In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Astudillo.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Alfredo Gómez Astudillo | ||
Date of birth | (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | El Bosque, Santiago, Chile | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | San Antonio Unido | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2010 | Cobreloa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2016 | Cobreloa | 71 | (1) |
2014–2015 | → Santiago Morning (loan) | 33 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Unión Española | 10 | (1) |
2017 | Deportes Iquique | 6 | (0) |
2018–2021 | Santiago Morning | 66 | (1) |
2019 | → Bolívar (loan) | 19 | (0) |
2022 | Destroyers | – | (–) |
2023 | Fernández Vial | 23 | (0) |
2024– | San Antonio Unido | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2024 |
Carlos Alfredo Gómez Astudillo (born 14 February 1992) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for San Antonio Unido in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.
Career
Born in Santiago, Gómez joined Cobreloa youth system at the age of 10 in his city of birth and moved to Calama in 2009, making his professional debut in a Chilean Primera División match against Santiago Morning on 31 October 2010, by replacing Alejandro Kruchowski.
After playing for Cobreloa until the first half 2016 in the Primera B, he played for Unión Española in the 2016–17 Primera División season. In the second half of 2017, he played for Deportes Iquique in the same division.
In 2018, he returned to Santiago Morning after having played for them in the 2014–15 Primera B season. In 2019 he played on loan at Bolívar, winning the 2019 Apertura.
In March 2022 he was going to join Argentine club Ferro General Pico, but he rejected the option by signing with Bolivian club Destroyers to play in the Copa Simón Bolívar.
Back in Chile, he joined Fernández Vial in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile. He switched to San Antonio Unido in 2024.
Personal life
Due to his haircut, he has gotten many nicknames, but he prefers Puyol del Desierto (Puyol from Desert) for being related to football because of his resemblance to Spanish former footballer Carles Puyol.
Honours
Bolívar
References
- Carlos Gómez, un futbolista de mil vueltas en el fútbol chileno on YouTube (in Spanish)
- "CAMPEONATO NACIONAL 2010 31 octubre 2010". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- "Volante Carlos Gómez es el cuarto refuerzo de Unión Española". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). 8 July 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- "Carlos Gómez se convirtió en el nuevo refuerzo de Deportes Iquique". SoyChile (in Spanish). 1 August 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- "Santiago Morning oficializa a su tercer fichaje". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 8 January 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- Siles, Ramiro (29 January 2019). "El refuerzo chileno Carlos Gómez se incorpora a Bolívar directo en Montevideo". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- Mesa, Carlos (26 May 2019). "Bolívar, Título 29 para la Academia. División Profesional (DP) Campeonato Apertura 2019". Historia del Fútbol Boliviano (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- "Ferro sumó dos nuevos refuerzos e informó que no llegará el volante chileno Carlos Gómez". infopico.com (in Spanish). 8 March 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- @MacDeportes (3 March 2022). "El mediocampista chileno Carlos Gómez (Campeón con Bolívar 2019) es el nuevo refuerzo de Destroyers" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022 – via Twitter.
- "Carlos Gómez se viste de Aurinegro este 2023". Fernández Vial (in Spanish). 24 February 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- "El tremendo equipo que está formando San Antonio Unido". LOS90DEPORTES.CL (in Spanish). 29 February 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- Munizaga, Sebastián (26 June 2020). "El calvario de Carlos Gómez con sus apodos: "Me dicen Puyol, Leo Rey, Luli, Illapu y Tarzán"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022.
External links
- Carlos Gómez at Soccerway
- Carlos Gómez at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Carlos Gómez at PlaymakerStats
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- C.D. Cobreloa footballers
- Santiago Morning footballers
- Unión Española footballers
- Deportes Iquique footballers
- Club Bolívar players
- Club Destroyers players
- C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers
- San Antonio Unido footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Bolivian Primera División players
- Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia
- Men's association football midfielders