He currently plays for Serres FCA club Nigrita 2018.
Gourtsas made his first football steps just in the age of 12 in his local town team Visaltiakos Nigrita.
In the season 2008/09 he had appearances both in the U-21 team of the club and also in the first squad under coach Giannis Papakostas.
On 21 August 2013 he signed a three years contract with AEL where he had his most successful and productive season so far, having scored 17 goals in 26 games in the Greek Football League 2 championship.
He finished the 2016–17 season making 30 appearances, scoring 9 goals and giving 4 assists.