Sergio Gómez Cegarra (born 30 March 1991) is a Spanish

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who plays for

UE Cornellà Unió Esportiva Cornellà, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S. A. D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Cornellà de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1951 it plays in , holding home gam ...

as a

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Football career

Born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

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, Gómez played youth football with local

, making his senior debuts with

Villarreal CF C Villarreal Club de Fútbol "C" is the third team of Villarreal CF, a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 2002, and plays in , holding home games at ''Ciudad Deportiva Villarreal CF'', wit ...

in the

2010–11 Tercera División The 2010–11 Tercera División was the fourth tier of football in Spain. Play started on 27 August 2010 and the season ended on 26 June 2011 with the promotion play-off finals. Overview There were 360 clubs competing in Tercera División (Thi ...

season. On 4 June 2011, he made his professional debut, appearing with the B-team in the last 23 minutes of a 1–2 away loss against

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It plays in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. It plays home ...

in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

. In August 2011, Gómez was loaned to

CF Palencia Club de Fútbol Palencia was a Spanish football team based in Palencia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1975 and dissolved in 2012, it held home games at '' Estadio La Nueva Balastera'', with an 8,100-seat capacity. ...

of the

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 ...

. A year later, he joined another Segunda B club,

UE Sant Andreu Unió Esportiva Sant Andreu () is a Spanish football club based in the district of Sant Andreu in Barcelona, Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it plays in , holding home matches at '' Camp Municipal Narcís Sala'', with an all-seated capacity of 6,56 ...

, also on loan. Gómez signed as a

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with third-tier club

CF Badalona Club de Fútbol Badalona () is a Spanish football team based in Badalona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903 it plays in , temporarily holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Badalona, with a capacity of 4,170 seats. Ba ...

in July 2013. On 23 June of the following year, he moved back to divisional rivals Cornellà.Sergio Gómez vuelve al Cornellà (Sergio Gómez returns to Cornellà)
Vavel, 23 June 2014

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez, Sergio 1991 births Living people Footballers from Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Villarreal CF C players Villarreal CF B players CF Palencia footballers UE Sant Andreu footballers CF Badalona players UE Cornellà players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen