Borja Gómez Explained

Borja Gómez
Fullname:Borja Gómez Pérez[1]
Birth Date:14 May 1988
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Position:Centre-back
Youthyears1:2005–2007
Youthclubs1:Real Madrid
Years1:2007–2010
Caps1:86
Goals1:0
Years2:2010–2011
Caps2:11
Goals2:0
Years3:2011–2012
Caps3:25
Goals3:0
Years4:2012
Clubs4:Granada (loan)
Caps4:19
Goals4:0
Years5:2012–2015
Caps5:12
Goals5:0
Years6:2013–2014
Clubs6:Hércules (loan)
Caps6:10
Goals6:0
Years7:2014–2015
Clubs7:Lugo (loan)
Caps7:30
Goals7:1
Years8:2015–2016
Caps8:15
Goals8:0
Years9:2017
Caps9:9
Goals9:0
Years10:2017–2018
Caps10:5
Goals10:0
Years11:2018
Caps11:13
Goals11:0
Years12:2018–2020
Caps12:19
Goals12:1
Totalcaps:254
Totalgoals:2

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, 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.

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)[2] [3] – he signed a three-year contract with Ukrainian Premier League side FC Karpaty Lviv.[4]

Gómez returned to his homeland the ensuing winter transfer window, joining Granada CF initially on loan.[5] 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;[6] during his two-year spell at the Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes, he made 31 competitive appearances.[7]

In the following years, Gómez alternated between the second and third tier of Spanish football, representing Hércules CF, CD Lugo, Real Oviedo, Real Murcia CF[8] and UD Logroñés.[9] While at the service of the third club, he suffered a right knee injury in January 2016 that sidelined him for seven months.[10]

On 23 August 2018, Gómez signed with East Bengal FC of the Indian I-League.[11] 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.[12]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2007–08[13] Segunda División B21000210
2008–09Segunda División B3400060400
2009–10Segunda División B3106160431
Total860611201041
Rayo Vallecano2010–11Segunda División11020130
Karpaty Lviv2010–11[14] Ukrainian Premier League700070
2011–12Ukrainian Premier League1802040240
Total2502040310
Granada (loan)2011–12La Liga19000190
Granada2012–13La Liga12000190
Hércules (loan)2013–14Segunda División10020120
Lugo (loan)2014–15Segunda División30110311
Oviedo2015–16Segunda División15020170
Murcia2016–17Segunda División B900090
Logroñés2017–18Segunda División B501060
S.S. Reyes2017–18Segunda División B13000130
East Bengal2018–19I-League1910000191
2019–20[15] I-League
Career total25421611602863

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Borja Gómez. La Preferente. es. 27 October 2022.
  2. News: Borja Gómez: "Salí del Rayo porque Sandoval no confiaba en mí". Borja Gómez: "I left Rayo because Sandoval did not trust me". Marca. es. 26 April 2011. 8 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Sandoval y sus jugadores se ‘desmarcan’ del Marca. Sandoval and his players 'unmark' Marca. Rayo Herald. es. 26 April 2011. 8 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Borja Gomez Perez becomes Karpaty player. FC Karpaty Lviv. 11 March 2011. 11 March 2011. dead. https://archive.today/20120707232922/http://fckarpaty.lviv.ua/en/news/5931/page.html. 7 July 2012.
  5. News: Borja Gómez llega cedido al Granada hasta final de temporada. Borja Gómez arrives on loan at Granada until end of the season. Marca. es. 14 January 2012. 8 September 2017.
  6. Web site: El Espanyol golea al Granada y duerme en puestos europeos (3–0). Espanyol rout Granada and sleep in European places (3–0). RTVE. es. 21 January 2012. 8 September 2017.
  7. News: Borja Gómez ficha por el Real Murcia. Borja Gómez signs for Real Murcia. Ideal. Antonio. Navarro. es. 25 January 2017. 27 October 2022.
  8. News: El Real Murcia ficha a Borja Gómez. Real Murcia sign Borja Gómez. La Verdad. es. 23 January 2017. 8 September 2017.
  9. Web site: Borja Gómez completa la defensa de la UD Logroñés. Borja Gómez completes UD Logroñés' defence. Vavel. Rubén. Martínez. es. 24 August 2017. 8 September 2017.
  10. News: Borja Gómez será baja los próximos siete meses. Borja Gómez out of action for the next seven months. Marca. es. 13 January 2016. 8 September 2017.
  11. Web site: 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. 23 August 2018.
  12. Web site: East Bengal: Alejandro Menendez asks for new Indian signings. Yahoo! Sports. 7 January 2020. 22 January 2020.
  13. Web site: Borja Gómez: Borja Gómez Pérez. BDFutbol. 26 August 2018.
  14. Web site: Borja Gómez. Soccerway. 26 August 2018.
  15. Injured