Adrián "Adri" Gómez Ramírez (born 17 January 1994) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for Sestao River. A versatile player, he can either play as a

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or as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Castilla-La Mancha, Adri finished his formation with

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (; ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spani ...

, making his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2012–13 campaign, in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. On 2 September 2013 he moved to

La Roda CF La Roda Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in La Roda, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1996 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal de Deportes'', which has a capacity of 3,000 spectato ...

, also in the third division. On 27 August 2014 Adri joined another

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, Albacete Balompié B in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. He made his

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debut on 6 September of the following year, starting in a 1–3 away loss against

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

in the

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championship. Adri scored his first professional goal on 10 January 2016, scoring the game's only in an away victory against

Bilbao Athletic Athletic Club "B", officially Bilbao Athletic, is the reserve team of Athletic Club, a football club based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country in Spain. The team currently compete in the . Founded in 1964, the team holds ho ...

. He suffered relegation in the end of the season, being a regular starter from January. On 10 November 2016 Adri renewed his contract until 2020, and was mainly used as a backup to

Mickaël Gaffoor Mickaël Ziard Alain Gaffoor (born 21 January 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish club Unión Molinense. Club career Born in Bezons, Île-de-France, Gaffoor spent the vast majority of his profession ...

and Carlos Delgado as his side returned to the second level at first attempt. On 24 January 2018, after being rarely used, Adri was loaned to Kazakhstani club

FC Irtysh Pavlodar FC Irtysh () is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as ''Ansat''), 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. The club was also founding members of the top league and ...

. Upon returning, he terminated his contract with ''Alba'' on 31 January 2019. Adri joined Polish

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

club

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała () is a football club based in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. They currently compete in the II liga, after being relegated from the 2023–24 I liga. History The club was essentially founded on 11 July 1997, although ...

on 8 February 2019 on a contract for the rest of the season. On 14 August 2024, Gómez joined Sestao River in the third-tier

Primera Federación The Primera Federación, officially the Primera Federación Versus e-Learning for sponsorship reasons (formerly known as Primera RFEF). is the third tier of the Spanish football league system beginning with the 2021–22 season. It is administe ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez, Adri 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Cuenca, Spain Footballers from the Province of Cuenca Spanish men's footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Men's association football utility players Primera Federación players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players Kazakhstan Premier League players I liga players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers La Roda CF players Atlético Albacete players Albacete Balompié players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players Unionistas de Salamanca CF players Sestao River Club footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Spanish sportsmen