Yeimar Gómez

Colombian footballer (born 1992)

Yeimar Gómez
Personal information
Full name Yeimar Pastor Gómez Andrade[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Tadó, Colombia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Seattle Sounders FC
Number 28
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Rosario Central 21 (0)
2013–2014 → Tiro Federal (loan) 27 (2)
2016Arsenal (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2017 Independiente Rivadavia 40 (1)
2017–2020 Unión Santa Fe 64 (5)
2020– Seattle Sounders FC 113 (6)
International career
2022– Colombia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:02, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:50, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Yeimar Pastor Gómez Andrade (born 30 June 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC.

Club career

Gómez made his professional debut for Tiro Federal while on loan from Rosario Central. He made 66 appearances in two and a half seasons with Unión de Santa Fe.

On February 5, 2020, Gómez signed with Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer.[2] His first season with the team was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which left him unable to bring his family to the United States.[3]

International career

Gómez made his debut for the Colombia national team on 16 January 2022 in a 2–1 home win over Honduras.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played on November 26, 2023[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tiro Federal (loan) 2013–14 Torneo Argentino A 27 2 0 0 27 2
Rosario Central 2014 Argentine Primera División 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
2015 17 0 2 0 19 0
Total 21 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
Arsenal (loan) 2016 Argentine Primera División 2 0 0 0 2 0
Independiente Rivadavia 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 40 1 1 0 41 1
Unión Santa Fe 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 25 1 2 0 27 1
2018–19 Argentine Primera División 24 2 2 0 26 2
2019–20 Argentine Primera División 15 2 1 0 3 0 2[a] 0 21 2
Total 64 5 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 74 5
Seattle Sounders FC 2020 MLS 19 2 1[b] 0 4[c] 0 24 2
2021 MLS 33 1 3[d] 0 1[c] 0 37 1
2022 MLS 28 1 0 0 5[b] 0 34 1
2023 MLS 33 2 0 0 2[d] 0 4[c] 0 39 2
Total 113 6 0 0 5 0 6 0 9 0 133 6
Career totals 267 14 10 0 8 0 8 0 9 0 302 14
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
  3. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup

Honours

Seattle Sounders FC

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Seattle Sounders FC" (PDF). FIFA. February 7, 2023. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  2. ^ Cardillo, Julian (February 5, 2020). "Seattle Sounders add Colombian defender Yeimar Gomez Andrade". Pro Soccer USA. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Evans, Jayda (March 26, 2021). "'We're all equal': Sounders' Yeimar meets challenge of adapting to U.S. amid COVID-19 pandemic, racial reckoning". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "Colombia vs. Honduras". Soccerway.com. January 21, 2022.
  5. ^ Yeimar Gómez at Soccerway. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

External links

  • Yeimar Gómez at BDFA (in Spanish)
  • Yeimar Gómez at Soccerway
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