Gabriel Gómez (footballer, born 1959)

Gabriel Gómez
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Jaime Gómez Jaramillo
Date of birth (1959-12-08) December 8, 1959
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1986 Atlético Nacional 181 (30)
1987–1988 Millonarios 46 (13)
1989–1990 Independiente Medellín 24 (2)
1991–1994 Atlético Nacional 102 (9)
1995 Independiente Medellín 0 (0)
1991 Union Atletico Tachira
Total 353 (54)
International career
1985–1995 Colombia 49 (2)
Managerial career
1995 Envigado
1997 –1998 Atlético Nacional
1999 Unión Magdalena
Deportivo Quito
2001 Bucaramanga
2005 Caracas
2008 Atlético Nacional
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gabriel Jaime Barrabas Gómez Jaramillo (born 8 December 1959) is a retired Colombian footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Club career

During his career, Gómez played mainly for hometown side Atlético Nacional, representing the club in eight professional seasons, in two different spells, and helping the team to three first division titles.

Incidentally, in 1989, when Atlético won the Libertadores Cup, he played for city neighbours Independiente Medellín, having signed from Club Deportivo Los Millonarios. After returning to Nacional in 1991, Gómez retired four years later, at the age of 36.

After he retired from playing, Gómez became a football coach. He has managed Envigado, Atlético Nacional, Unión Magdalena and Atlético Bucaramanga in Colombia, Deportivo Quito in Ecuador and Caracas FC in Venezuela.[1]

International career

During nearly one full decade, Gómez was capped 49 times for Colombia, scoring twice.[2] He represented the nation in two FIFA World Cups, 1990 and 1994, and three Copa América tournaments: 1987, 1989 and 1993.

In the World Cup, Gómez started in all four of his country's matches in 1990, as Colombia were ousted in the round of 16 by Cameroon.

In the 1994 World Cup, in the United States, the team received death threats from unknown people prior to the second group stage match against the hosts, saying the entire team would be killed if Gómez were to appear in the match.[3] Coach Francisco Maturana pulled Gómez from the roster and he did not play in the match.[4] The team subsequently lost the match 1-2, with one of the two goals for the USA being an own goal scored by Colombian defender Andrés Escobar. The team was eliminated from the tournament, and six days later Andrés Escobar was murdered in Medellín.

Honours

Season Team Title
1981Atlético NacionalColombian League
1988MillonariosColombian League
1991Atlético NacionalColombian League
1994Atlético NacionalColombian League

Personal

Gómez's older brother, Hernán Darío, coached the national teams of Colombia and Ecuador, amongst others. In 1998, whilst in charge of the former, he also received anonymous death threats.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ortiz Jiménez, Juan Diego (1 September 2008). "Gabriel 'Barrabás' Gómez dejó de ser el técnico del Atlético Nacional" (in Spanish). El Tiempo.
  2. ↑ Colombia - Record International Players Archived December 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine; at RSSSF
  3. ↑ MacKenna, Ewan (1 June 2016). "Narco-Football Is Dead: Celebrating a Colombia Reborn". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Zimbalist, Jeff; Zimbalist, Michael (22 June 2010). "The Two Escobars" (video). ESPN. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Death threats reappear for Colombian team; BBC News, 19 May 1998
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