Daniel 'Dani' Gómez López (born 15 June 1992 in

La Unión, Murcia La Unión is situated in the Region of Murcia in the southeast of Spain. It has an area of 24.6 km², and had a population of 19,907 on 1 January 2018. It has an elevation of 86 m. Its average annual temperature is 17 °C. It has balmy w ...

) is a Spanish

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who, since 2014, plays for

CD Olímpic de Xàtiva Club Deportivo Olímpic de Xàtiva is a Spanish football team based in Xàtiva, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1932 it currently plays in Regional Preferente, holding home games at Campo de Futbol La Murta. History Football in Xàtiv ...

as a

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Football career

A product of local

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at ''Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 spe ...

's youth system, Gómez made senior debuts with the farm team in the 2010–11 season, in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. On 15 January 2011 he appeared in his first game as a professional, playing the last 17 minutes in a 1–3 away loss against

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Lig ...

in the

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championship. On 5 August 2011 López was loaned to

Orihuela CF Orihuela Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Orihuela, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1993 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at '' Estadio Municipal Los Arcos'', with a capacity of 7,000 se ...

, in

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. The following summer he rescinded his contract with Cartagena, and signed with

Getafe CF B Getafe Club de Fútbol "B" is the reserve team of Getafe CF, club based in Getafe, Madrid metropolitan area, in the namesake community. Founded in 1983, it currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 7 holding home games at '' Ciudad Deportiv ...

; six months later, however, after being rarely played by the

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outskirts club, he moved to another

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. On 13 July 2013 Gómez signed with

Coruxo FC Coruxo Fútbol Club, is a Spanish football club based in the parish of Coruxo, Vigo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1930 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at '' O Vao'', with a capacity of ...

, also in the third level. In January of the following year he rescinded his link, and moved to fellow league side

.Dani Gómez causa baja en el Coruxo y sólo tres días después le ficha el Xátiva (Dani Gómez leaves Coruxo and only three days later signs for Xátiva)
; Sport Cartagena, 14 January 2014

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez, Dani 1992 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Region of Murcia Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players FC Cartagena footballers Orihuela CF players Getafe CF B players Deportivo Aragón players Coruxo FC players CD Olímpic de Xàtiva footballers