Gómez playing with the Philadelphia Union
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gabriel Enrique Gómez Girón | ||
Date of birth | 29 May 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Atlético Bucaramanga | ||
Number | 8 | ||
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) |
2006–2008 | Santa Fe | 40 | (1) |
2007–2008 | → Belenenses (loan) | 25 | (1) |
2008–2010 | Belenenses | 46 | (2) |
2010 | Ermis | 11 | (1) |
2011 | La Equidad | 13 | (1) |
2011 | Indios | 8 | (3) |
2012 | Philadelphia Union | 24 | (6) |
2013 | Atlético Junior | 16 | (0) |
2013–2014 | San Francisco | 28 | (2) |
2014–2016 | Herediano | 41 | (1) |
2016 | → Cartaginés (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2016 | Deportes Tolima | 18 | (2) |
2017– | Atlético Bucaramanga | 4 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2003– | Panama | 126 | (11) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
Gabriel Enrique Gómez Girón (born 29 May 1984 in Panama City) is a Panamanian footballer who plays for Colombian club Atlético Bucaramanga as a defensive midfielder.
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 120 internationals and representing the nation in six Gold Cup tournaments.
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).