Jaime Gómez (footballer, born 1929)

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Jaime Gómez
Personal information
Full name Jaime David Gómez Munguía
Date of birth (1929-12-29)29 December 1929
Place of birth Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
Date of death 4 May 2008(2008-05-04) (aged 78)
Place of death Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1964 Guadalajara 301 (?)
1964–1967 Monterrey
1968–1969
Oro
1969–1970
Laguna
International career
1956–1960 Mexico 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jaime David Gómez Munguía (29 December 1929 – 4 May 2008) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Mexico national team in FIFA World Cup tournaments (1958) and (1962).[1][2]

Career

Born in Manzanillo, Colima,[3] Gómez played football for C.D. Guadalajara, winning six titles Primera División with the club.[4] He made his debut with Chivas on 5 May 1950.[5]

Gómez was admitted into the International Soccer Hall of Fame in 2012.[6]

Personal

Gómez died from pancreatic cancer at age 78.[4]

References

  1. ^ 1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden Archived 2011-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Adiós, "Tubo"".
  3. ^ "Un 4 de mayo pero de..." (in Spanish). Diario de Morelos. 4 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b Juárez, Rigoberto (5 May 2008). "Murió Jaime "Tubo" Gómez" [Jaime "Tube" Gómez died] (in Spanish). Esto.
  5. ^ Juárez, Rigoberto (6 May 2008). "Hasta siempre...Último adiós al "Tubo" Gómez" [Farewell: Last goodbye to "Tube" Gómez] (in Spanish). Esto.
  6. ^ "Jaime 'Tubo' Gómez llega al Salón de la Fama" [Jaime 'Tube' Gómez arrives at the Hall of Fame] (in Spanish). El Informador. 20 March 2012.

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