Juan José Gómez (born November 8, 1980, in

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) is a

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retired professional

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. He is currently working as part of a sports narration staff for the private

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Tigo Sports based in

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Club career

Águila

Gómez played for the reserve team at Salvadoran giants Águila, but was not given any chance to play in the first team since Raúl García and Melvin Barrera were above him in the goalkeepers pecking order. Due to the strong competition in the goal he then turned striker and made his senior debut on loan at Santa Clara, and played for Jocoro before returning to play in goal for Águila in 2000. With the team of San Miguel Gómez won the Copa Presidente 1999–2000 (defeating

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3–2 in the final), also the Apertura 2000 and Clausura 2001 tournaments, suffering also a defeat in the final of the Apertura 2003.

San Salvador FC

He joined San Salvador FC in 2004, but left them for

in 2006.

Luis Ángel Firpo

With the team of

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José Gómez won two national titles: Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2008.

Return to Águila

Gómez signed again with Águila for the Apertura 2011. In April 2012, Gómez left Águila and was reportedly looking for a job between the sticks at then bottom of the

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UES

Later, Gómez had a short step with UES, then he back to Luis Ángel Firpo on September 4, 2013.

Return to Luis Ángel Firpo

Gómez left the team after Clausura 2014 ends up with Luis Ángel Firpo descended to

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International career

Gómez made his debut for

in an August 1999

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against

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, playing as a striker, and has earned a total of 64 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 12

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matches and at the

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and

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s as well as at the

and

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s. He also was a non-playing squad member at the

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.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details
- RSSSF His ''final'' international was a September 2009

match against the

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. He was eventually called-up 2 years later to take part at the

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but did not play any minutes. On August 7, 2011, against

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, J.J. Gómez was once again a starter on ''La Selecta''. The game was won by a score of 2–1.

Honours

Club

; Águila * Primera División ** Champion: Apertura 2000, Clausura 2001 ** Runners-up: Apertura 2003 ;

* Primera División ** Champion: Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008 ** Runners-up: Clausura 2009

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez, Juan Jose 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from San Miguel, El Salvador Men's association football goalkeepers Salvadoran men's footballers 21st-century Salvadoran sportsmen El Salvador men's international footballers 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. Águila footballers San Salvador F.C. footballers C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers