Rafael 'Rafa' Gómez Llorens (born 23 May 1983) is a Spanish former
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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.
Club career
Gómez was born in
Alicante
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,
Valencian Community
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. After five years at local
Elche CF
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where he did not receive one single first-team opportunity, he played in the following years mostly in the
fourth division, but also spent some months in the fifth with
Torrellano Illice CF, also in his native region.
In the summer of 2009, after helping
CD Alcoyano
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Hi ...
to the
(unsuccessful) promotion playoffs to the
second level, Gómez signed a two-year deal with first club Elche, with the side in that same tier. Two years later, he returned to his previous team.
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1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Alicante
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players
Elche CF Ilicitano footballers
Yeclano CF players
Caudal Deportivo footballers
CD Alcoyano footballers
Elche CF players
CP Cacereño players
CD Badajoz players
CD Torrevieja players
21st-century Spanish sportsmen