Yeimar Gómez

Yeimar Gómez
Gómez with Seattle Sounders FC in 2023
Personal information
Full name Yeimar Pastor Gómez Andrade[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992[1]
Place of birth Tadó, Colombia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Seattle Sounders FC
Number 28
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Rosario Central 21 (0)
2013–2014 → Tiro Federal (loan) 27 (2)
2016 → Arsenal (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2017 Independiente Rivadavia 40 (1)
2017–2020 Unión Santa Fe 64 (5)
2020– Seattle Sounders FC 147 (7)
International career‡
2022 Colombia 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:07, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 11:50, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Yeimar Pastor Gómez Andrade (born 30 June 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC.

Early life

Gómez was born on 30 June 1992 in Tadó, a small municipality in Chocó, Colombia.[2] Growing up, he was often cared for by his older sister or relatives while his parents, Jairo and Celestina, worked long hours at a local mine.[3] Gómez spent his childhood in Tadó playing football and basketball; when he was six or seven, he began playing football for a local school as a defender.[3][4]

During his youth, he was inspired by famous football defenders including Luis Amaranto Perea, Rio Ferdinand, and Nemanja Vidić.[4] His first opportunity to train with a professional club came when he joined Boyacá Chicó F.C. as a youth.[3] When Gómez was 14, he left Colombia upon the invitation of a teammate and began trying out for clubs in Argentina including Miter de Pérez and Newell's Old Boys.[5]

Club career

Rosario Central

In 2009, Gómez joined Rosario Central's youth academy at the age of seventeen.[6] From 2011 to 2013, he made 29 appearances in the fourth division of the Argentine Football Association. He also made 28 appearances during the 2012–2013 season of the Rosarina Football Association.[7] Gómez was then loaned to Tiro Federal in 2013.[6] During their 2013–2014 season in the third division of Argentine football, Gómez made his professional debut and ended the season with 27 appearances and two goals.[8]

Gómez returned to Rosario Central in 2014.[9] During the 2014 season, Gómez made four appearances in the Argentine Primera División and played in two Copa Argentina matches. In 2015, Gómez made seventeen appearances in the Primera Division, fifteen of which were as a starter; he also made two appearances in Copa Argentina.[8] Due to his rough style of defending, he got the nickname patabrava and was the subject of a fan-made song derived from "Bailando".[10][11] In January 2016, Rosario Central loaned Gómez to Arsenal de Sarandí.[12][13] There, Gómez had two appearances in the Primera Division for the 2016 season.[8]

Independiente Rivadavia

In the summer of 2016, Gómez left Arsenal and joined Independiente Rivadavia.[14] During the club's 2016–2017 season, he made forty appearances as a starter in Nacional B, the second division of Argentine football, and scored two goals. He also made one appearance for the club in Copa Argentina.[8]

Unión de Santa Fe

In July 2017, Gómez joined Unión de Santa Fe.[15] During his first season with club, Gómez made 25 appearances as a starter in the Primera Division and scored one goal in addition to making two appearances for the club in Copa Argentina.[8] Gómez started in the club's 1–0 victory at home against Independiente on 12 May 2018. The win qualified the Unión for the 2019 Copa Sudamericana, their first in club history.[16] In the 2018–2019 season, Gómez made 24 appearances as a starter and scored two goals while also making two appearances in Copa Argentina.[8] He also had the record for the most interceptions and clearances out of any player in the 2018–2019 season.[17]

Gómez made two appearances in the 2019 Copa Sudamericana against Independiente del Valle from Ecuador.[8] The Unión won their first match at home against the Independiente in a 2–0 shutout where Gómez was recognized for his ability to shutdown the other team's offense.[18] In the second away match, the Unión lost to Independiente 2–0 with one of the goals coming from an own goal by Gómez; the Unión failed to advance to the second round of the tournament after losing a penalty shootout to break the tied aggregate score.[19]

On 15 October 2019, Gómez signed a new contract with the Unión for a term ending June 2022.[15] Gómez made 15 appearances and scored two goals in the Unión's 2019–2020 season in addition to one appearance in Copa Argentina.[8] On 22 January 2020, the Unión announced Gómez was transferring to Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer. During Gómez's career with the Unión, he played a total of 74 games and scored five goals.[20]

Seattle Sounders FC

On 5 February 2020, Gómez signed with Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer.[21] His first season with the team was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which left him unable to bring his family to the United States.[22]

