Juan José Gómez

Juan José Gómez
Personal information
Full nameJuan José Gómez
Date of birthNovember 8, 1980
Place of birthSan Miguel, El Salvador
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Luis Angel Firpo
Number1
Youth career
Deportivo Durán Turcios
Jardines del Río
1996–1998Águila
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1998–1999→ Santa Clara (loan)
1999–2000→ Jocoro (loan)
2000–2004Águila
2004–2006San Salvador15
2006–2011Luis Ángel Firpo167
2011–2012Águila19(0)
2013–2014Luis Ángel Firpo
National team‡
2000–El Salvador62(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 August 2011

Juan José Gómez (born November 8, 1980 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer His last team was C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier League. He is a Semi - Retired Goalkeeper

Club career

Gómez played for the reserves team at Salvadoran giants Águila but was not given any chance to play in the first team since Raúl Antonio García and Melvin Barrera were above him in the goalkeepers pecking order.[1] He then turned striker and made his senior debut on loan at Santa Clara and played for Jocoro before returning to play in goal for Águila in 2000. He joined San Salvador four years later and left them for Luis Ángel Firpo in 2006.[2] For the Apertura 2011, Gomez returned to Águila.

In April 2012, Gómez left Águila and was reportedly looking for a job between the sticks at then bottom of the Moldovan league. He back to L.A Firpo on September 4, 2013. Gomez left the team after Torneo Clausura 2014(El_Salvador)ends up with C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo descended to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño [3]

International career

Gómez made his debut for El Salvador in an August 1999 friendly match against Greece, playing as a striker, and has earned a total of 64 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4] and at the 2001,[5] 2003,[6] 2007[7] and 2009 UNCAF Nations Cups [8] as well as at the 2003[9] and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[10] He also was a non-playing squad member at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[11]

His final international was a September 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the United States. He was eventually called-up 2 years later to take part at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup but did not play any minutes. On August 7, 2011, against Venezuela, J.J. Gomez was once again a starter on La Selecta. The game was won by a score of 2–1. Gomez is well recognized as the father of Football corruption. He sold many games in which he was involved. A disgrace for the country's football

References

  1. ↑ El muro de la azul Diario de Hoy (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Profile El Gráfico (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Segunda oportunidad para J. J. Gómez en Europa - ElSalvadorfc.com (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Juan José Gómez – FIFA competition record
  5. ↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2001 - Details - RSSSF
  6. ↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details - RSSSF
  7. ↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details - RSSSF
  8. ↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2009 - Details - RSSSF
  9. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details - RSSSF
  10. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details - RSSSF
  11. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details - RSSSF

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