Carlos Gómez Sánchez
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 October 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Date of death | 21 September 1980 (aged 56) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Santiago Barranco | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1943–1947 | Alianza Lima | ||
| 1948 | Boca Juniors | 21 | (7) |
| 1949 | América de Cali | ||
| 1950–1952 | Alianza Lima | ||
| International career | |||
| 1947–1949 | Peru | 11 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1961 | Alianza Lima | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carlos Gómez Sánchez (4 October 1923 – 21 September 1980) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as forward.
Nicknamed El Tábano (the horsefly),[1] he is the older brother of Óscar Gómez Sánchez, a famous Peruvian footballer of the 1950s and 1960s.
Playing career
Trained at Santiago Barranco, Gómez Sánchez joined Alianza Lima in 1943 at the age of 20.[2] He transferred to Boca Juniors in Argentina in 1948. There, he scored seven goals in 21 matches.[3] In 1949, he played for América de Cali in Colombia before returning to Alianza the following year. Although he never won a title with Alianza Lima, his 25 goals in 132 appearances made him one of the club's idols.[1] In 1952, he was forced to retire at the age of 29 following a tibia-fibula injury.[2]
Carlos Gómez Sánchez was a Peruvian international 11 times between 1947 and 1949.[4] He scored five goals, all in the South American Championship (three in 1947 and two in 1949).
Managerial career
He was briefly coach of Alianza Lima in 1961.[5]
