PLAYER PROFILE / Defensive Midfield
Carlos Gruezo.
Santos Laguna · Ecuador
TM 189475 · Current player profileAge today31
Recorded moves13
Peak recorded value€6.00m
Current market value€1.00m
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- Carlos Armando Gruezo Arvoleda
- Born
- 19 Apr 1995
- Nationality
- Ecuador
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Preferred foot
- right
- Height
- 176
- Joined current club
- —
- Contract expires
- —
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- San Jose EarthquakesLast recorded move · 01 Jan 2026
- LDU QuitoLast recorded move · 31 Dec 2025
- FC AugsburgLast recorded move · 31 Jan 2023
- FC DallasLast recorded move · 02 Jul 2019
- VfB StuttgartLast recorded move · 23 Jan 2016
- Barcelona SC GuayaquilLast recorded move · 30 Jan 2014
- Independiente del ValleLast recorded move · 31 Jan 2012
- Independiente del Valle BLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2011
- Independiente del Valle U20Last recorded move · 01 Jan 2011
- LDU Quito U20Last recorded move · 09 Mar 2010
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | 31 | Santos Laguna | €1.00m |
| 26 Mar 2026 | 30 | Santos Laguna | €1.20m |
| 22 Dec 2025 | 30 | LDU Quito | €1.50m |
| 16 Jun 2025 | 30 | LDU Quito | €1.50m |
| 09 Apr 2025 | 29 | LDU Quito | €1.50m |
| 12 Dec 2024 | 29 | San Jose Earthquakes | €1.80m |
| 13 Jun 2024 | 29 | San Jose Earthquakes | €2.00m |
| 18 Dec 2023 | 28 | San Jose Earthquakes | €3.00m |
| 22 Aug 2023 | 28 | San Jose Earthquakes | €3.00m |
| 31 Mar 2023 | 27 | San Jose Earthquakes | €3.00m |
| 09 Nov 2022 | 27 | FC Augsburg | €4.00m |
| 09 Jun 2022 | 27 | FC Augsburg | €3.20m |
| 22 Dec 2021 | 26 | FC Augsburg | €3.20m |
| 07 Oct 2021 | 26 | FC Augsburg | €4.00m |
| 09 Jun 2021 | 26 | FC Augsburg | €5.00m |
| 10 Feb 2021 | 25 | FC Augsburg | €6.00m |
| 26 Nov 2020 | 25 | FC Augsburg | €5.00m |
| 08 Jul 2020 | 25 | FC Augsburg | €3.00m |
| 08 Apr 2020 | 24 | FC Augsburg | €1.60m |
| 17 Dec 2019 | 24 | FC Augsburg | €2.00m |
| 27 May 2019 | 24 | FC Dallas | €2.00m |
| 15 Dec 2018 | 23 | FC Dallas | €2.00m |
| 02 May 2018 | 23 | FC Dallas | €1.50m |
| 05 Dec 2017 | 22 | FC Dallas | €1.50m |
| 24 May 2017 | 22 | FC Dallas | €1.50m |
| 15 Dec 2016 | 21 | FC Dallas | €1.50m |
| 30 May 2016 | 21 | FC Dallas | €1.25m |
| 01 Mar 2016 | 20 | FC Dallas | €1.25m |
| 01 Jul 2015 | 20 | VfB Stuttgart | €2.00m |
| 04 Feb 2015 | 19 | VfB Stuttgart | €3.50m |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Sep 2026 | Santos Laguna | Not recorded | Transfer | — |
| 01 Jan 2026 | San Jose Earthquakes | Santos Laguna | Transfer | Free |
| 01 Jan 2026 | San Jose Earthquakes | Santos Laguna | Not recorded | — |
| 31 Dec 2025 | LDU Quito | San Jose Earthquakes | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 25 Jan 2025 | San Jose Earthquakes | LDU Quito | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 31 Jan 2023 | FC Augsburg | San Jose Earthquakes | Transfer | €2.70m |
| 02 Jul 2019 | FC Dallas | FC Augsburg | Transfer | €5.50m |
| 23 Jan 2016 | VfB Stuttgart | FC Dallas | Transfer | €1.50m |
| 30 Jan 2014 | Barcelona SC Guayaquil | VfB Stuttgart | Transfer | €1.00m |
| 31 Jan 2012 | Independiente del Valle | Barcelona SC Guayaquil | Transfer | — ? |
| 01 Jul 2011 | Independiente del Valle B | Independiente del Valle | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jan 2011 | Independiente del Valle U20 | Independiente del Valle B | Internal move | — |
| 09 Mar 2010 | LDU Quito U20 | Independiente del Valle U20 | Transfer | — ? |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.