Borja Gómez
Spanish footballer
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Borja Gómez Pérez (born 14 May 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
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Gómez in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Borja Gómez Pérez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1988[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain[1] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Alcorcón | 86 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Rayo Vallecano | 11 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Karpaty Lviv | 25 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Granada (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Granada | 12 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Hércules (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Lugo (loan) | 30 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Oviedo | 15 | (0) |
| 2017 | Murcia | 9 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Logroñés | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | S.S. Reyes | 13 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | East Bengal | 19 | (1) |
| Total | 254 | (2) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Gómez was born in Madrid. An unsuccessful graduate from Real Madrid's youth system,[2] he made his professional debut with another team in the community, AD Alcorcón, going on to spend three full seasons in the Segunda División B;[3][4] he started and finished both legs of the 4–1 aggregate win over Real Madrid in the round of 32 of the 2009–10 Copa del Rey,[5][6] scoring in a 3–2 home loss to Racing de Santander in the next stage.[7]
In the 2010–11 campaign, Gómez had his first Segunda División experience, with another club from the Spanish capital, Rayo Vallecano. On 2 March 2011, after having played all the minutes in his 11 league appearances – mainly due to Iván Amaya's injury, however, as he was never part of manager José Ramón Sandoval's plans (a claim which the latter denied)[8][9]– he signed a three-year contract with Ukrainian Premier League side FC Karpaty Lviv.[10]
Gómez returned to his homeland the ensuing winter transfer window, joining Granada CF initially on loan.[11] His first game in La Liga took place on 21 January 2012, when he featured the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 away loss against RCD Espanyol;[12] during his two-year spell at the Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes, he made 31 competitive appearances.[13]
In the following years, Gómez alternated between the second and third tiers of Spanish football, representing Hércules CF, CD Lugo, Real Oviedo, Real Murcia CF[14] and UD Logroñés.[15] While at the service of the third club, he suffered a right knee injury in January 2016 that sidelined him for seven months.[16]
On 23 August 2018, Gómez signed with East Bengal FC of the Indian I-League.[17] In January 2020, after spending several months on the sidelines due to injury, he returned home for personal reasons, and eventually asked to be released.[18]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Alcorcón | 2007–08[19] | Segunda División B | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
| 2008–09[19] | Segunda División B | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[19] | Segunda División B | 31 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6[a] | 0 | 43 | 1 | |
| Total | 86 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 104 | 1 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano | 2010–11[19] | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 2010–11[20] | Ukrainian Premier League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| 2011–12[20] | Ukrainian Premier League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Granada (loan) | 2011–12[19] | La Liga | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |
| Granada | 2012–13[19] | La Liga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |
| Hércules (loan) | 2013–14[19] | Segunda División | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| Lugo (loan) | 2014–15[19] | Segunda División | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |
| Oviedo | 2015–16[19] | Segunda División | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| Murcia | 2016–17[19] | Segunda División B | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| Logroñés | 2017–18[19] | Segunda División B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| S.S. Reyes | 2017–18[19] | Segunda División B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| East Bengal | 2018–19[20] | I-League | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 2019–20[c] | I-League | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Career total | 254 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 286 | 3 | ||
- Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Injured