International career

Gómez made his debut for the Colombia national team on 16 January 2022 in a 2–1 home win over Honduras.[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 November 2023[24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tiro Federal (loan)2013–14Torneo Argentino A 27200———272
Rosario Central2014Argentine Primera División 4020—0 0—60
2015Argentine Primera División 17020———190
Total 21040000000250
Arsenal (loan)2016Argentine Primera División 2000———20
Independiente Rivadavia2016–17Primera B Nacional 40110———411
Unión Santa Fe 2017–18Argentine Primera División 25120———271
2018–19Argentine Primera División 24220———262
2019–20Argentine Primera División 15210302[a]0—212
Total 64550302000745
Seattle Sounders FC 2020MLS 192——1[b]04[c]0242
2021 MLS 331—3[d]0—1[c]0371
2022 MLS 28100—5[b]0—341
2023 MLS 332002[d]0—4[c]0392
Total 1136005060901336
Career total 2671410080809030214
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
  3. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in MLS Cup playoffs
  4. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup

International

As of match played 16 January 2022[25]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Colombia 202210
Total10

Honours

Seattle Sounders FC

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Seattle Sounders FC" (PDF). FIFA. February 7, 2023. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Yeimar Gómez, el único colombiano en el XI Ideal de la MLS". Infobae (in Spanish). December 3, 2021. Archived from the original on February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "El zaguero colombiano Yeimar, titular en Central, habló desde la intimidad". La Capital (in Spanish). March 15, 2015. Archived from the original on December 11, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Jordan, Sory Marcela. "Noticia". Consonante (in Spanish). Foundation for Press Freedom. Archived from the original on February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Gómez Andrade: 'Tenemos fe que lo vamos a sacar entre todos'". Diario Uno Santa Fe (in Spanish). September 25, 2019. Archived from the original on June 23, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "¿Quién es Yeimar Gómez, la gran sorpresa de la convocatoria de la Selección Colombia?". Noticias Caracol (in Spanish). November 3, 2021. Archived from the original on August 14, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Gómez Andrade tendrá su bautismo de fuego desde el inicio". La Capital (in Spanish). November 14, 2014. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Yeimar". MLSSoccer.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Yeimar Gómez Andrade será jugador de Unión". Santo Tome al Dia (in Spanish). October 8, 2017. Archived from the original on February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Datos y curiosidades sobre Yeimar Gómez, uno de los «nuevos» de la Selección". Tu Barco (in Spanish). November 4, 2021. Archived from the original on February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  11. ↑ "La canción que le hicieron a Yeimar Pastor se volvió viral". Rosario 3 (in Spanish). March 13, 2015. Archived from the original on August 9, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Franco Niell y Yeimar Gómez Andrade dejan Rosario Central". ESPN (in Spanish). January 12, 2016. Archived from the original on December 11, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  13. ↑ Vidal, Franco (January 25, 2016). "Plantel de Central 2016: la muralla canaya". Vavel (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  14. ↑ Raino, Walter Daniel (August 25, 2016). "El mercado de pases, club por club, con el torneo a punto de arrancar". Clarín (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  15. 1 2 "Yeimar Gómez Andrade renovó con Unión hasta el 2022". TyC Sports (in Spanish). October 16, 2019. Archived from the original on February 6, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  16. ↑ "El día que Unión llegaba a su primera Copa Sudamericana". UNO Santa Fe (in Spanish). May 12, 2022. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  17. ↑ "El equipo ideal de la Superliga Argentina 2018/19". Goal (in Spanish). April 9, 2019. Archived from the original on February 6, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  18. ↑ Vega, Erico (March 20, 2019). "Unión desperdició dos penales pero ganó en su debut internacional e irá con buena ventaja a Ecuador". Clarín (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 6, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Unión perdió por penales con Independiente del Valle y quedó eliminado de la Copa Sudamericana". Infobae (in Spanish). April 17, 2019. Archived from the original on December 13, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Unión confirmó la salida de Yeimar Gómez Andrade a la MSL". UNO Santa Fe (in Spanish). January 22, 2020. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  21. ↑ Cardillo, Julian (February 5, 2020). "Seattle Sounders add Colombian defender Yeimar Gomez Andrade". Pro Soccer USA. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  22. ↑ Evans, Jayda (March 26, 2021). "'We're all equal': Sounders' Yeimar meets challenge of adapting to U.S. amid COVID-19 pandemic, racial reckoning". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  23. ↑ "Colombia vs. Honduras". Soccerway.com. January 21, 2022.
  24. ↑ Yeimar Gómez at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  25. ↑ Yeimar Gómez at National-Football-Teams.com
  26. ↑ "2024 MLS Best XI presented by Continental Tire". Major League Soccer. December 3, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
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