Sebastián Gómez Pérez (born 1 November 1983) is a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for

Primera Divisió The Primera Divisió (First Division), also known as Lliga Multisegur Assegurances for sponsorship reasons is the top level of men's football in Andorra. The league was launched in 1995 sponsored by the local federation ( Andorran Football Fede ...

club Atlètic Amèrica. A Uruguayan national born in Spain while his father played football there, he represents

Andorra Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a Sovereignty, sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, Andorra–France border, bordered by France to the north and Spain to A ...

at international level.

Early life

Gómez was born to Uruguayan parents in

Murcia Murcia ( , , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, seventh largest city i ...

, Spain in 1983. At the time, his footballer father was playing there and would move to Andorra some time later. He spent part of his childhood in Andorra and his family moved back to Uruguay when he was still very young.

Career

Gómez started playing ''baby fútbol'' in Deportivo Uruguayo. He transitioned to traditional football during his youth and played for CSD Villa Española. At 18, he was relocated once again to Andorra and has played for

FC Santa Coloma FC Santa Coloma is an Andorran professional football club based in Santa Coloma, parish of Andorra la Vella, that competes in the Primera Divisió. It is the most successful team in both Primera Divisió and Copa Constitució, having won b ...

, Principat, Rànger's, Sant Julià, FC Andorra and UE Engordany.

International career

Gómez made his international debut for

in 2008.

References

1983 births Living people Men's association football wingers Footballers from Murcia Uruguayan men's footballers Villa Española players Uruguayan emigrants to Andorra Naturalised citizens of Andorra Andorran men's footballers Andorra men's international footballers Andorran people of Uruguayan descent Sportspeople of Uruguayan descent FC Santa Coloma players CE Principat players FC Rànger's players UE Sant Julià players FC Andorra players UE Engordany players CF Atlètic Amèrica players 21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-footy-forward-1980s-stub