Borja Gómez Pérez (born 14 May 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

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Borja Gómez
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Gómez in 2011
Personal information
Full name Borja Gómez Pérez[1]
Date of birth (1988-05-14) 14 May 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2005–2007 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Alcorcón 86 (0)
2010–2011 Rayo Vallecano 11 (0)
2011–2012 Karpaty Lviv 25 (0)
2012Granada (loan) 19 (0)
2012–2015 Granada 12 (0)
2013–2014Hércules (loan) 10 (0)
2014–2015Lugo (loan) 30 (1)
2015–2016 Oviedo 15 (0)
2017 Murcia 9 (0)
2017–2018 Logroñés 5 (0)
2018 S.S. Reyes 13 (0)
2018–2020 East Bengal 19 (1)
Total 254 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Club career

Gómez was born in Madrid. An unsuccessful graduate from Real Madrid's youth system, he made his professional debut with another team in the community, AD Alcorcón, going on to spend three full seasons in the Segunda División B.

In the 2010–11 campaign, Gómez had his first Segunda División experience, with another club from the Spanish capital, Rayo Vallecano. On 2 March 2011, after having played all the minutes in his 11 league appearances – mainly due to Iván Amaya's injury, however, as he was never part of manager José Ramón Sandoval's plans (a claim which the latter denied)[2][3]– he signed a three-year contract with Ukrainian Premier League side FC Karpaty Lviv.[4]

Gómez returned to his homeland the ensuing winter transfer window, joining Granada CF initially on loan.[5] His first game in La Liga took place on 21 January 2012, when he featured the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 away loss against RCD Espanyol;[6] during his two-year spell at the Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes, he made 31 competitive appearances.[7]

In the following years, Gómez alternated between the second and third tier of Spanish football, representing Hércules CF, CD Lugo, Real Oviedo, Real Murcia CF[8] and UD Logroñés.[9] While at the service of the third club, he suffered a right knee injury in January 2016 that sidelined him for seven months.[10]

On 23 August 2018, Gómez signed with East Bengal FC of the Indian I-League.[11] In January 2020, after spending several months on the sidelines due to injury, he returned home for personal reasons, and eventually asked to be released.[12]

Career statistics

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Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Alcorcón 2007–08[13] Segunda División B 21000210
2008–09[13] Segunda División B 340006[a]0400
2009–10[13] Segunda División B 310616[a]0431
Total 860611201041
Rayo Vallecano 2010–11[13] Segunda División 11020130
Karpaty Lviv 2010–11[14] Ukrainian Premier League 700070
2011–12[14] Ukrainian Premier League 180204[b]0240
Total 2502040310
Granada (loan) 2011–12[13] La Liga 19000190
Granada 2012–13[13] La Liga 12000190
Hércules (loan) 2013–14[13] Segunda División 10020120
Lugo (loan) 2014–15[13] Segunda División 30110311
Oviedo 2015–16[13] Segunda División 15020170
Murcia 2016–17[13] Segunda División B 900090
Logroñés 2017–18[13] Segunda División B 501060
S.S. Reyes 2017–18[13] Segunda División B 13000130
East Bengal 2018–19[14] I-League 1910000191
2019–20[c] I-League
Career total 25421611602863
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  1. Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Injured

References

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