Róger Gómez Tenorio (born February 7, 1965) is a retired

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player.

Club career

Born in

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, Gómez played for Municipal Osa, Cartaginés and

Herediano Club Sport Herediano (), commonly known as Herediano and nicknamed El Team, is a Costa Rican multisport club based in Heredia, Heredia province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Herediano is mostly known for its association ...

and scored 119 league goals during his career, 38 of them for Herediano. He was dismissed by Herediano in November 1995 after a poor season. He played a total of 524 matches in the Costa Rican Primera División from 1986 through 2002.

International career

Nicknamed ''El Policía'', he made his debut for

in a May 1990

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against

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and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 4 goals. He was part of the national team, that played in the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...

held in Italy, and featured in three of their four games played. He scored the first goal in the UNCAF Nations Cup history in 1991, and also played at the

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and the eleventh overall CONCACAF tournament. The last time the CONCACAF Championship was he ...

. He played his final international on 8 November 1992 against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.''

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Gómez became a manager and was in charge of several local sides like Osa as well as of Panamanian side Atlético Veragüense.Parra y Soto lideran lista de entrenadores extranjeros en Panamá
- El Colombiano

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1965 births Living people People from Puntarenas Province Association football midfielders Costa Rican footballers Costa Rica international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.S. Herediano footballers C.S. Cartaginés players Municipal Pérez Zeledón footballers Costa Rican football managers Copa Centroamericana-winning players {{CostaRica-footy-bio-stub