Vicente Gómez Fernández (born 9 September 1971) is a Spanish
football
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manager
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Management includes the activities o ...
, who is an assistant manager at the
Ukraine national football team.
Football career
Born in
Santurtzi
Santurtzi ( es, Santurce; eu, Santurtzi ) is a port town in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, Spain. It is located in the Bilbao Abra bay, near the mouth of the Nervión river, on its left bank, 14 km dow ...
,
Greater Bilbao, he was known as Vicen in his playing career as a
defender. In three
Segunda División B
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seasons for hometown club
CD Santurtzi
Club Deportivo Santurtzi Kirol Elkartea is a football team based in Santurtzi in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1952, it plays in Tercera División. Its stadium is San Jorge, with a capacity of 2,000 seats.
Season to sea ...
, he played 70 games and scored once in a 2–1 loss at Beasain KE on 7 February 1993.
Gómez began his coaching career with minor roles at
Athletic Bilbao
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, later becoming manager of their
farm team,
CD Basconia
Club Deportivo Basconia is a Spanish football club based in Basauri, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 14 March 1913, it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio de ...
of the
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 ...
. In 2014, he moved to Ukraine's
FC Dynamo Kyiv
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and their under-19 and under-21 teams. Two years later, he was made assistant to
Serhii Rebrov
Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov ( uk, Сергій Станіславович Ребров; born 3 June 1974) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is in charge of UAE Pro League side Al-Ain.
R ...
, the first-team manager.
After further roles as right-hand man at
Al Ahli Saudi FC
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and
FC Spartak Moscow, on 3 September 2019 Gómez returned to Ukraine to become head coach of
Olimpik Donetsk
FC Olimpik Donetsk ( uk, «Олімпік» Донецьк ) is a Ukrainian inactive football team based in Donetsk, Ukraine. The club currently doesn't play in any Ukrainian competition due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since its prom ...
.
On 10 July 2020, Gómez was hired at
Sabah FC of the
Azerbaijan Premier League
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on a two-year contract.
See also
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Raúl Riancho
References
External links
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1971 births
Living people
People from Santurtzi
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Biscay
Men's association football defenders
Segunda División B players
CD Santurtzi players
Spanish football managers
Ukrainian Premier League managers
FC Olimpik Donetsk managers
Spanish expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Ukraine
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate football managers in Russia
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate football managers in Azerbaijan
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
CD Basconia managers