Christian Gómez
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Christian Gómez | |
| Date of birth | November 7, 1974 (age 32) | |
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |
| Playing position | midfielder | |
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| Current club | D.C. United | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1991-96 1997-99 1999-00 2001-02 2002 2002-04 2004- |
Nueva Chicago Independiente Argentinos Juniors Nueva Chicago Independiente Arsenal de Sarandí D.C. United |
155 (46) 80 (12) ? (?) 63 (14) 10 (1) 30 (6) 70 (29) |
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Christian Gómez (born November 7, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine football (soccer) central midfielder, who currently plays for D.C. United of Major League Soccer (MLS).
Gómez began playing professional soccer at the age of 17 with Argentine club Nueva Chicago, which was at the time playing in the second division. He played with the team from 1991 to 1996, appearing in 155 games and scoring 46 goals. In 1997, Gómez moved to one of Argentina's largest and most successful clubs, CA Independiente, which he would play for from 1997 to 1999, scoring 12 goals in 80 games. In the middle of 1999, he moved to Argentinos Juniors, where he would finish out the 1999-2000 season. Gómez then returned to Nueva Chicago, where he would help the team earn promotion to the first division, while scoring 14 goals in 63 games. He then briefly returned to Independiente in 2002, before moving to Arsenal de Sarandí, where he would play in 30 games, scoring 6 goals, between 2002 and 2004.
Near the end of the 2004 season, Gómez signed with D.C. United of MLS, who had been interested in him for several years. Gómez played nine regular season games for United, catalyzing the offense while teaming very well with Jaime Moreno, and finished the season with four goals. He then helped them to the MLS Cup. In 2005, Gómez scored 11 goals and 9 assists and was named to the MLS Best XI. In 2006 Gómez won the MLS Honda MVP award.
According to a December 7, 2006 Washington Post article, Gómez was offered a new contract including a large salary increase for the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
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| D.C. United - Current Squad |
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1 Perkins | 3 Arguez | 5 Erpen | 6 Casal | 7 Fred | 8 Moose | 10 Gómez | 11 Emilio | 12 Wilson | 13 North | 14 Olsen | 15 Dyachenko | 16 Brian Carroll | 17 Gros | 18 McTavish | 19 Simms | 20 Kpene | 21 deRoux | 22 Nolly | 23 Walker | 24 Jeff Carroll | 25 Willis | 26 Namoff | 32 Boswell | 40 Crowe | 99 Moreno | Coach: Soehn |
