Mario Gómez

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Mario Gómez
Personal information
Full name	Mario Gómez García
Date of birth	July 10, 1985 (1985-07-10) (age 22)
Place of birth	Riedlingen, Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	VfB Stuttgart
Number	33
Youth clubs
–2001 2001–2003	SV Unlingen FV Bad Saulgau SSV Ulm 1846 VfB Stuttgart
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003–2005 2003–	VfB Stuttgart II VfB Stuttgart	43 (21) 89 (39)
National team2
2007–	Germany	12 0(6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 6, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 12, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Mario Gómez García (born July 10, 1985 in Riedlingen) is a German professional football player of German-Spanish descent (his father is a Spaniard from Granada and his mother is German). Mario Gómez currently plays for VfB Stuttgart. Gómez was brought up in Unlingen, an Upper Swabian village.

Contents 1 Club career 2 National team 2.1 Euro 2008 2.2 Germany Goals 3 Honours 4 Career statistics 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Club career

In 2004, he played for 10 minutes for VfB in the Champions League in a game against Chelsea F.C. (March 9) and made his debut in the Bundesliga side (on May 8).

In the 2004/05, playing in the Regionalliga side, he scored 15 times in 24 games and was to be capped 8 times in the Stuttgart Bundesliga side.

In the 2005/06 season, Gómez joined the first team permanently. He played 30 times in the Bundesliga, scoring six times at this level, his first goal coming on September 17, 2005. The striker also played five times in the UEFA Cup, scoring twice, and in three times in the League Cup.

In the 2006/07 season the youngster established himself as one of the top scorers in the Bundesliga. However, he broke his hand on March 10, 2007 and suffered a torn ligament in his left knee. He made his comeback on May 12, 2007, and immediately scored after coming on from the bench. In that game, VfB defeated Bochum (3-2) and went two points clear heading into the Bundesliga's final weekend where they won at home against Energie Cottbus, thus becoming German football champions. Furthermore, VfB also reached final of the German Domestic Cup, where Gómez participated, but VfB lost to 1. FC Nuremberg. After the season, he was named German Footballer of the Year for 2007.

In July of 2007, Gómez extended his contract at VfB until 2012.

While, in the 2007/08 season, the rest of his team struggled to keep performing at their 06/07 season standards, Gómez remained at an astonishingly high level, scoring 19 goals in 25 appearances, 2nd in the Bundesliga's Top Scorer list, just behind Bayern Munich's Luca Toni who scored 25 times. Because of his recent development, many big clubs have been interested in the 22 year old forward. Gómez has recently gained the nickname “Mr. Zuverlässig” (lit. “Mr. Reliable”), as seen in his second of three goals against major league rival Werder Bremen (final score 6-3), where he managed to net in a virtually unreachable pass by teammate Yıldıray Baştürk.

[edit] National team

Gómez has both German and Spanish nationality, but played for all German youth national teams from age 17.

He made his debut for the German national football team against Switzerland on February 7, 2007. Germany won the match 3-1, with Gómez scoring Germany's second goal. Gómez gained his second cap for Germany, coming on as a substitute for Kevin Kuranyi in a EURO 2008 qualifier against San Marino, scoring two goals that contributed to a final 6-0 victory.

[edit] Euro 2008

Gómez started Germany's first and second game of the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament.

[edit] Germany Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 June 2007	Nuremberg, Germany	San Marino	4-0	6-0	Euro 2008 Qualification
2.	2 June 2007	Nuremberg, Germany	San Marino	5-0	6-0	Euro 2008 Qualification

[edit] Honours

Club Titles

• German Youth Champion 2003
• German Champion (2006-07)

Personal Honours

• German Footballer of the Year 2007

National Team

[edit] Career statistics

All-Time Club Performance

Club	Season	Domestic League		Domestic Cup		European Competition[1]		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
VfB Stuttgart	07-08	25	19	3	6	4	3	32	28
	06-07	25	14	5	2	0	0	30	16
	05-06	30	6	3	0	5	2	38	8
	04-05	8	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
	03-04	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Total		89	39	12	8	11	5	112	52
Career Totals		89	39	12	8	11	5	112	52

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Gómez's official site
• (German) Career stats at fussballdaten.de

Awards
Preceded by Miroslav Klose	German Footballer of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e Germany squad - UEFA Euro 2008 1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Fritz • 5 Westermann • 6 Rolfes • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Gómez • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Enke • 13 Ballack • 14 Trochowski • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Odonkor • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Kurányi • 23 Adler • Coach: Löw

v • d • e VfB Stuttgart – current squad 1 Lehmann • 2 Beck • 3 Osorio • 5 Taşçı • 6 Meira • 8 Farnerud • 10 Baştürk • 11 Hitzlsperger • 13 Pardo • 15 Boka • 17 Delpierre • 18 Cacau • 19 Hilbert • 20 Marica • 21 Magnin • 22 Schipplock • 23 Fischer • 24 Ulreich • 25 da Silva • 28 Khedira • 29 Mandjeck • 31 Stolz • 33 Gómez • 35 Träsch • 38 Pisot • 42 Pischorn •  Schäfer •  Lanig •  Šimák • Manager: Veh