Manny Gómez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emmanuel Leonardo Gómez | ||
| Date of birth | March 30, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Mendoza, Argentina | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2004 | Victoria Football Academy | ||
| 2005–2007 | River Plate | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | CSD Tristán Suárez | 27 | (7) |
| 2008–2010 | Sportivo Barracas | 50 | (19) |
| 2011 | CD Binéfar | ||
| 2012 | Victoria Highlanders | ||
| 2013 | Club Atletico Jorge Griffa | ||
| 2014 | Victoria Highlanders | ||
| International career | |||
| 2003 | Canada U15 | 23 | (3) |
| 2006 | Canada U20 | 1 | (1) |
| 2013 | Canada | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Emmanuel Leonardo Gómez (born March 30, 1987) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played for Club Atlético Jorge Griffa.[1]
Early life
[edit]Gómez was just two years old when he and his family moved to Victoria, British Columbia. Both of his parents were born in Mendoza, Argentina.
Career
[edit]Gómez began his career in his hometown with the Victoria Football Academy and was 2005 scouted from Argentine top club Club Atlético River Plate. After three years with Club Atlético River Plate on their youth side, he signed his first professional contract with Club Social y Deportivo Tristán Suárez. Gómez played in his first professional season for CSD Tristán Suárez in the Argentine Primera B Metropolitana, playing twenty-seven games and scoring seven goals. In January 2008 he joined Sportivo Barracas in the Primera C Metropolitana league.[2] After two years with Sportivo Barracas,[3] joined 2011 to Spanish lower side CD Binéfar.[4] After one year in Spain returned to Argentine and signed for CA Griffa.[5]
International career
[edit]Gómez is former Canada men's national youth soccer teams player who played two games for the U-15 and one game for the U-20 of Canada.[6] On 18. January 2013 earned his first call-up for the Canadian national men's soccer team but failed to make an appearance.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Canada MNT Names Young Squad for January Camp
- ^ Canucks Abroad @ bigsoccer.com
- ^ The New Mother Of All Canadians Abroad
- ^ Binefar Futbol base-Ficha Partido - portada
- ^ TFC draft pick Bekker among youth-heavy Canada squad
- ^ Canada Soccer Profile[permanent dead link]
- ^ Canada MNT names young squad for January camp
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Footballers from Mendoza Province
- Soccer players from Victoria, British Columbia
- Argentine emigrants to Canada
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Men's association football midfielders
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- CD Binéfar players
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen
- Argentine football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs
- Canadian soccer biography stubs