Elías Gómez (footballer, born 1994)

Elías José Gómez (born 9 June 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for River Plate.[1]

Not to be confused with Elías Gómez (footballer, born 1986).

Elías Gómez
Personal information
Full name Elías José Gómez
Date of birth (1994-06-09) 9 June 1994[1]
Place of birth Granadero Baigorria, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back[3]
Team information
Current team
 River Plate
Number 29
Youth career
2006–2013 Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2020 Rosario Central 22 (0)
2013 → Sportivo Las Heras (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Defensa y Justicia (loan) 10 (0)
2019–2020 → Argentinos Juniors (loan) 26 (3)
2020–2021 Argentinos Juniors 49 (3)
2022– River Plate 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:05, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Career

Gómez began his career with Rosario Central in the youth team, joining in 2006.[4] Before starting his senior career with Rosario Central, he had a short loan spell with Sportivo Las Heras in 2013.[5] He featured for the first time for Rosario Central on 23 November 2013 during a defeat away to Olimpo.[1][6] He subsequently made sixteen appearances across the following three campaigns in all competitions.[1] On 2 February 2016, Defensa y Justicia completed the loan signing of Gómez.[1] He remained with the club for the 2016 and 2016–17 seasons, playing in twelve matches before returning to Rosario in June 2017.[1]

In January 2019, Gómez joined fellow top-flight side Argentinos Juniors on loan.[1][7] He scored his first senior goal on 18 February against Estudiantes.[1] Twelve months after arriving, in January 2020, Argentinos purchased Gómez permanently as the defender signed a three-and-a-half year contract.[8]

At the end of January 2022, Gómez joined River Plate on a deal until the end of 2025.[9]

Career statistics
As of 11 July 2020.[1][5]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rosario Central 2012–13 Primera B Nacional 0000——0000
2013–14 Primera División 4000——0040
2014 7000—000070
2015 5010——0060
2016 0000—000000
2016–17 0000——0000
2017–18 3020—000050
2018–19 300000000030
2019–20 000000—0000
Total 22030000000250
Sportivo Las Heras (loan) 2012–13 Torneo Argentino B 1000——0010
Defensa y Justicia (loan) 2016 Primera División 1000——0010
2016–17 9020—0000110
Total 10020—0000120
Argentinos Juniors (loan) 2018–19 Primera División 10200003[lower-alpha 1]000132
2019–20 16100000000161
Argentinos Juniors 6010102[lower-alpha 1]000100
Total 32310105000393
Career total 65360105000773
  1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

References
  1. "Elías Gómez profile". Soccerway. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. "Elías Gómez" (in Spanish). Club Atlético River Plate. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. Elías Gómez at WorldFootball.net
  4. "Elías Gómez, el juvenil que concentra por primera vez". Rosario Central. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  5. "Elías Gómez profile". BDFA. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  6. "Elías Gómez, tras su buen debut: Sería lindo jugar en el Gigante". Rosario3. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  7. "Cómo se preparan los rivales directos de Belgrano". Mundod Lavoz. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  8. "Argentinos Juniors compró la mitad del pase de Elías Gómez". TyC Sports. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  9. Quién es Elías Gómez, el jugador que River le arrebató a Independiente, tycsports.com, 25 January 2022
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