Gregorio Gomez
Gregorio Gómez Álvarez (born June 26, 1924 - March 24, 2015 ), also known by the nickname "Tepa", was a Mexican football player who played in the position of defender .
He played for Chivas Guadalajara and was the club's second player to play in a World Cup .
Together with his club-mates Max Prieto and Rodrigo Ruiz Zárate , Gómez was appointed to the Mexican World Cup squad that went to Brazil for the 1950 World Cup . Gómez played the second round game of the Mexican national team against Yugoslavia (1: 4) and the third game against Switzerland (1: 2).
Ruiz had already been used in the first game against the Brazilians (0: 4), while Prieto had to be content with the role of spectator.
Between his international debut on September 25, 1949 against Cuba (3: 0) and his last international game on July 19, 1953 against Haiti (8: 0), in which he scored his only international goal in the 27th minute to the intermediate result of 3: 0 , Tepa Gómez completed a total of 6 missions in the dress of his national team.
Web links
- Profile on the website of the Mexican Football Association
- Proof of team line-ups at the 1950 World Cup
Individual evidence
- ↑ informador.com.mx: Chivas está de luto, murió el 'Tepa' Gómez (March 25, 2015) , accessed on February 11, 2017
Rafael Franco | Gregorio Gómez | Francisco Hormazábal | Rudi Gutendorf | Richard Páez | César Farías | Dan Georgiadis | Walter Róque | Hippolyte Van den Bosch | Rafael Santana | Carlos Horacio Moreno | Víctor Pignanelli | Ratomir Dujković | Eduardo Borrero | José Pastoriza | Manuel Plasencia | Noel Sanvicente | Rafael Dudamel
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| SURNAME | Gomez, Gregorio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gómez Álvarez, Gregorio; Tapa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1924 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 2015 |