Borja Gómez

Borja Gómez
Gómez in 2011
Personal information
Full name Borja Gómez Pérez[1]
Date of birth (1988-05-14) 14 May 1988[1]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Centre-back
Youth career
2005–2007 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Alcorcón 86 (0)
2010–2011 Rayo Vallecano 11 (0)
2011–2012 Karpaty Lviv 25 (0)
2012 → Granada (loan) 19 (0)
2012–2015 Granada 12 (0)
2013–2014 → Hércules (loan) 10 (0)
2014–2015 → Lugo (loan) 30 (1)
2015–2016 Oviedo 15 (0)
2017 Murcia 9 (0)
2017–2018 Logroñés 5 (0)
2018 S.S. Reyes 13 (0)
2018–2020 East Bengal 19 (1)
Total 254 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Borja Gómez Pérez (born 14 May 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Gómez was born in Madrid. An unsuccessful graduate from Real Madrid's youth system,[2] he made his professional debut with another team in the community, AD Alcorcón, going on to spend three full seasons in the Segunda División B;[3][4] he started and finished both legs of the 4–1 aggregate win over Real Madrid in the round of 32 of the 2009–10 Copa del Rey,[5][6] scoring in a 3–2 home loss to Racing de Santander in the next stage.[7]

In the 2010–11 campaign, Gómez had his first Segunda División experience, with another club from the Spanish capital, Rayo Vallecano. On 2 March 2011, after having played all the minutes in his 11 league appearances – mainly due to Iván Amaya's injury, however, as he was never part of manager José Ramón Sandoval's plans (a claim which the latter denied)[8][9]– he signed a three-year contract with Ukrainian Premier League side FC Karpaty Lviv.[10]

Gómez returned to his homeland the ensuing winter transfer window, joining Granada CF initially on loan.[11] His first game in La Liga took place on 21 January 2012, when he featured the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 away loss against RCD Espanyol;[12] during his two-year spell at the Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes, he made 31 competitive appearances.[13]

In the following years, Gómez alternated between the second and third tiers of Spanish football, representing Hércules CF, CD Lugo, Real Oviedo, Real Murcia CF[14] and UD Logroñés.[15] While at the service of the third club, he suffered a right knee injury in January 2016 that sidelined him for seven months.[16]

On 23 August 2018, Gómez signed with East Bengal FC of the Indian I-League.[17] In January 2020, after spending several months on the sidelines due to injury, he returned home for personal reasons, and eventually asked to be released.[18]

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Alcorcón 2007–08[19] Segunda División B 21000—210
2008–09[19] Segunda División B 340006[a]0400
2009–10[19] Segunda División B 310616[a]0431
Total 860611201041
Rayo Vallecano 2010–11[19] Segunda División 11020—130
Karpaty Lviv 2010–11[20] Ukrainian Premier League 7000—70
2011–12[20] Ukrainian Premier League 180204[b]0240
Total 2502040310
Granada (loan) 2011–12[19] La Liga 19000—190
Granada 2012–13[19] La Liga 12000—190
Hércules (loan) 2013–14[19] Segunda División 10020—120
Lugo (loan) 2014–15[19] Segunda División 30110—311
Oviedo 2015–16[19] Segunda División 15020—170
Murcia 2016–17[19] Segunda División B 9000—90
Logroñés 2017–18[19] Segunda División B 5010—60
S.S. Reyes 2017–18[19] Segunda División B 13000—130
East Bengal 2018–19[20] I-League 1910000191
2019–20[c] I-League — — — —
Career total 25421611602863
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Injured

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Borja Gómez" (in Spanish). La Preferente. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Moreno, Ángela (23 January 2017). "Borja Gómez, nuevo defensa del Real Murcia" [Borja Gómez, new defender of Real Murcia]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Ramiro, David (27 October 2019). "¿Qué fue de los protagonistas del Alcorconazo?" [What happened to the Alcorconazo protagonists?]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "La gesta inolvidable de un modesto: ¿qué fue de la plantilla del «Alcorconazo»?" [The unforgettable feat of a modest one: what became of the "Alcorconazo" squad?]. ABC (in Spanish). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  5. ↑ Melero, Delfín (27 October 2009). "La excelencia de los ridículos" [The excellence of ridicules]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Real Madrid 1 Alcorcón 0". Diario AS (in Spanish). 10 November 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "El Racing despierta al bravo Alcorcón" [Racing awaken brave Alcorcón]. Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). 7 January 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Borja Gómez: "Salí del Rayo porque Sandoval no confiaba en mí"" [Borja Gómez: "I left Rayo because Sandoval did not trust me"]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 April 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Sandoval y sus jugadores se 'desmarcan' del Marca" [Sandoval and his players 'unmark' Marca] (in Spanish). Rayo Herald. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Borja Gomez Perez becomes Karpaty player". FC Karpaty Lviv. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ↑ "Borja Gómez llega cedido al Granada hasta final de temporada" [Borja Gómez arrives on loan at Granada until end of the season]. Marca (in Spanish). 14 January 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "El Espanyol golea al Granada y duerme en puestos europeos (3–0)" [Espanyol rout Granada and sleep in European places (3–0)] (in Spanish). RTVE. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  13. ↑ Navarro, Antonio (25 January 2017). "Borja Gómez ficha por el Real Murcia" [Borja Gómez signs for Real Murcia]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "El Real Murcia ficha a Borja Gómez" [Real Murcia sign Borja Gómez]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 23 January 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  15. ↑ Martínez, Rubén (24 August 2017). "Borja Gómez completa la defensa de la UD Logroñés" [Borja Gómez completes UD Logroñés' defence] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "Borja Gómez será baja los próximos siete meses" [Borja Gómez out of action for the next seven months]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 January 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "East Bengal FC continues to build a solid team by signing on stellar Spanish central defender Borja Gómez Pérez". East Bengal FC. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  18. ↑ "East Bengal: Alejandro Menendez asks for new Indian signings". Yahoo Sports. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Borja Gómez at BDFutbol
  20. 1 2 3 Borja Gómez at Soccerway
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