Pablo Gómez (footballer)

Pablo Gómez
Personal information
Full name Pablo Gómez Ortiz de Guzmán
Date of birth (1970-05-21) 21 May 1970
Place of birth Vitoria, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Alavés (youth)
Youth career
Aurrerá
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 Aurrerá
1990–1992 Lleida 74 (4)
1992–1994 Rayo Vallecano 71 (5)
1994–1995 Valladolid 28 (3)
1995–1996 Alavés 34 (10)
1996–1997 Levante 35 (6)
1997–2004 Alavés 222 (18)
2004–2005 Ciudad Murcia 17 (0)
Total 481 (46)
National team
1990 Spain U19 3 (1)
1991–1992 Spain U21 2 (0)
Teams managed
2007–2008 Alavés (youth)
2008–2009 Alavés B
2009 Alavés (assistant)
2012– Alavés (youth)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Ortiz de Guzmán.

Pablo Gómez Ortiz de Guzmán (born 21 May 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current manager.

A penalty kick and set piece specialist, he amassed La Liga totals of 252 games and 16 goals during nine seasons, with Rayo Vallecano, Valladolid and Alavés,[1] appearing in 295 competitive matches during his two spells with the latter club and reaching the 2001 UEFA Cup Final.[2] He added 229/30 in Segunda División, in representation of four teams.

Playing career

Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Gómez started his professional career in 1990 with UE Lleida, which he represented during two Segunda División seasons. In the 1992 summer he signed for Rayo Vallecano, making his La Liga debut on 5 September by playing 67 minutes in a 0–1 away loss against Valencia CF.[3] His first goal in the latter competition arrived on 16 May 1993, in a 2–2 home draw to CD Tenerife.[4]

After appearing in 35 games (four goals) during the 1993–94 campaign, Gómez also featured in the promotion play-offs against SD Compostela, lost 1–3 on aggregate.[5] He nonetheless stayed in the top flight, joining Real Valladolid.[6]

Gómez spent eight of the following nine years with Deportivo Alavés, scoring a career-best ten goals in 1995–96 and 1997–98, competing in both cases in the second level and winning his only piece of silverware in the latter season.[7] He continued to be an important midfield element for the Basques subsequently, contributing to a best ever in the top tier sixth-place finish in 1999–2000 with one goal[8] from 34 appearances; the following campaign, he played eight matches in the team's runner-up run in the UEFA Cup, coming on as a 64th-minute substitute for two-time scorer Javi Moreno in the final against Liverpool, lost 4–5 in extra time.[9]

After being relegated in 2003, 33-year-old Gómez resumed his career in division two, retiring after one season apiece in division two with Alavés and Ciudad de Murcia.

Coaching career

In 2007, Gómez returned to Alavés after the election of president Fernando Ortiz de Zárate, being named coach of the youth sides. The following year, he was promoted to the reserves in Tercera División.[10]

On 12 February 2009, after Javi López was appointed at the helm of the first team, Gómez was named his assistant.[11][12] The pair were not able, however, to prevent second division relegation.

In June 2012, Gómez returned to Alavés' youths.[13]

Honours

Alavés

References

  1. ↑ "El Alavés, líder en sentido común" [Alavés, leader in common sense] (in Spanish). El País. 3 December 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Cuando fuimos (casi) campeones" [When we were (almost) champions] (in Spanish). Marca. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "El Valencia empieza con una victoria mínima" [Valencia starts with narrow win] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 6 September 1992. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Tablas en el Rayo-Tenerife" [All square in Rayo-Tenerife] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 17 May 1993. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "El Compostela asciende al cielo de la Primera" [Compostela reaches Primera heaven] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 2 June 1994. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Mercado de Primera" [Primera market] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 27 June 1994. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. 1 2 "El Alavés, campeón" [Alavés, champion] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 17 May 1998. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Paso atrás" [Step back] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 15 May 2000. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Liverpool win nine-goal epic with golden goal". UEFA.com. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Cinco equipos con distintas metas" [Five teams with different goals] (in Spanish). El Correo. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Zárate promociona a Pablo Gómez" [Zárate promotes Pablo Gómez] (in Spanish). El Correo. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Javi López espera que el Alavés "sea capaz de competir" todo el partido" [Javi López hopes that Alavés "is capable of competing" the entire match] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Pablo Gómez entrenará al juvenil de División de Honor" [Pablo Gómez will coach the juvenil in Honour Division] (in Spanish). El Correo. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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