Christian Gómez (born 7 November 1974) is an Argentine former professional
footballer
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.
Career
Argentina
Gómez began playing professional soccer at the age of 17 with Argentine club
Nueva Chicago, which was at the time playing in the second division. He played with the team from 1991 to 1997, appearing in 155 games and scoring 46 goals. In 1997, Gómez moved to one of Argentina's largest and most successful clubs,
CA Independiente
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, which he would play for from 1997 to 1999, scoring 12 goals in 80 games. He moved to
Argentinos Juniors
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, where he would finish out the second half of 1999–2000 season. Gómez then returned to Nueva Chicago, where he would help the team earn promotion to the first division, while scoring 14 goals in 63 games. He then briefly returned to Independiente in 2002, before moving to
Arsenal de Sarandí
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, where he would play in 30 games, scoring 6 goals, between 2003 and 2004.
United States
Gómez signed with D.C. United of MLS on 14 August 2004
who had been interested in him for several years, and he played his first match for the club on 21 August 2004. Gómez played nine regular season games for United, catalyzing the offense while teaming very well with
Jaime Moreno, and finished the season with four goals. He then helped them to the
MLS Cup
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. In 2005, Gómez scored 11 goals and 9 assists and was named to the
MLS Best XI The MLS Best XI is an annual acknowledgment of the best eleven players in Major League Soccer.
Winners
*Players in bold were awarded the Landon Donovan MVP Award for that season.
Most appearances by a player
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. In 2006 Gómez won the
MLS MVP award
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From 1996 to 2007, the award was kno ...
. In the 2007 MLS season, Gomez played in 27 games (27 starts) and compiled 10 goals and 9 assists. Gomez was named MLS All-Star in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
He was traded to the Colorado Rapids for the 2008 season in exchange of a Designated Player sport and a first round pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. However, his season with the Rapids was disappointing.
He was traded back to
D.C. United
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for the 2009 season.
After playing with United in 2009, it was reported on 1 February 2010, that Gomez would not return to United for the 2010 season. He subsequently signed with
USSF Division 2
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club
Miami FC
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The club began play in the North American Soccer League (NASL) in the 2016 se ...
on 25 March 2010.
Honors
D.C. United
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Major League Soccer
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MLS Cup:
2004
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Major League Soccer
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Supporter's Shield:
2006
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2007
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Individual
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Major League Soccer MVP: 2006
*
MLS Best XI The MLS Best XI is an annual acknowledgment of the best eleven players in Major League Soccer.
Winners
*Players in bold were awarded the Landon Donovan MVP Award for that season.
Most appearances by a player
The following players have appeared ...
: 2005, 2006, 2007
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez, Christian
1974 births
Living people
Argentine footballers
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Argentinos Juniors footballers
Arsenal de Sarandí footballers
Nueva Chicago footballers
D.C. United players
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Argentine expatriate footballers
Colorado Rapids players
Miami FC (2006) players
Major League Soccer players
Major League Soccer All-Stars
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Argentine Primera División players
USSF Division 2 Professional League players
Association football midfielders