Osvaldo Gómez

Osvaldo Gómez
Personal information
Full name Osvaldo René Gómez Cortez
Date of birth (1964-04-10) 10 April 1964
Place of birth Ovalle, Chile
Position Midfielder
Youth career
1981–1982 Deportes Ovalle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1985 Deportes Ovalle
1986–1988 Colo-Colo 10 (0)
1988 → Naval (loan) 8 (2)
1989 Palestino
1990–1996 Deportes Ovalle
International career
1987 Chile Pan American
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Osvaldo René Gómez Cortez (born 10 April 1964) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Born in Ovalle, Chile, Gómez joined the Deportes Ovalle youth ranks in 1981 under Sergio Recabarren and made his senior debut the next year in a match against Fernández Vial, aged 17.[1][2]

After standing out with Deportes Ovalle in 1985,[3] Gómez signed with Chilean giant Colo-Colo in January 1986. With them, he won the 1986 Primera División.[4] In 1988, he was loaned out to Naval de Talcahuano.[1][2][5]

In 1989, Gómez played for Palestino,[2] getting promotion to the Primera División for the next season.[1]

Following Palestino, Gómez returned to Deportes Ovalle in 1990. After they were relegated to the Tercera División in 1991, they won the league title in 1993, returning to the Chilean second level.[3] He retired in 1996, coinciding with his brothers Eduardo and Omar.[1][2][6]

At international level, Gómez represented Chile at the 1987 Pan American Games,[7] winning the silver medal.[1][8]

Coaching career

Osvaldo and his brother Eduardo owns a football academy in his hometown, Ovalle.[1][2]

Personal life

Osvaldo is the brother of the footballers, Rubén, the eldest, Eduardo, a Chile international, and Omar Gómez.[1][2] He is the only one that didn't play for Chilean giant Cobreloa.[9] His father, Eduardo Sr., played football at amateur level for Magallanes from Sotaquí and Ferroviarios Ovalle.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gómez Córdova, Catherine (May 2011). Nosotros, los Gómez: El fútbol como herramienta de movilidad social (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ""Mis hermanos fueron mis ídolos y los quise imitar"". El Ovallino (in Spanish). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Historia". deportesovalle.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "El día que el debutante Salah llevó a Colo Colo a su estrella 15". Diario AS (in Spanish). 28 January 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Naval 1988 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Ovalle - Campeonato Nacional 1ª "B" 1996". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Nóminas de Chile para Juegos Panamericanos". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Tapia, Carlos (4 November 2023). "La Roja olvidada de Indianápolis '87: la historia de la última medalla de Chile en el fútbol panamericano". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "¿Los conocías? "La Dinastía Gomez" en Cobreloa ¡No son grandes, son gigantes!". El Diario de Antofagasta (in Spanish). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
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