Julio Gómez González

Julio Gómez
Personal information
Full name Julio Enrique Gómez González
Date of birth (1994-08-13) August 13, 1994
Place of birth Tampico, Tamaulipas, México
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)
Playing position Winger
Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Coras
(on loan from Pachuca)
Number 8
Youth career
2010–2011 Pachuca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Pachuca 9 (0)
2014Guadalajara (loan) 7 (0)
2015UAT (loan) 5 (0)
2015Cafetaleros (loan) 16 (2)
2016Chiapas (loan) 0 (0)
2016–Coras (loan) 12 (1)
National team
2011 Mexico U17 7 (3)
2013 Mexico U20 3 (2)
2014 Mexico U21 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 May 2014

Julio Enrique Gómez González (born 13 August 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Coras F.C. on loan from Pachuca.[1][2] He can play as either a winger or attacking midfielder.

Career

CF Pachuca

Julito Gomez (La Momia) made his debut for CF Pachuca's against Santos Laguna on January 2011, in a game of 2011 Clausura He was then loaned to Correcaminos and scored 13 goals in Clausura 2015. He was declared MVP by Correcaminos. Then Pachuca loaned him to Tapachula for the 2015-16 season. [3]

International career

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Gómez was a regular starter in Mexico´s squad. In the second match against Congo; Gómez scored one of the 2 goals from Mexico.[4]

In the semifinal match against Germany he scored 2 goals, the first of them at minute 3'. In the play that derived in the second goal for Mexico, an Olympic goal by Jonathan Espericueta, Gomez's head collided with Samed Yeşil's, after which he was left lying on the field, bleeding heavily. With no substitutions left, he returned to the field and scored the winning goal with a memorable bicycle kick on the last minutes of the match, and gave Mexico the pass to the final against Uruguay.[5] That was a match Gómez will never forget as he debuted with Pachuca on the Estadio Corona, and also there he scored his goals against Germany.

He was not a starter in the final. However, he entered the game at minute 80', being received with a standing ovation by the fans. Mexico ended up defeating Uruguay 2-0, winning the championship.[6]

Gómez was awarded the Golden Ball of the tournament. In total, he scored 3 goals, and participated in all 7 games - six as starter, and as a substitute in the final.[7]

Honours

International

Mexico

Individual

References

  1. "Julio Enrique Gómez González" (in Spanish). Liga MX. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. "J. GÓMEZ". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. "Debut Tuzo a los 16 años" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  4. "FIFA U-17 World Cup: Mexico 2:1 Congo". Retrieved 2011-07-12.
  5. "FIFA U-17 World Cup: Germany 2:3 Mexico". Retrieved 2011-07-12.
  6. "FIFA U-17 World Cup: Uruguay 0:2 Mexico". Retrieved 2011-07-12.
  7. "Gomez It's hard to take it all in". Retrieved 2011-07-12.
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