Jorge Gómez (footballer)
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Jorge Luis Gómez Carreño (born 1968-09-14) is a retired
football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
defender from
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
. He made his debut for the
Chile national football team Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
on 1997-06-11 in a
Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...
match against
Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
. He obtained a total number of eight caps during his professional career.


International career

Gómez made 7 appearances for Chile from 1997 to 1998. In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on February 10, 1998. Chile won by 2-1.


Personal life

He was born in
San Vicente de Tagua Tagua San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, or just San Vicente, is a Chilean commune and city in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Vicente spans an area of and had 40,253 ...
and his nickname is ''Choche'', an affectionate form of "Jorge".


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1968 births Living people People from Cachapoal Province People from O'Higgins Region Chilean footballers Chile international footballers Association football defenders 1997 Copa América players O'Higgins F.C. footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Deportes Temuco footballers Cobreloa footballers Puerto Montt footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players {{Chile-footy-defender-stub