Daniel Gomez (born 16 March 1979) is a French former professional

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who played as a striker.

Career

Gomez was born in

Thionville Thionville (; ; ) is a city in the northeastern French Departments of France, department of Moselle (department), Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle (river), Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz. History Thionvi ...

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. He began his footballing career in his native France with

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, and had stints in Belgium, Germany, Cyprus and finally Luxembourg. He last played for

Luxembourg National Division The National Division (, , ), known as the BGL Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the highest association football, football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it was known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to sea ...

side

F91 Dudelange F91 Dudelange (; , ) is a Luxembourgish professional Association football, football club based in Dudelange which plays in the Luxembourg National Division. It was formed in 1991 as a merger between three teams in the town: Alliance Dudelange, ...

in the 2012–13 season. On 9 November 2003, after the game he played for

Alemannia Aachen Aachener Turn- und Sportverein Alemannia 1900 e. V., short Alemannia Aachen (), is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long-term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three- ...

against

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

Gomez tested positive for

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. While the

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's sports acquitted him of doping he was sentenced to a ban totalling twelve league matches for violating the anti-doping guidelines.

Honours

Alemannia Aachen *

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finalist: 2003–04

References

1979 births Living people French people of Spanish descent Sportspeople from Thionville Sportspeople of Spanish descent French men's footballers Footballers from Moselle (department) Men's association football forwards Doping cases in association football French sportspeople in doping cases FC Metz players Alemannia Aachen players FC Energie Cottbus players MVV Maastricht players R.E. Virton players Doxa Katokopias FC players Jeunesse Esch players F91 Dudelange players Ligue 2 players Eerste Divisie players 2. Bundesliga players Cypriot First Division players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus French expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg 20th-century French sportsmen {{france-footy-forward-1970s-stub