Gabriel Enrique Gómez

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Girón.

Gabriel Gómez
Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Enrique Gómez Giron
Date of birth	29 May 1984 (1984-05-29) (age 27)
Place of birth	Panama City, Panama
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Philadelphia Union
Youth career
	Sporting '89
	Envigado
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2003	Envigado	32	(1)
2004	San Francisco	17	(1)
2004	Deportivo Pasto	13	(1)
2005	Tauro	13	(1)
2005	Deportivo Pereira	11	(2)
2006–2007	Independiente Santa Fe	40	(1)
2007–2010	Belenenses	71	(3)
2010	Ermis	11	(1)
2011	La Equidad	14	(1)
2011	Indios Ciudad Juárez	8	(3)
2012–	Philadelphia Union	0	(0)
National team^‡
2003–	Panama	74	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 December 2011

Gabriel Enrique Gómez Giron (born 29 May 1984 in Panama City) is a Panamanian footballer who plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer, as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

In his early career, Gómez - nicknamed Gavilán - rarely settled with a club, playing in both his country and Colombia. In 2007, he moved to Portugal and signed a three-year contract with C.F. Os Belenenses, who paid €300.000 to Independiente de Santa Fe.

Gómez made his Portuguese first division debut on 20 August 2007, in a 1–1 draw at Associação Naval 1º de Maio, being relatively used during his three-year stint, with the Lisbon side being relegated in 2009–10. In the very last minutes of the following summer transfer window, he moved to Cyprus and signed with Ermis Aradippou, reuniting with former Belenenses teammate Wender, but being released shortly after.

Gómez signed with Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union on 21 December 2011.^[1]

Gómez made his debut for Panama in 2003, against El Salvador. He represented the national team in three CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments.

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 August 2006	Estadio Nacional, Lima	Peru	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	12 July 2009	University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale	Nicaragua	2–0	4–0	2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3.	7 September 2010	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	3–0	Friendly
4.	25 March 2011	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City	Bolivia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
5.	29 May 2011	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City	Grenada	1–0	2–0	Friendly
6.	7 June 2011	Ford Field, Detroit	Guadeloupe	3–0	3–2	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
7.	11 June 2011	Raymond James Stadium, Tampa	United States	2–0	2–1	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
8.	12 November 2011	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City	Costa Rica	1–0	2–0	Friendly

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Colombia			League		Cup		League Cup		South America		Total
2001	Envigado	Categoría Primera A	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	1
2002			14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
2003			3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Panama			League		Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
2004	San Francisco	Liga Panameña de Fútbol	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	171	0
Colombia			League		Cup		League Cup		South America		Total
2004	Deportivo Pasto	Categoría Primera A	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
Panama			League		Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
2005	Tauro	Liga Panameña de Fútbol	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
Colombia			League		Cup		League Cup		South America		Total
2005	Deportivo Pereira	Categoría Primera A	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2
2006	Santa Fe		26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	1
2007	Santa Fe		14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Portugal			League		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Europe		Total
2007–08	Belenenses	Primeira Liga	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	1
2008–09			20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	2
2009–10			26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
Cyprus			League		Cypriot Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2010–11	Ermis	Cypriot First Division	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
Colombia			League		Cup		League Cup		South America		Total
2011	La Equidad	Categoría Primera A	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
Mexico			League		Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
2011–12	Indios	Liga de Ascenso	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3
USA			League		Open Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
2012	Philadelphia Union	Major League Soccer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Colombia		110	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	110	6
	Panama		30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	2
	Portugal		71	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	3
	Cyprus		11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
	Mexico		8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3
	USA		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			230	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	230	15

Statistics accurate as of 21 December 2011

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Panama
	2003	4	0
	2004	4	0
	2005	20	0
	2006	6	1
	2007	6	0
	2008	4	0
	2009	7	1
	2010	4	1
	2011	18	5
Total		74	8

Statistics accurate as of 21 December 2011

Panama squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up

1 Penedo 2 Rivera 3 Moreno 4 J. Torres 5 Baloy 6 Gómez 7 Jorge Dely Valdés 8 Blanco 9 Julio Dely Valdés 10 Medina 11 Brown 12 Calderon 13 Solanilla 14 R. Torres 15 Phillips 16 Guardia 17 Henríquez 18 Tejada 19 Avila 20 Mitre 21 Rodríguez 22 McFarlane 23 Gonzalez Coach: Hernández

Panama squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Penedo 2 Rivera 3 Moreno 4 J. Pérez 5 Torres 6 Gómez 7 B. Pérez 8 Blanco 9 Garcés 10 Escobar 11 McFarlane 12 Aguilar 13 Torres 14 Phillips 15 L. Henríquez 16 Muñoz 17 Mitre 18 A. Henríquez 19 Herrera 20 Baloy 21 Calderón 22 Anderson Coach: Guimarães

Panama squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Penedo 2 Rivera 3 Moreno 4 J. Torres 5 R. Torres 6 Gómez 7 Pérez 8 Blanco 9 Garcés 10 Barahona 11 Herrera 12 McFarlane 13 Solanilla 14 Gun 15 Phillips 16 M. Torres 17 Muñoz 18 Tejada 19 Rodríguez 20 Escobar 21 Henríquez 22 Calderón 23 Baloy Coach: Stempel

Panama squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists

1 Penedo • 3 Cummings • 4 Haywood • 5 R. Torres • 6 Gómez • 7 Pérez • 8 G. Torres • 9 Addles • 10 Barahona • 11 Cooper • 12 Mejia • 13 Machado • 14 Dasent • 15 Davis • 16 Rentería • 17 L. Henríquez • 18 Tejada • 19 Quintero • 20 Godoy • 21 A. Henríquez • 22 Bonaga • 23 Baloy • 24 Melgar • Coach: Valdés