Juan José Gómez

Juan José Gómez

Personal information
Full name	Juan José Gómez
Date of birth	(1980-11-08) November 8, 1980
Place of birth	San Miguel, El Salvador
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Luis Angel Firpo
Number	1
Youth career
	Deportivo Durán Turcios
	Jardines del Río
1996–1998	Águila
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	→ Santa Clara (loan)
1999–2000	→ Jocoro (loan)
2000–2004	Águila
2004–2006	San Salvador	15
2006–2011	Luis Ángel Firpo	167
2011–2012	Águila	19	(0)
2013–2014	Luis Ángel Firpo
International career‡
2000–	El Salvador	62	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 July 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 August 2011

Juan José Gómez (born November 8, 1980 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer His last team was C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier League. He is a semi-retired Goalkeeper

Club career

Gómez played for the reserves team at Salvadoran giants Águila but was not given any chance to play in the first team since Raúl Antonio García and Melvin Barrera were above him in the goalkeepers pecking order. He then turned striker and made his senior debut on loan at Santa Clara and played for Jocoro before returning to play in goal for Águila in 2000. He joined San Salvador four years later and left them for Luis Ángel Firpo in 2006. For the Apertura 2011, Gomez returned to Águila.

In April 2012, Gómez left Águila and was reportedly looking for a job between the sticks at then bottom of the Moldovan league. He back to L.A Firpo on September 4, 2013. Gómez left the team after Torneo Clausura 2014 (El Salvador) ends up with C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo descended to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

International career

Gómez made his debut for El Salvador in an August 1999 friendly match against Greece, playing as a striker, and has earned a total of 64 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and at the 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2009 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 2003 and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cups. He also was a non-playing squad member at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

His final international was a September 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the United States. He was eventually called-up 2 years later to take part at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup but did not play any minutes. On August 7, 2011, against Venezuela, J.J. Gomez was once again a starter on La Selecta. The game was won by a score of 2–1. Gomez is well recognized as the father of Football corruption. He sold many games in which he was involved. A disgrace for the country's football

External links

• Juan José Gómez at National-Football-Teams.com