Alexi Gómez
 Gómez with Minnesota United in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edwin Alexi Gómez Gutiérrez | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Callao, Peru | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sport Huancayo | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Acosvinchos | 15 | (2) |
| 2012 | León de Huánuco | 22 | (1) |
| 2013–2019 | Universitario | 106 | (20) |
| 2015 | → IF Brommapojkarna (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → San Luis (loan) | 21 | (2) |
| 2018 | → Atlas (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Minnesota United (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Gimnasia LP (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Melgar (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Melgar | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Alianza Lima (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2021 | → UTC (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2022 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 9 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 43 | (4) |
| 2024– | Sport Huancayo | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Peru U20 | 8 | (1) |
| 2013– | Peru | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 October 2017 | |||
Edwin Alexi Gómez Gutiérrez (born 4 March 1993) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Sport Huancayo.[1]
Club career
Gómez started his Youth career in Escuela de La Policía. He then went to Sporting Cristal, Esther Grande de Bentín and in 2008 and 2009 played for Club Andrés Campeón – ADC. In 2010, he went for trials to Platense, Tigre, River Plate and Velez Sarsfield where he stayed 6 months in Velez Sarsfield and was going to make his Reserve debut for the Argentinian Club, but got injured with a broken bone in his foot and had to go through surgery. He returned to Peru and continued his senior career playing for Hijos de Acosvinchos in the Segunda División in 2011.[1] Then he had his first chance in the top-flight by joining León de Huánuco in January 2012. He made his Torneo Descentralizado debut on matchday one in 2–2 draw away to Alianza Lima.[2] He finished his debut season in the Descentralizado with 21 league appearances and 1 goal.[1]
In 2013, he became Peruvian National League Champion scoring in the penalty shootouts in Huancayo against Real Garcilaso del Cusco with Universitario de Deportes achieving the club's 26th National Title.
He also scored in Copa Libertadores 2014 against The Strongest from La Paz, Bolivia. He scored a penalty.
He was the best left winger in U20 South American Championship in 2013 scoring against Uruguay in the first match.
In the Peruvian Top Team he was in the Starting XI in the match Argentina 3 – 1 Perú in Buenos Aires in World Cup 2014 Qualifiers. He assisted Claudio Pizarro in the first goal.
In August 2015, Gómez moved to Chilean club San Luis de Quillota on a one-year loan from Universitario.[3]
Still a player of Universitario, Gómez joined FBC Melgar in 2019.[4][5]
In the second half of 2024, Gómez joined Sport Huancayo.[6]
Style of Play
Gomez is left footed. Mainly a left back, he can also operate as an offensive left winger, defensive and offensive central midfielder, right inverse winger or even striker #11.
Honours
References
- ^ a b c "Player – Edwuin Gómez". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "Match: Alianza Lima 2–2 León de Huánuco". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "Marco Estrada y Alexi Gómez son nuevos refuerzos de San Luis de Quillota". www.sanluissa.cl (in Spanish). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Universitario de Deportes: entérate qué falta para que Alexi Gómez sea jugador de Melgar". rpp.pe (in Spanish). 5 March 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Melgar anunció fichaje de Alexi Gómez". peru21.pe (in Spanish). 25 August 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Alexi Gómez es la novedad en prácticas de Sport Huancayo". ovacion.pe (in Spanish). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
External links
- A. Gómez at Soccerway
- Edwin Alexi Gomez at Elite Football
- Edwin Alexi Gomez Gutierrez at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)