Paolo Hurtado

Paolo Hurtado
	Hurtado playing for Vitória Guimarães in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Cristopher Paolo César Hurtado Huertas
Date of birth	27 July 1990
Place of birth	Callao, Peru
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Positions	Winger; forward;
Team information
Current team	Unión Huaral
Number	7
Youth career
2005–2007	Alianza Lima
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2012	Alianza Lima
2009	→ Juan Aurich (loan)
2012–2015	Paços Ferreira
2014	→ Peñarol (loan)
2015–2017	Reading
2016–2017	→ Vitória Guimarães (loan)
2017–2018	Vitória Guimarães
2018–2021	Konyaspor
2021	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2021–2022	Unión Española
2022	Alianza Lima
2023	Cienciano
2024	Carlos A. Mannucci
2025	Comerciantes
2026–	Unión Huaral
International career‡
2011–2019	Peru
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Peru
Copa América
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2019

Cristopher Paolo César Hurtado Huertas (born 27 July 1990), commonly known as Paolo Hurtado, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Unión Huaral.

Club career

Alianza Lima

Hurtado made his first team debut with Alianza Lima on 17 February 2008.^[2] Knowing he would not have much opportunities in Alianza he decide to go out on loan to Juan Aurich. After a successful loan period Hurtado became a regular in the Alianza Lima first team, proving to be one of their most influential players.

Paços de Ferreira

In 2012, he signed with Portuguese team F.C. Paços de Ferreira and swiftly proved his worth, becoming a key player.

Reading

On 12 August 2015, Hurtado signed a three-year contract with Reading of the Championship.^[3] After struggling to settle in England and also struggling for game time at Reading, Hurtado signed a loan deal with Vitória de Guimarães on 28 January 2016 until 30 June 2016.^[4] On 3 August 2016, Reading confirmed that Hurtado had returned to Vitória de Guimarães on a season-long loan.^[5]

Vitória Guimarães

On 20 July 2017, Reading confirmed that Hurtado had moved to Vitória Guimarães permanently for an undisclosed fee.^[6]

International career

In May 2018 he was named in Peru's provisional 24 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 September 2018^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Alianza Lima	2008	Torneo Descentralizado	17	2	0	0	–		0	0	0	0	17	2
	2009		0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2010		36	8	0	0	–		0	0	0	0	36	8
	2011		29	4	0	0	–		0	0	0	0	29	4
	2012		1	0	0	0	–		6^[a]	1	0	0	7	1
	Total		83	14	0	0	–		6	1	0	0	89	13
Juan Aurich {loan}	2009	Torneo Descentralizado	20	2	0	0	–		–		0	0	20	2
Paços de Ferreira	2012–13	Primeira Liga	28	8	4	0	5	0	–		–		37	8
	2013–14		8	0	0	0	0	0	6^[b]	0	–		14	0
	2014–15		21	4	1	0	1	1	–		–		23	5
	Total		57	12	5	0	6	1	6	0	0	0	74	13
Peñarol (loan)	2013–14	Primera División	10	0	–		–		4^[a]	0	–		14	0
Reading	2015–16	Championship	5	0	0	0	1	0	–		–		6	0
	2016–17	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	6	0
Vitória de Guimarães (loan)	2015–16	Primeira Liga	7	1	0	0	–		–		–		7	1
	2016–17	Primeira Liga	31	6	4	2	3	1	–		–		38	9
	Total		38	7	4	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	45	10
Vitória de Guimarães	2017–18	Primeira Liga	25	11	1	0	1	2	5^[c]	2	1	0	33	15
Konyaspor	2018–19	Süper Lig	5	0	1	1	–		–		–		6	1
Career total			243	46	12	3	11	4	21	3	1	0	287	54

1 2 Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
↑ Two appearances in the Champions League and four in the Europa League
↑ Appearances in the Europa League

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[9]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Peru	2011	2	0
	2012	2	0
	2013	7	2
	2014	3	0
	2015	11	0
	2017	4	1
	2018	7	0
	2019	2	0
Total		38	3

Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hurtado goal.

List of international goals scored by Paolo Hurtado^[10]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 March 2013	Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru	Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	3–0	Friendly
2	10 September 2013	Estadio Anzoátegui, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	Venezuela	1–0	2–3	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	5 September 2017	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador	Ecuador	2–0	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 21 June 2018. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
↑ Debut preocupante para Alianza Lima Archived 25 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Hurtado signs three-year deal at Reading". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
↑ "Home of the Royals!".
↑ "Hurtado renews loan spell at Vitoria". reading.co.uk. Reading F.C. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
↑ "Hurtado completes permanent move to Portugal". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
↑ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists | Goal.com".
↑ Paolo Hurtado at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
↑ "Paolo Hurtado". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
↑ Cite error: The named reference NFT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

External links

Paolo Hurtado at National-Football-Teams.com
Paolo Hurtado at ForaDeJogo (archived)

[CopaLib-9] 1 2 Appearances in the Copa Libertadores

[10] Two appearances in the Champions League and four in the Europa League

[UEL-11] Appearances in the Europa League

[1] "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 21 June 2018. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

[2] Debut preocupante para Alianza Lima Archived 25 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[Reading_Sign_Hurtado-3] "Hurtado signs three-year deal at Reading". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

[4] "Home of the Royals!".

[Vitória_Loan_Hurtado-5] "Hurtado renews loan spell at Vitoria". reading.co.uk. Reading F.C. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

[Hurtado_Leaves_for_Portugal-6] "Hurtado completes permanent move to Portugal". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[7] "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists | Goal.com".

[PHSW-8] Paolo Hurtado at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[NFT_Stats-12] "Paolo Hurtado". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

[NFT-13] Cite error: The named reference NFT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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