombian side Deportivo Cali.

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.

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.

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.

Honours Peñarol Uruguayan Primera División: 2015–16, 2017

Tigre Copa de la Superliga: 2019

Liverpool Montevideo Supercopa Uruguaya: 2024