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| Full name | William José Tesillo Gutiérrez[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1990-02-02)2 February 1990 (age 35)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barranquilla, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back,left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Boca Juniors de Cali | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Centauros Villavicencio | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Deportes Quindío | 108 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | →Junior (loan) | 83 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Santa Fe | 76 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2024 | León | 160 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024- | Atlético Nacional | 24 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Colombia Olympic | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Colombia | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:35, 25 March 2022 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
William José Tesillo Gutiérrez (born 2 February 1990) is a Colombian professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back forAtlético Nacional and theColombia national team. He also plays as aleft-back.
Born inBarranquilla, Tesillo represented mainlyBoca Juniors de Cali as a youth.[2] In 2009, he joinedCentauros Villavicencio in theCategoría Primera B, and made his senior debut for the club during the year. His first goal came on 21 March 2009, in a 1–3 away loss againstAtlético.
In 2010, Tesillo moved toCategoría Primera A sideDeportes Quindío, along with three other Centauros teammates.[3] He made his debut in the category on 4 April, starting in a 0–1 away loss againstBoyacá Chicó.
Tesillo scored his first goal in the top tier on 8 May 2011, netting his team's third in a 4–3 home success overDeportivo Pereira.[4] An undisputed starter for the club, and left with 134 official appearances.
On 19 December 2013, Tesillo signed a one-year loan deal with fellow top-tier clubJunior.[5] He made his debut for the club the following 25 January, coming on as a latesubstitute forLuis Enrique Quiñones in a 3–2 win atAtlético Huila.[6]
Tesillo became an undisputed starter at the club, and had his loan extended for a further year in December 2014. He left the club after his loan expired, and the club opted to not activate his buyout clause.
On 29 December 2015, Tesillo signed a three-year contract withIndependiente Santa Fe.[7] He made his debut for the club on 31 January of the following year by playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win at Boyacá Chicó.[8]
Immediately a first-choice, Tesillo scored his first goal on 21 February 2016, but in a 1–2 away loss againstEnvigado.[9] He contributed with a career-best four goals in 36 appearances.
Tesillo was named in Colombia's provisional squad forCopa América Centenario but was cut from the final squad.[10] On 15 July, he was included in the 18-man squad ahead of the2016 Summer Olympics.[11]
Tesillo appeared in all four matches during the tournament, as his side was knocked out by eventual championsBrazil in the quarterfinals.
In May 2018, he was named in Colombia's preliminary 35 mansquad for the2018 World Cup inRussia.[12] However, he did not make the final cut to 23.[13] On June 28, 2019, his missed penalty kick in the shootout, saw Colombia eliminated byChile in the2019 Copa America quarterfinals.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Centauros Villavicencio | 2009[2] | Primera B | 30 | 1 | — | 30 | 1 | |||||
| Deportes Quindío | 2010 | Primera A | 16 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 2011 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 41 | 2 | |||||
| 2012 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||||
| 2013 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 108 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 3 | ||
| Junior | 2014 | Primera A | 41 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 49 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 53 | 0 | |||
| Total | 83 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | ||
| Santa Fe | 2016 | Primera A | 36 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8[b] | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | 48 | 6 |
| Total | 36 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 257 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 315 | 10 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 June 2019 | Estadio El Campín,Bogotá, Colombia |  Panama | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
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Individual
Cinco jugadores importantes salieron del equipo profesional, que este año será dirigido por Eduardo Cruz. Se trata de William Tesillos, John Jairo Roy, Julián Rosero, el argentino Alexis Bravo (todos al Deportes Quindío) y Jair Valoy, quien fue al Cortuluá. Por el momento no se conoce acerca de refuerzos.
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