Borja Gómez

Not to be confused with Borja Pérez.
For the motorcycle racer, see Borja Gómez (motorcyclist).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Borja Gómez
Gómez in 2011
Personal information
Full name Borja Gómez Pérez[1]
Date of birth (1988-05-14) 14 May 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2005–2007 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Alcorcón 86 (0)
2010–2011 Rayo Vallecano 11 (0)
2011–2012 Karpaty Lviv 25 (0)
2012 → Granada (loan) 19 (0)
2012–2015 Granada 12 (0)
2013–2014 → Hércules (loan) 10 (0)
2014–2015 → Lugo (loan) 30 (1)
2015–2016 Oviedo 15 (0)
2017 Murcia 9 (0)
2017–2018 Logroñés 5 (0)
2018 S.S. Reyes 13 (0)
2018–2020 East Bengal 19 (1)
Total 254 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Alcorcón 2007–08[13] Segunda División B 21 0 0 0 — 21 0
2008–09[13] Segunda División B 34 0 0 0 6[a] 0 40 0
2009–10[13] Segunda División B 31 0 6 1 6[a] 0 43 1
Total 86 0 6 1 12 0 104 1
Rayo Vallecano 2010–11[13] Segunda División 11 0 2 0 — 13 0
Karpaty Lviv 2010–11[14] Ukrainian Premier League 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
2011–12[14] Ukrainian Premier League 18 0 2 0 4[b] 0 24 0
Total 25 0 2 0 4 0 31 0
Granada (loan) 2011–12[13] La Liga 19 0 0 0 — 19 0
Granada 2012–13[13] La Liga 12 0 0 0 — 19 0
Hércules (loan) 2013–14[13] Segunda División 10 0 2 0 — 12 0
Lugo (loan) 2014–15[13] Segunda División 30 1 1 0 — 31 1
Oviedo 2015–16[13] Segunda División 15 0 2 0 — 17 0
Murcia 2016–17[13] Segunda División B 9 0 0 0 — 9 0
Logroñés 2017–18[13] Segunda División B 5 0 1 0 — 6 0
S.S. Reyes 2017–18[13] Segunda División B 13 0 0 0 — 13 0
East Bengal 2018–19[14] I-League 19 1 0 0 0 0 19 1
2019–20[c] I-League — — — —
Career total 254 2 16 1 16 0 286 3
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Injured

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Borja Gómez" (in Spanish). La Preferente. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Borja Gómez: "Salí del Rayo porque Sandoval no confiaba en mí"" [Borja Gómez: "I left Rayo because Sandoval did not trust me"]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 April 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Sandoval y sus jugadores se 'desmarcan' del Marca" [Sandoval and his players 'unmark' Marca] (in Spanish). Rayo Herald. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Borja Gomez Perez becomes Karpaty player". FC Karpaty Lviv. 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Borja Gómez llega cedido al Granada hasta final de temporada" [Borja Gómez arrives on loan at Granada until end of the season]. Marca (in Spanish). 14 January 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  6. ^ "El Espanyol golea al Granada y duerme en puestos europeos (3–0)" [Espanyol rout Granada and sleep in European places (3–0)] (in Spanish). RTVE. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  7. ^ Navarro, Antonio (25 January 2017). "Borja Gómez ficha por el Real Murcia" [Borja Gómez signs for Real Murcia]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  8. ^ "El Real Murcia ficha a Borja Gómez" [Real Murcia sign Borja Gómez]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 23 January 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  9. ^ Martínez, Rubén (24 August 2017). "Borja Gómez completa la defensa de la UD Logroñés" [Borja Gómez completes UD Logroñés' defence] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Borja Gómez será baja los próximos siete meses" [Borja Gómez out of action for the next seven months]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 January 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  11. ^ "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. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  12. ^ "East Bengal: Alejandro Menendez asks for new Indian signings". Yahoo! Sports. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Borja Gómez: Borja Gómez Pérez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  14. ^ a b c "Borja Gómez". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 August 2018.