Gonzalo Crettaz
 Crettaz playing for Castellón in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gonzalo Alejandro Crettaz Ortega | ||
| Date of birth | 28 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | NEC | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Levante | |||
| 2017–2019 | Málaga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Málaga B | 37 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Málaga | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Badajoz (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Logroñés | 26 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Castellón | 77 | (0) |
| 2025– | NEC | 33 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 August 2026 | |||
Gonzalo Alejandro Crettaz Ortega (born 28 February 2000), sometimes known simply as Gonzalo, is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club NEC.
Club career
Born in Buenos Aires, Crettaz moved to Spain at early age and joined Málaga CF's youth setup in 2017, from Levante UD. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 25 August 2019, starting in a 4–0 Tercera División away routing of Alhaurín de la Torre CF.[1]
On 16 November 2019, as Munir was out on international duty, Crettaz made his first team debut by playing the full 90 minutes of a 0–1 loss at AD Alcorcón in the Segunda División championship.[2] On 17 August 2021, after being mainly a third-choice option in the main squad, he was loaned to Primera División RFEF side CD Badajoz, for one year.[3]
On 15 August 2022, Crettaz was transferred to UD Logroñés also in the third division.[4] On 7 July 2023, after suffering relegation, he moved to fellow league team CD Castellón on a two-year deal,[5] and was an undisputed starter as the club achieved promotion to the second division.
On 10 June 2025, despite still remaining a first-choice, Crettaz left the Orelluts as his contract was due to expire.[6]
On the next day, Crettaz signed a three-year contract with NEC in the Dutch top-tier Eredivisie, reuniting with his former Castellón manager Dick Schreuder.[7] Robin Roefs, who was NEC's first-choice goalkeeper in the previous season, moved to the Premier League in the off-season. Crettaz established himself as the main goalkeeper at NEC in the 2025–26 season, as the club finished the season in 3rd place, earning a spot in the Champions League qualifying rounds for the first time in club's history.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 25 August 2026[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | App | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Málaga B | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Tercera División | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Tercera División | 22 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 34 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||||
| Málaga | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Segunda División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Badajoz (loan) | 2021–22 | Primera División RFEF | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Logroñés | 2022–23 | Primera Federación | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| Castellón | 2023–24 | Primera Federación | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Segunda División | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Total | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 79 | 0 | |||
| NEC | 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2026–27 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 196 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 210 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League
References
- ↑ "El Malagueño comienza con buen pie (0–4)" [Malagueño start in a good foot (0–4)] (in Spanish). Málaga CF. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ↑ "El Alcorcón sufre para derrotar al Málaga y seguir sonriendo en Santo Domingo" [Alcorcón suffer to defeat Málaga and keep smiling at the Santo Domingo] (in Spanish). Marca. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "Gonzalo loaned out to CD Badajoz". Málaga CF. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ↑ "Gonzalo transfers to UD Logroñés". Málaga CF. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ↑ "El portero argentino Gonzalo Crettaz, primer refuerzo para la plantilla del Castellón" [Argentine goalkeeper Gonzalo Crettaz, first addition for the squad of Castellón]. Valencia Plaza (in Spanish). Plaza Deportiva. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ↑ "Comunicado Oficial | Gonzalo Crettaz" [Official announcement | Gonzalo Crettaz] (in Spanish). CD Castellón. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ↑ "Gonzalo Crettaz versterkt keepersgilde N.E.C." [Gonzalo Crettaz strengthens NEC's goalkeeping ranks] (in Dutch). NEC Nijmegen. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "De weg naar de top van Gonzalo Crettaz: 'Ben Dick Schreuder eeuwig dankbaar'" [Gonzalo Crettaz's Road to the Top: 'I am eternally grateful to Dick Schreuder'] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ Gonzalo Crettaz at Soccerway
External links
- Gonzalo Crettaz at BDFutbol
- Gonzalo Crettaz at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Gonzalo Crettaz at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Argentine people of Swiss descent
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Argentine men's footballers
- Spanish men's footballers
- Segunda División players
- Primera Federación players
- Tercera División players
- Eredivisie players
- NEC Nijmegen players
- Atlético Malagueño players
- Málaga CF players
- CD Badajoz players
- UD Logroñés players
- CD Castellón footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands