Santiago Gómez (footballer, born 1995)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Santiago Gómez Castrillón[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Coatepeque | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| UPB | |||
| Envigado | |||
| Atlético Nacional | |||
| 2014 | Leones | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Ditaires | |||
| 2021 | Carchá | 8 | (5) |
| 2021 | Malacateco | 8 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Marquense | 40 | (25) |
| 2022 | Deportes Quindío | 24 | (6) |
| 2023– | Coatepeque | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 13 August 2023 (UTC) | |||
Santiago Gómez Castrillón (born 17 May 1995) is a Colombian footballer currently playing as a forward for Guatemalan side Coatepeque.
Club career
[edit]Born in Medellín in the Antioquia Department of Colombia, Gómez began his career with local side UPB, before spending time in the academies of professional clubs Envigado and Atlético Nacional.[2] After a short spell with Leones, he moved to Mexico to trial with Toros Neza, but suffered an injury, ruling him out for four months, and he returned to Colombia.[2] He underwent surgery in February 2015, and did not play football again until the following year, when he played football for the University of Antioquia.[2] In 2017, he joined Itagüí-based side Ditaires.[2]
He moved to Guatemala in January 2021, initially joining Carchá, before moving on to Malacateco.[3] Ahead of the 2021–22 season, he joined Marquense, stating that "it would be nice to be in the history of the team".[4] He was the league's top scorer in the 2021 Apertura season with ten goals.[5]
Having returned to Colombia with Categoría Primera B side Deportes Quindío for 2022, he left the club at the end of the year, following interest from first-division sides.[6] In January 2023, Jaguares de Córdoba announced that they had signed Gómez, confirming that he had signed a two-year deal.[7] However, they later deleted this announcement, despite Gómez having already trained with the team, and he was released from the club, having reportedly not been in the plans of new manager Carlos Restrepo.[7] Gómez stated in an interview with Noticias RCN that the club told him there was an issue with his paperwork, and he was still registered with Deportes Quindío, despite Deportes Quindío being able to prove that he was not.[8] He also said that Restrepo had called him, explaining that he did not know about the situation and had expected to see Gómez in training.[8]
Following his collapsed deal with Jaguares de Córdoba, he returned to Guatemala, joining Coatepeque.[8][9]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Carchá | 2020–21 | Primera División de Ascenso | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Malacateco | 2020–21 | Liga Nacional de Guatemala | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Carchá | 2021–22 | Primera División de Ascenso | 40 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 25 |
| Deportes Quindío | 2022 | Categoría Primera B | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 |
| Coatepeque | 2023–24 | Liga Nacional de Guatemala | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 82 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 37 | ||
- Notes
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Santiago Gómez at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d ""Cada día me sorprendo de la organización de Ditaires FC" - Gómez Castrillón" ["Every day I am surprised by the organization of Ditaires FC" - Gómez Castrillón]. elescenariodelosclasicos.com (in Spanish). 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ Tamayac, Jonathan (15 January 2021). "Carchá refuerza la línea ofensiva del equipo con un sudamericano" [Carchá reinforces the team's offensive line with a South American]. guatefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ García, Rodrigo (4 November 2021). "El goleador colombiano Santiago Gómez apunta hacia al título con Marquense" [Colombian striker Santiago Gómez aims for the title with Marquense]. espn.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ Martínez, Rudy (28 May 2022). "Santiago Gómez: "El objetivo por el que competimos es ascender y ese objetivo sigue ahí"" [Santiago Gómez: "The objective for which we compete is to ascend and that objective is still there"]. espn.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Deportes Quindío se queda sin el 'Soldado' Gómez para la batalla de 2023" [Deportes Quindío is left without the 'Soldier' Gómez for the 2023 battle]. elquindiano.com (in Spanish). 24 December 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Jaguares desvinculó a un jugador: equivocado manejo desata polémica" [Jaguares released a player: wrong handling unleashes controversy]. futbolred.com (in Spanish). 24 January 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ a b c ""Muchas irregularidades": la historia del jugador que fue echado de Jaguares sin razón" ["Many irregularities": the story of the player who was kicked out of Jaguares for no reason]. noticiasrcn.com (in Spanish). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ Pineda, Javier (12 August 2023). "Coatepeque buscará ser protagonista, comenta Gómez" [Coatepeque will seek to be a protagonist, says Gómez]. guatefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ Santiago Gómez at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Medellín
- Colombian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Primera División de Ascenso players
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala players
- Categoría Primera B players
- Envigado F.C. players
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- Leones F.C. footballers
- Deportivo Carchá players
- C.D. Malacateco players
- Deportes Quindío footballers
- Deportivo Coatepeque players
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala
- Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala