William José Tesillo Gutiérrez (born 2 February 1990) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Colombia national team. He also plays as a

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Tesillo represented mainly

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as a youth. In 2009, he joined

Centauros Villavicencio Corporación Deportiva Centauros Villavicencio, was a Colombian association football, football club based in the city of Villavicencio. The club was founded on 14 January 2003 and played its home games at the Estadio Bello Horizonte, Manuel Calle ...

in the

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, 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 against

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Deportes Quindío

In 2010, Tesillo moved to

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side

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, along with three other Centauros teammates. He made his debut in the category on 4 April, starting in a 0–1 away loss against

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. Tesillo scored his first goal in the top tier on 8 May 2011, netting his team's third in a 4–3 home success over

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. An undisputed starter for the club, and left with 134 official appearances.

Junior

On 19 December 2013, Tesillo signed a one-year loan deal with fellow top-tier club

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. He made his debut for the club the following 25 January, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 3–2 win at

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. 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.

Santa Fe

On 29 December 2015, Tesillo signed a three-year contract with

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. 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. Immediately a first-choice, Tesillo scored his first goal on 21 February 2016, but in a 1–2 away loss against

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. He contributed with a career-best four goals in 36 appearances.

International career

Tesillo was named in Colombia's provisional squad for

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but was cut from the final squad. On 15 July, he was included in the 18-man squad ahead of the

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. Tesillo appeared in all four matches during the tournament, as his side was knocked out by eventual champions

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in the quarterfinals. In May 2018, he was named in Colombia's preliminary 35 man

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for the

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. However, he did not make the final cut to 23. On June 28, 2019, his missed penalty kick in the shootout, saw Colombia eliminated by

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in the

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quarterfinals.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''As of match played 3 June 2019 Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Junior *

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León *

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(1): Guardianes 2020 *

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Best XI: Guardianes 2020, Apertura 2021 *

All-Star:

References

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