Name Gabriel Gomez Salary 275,000 USD (2012) Years Team Weight 81 kg | Number 6 Height 1.83 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Full name Gabriel Enrique Gomez Giron Date of birth (1984-05-29) 29 May 1984 (age 31) Current teams Junior de Barranquilla (#6 / Midfielder), Panama national football team (Midfielder) Similar People Jaime Penedo, Piotr Nowak, Jim Curtin, John Hackworth | ||
Place of birth Panama City, Panama | ||
Gabriel Enrique Gómez Girón (born 29 May 1984 in Panama City) is a Panamanian footballer who plays for Colombian club Deportes Tolima as a defensive midfielder.
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His own notwithstanding, he played professionally in six countries, mainly Colombia and Portugal.
Gómez was Panama's all-time record cap holder, appearing in more than 100 internationals and representing the nation in six Gold Cup tournaments.
Club career
In his early career, Gómez – nicknamed Gavilán (Hawk) – rarely settled with a club, playing in both his country and Colombia. In 2007 he moved to Portugal and signed for C.F. Os Belenenses initially on a one-year loan, from Club Santa Fe whom he had joined in December 2005.
Gómez made his Primeira Liga debut on 20 August 2007 in a 1–1 draw at Associação Naval 1º de Maio, being relatively used during his three-year stint as the Lisbon side was eventually relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season. 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.
In August 2011, after a spell back in Colombia with La Equidad alongside countrymen Gabriel Torres and Román Torres, Gómez teamed up with compatriot Blas Pérez at Mexican Ascenso MX side Indios de Ciudad Juárez. He signed for the Philadelphia Union of the Major League Soccer on 21 December 2011, scoring his first league goal in the season opener against the Portland Timbers (1–3 away loss).
In December 2012 Gómez returned to Colombia, to play for Junior FC. He continued changing clubs and countries in quick succession in the following years, representing San Francisco F.C. and C.S. Herediano.
International career
Gómez represented the Panamian under-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, in the United Arab Emirates. He made his debut for the full side in a game against El Salvador for the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup, and went on to play for his country on more than 100 occasions, including in 27 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.
International goals
Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.Personal life
Gómez married former model Ingrid González, sister of former international goalkeeper Donaldo González, fathering two children.